Spring 2024
Special Social Sciences Forum Lectures
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
4:00 pm
AOK Library GalleryJoshua M. Sharfstein, MD
Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement
Distinguished Professor of the Practice
Johns Hopkins Univerity
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
4:00 pm
AOK Library GalleryTom Schaller (Professor of Political Science at UMBC) & Paul Waldman (author and commentator, Washington Post) will be discussing their forthcoming book, “White Rural Rage: The Heartland Threat to America” (Random House, February 2024).
More details coming soon!
Fall 2023
Thursday, October 12, 2023
4:30 pm
AOK Library GallerySocial Science Research in Government, Business, & Non-Profit Careers: An Alumni Panel
Research is about solving real world problems. The skills you learn while writing a research paper or taking a research methods course are valued in careers in government, business, and the non-profit industry. Join us to learn how UMBC alumni are using social science research to support government and business clients. The panel will be moderated by CS3’s Associate Director, Dr. Felipe Filomeno, and will be followed by networking and refreshments.
Panelists:
- Delta Merner, PhD (GES ’14) Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation at the Union of Concerned Scientists
- Brent Gibbons, PhD (PUBL ’13) Health Policy Researcher in the Health Economics Program at RTI International
- Brittany Gay, PhD (PSYC ’21) Associate Director of Implementation Science at the Research-to-Policy Collaboration (RPC)