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”
Annamaria 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.
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February 10 | 12 noon | UC Ballroom Lounge (302)
Understanding and Influencing Maryland Government: A Student’s Guide
with Jake Weissmann and Dr. Laura Antkowiak.
Click here for details.
February 11 | 4pm | Webex – TO BE RESCHEDULED
iHARP Tuesday Talk with Dr. Eric Stokan, Director, CS3 and Associate Professor, Political Science
“Transdisciplinary Collaborations to Address Our “Wicked Problems”
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February 12 | 5pm | AOK Library Gallery – RESCHEDULED FOR APRIL 2, 2025
CAHSS New Faculty Microtalks
Meet recently hired tenure-stream faculty and learn about their research interests.
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February 13 | noon | Webex
Confessions of a Serial Book Writer: A Social Science Faculty Workshop
Dr. John Rennie Short, Professor Emeritus, UMBC’s School of Public Policy
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February 18 | 5:30pm | The Skylight Room
Celebrating UMBC Social Science Faculty Publications
Join us in celebrating books and high-impact articles published by UMBC social science faculty.
February 21 | 12noon | PAHB 216
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program: Accelerator Workshop for CAHSS FacultyHybrid workshop offered by the AOK Library staff. Click here for more information.
February 24 | 12 noon | AOK Library Room 259 or Webex
How to Prepare a Social Science/Humanities Literature Review.
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February 27 | 4pm | AOK Library Gallery
GES Alumni Lecture: “What we can learn about conservation justice from the illegal plant trade?”
with Dr. Jared Marguilies (’17)
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February 27 | 7pm | Fine Arts Recital Hall
Neuroscience, Freewill, and Moral Responsibility
A public forum presented by the Center for Ethics and Values.Click here for details and to register by February 14th.
March 2025
March 5 | 12pm | UC 310
UMBC Department of Education Research Seminar Series
“Effects of Diversifying Experiences on Infant Development”
Leher Singh, UMBC, Department of Psychology
March 12 | 5pm | Webex
“Christian Cosmopolitanism: Faith Communities Talk Immigration”
A conversation with author Dr. Felipe A. Filomeno, Associate Professor, Political Science; Director, Global Studies.
Click here for more information and to register.
March 26 | 11:30am | Fine Arts 011
“Doing Research in Perilous Times: Strategies and Tactics for CAHSS Faculty – Part 1”
This event will feature a panel followed by a discussion of issues of concern for CAHSS faculty research.
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March 26 | 4pm | AOK Library Gallery
“Beyond Buzzwords: Understanding the Challenges of Sustainability in Theory and Practice”
Featuring keynote speaker Dr. Andrea Pierce, University of Delaware
Organized by the Center for Social Science Scholarship and the Grand Challenge Scholars Program. Moderated by Dr. Maria Sanchez, Professor of the Practice; Director, Engineering and Computing Education Program; COEIT.
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March 27 | 5pm | 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.
March 28 | noon | Public Policy Room 367
“Politics and the Past, Present, and Future of Education”
with Dr. Agustina Paglayan, UC San Diego
Hosted by the Department of Economics.
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April 2025
April 1 | 11:30am| Webex
ECON/PUBL Speaker Series
Marta Lorimer
“Europe as Ideological Resource: European Integration and Far Right Legitimation in France and Italy”
Email socialscience@umbc.edu for the Webex link to join.
April 2 | 12pm | UC 310
UMBC Department of Education Research Seminar Series
“Mathematics Discourse in Secondary Teacher Candidates’ Lessons: A Mixed Methods
Analysis”
Ashley Schmidt, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Chris Rakes, UMBC, Department of Education
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April 2 | 5pm | AOK Library Gallery
CAHSS New Faculty Microtalks
Meet recently hired tenure-stream faculty and learn about their research interests.
Click here for details.
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.
“Sporting Regulatory Capture”
Hosted by the Breaking the M.O.L.D. Program.
The Low Lecture
“For Generations Yet Unborn: Observations and Challenges in Black Public History”
Amber N. Mitchell, Curator of Black History, The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation
Hosted by the Department of History as part of the Spring 2025 Social Sciences Forum.
The Eckert Lecture on Health and Inequality
“Recovering from the Opioid Epidemic in Baltimore and Beyond”
A panel discussion with Bakari Atiba, AA, Director of Community Engagement at Charm City Care Connection; 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 as part of the Spring 2025 Social Sciences Forum.
ECON/PUBL Seminar Series
Naomi Utgoff
Economics Department, United States Naval Academy
“Service Assignment at the United States Naval Academy”
April 30 | 4pm | AOK Library Gallery
“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 as part of the Spring 2025 Social Sciences Forum.
May 2025
May 6 | 11:30am | PUP 367
ECON/PUBL Seminar Series
“Drug Money and Bank Lending: The Unintended Consequences of Anti-Money Laundering Policies”
Pablo Slutzky
Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park
following the award presentation, Dr. Eric Stokan’s Urban Problems and Policy Analysis students will present their “neighborhood development plans” as part of a collaboration with the Urban Land Institute of Baltimore.
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UMBC Department of Education Research Seminar Series
“Models, Methods, and Ethics for Linguistic Justice, Equity, and Inclusion”
Christine Mallinson, UMBC, Language, Literacy & Culture Program