Ian Anson, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
- When it comes to vacations, Democrats and Republicans think remarkably alike The Hill (May 23, 2025) (with Mileah Kromer)
- UMBC political science students conduct exit polling at some sites across Baltimore County WBAL TV (November 5, 2024).
- Is partisanship driving some Marylanders’ sticker shock over high prices? Maryland Matters (October 31, 2024)
- ‘The stakes are high’: Maryland political experts preview presidential debate
WBALTV (September 10, 2024) - Maryland Senate race could be determined by out-of-state money, UMBC professor says WBALTV (July 17, 2024)
- Maryland Democrats on Biden’s debate performance: Not his best; don’t judge him only on 90 minutes WBALTV (June 28, 2204)
- The 2024 Elections: Americans have wildly different perceptions of the Biden economy—and the election hangs in the balance USAPP-LSE Blog (May 28, 2024)
- Early voting slow across Maryland for 2024 primary election WBALTV 11 (May 10, 2024)
- Campaign finance records show who has the most cash in Baltimore’s mayoral race WBAL TV11 (April 10, 2024)
- Reports show who has deepest pockets in Baltimore City Council president race WBAL TV11 (April 10, 2024)
- How partisanship can help solve the social problems it causes USAPP-LSE Blog (March 6, 2024)
- Maryland congressional races could have serious implications on balance of power
WBAL TV11 (February 14, 2024) - Nick Mosby has yet to file for re-election as council president amid testimony at ex-wife’s trial WBAL TV11 (February 2, 2024)
- A neuroscientist explains why stupidity is an existential threat to America Microsoft Start (September 16, 2023)
- Political analyst calls Trump situation ‘huge stress test’ on American politics WBAL (August 24, 2023)
- New federal plan could help make student loan payments more manageable WBAL (July 31, 2023)
- Inaugural UMBC Paw Poll reveals high levels of student civic engagement UMBC News (February 21, 2023)
Laura Antkowiak, Professor, Department of Political Science
- After nearly 30 years, Pennsylvania will end state funding for anti-abortion counseling centers AP (September 1, 2023)
Matt Baker, Professor, Geography & Environmental Systems; Associate Dean, CAHSS
- UMBC’s Matthew Baker and team study how urban trees respond to heat stress UMBC Magazine (December 21, 2022)
- High temperatures a preview of Baltimore’s future Baltimore Banner (July 23, 2022)
- Floating wetlands show possibility of Inner Harbor restoration Baltimore (April 25, 2022)
Pamela Bennett, Associate Professor, The School of Public Policy
- Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in college admissions; Maryland education leaders, students react The Baltimore Sun (June 29, 2023)
Dawn Biehler, Associate Professor, Geography and Environmental Systems
- Learning From Central Park’s History The Academic Minute (October 23, 2023)
Earl Brooks, Assistant Professor of English
- Where was everyone when Southwest Baltimore flooded? Baltimore Banner (December 19, 2022)
Charissa Cheah, Professor, Department of Psychology
- Bringing mental health awareness to AAPI communities MSNBC (May 13, 2023)
- A look at mental health in Asian American communities Good Morning America (May 8, 2023)
- PNW’s Keon will move to faculty post next year; campus looking for a new chancellor Chicago Tribune, Yahoo! News, NextShark (April 26, 2023)
- Anti-Asian violence causing a mental health crisis for Asian Americans Correct Success (January 28, 2023)
- ‘No safe spaces’: For Asian Americans, California shootings add to growing mental health crisis USA Today (January 25, 2023)
Lauren A. Clay, Associate Professor and Chair, Emergency Health Services
- NIH welcomes inaugural class of Climate and Health Scholars (Environmental Factor (February 2023)
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NSF awards UMBC’s Lauren Clay $624K Convergence Accelerator grant to address food insecurity in disasters UMBC News (January 6, 2023)
Dennis Coates, Professor, Department of Economics
- Economists eye land deal with Orioles; state says it will ‘reinvigorate’ Camden Yards – Twin Cities Good Word News (November 3, 2023)
- ‘Essentially gifting the land’: Economists pan land deal with Orioles; state says it will ‘reinvigorate’ Camden Yards The Baltimore Sun (October 27, 2023)
- Can sports stadiums be good business for taxpayers? WUSA (October 16, 2023)
- As Orioles’ player spending plunged from pre-pandemic levels, team income and value soared The Baltimore Sun (September 22, 2023)
- Women’s World Cup: More teams, more money Marketplace (July 20, 2023)
- MO and KS lawmakers are spending millions on the World Cup in KC. Where’s it going? Yahoo! Sports (May 18, 2023)
- Maryland board approves $450 million in improvements to Ravens’ stadium Baltimore Sun (May 17, 2023)
