The Center for Social Science Scholarship has launched a directory of UMBC social science faculty who are available to review grant proposals by other faculty members. The goal is to strengthen the social science grant pipeline, support faculty who might be the only ones in their department working in a field, connect faculty looking for a reviewer from another discipline, and to foster collaborative research relationships in the social science community at UMBC.
Faculty seeking a review must also volunteer to be listed in the directory to review proposals of others, except for non-tenured faculty and faculty who have not yet received an external award. Reviewers need at least two weeks of lead time to complete a review. They may also decline to review a proposal if it falls outside of their expertise, if they have serious time constraints, or if there is a conflict of interest. Faculty should not wait for a review to be concluded to approach CS3 about their proposals. Be sure to follow the CAHSS proposal timeline.
Faculty members are added to the directory on a rolling basis. To be added to the directory, please contact CS3’s director, Eric Stokan.
email: ccheah@umbc.edu
Department: Psychology
Areas of Interest
Developmental and social psychology, Health disparities, Race/ethnicity, Culture, Immigration (from a psychological perspective)
Experience as a grantee or reviewer
NSF, Foundation for Child Development, Russell Sage Foundation
email: filomeno@umbc.edu
Department: Global Studies, Political Science
Areas of Interest
Immigration, Latin America, Latinos in the US, community-based research, intergroup relations
Experience as a grantee or reviewer
Maryland Humanities, Abell Foundation, Louisville Institute, Fulbright
email: fmhult@umbc.edu
Department: Education
Areas of Interest
Multilingual education, language education policy, ethnographic sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, ethnography of communication
Experience as a grantee or reviewer
Swedish Research Council (area of Education), Estonian Research Council, National Research Foundation of South Africa, PI, FHI360/US Department of State, various Nordic foundations
email: fmhult@umbc.edu
Department: Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health
Areas of Interest
Qualitative research methods; Assisted reproductive/genetic technology and policy; Public health ethics; Cannabis policy
Experience as a grantee or reviewer
HRSA grant reviewer
email: mallinson@umbc.edu
Department: Language, Literacy & Culture
Areas of Interest
Social inequality; sociolinguistics – language change, linguistic diversity, and interpersonal and institutional biases; education policy and linguistic equity; community-based research; ethics
Experience as a grantee or reviewer
NSF, Fulbright, Erasmus+
email: nanmille@umbc.edu
Department: School of Public Policy
Areas of Interest
People with disabilities, long-term services and supports, health disparities, Medicare and Medicaid
Experience as a grantee or reviewer
National Institute for Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research; The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
email: jschuma@umbc.edu
Department: Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health; Gerontology
Areas of Interest
Health, healthcare delivery, public health, community engagement; older adults, gerontology, and life course issues
Experience as a grantee or reviewer
NIH, Ford Foundation/Institute of Medicine
email: estokan@umbc.edu
Department: Political Science
Areas of Interest
Urban development, program evaluation, public policy, equity
Experience as a grantee or reviewer
US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)