This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the Social Sciences Forum. Click here for the history of the SSF and a list of archived events.
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January 2025
January 21, 22, 27, 2025 | noon – 3pm | Commons 332 & Webex
Register now for this workshop with Dr. Eric Stokan.
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February 2025
February 3 | noon | Eng 103
Anti-Racist Teaching Practices Resource Guide Launch
Discuss ways to advance anti-racist teaching in class.
Hosted by the Faculty Development Center.
Register here.
February 4 | 4pm | AOK Library Gallery
The Mullen Lecture
“The Importance of Financial Literacy: Lessons From Many Years of Data”
Anna Maria Lusardi, Ph.D., Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Director of the Initiative for Financial Decision-Making, Professor of Finance (by courtesy) at the Stanford Graduate School of Business
Hosted by the Department of Economics.
Part of the Spring 2025 Social Sciences Forum.
February 12 | 5pm | AOK Library Gallery
CAHSS New Faculty Microtalks
Meet recently hired tenure-stream faculty and learn about their research interests.
February 18 | 4pm | The Skylight Room
Social Science Publications Celebration Event
Join us in celebrating books and high-impact artitcles published by UMBC social science faculty.
March 2025
March 12 | 5pm | Webex
Book talk with Dr. Felipe Filomeno, Associate Professor, Political Science; Director, Global Studies.
Christian Cosmopolitanism: Faith Communities Talk Immigration.
March 27 | 4pm | AOK Library Gallery
Annual Lipitz Lecture
“Generative AI and Higher Education: Practical Insights for Today and Tomorrow”
John G. Schumacher, PhD, FGSA
Director, Public Health Research Center
Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health, UMBC
Part of the Spring 2025 Social Sciences Forum.
April 2025
April 3 | 4pm | AOK Library Gallery
Distinguished Lecture in Psychology
“Making the Invisible Visible: Reducing Disparities Via Personally Relevant Interventions”
Gordon C. Nagayama Hall, Ph.D., Professor Emerit, University of Oregon.
Hosted by the Department of Psychology.
Part of the Spring 2025 Social Sciences Forum.
The Low Lecture
Amber N. Mitchell, Curator of Black History, The Henry Ford
Hosted by the Department of History.
The Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health hosts Deborah A. Thomas, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Experimental Ethnography, University of Pennsylvania.
The Eckert Lecture on Health and Inequality
“Recovering from the Opioid Epidemic in Baltimore and Beyond”
A panel discussion with Kelly Coble, LCSW-C, Program Director at Maryland Addiction Consultation Services (MACS); Brendan Saloner, Ph.D., Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; and Alissa Zhu, MSPH, Reporter, Baltimore Banner. Moderated by UMBC’s Brian Soller, Ph.D.
Hosted by the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health.
Part of the Spring 2025 Social Sciences Forum.
“Slow and Sudden Violence: Why and When Uprisings Occur”
Discussion on the 10-year Anniversary of the Baltimore Uprising.
Dr. Derek Hyra, Professor, Public Administration and Policy
Founding Director, Metropolitan Policy Center, American University
Hosted by the Department of American Studies.
Part of the Spring 2025 Social Sciences Forum.