- As 148th Preakness Stakes approaches, a grim trend greets the future of Maryland thoroughbred racing Baltimore Sun (May 13, 2023)
- CIAA HBCU basketball tournament: How its impact extends beyond the games, festivities The Baltimore Banner (February 19, 2023)
- Plans for Pimlico and Laurel Park’s renovations are bogged down and hundreds of millions over budget Baltimore Sun (February 3, 2023)
- Will New York City’s Soccer Stadium Cost Taxpayers $0 or $516 Million? New York Times (January 13, 2023)
Sunil Dasgupta, Program Director at Shady Grove, Department of Political Science
- I Hate Politics podcast’s 135th episode, “Jill Carter, Martin O’Malley, and Political Trauma in Baltimore” hosted by Sunil Dasgupta (September 3, 2023)
- Politics Briefing MoCo 360 (August 18, 2023)
- What’s fueling this pernicious, illiberal fire? Washington Independent Review of Books (August 9, 2023)
- Will Maryland lawmakers shake up state spending with their new power? Delmarva Now (January 10, 2023)
Kate Drabinski, Principal Lecturer, Gender, Women’s, + Sexuality studies
- Untold Baltimore: Unearthing the city’s secrets on Future City WYPR (November 11, 2023)
- The African American heroes of the Battle of Baltimore; Bmore Historic’s ‘unconference’ approach WYPR (September 13, 2023)
- Baltimore arts and culture events 5/31/23-06/30/23 (LGBTQ+ heritage walking tour of Charles Village in Baltimore City) Baltimore Beat (May 30, 2023)
Erle Ellis, Professor, Geography and Environmental Systems
- The Anthropocene is not an epoch − but the age of humans is most definitely underway UMBC Magazine (March 7, 2024)
- A new force of nature is reshaping this planet Eureka!Alert AAAS (December 14, 2023)
- 1.5 Degrees Is Not the Problem The New York Times (December 4, 2023)
- The proposed Anthropocene definition is unscientific and harmful New Scientist (September 6, 2023)
- Goodbye Holocene, hello Anthropocene? The Breakthrough Institute (August 3, 2023)
- Why I resigned from the Anthropocene Working Group Anthroecology Lab Blog (July 13, 2023)
- Scientists unveil the key site that shows we’re in a new climate epoch VOX (July 11, 2023)
- The Anthropocene heralds disaster. Can humans change course? Yahoo! News (July 11, 2023)
- Safe and just’ climate boundary has already been breached, says contested study Carbon Brief, The Financial Analyst, Mother Nature (May 31, 2023)
- ‘Alarming’ expansion of cropland in protected areas threatens biodiversity goals Carbon Brief (April 18, 2023)
- This map will show you how much wild space is left on the planet Explorers Web (February 28, 2023)
Kerri Evans, Assistant Professor, Social Work
- Higher education can be elusive for asylum-seekers and immigrants The Conversation (November 6, 2023)
Matthew Fagan, Associate Professor, Geography and Environmental Systems
- Just leaving trees to grow could store a third of our carbon emissions New Scientist (November 13, 2023)
- How much can trees fight climate change? Massively, but not alone, study finds New York Times (November 13, 2023)
Amy Froide, Professor and Chair of the Department of History
- The long history of financial fraud The Academic Minute, NPR Podcasts, Inside Higher Ed (September 22, 2023)
- Girls to the Front: A Reading List of Provocative Feminist History Literary Hub (April 18, 2023)
- Playful learning with food: Historical recipe assignments in the classroom Hypotheses (March 16, 2023)
- The Long History of Financial Fraud, an interview with Scott Tong on NPR’s Here & Now (February 3, 2023)
Ramon Goings, Associate Professor, Language, Literacy, & Culture Program
- There’s no dissertation like a done dissertation The Academic Minute, NPR, Inside Higher Ed) (September 21,2023)
- 2023’s “Best & Worst States for Teachers” WalletHub (September 18, 2023)
- Districts want more teachers of color but don’t do enough to recruit them, survey finds Education Week (February 15, 2023)
- Warren Hayman has spent decades educating Black students. Along the way, he’s touched generations The Baltimore Banner (February 8, 2023)
Brian Grodsky, Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science
- Why wasn’t there a disaster declaration for bridge collapse? WBAL TV News (May 6, 2024)
- Dr. Grodsky discusses the war in Ukraine with Jason Newton, WBAL TV News (October 23, 2022)
- Abortion rights falter as democracy slides Bloomberg Opinion (May 5, 2022)
- These are the companies that have pulled out of Russia since its invasion of Ukraine CBS News (March 10, 2022)
- Economic sanctions may deal fatal blow to Russia’s already-weak domestic opposition The Conversation (March 4, 2022)
Jeff Halverson, Professor, Geography and Environmental Systems
- Here’s what caused Saturday’s destructive storms in the D.C. area Washington Post (July 30, 2023)
