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September
CS3 Featured Events
Thursday, September 10 | 12-1:00pm | PUP 451
CS3 Brownbag Series
“AI and the Publication Process”
Join colleagues for an informal conversation about AI in the publication process—sharing your experiences using (or not using) AI as a writer, reviewer, or editor. We’ll talk through publisher policies alongside practical best practices in a relaxed space. Pizza will be provided. Please RSVP on myUMBC.
Thursday, September 17 | 12-1pm | AOK Library Gallery
Constitution Day 2026
Speaker: Maryland State Delegate Lily Qi
Hosted by the Institute of Politics.
The event is co-sponsored by the Asian Studies Program and the Department of Political Science.
Part of the Social Sciences Forum.
Monday, September 28 | 4pm | AOK Library Gallery
The Mullen Lecture
Speaker: James Choi, PhD, Professor of Finance, Yale School of Management
Hosted by the Department of Economics.
Part of the Social Sciences Forum.
Cosponsored and Other Events
Wednesday, September 9 | 12-1pm | Sondheim 108
GES Seminar Series
“The Limits of Pixels: How remote sensing can overestimate forest edge effects”
Dr. Matt Fagan, GES, UMBC
September 14 | 11:30 am – 12:45pm | PUP 367
“The Long-Term Returns to University Infrastructure: Evidence from Post-WWII Military Surplus Property Transfers”
ECON/Public Policy Seminar Series
Yujing Huang
Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Tuesday, September 15 | 4-5pm | hybrid: AOK Library Room 259 or virtual
AOK Library Workshop Series
“How to Prepare a Social Science/Humanities Literature Review”
Visit the library’s myUMBC group for full series details.
Wednesday, September 23 | 12-1pm | Sondheim 108
GES Seminar Series: GES Faculty Panel
Monday, September 28 | 2:30-4pm | Sondheim 414
Department of Psychology Colloquium Series
“Sociolinguistic Research for Social and Linguistic Justice”
Christine Mallinson, PhD, Assistant Vice President for Research and Scholarly Impact, Professor LLC
October
CS3 Featured Events
Wednesday, October 7 | noon | Commons 329
“Cross-Sector Collaborative Relationships Increase the Impact of Research. How Can Researchers Create Them?”
A faculty workshop with Adam Seth Levine, PhD, SNF Agora Institute Professor of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University and President, research4impact
Registration is required.
Wednesday, October 7 | 4pm | AOK Library Gallery
“Policymakers’ Unmet Desire for Science”
Adam Seth Levine, PhD
SNF Agora Institute Professor of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
President, research4impact
Part of the Social Sciences Forum.
Thursday, October 8 | 12 – 1pm | PUP 451
CS3 Brownbag Series: Non-Academic Publishing
Interested in taking your research beyond the academy? Join us for acasual conversation about publishing op-eds, blog posts and essays, and legislative testimony, just in time for election season. Share your experiences, swap advice, and learn how to make your expertise resonate with a broad audience. Sign up on myUMBC.
Thursday, October 22 | 12-1pm | AOK Library Gallery
“The Social Foundations of Constitutional Innovation”
Dr. William Blake, Associate Professor of Political Science, will discuss his new book.
Cosponsored and Other Events
Monday, October 5 | 11:30 am – 12:45pm | PUP 367
“Subscriptions to Prescriptions: Lessons from Louisiana’s Effort to Eliminate Hepatitis C”
ECON/Public Policy Seminar Series
Barton Willage, Ph.D.
Department of Economics, University of Delaware
Wednesday, October 14 | 12-1pm | Sondheim 108
GES Seminar Series
Dr. Delta Merner (GES ’14)
Union of Concerned Scientists
Wednesday, October 14 | 5-7pm | Fine Arts Recital Hall
“Spell Freedom: The Story of the Underground Schools that Built the Civil Rights Movement”
A conversation with author Elaine Weiss and UMBC’s Dr. Brandon Beck
Hosted by he UMBC Shriver Center, the School of Education, and the Community Leadership Program. Visit the myUMBC post for more information and to register.
ECON/Public Policy Seminar Series
Salisbury University
GES Seminar Series: GES Faculty Panel
Department of Psychology Colloquium Series
November
CS3 Featured Events
Monday, November 8 | 6pm | UC Ballroom
48th Annual W.E.B. DuBois Lecture
“On Deviance and Defiance: Commandeering Futures Through Poor Black Women’s Social Reproduction”
Takiyah Harper-Shipman, PhD, Davidson College, North Carolina
Organized by the Department of Africana Studies.
Part of the Social Sciences Forum.
Tuesday, November 10 | 12-1:30pm | Commons 331
“Writing Mixed Methods Research for Publication”
Matthew McCrudden, PhD, Professor of Education, Penn State University
November 12 | 12 – 1pm | PUP 451
CS3 Brownbag Series
Jé St. Sume, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, will discuss their work as a CS3 summer fellow.
Cosponsored and Other Events
Wednesday, November 18 | 12-1pm | Sondheim 108
GES Seminar Series
Dr. Laura Sauls, George Mason University
December
Cosponsored and other events
Wednesday, December 2 | 12-1pm | Sondheim 108
GES Seminar Series
GESTAR posters
Monday, December 7 | 2:30-4pm | Sondheim 414
Department of Psychology Colloquium Series
“Making Sense of Racism: Family Socialization and Civic Agency among Asian American Youth”
Charissa Cheah, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology
Wednesday, December 9 | 12-1pm | Sondheim 108
GES Seminar Series
GES Graduate Student Lightning Talks
CS3 sponsored events are open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other protected category under applicable federal law, state law, and the University’s nondiscrimination policy.