- Funnel cloud seen spinning over U.S. Capitol building in Washington Washington Post, New York Ledger (July 25, 2023)
- Severe storm threat ending, but showers and a rumble possible this evening Washington Post (April 6, 2023)
Loren Henderson, Associate Professor, The School of Public Policy
- Episode 1, The Minority Landowner Magazine Podcast (July 28, 2023)
- Black mothers trapped in unsafe neighborhoods signal the stressful health toll of gun violence in the U.S. Good Men Project (June 1, 2023)
- Study shows how hyper-segregation affects the health of single Black mothers WBEZ Chicago (March 2023)
- Dr. Henderson discusses the closure of Splash Mountain at Disney World on Today with Dr. Kaye (radio show) (January 23, 2023)
Morgan Henderson, Director, Analytics & Research, The Hilltop Institute; affiliate faculty, Department of Economics
- Trump revives hospital, insurer price transparency oversight push Modern Healthcare (March 5, 2025)
- Latest updates to hospital price transparency rules aim to make the data more useful STAT + (January 2, 2025)
- UnitedHealth and HCA clash over hospital chain’s rates in ‘battle of the giants’ STAT+ (August 2, 2024)
- Georgia has the nation’s only Medicaid work requirement. Mississippi could be next. ABC news (February 21, 2024)
- House panel holds hearing on previously taboo topic: benefits of Mississippi Medicaid expansion. Mississippi Today Mississipi Today (February 20, 2024)
- HCA doctors say its cost-cutting is endangering Appalachian patients — a warning for the whole U.S. health care system. STAT (November 30, 2023)
- Morgan Henderson of The Hilltop Institute at UMBC co-authors new research investigating the feasibility of price shopping for two common hospital services UMBC News (October 23, 2023)
- The price you pay: Hospitals are posting procedure costs online, but consumers say price tags can still be hard to find Investigate TV (August 7, 2023)
- A look at what Blue Cross reimburses UMMC, both before and after the contract dispute Mississippi Today (June 13, 2023)
- Minnesota’s mental health crisis: Our methodology MN Star Tribune (March 24, 2023)
Nicole King, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of American Studies
- The African American heroes of the Battle of Baltimore; Bmore Historic’s ‘unconference’ approach WYPR (September 13, 2023)
- Why Baltimore’s preservation commission rejected a developer’s plan for The Compass, and what it could mean for downtown’s West Side Baltimore Fishbowl (August 7, 2023)
- Superblock redevelopment steps forward with demolition approval from Baltimore historical panel The Baltimore Sun (August 8, 2023)
- After mass shooting, Baltimore leaders slam police for inadequate response Associated Press (July 14, 2023)
- Superblock redevelopment in Baltimore inches closer to reality Baltimore Sun (May 9, 2023)
Mileah Kromer, Associate Professor, Political Science
- When it comes to vacations, Democrats and Republicans think remarkably alike The Hill (May 23, 2025) (with Mileah Kromer)
- ‘The stakes are high’: Maryland political experts preview presidential debate
WBALTV (September 10, 2024)
Nancy Kusmaul, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work
- Guide to elder abuse and home safety Today’s Homeowner (July 30, 2023)
- CIDER program supports new approach to measuring nursing home quality, plus more research collaborations UMBC Conversation (March 15, 2023)
Renée Lambert-Brétière, Associate Professor, Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication
- Democratizing access to digital tools in the documentation of the Innu Language The Academic Minute, Inside Higher Ed (September 20, 2023)
Jane Lincove, Professor, The School of Public Policy
- Restrictions on suspending students from school show evidence of being effective Education Week (September 28, 2023)
Tania Lizarazo, Associate Professor, Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics & Intercultural Communication
- Peace has long been elusive in rural Colombia – Black women’s community groups try to bring it closer each day The Conversation (June 3, 2025)
- What’s in a name? Latino, Hispanic, Latinx, Latine reveal community divides Baltimore Banner (Septebmer 25, 2023)
Jason Loviglio, Associate Professor, Department of Media and Communication Studies
- From China to ‘Our Land,’ how Melissa Block set a standard for NPR’s reporting Current (August 18, 2023)
Camee Maddox-Wingfield, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health
- The Martinican bèlè dance – a celebration of land, spirit and liberation The Conversation (May 20, 2022)
Dillon Mahmoudi, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography & Environmental Systems
- Storying, with Dillon Mahmoudi and Anthony Levenda The Data Fix with Dr. Mél Hogan (January 20, 2025)
- Is Baltimore’s water safe to drink? Here’s the latest on what residents need to know Baltimore Banner (September 9, 2022)
Christine Mair, Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health; Gerontology PhD Program
- Population in Maryland, U.S. grows older while homeownership rates decline, new 2020 census data shows The Baltimore Sun (May 25, 2023)
Christine Mallinson, Professor, Language, Literacy, and Culture PhD Program
- Commentary: Bringing people and technology together to combat the threat of deepfakes Maryland Matters (March 25, 2024)
- Supporting students who use African American English: How families can become strong advocates for their children. American Federation of Teachers (Fall 2023)
- What is a microaggression? 15 things people think are fine to say at work — but are actually racist, sexist, or offensive Insider, Yahoo! News (July 9, 2023)
- 17 Baltimore slang terms you should know Mental Floss (February 7, 2023)
Zoë McLaren, Associate Professor, The School of Public Policy
- Why don’t Americans have at-home flu tests? African News Herald (November 25, 2022)
- Why doesn’t the U.S. have at-home flu tests? STAT (November 22, 2022)
- The coronavirus has infected more than half of Americans, the C.D.C. reports The New York Times (April 26, 2022)
- Mayor Scott is expected to discuss masking with city health commissioner soon Fox Baltimore (February 22, 2022)
- With mask restrictions set to lift, a haze of uncertainty lingers New York Times, Boston Globe, and NYC Daily Post (February 8, 2022)
- US begins offering 1B free Covid-19, but many more needed Business Standard and many more (January 20, 2022)
- As state ignores at-home COVID test data, boards of health come up with their own solutions WGBH (January 12, 2022)
Roberto Millar, Policy Analyst Advanced, The Hilltop Institute
- CIDER program supports new approach to measuring nursing home quality, plus more research collaborations UMBC Conversation (March 15, 2023)
Andy Miller, Professor, Department of Geography & Environmental Systems
- Baltimore County bans plastic bags effective Nov. 1 The Avenue News (February 7, 2023)
David Mitch, Professor & Chair, Department of Economics
- Uplifting up-and-coming economists UMBC Magazine (December 12, 2023)
- On Milton Friedman, the Chicago School, and the government’s incentive to promote economic growth Capitalism & Freedom in the Twenty first Century with Jon Hartley (podcast) (January 30, 2023)
Kimberly Moffitt, Professor, LLC; Dean, CAHSS
- Scholarly Interview with Kimberly Moffitt, Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, on Media Studies, Critical Race Scholarship, and Black Hair and Body Politics mastersincommunication.com (March 7, 2024)
- The complex relationship between Black gamers and Hogwarts Legacy Just Add Color (May 18, 2023)
Morgane Mouslim, Policy Analyst, Hilltop Institute
- The price you pay: Hospitals are posting procedure costs online, but consumers say price tags can still be hard to find Investigate TV (August 7, 2023)
- Michigan’s nonprofit hospitals get big tax breaks. They don’t always give much in return. Michigan Live (June 7, 2023)
Christopher Murphy, Professor, Department of Psychology
- Preventing intimate partner violence by focusing on abusers American Psychological Association (April 1, 2023)
Derek Musgrove, Associate Professor, Department of History
- D.C. mayor hopes new police chief, crime bill can spur tangible change Washington Post (July 20, 2023)
- To understand America’s failure on housing desegregation, look at the capital city History News Network (May 17, 2023)
- HouseGOP and D.C.: A historically strained marriage grows more tenuous Washington Post (May 13, 2023)
Roy Myers, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science
- Blame game: Republicans point fingers at themselves National Journal (October 3, 2023)
- Government shutdown: There have been 21 shutdowns or funding gaps in US history WHIO (September 30, 2023)
- What was the longest government shutdown in U.S. history? CBS News (September 30, 2023)
- Are you ‘essential’? What happens to your job in a government shutdown Federal Times (September 28, 2023)
Farah Nibbs, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency and Disaster Health Systems
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Colonialism’s legacy has left Caribbean nations much more vulnerable to hurricanes The Conversation (October 22, 2024)
- Rotting sargassum is choking the Caribbean’s white sand beaches, fueling an economic and public health crisis The Conversation (June 4, 2024)
- Thirsty in paradise: Water crises are a growing problem across the Caribbean islands The Conversation (May 14, 2024)
Nkiru Nnawulezi, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
- Domestic violence survivors seek homeless services from a system that often leaves them homeless The Conversation (April 11, 2024)
- Nkiru Nnawulezi and D.C. community partners make the case for survivor-centered housing services UMBC News (August 25, 2022)
- How the mainstream movement against gender-based violence fails Black workers and survivors Mother Jones (March 1, 2022)
Meredith Oyen, Associate Professor, Department of History
- US, Chinese warships’ near miss in Taiwan Strait hints at ongoing troubled diplomatic waters, despite chatter about talks The Conversation (June 9, 2023)
Elizabeth Patton, Associate Professor, Media & Communications Sttudies
- New study finds working this many days at home may help the planet HuffPost (September 22, 2023)
- The home office and work-life balance The Academic Minute, Inside Higher Ed (September 18, 2023)
Thomas Schaller, Professor, Department of Political Science
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Why rural white Americans’ resentment is a threat to democracy The Conversation (April 4, 2024)
- This book about Trump voters goes for the jugular Washington Post (March 7, 2024)
- A Republican Senate in a Divided Government Sabato’s Crystal Ball, UVA Center for Politics (December 21, 2023)
John Rennie Short, Professor, The School of Public Policy (emeritus)
- New York City greenlights congestion pricing – here’s how this toll plan is expected to improve traffic, air quality and public transit The Conversation (April 10, 2024)
- The Dick Wolf Memorial Lecture HillRag (September 7, 2023)
- John Short on Olympics corruption Big 550 KTRS (June 24, 2023)
- LA to host 2028 Summer Olympics, how hosting games in one city is beneficial KCBS (June 13, 2023)
- Hokusai’s career in prints and more programs in June Smithsonian Magazine (June 1, 2023)
- Chinese fighter jet flies within 500 feet of U.S. patrol over South China Sea NBC News (February 24, 2023)
Michelle R. Scott, Professor, History
- The Griffin Sisters helped build Black vaudeville JSTOR Daily (September 1, 2023)
- Michelle R. Scott illuminates the lives of Black Vaudeville performers and their broader social impact in Jazz Age America UMBC News (April 7, 2023)
Sally Scott, Professor of Practice, Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health and Joby Taylor, director of the Shriver Center
- UMBC professors’ paper offers recommendations for future of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor WBAL (January 13, 2022)
Bill Shewbrige, Professor of Practice, Media & Communication Studies
- New documentary features Rising Sun bluegrass legend Southern Maryland News (July 29, 2023)
Eric Stokan, Associate Professor, Political Science
- Neediest areas are being shortchanged on government funds − even with programs designed to benefit poor communities The Conversation (May 6, 2024)
- Baltimore’s guaranteed income program aims to lift young parents out of poverty: ‘I have real-life bills’ Baltimore Sun (November 2022)
Chris Swan, Professor, Geography & Environmental Systems
- UMBC’s Chris Swan awarded NSF funding for U.S.-Brazil partnership on stream biodiversity UMBC Magazine (August 29, 2022)
Chris Tong, Associate Professor, Modern Languages, Linguistics and Intercultural Communication
- China turns to private hackers as it cracks down on online activists on Tiananmen Square anniversary The Conversation (May 31, 2024)
- Turning the Tides UMBC Magazine (July 14, 2022)
Lucy Wilson, Professor, Department of Emergency Health Services
- 5 things COVID experts personally won’t do right now in this latest surge BuzzFeed (Septmber 30, 2023)
- 5 things COVID experts personally won’t do right now in this latest surge HuffPost (September 21, 2023)
Cynthia Woodcock, Executive Director, The Hilltop Institute
- A Baltimore program keeps people healthy and housed. Hospitals may stop funding it anyway. Baltimore Banner (March 2, 2023)
Takashi Yamashita, Professor, Sociology, Anthropology, & Public Health; Gerontology
- Transforming the future of healthy aging: UMBC event highlights leading practices, research from Kanagawa and Maryland UMBC Magazine (November 30, 2022)
Lira Yoon, Associate Professor, Department of Pyschology
- After depression, our brain’s negativity bias lingers Greater Good (November 20, 2023)
- To keep depression at bay, fighting negative thoughts is key U.S. News (August 23, 2023)
Patricia Young, Professor, Department of Education
- Should AI be permitted in college classrooms? 4 scholars weigh in The Conversation (September 6, 2023)
Noor Zaidi, Assistant Professor, Department of History
- Calls for a ‘green’ Ramadan revive Islam’s long tradition of sustainability and care for the planet Gettysburg Connection (March 22, 2023)
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