Retrieving the Social Sciences

On today's episode we hear a rebroadcast of the 2023 UMBC Constitution Day Lecture, sponsored by UMBC's Center for Social Science Scholarship and the Department of Political Science.

The lecture, which took place in September of 2023, was given by keynote speaker Delegate Mark S. Chang. Delegate Chang has represented the 32nd District in the Maryland House of Delegates (Anne Arundel County) since 2015, and also serves as the Vice Chair of the Appropriations Committee, among a variety of other vital committee positions in our state legislature. Delegate Chang received a B.A. in Psychology from UMBC in 1999, making him a proud UMBC social science alumnus! See the link below for more information about Delegate Chang.

Delegate Chang's official website

Stay tuned for a special Campus Connection featuring our new Production Assistant, Jean Kim, who details her experience interning in the Maryland General Assembly through the UMBC MGA Internship Program!

• The UMBC Center for the Social Sciences Scholarship

Retrieving the Social Sciences is a production of the UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship.  Our podcast host is Dr. Ian Anson, our director is Dr. Christine Mallinson, and our associate director is Dr. Felipe Filomeno. Our theme music was composed and recorded by D’Juan Moreland.  Special thanks to Amy Barnes and Myriam Ralston for production assistance.  Make sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, where you can find full video recordings of recent UMBC events.

On today's episode we return to our discussion of pedagogical simulations and the immigrant experience in educational settings from Dr. Kerri Evans, Assistant Professor of Social Work at UMBC. We also hear from Dr. Keisha Allen, formerly of UMBC, who is now Assistant Professor in the School of Education at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Dr. Evans' webpage

Dr. Allen's webpage

• The UMBC Center for the Social Sciences Scholarship

Retrieving the Social Sciences is a production of the UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship.  Our podcast host is Dr. Ian Anson, our director is Dr. Christine Mallinson, our associate director is Dr. Felipe Filomeno and our production intern is Jean Kim. Our theme music was composed and recorded by D’Juan Moreland.  Special thanks to Amy Barnes and Myriam Ralston for production assistance.  Make sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, where you can find full video recordings of recent UMBC events.

On today's episode I speak with Dr. Susan Sterett, Professor in the School of Public Policy at UMBC, about her recent book (link below).

Dr. Susan Sterett

Litigating the Pandemic: Disaster Cascades in Court (UPenn Press)

See below for links to groups and initiatives mentioned by Dr. Sterett during the course of our conversation:

COVID coverage litigation tracker (UPenn)

COVID-19 Complaint Tracker

Fisher Phillips Employment Litigation Tracker

MIT Election Litigation Tracker

• The UMBC Center for the Social Sciences Scholarship

Retrieving the Social Sciences is a production of the UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship.  Our podcast host is Dr. Ian Anson, our director is Dr. Christine Mallinson, our associate director is Dr. Felipe Filomeno and our production intern is Jean Kim. Our theme music was composed and recorded by D’Juan Moreland.  Special thanks to Amy Barnes and Myriam Ralston for production assistance.  Make sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, where you can find full video recordings of recent UMBC events.

On today's episode we hear a rebroadcast of a presentation that formed a part of the 2023 UMBC Africana Studies Conference, organized by Dr. Gloria Chuku, Professor and Chair of the UMBC Africana Studies Department.

The lecture, which took place in May of 2023, was given by keynote speaker Dr. Aili M. Tripp. Dr. Tripp is Vilas Research Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Tripp’s research has focused on gender/women and politics, women’s movements in Africa, transnational feminism, African politics (with particular reference to Uganda and Tanzania), autocracies in Africa, and on the informal economy in Africa. She is presently working on a project on women’s political leadership in African autocracies and a second project on women’s political citizenship and conflict globally.

• The UMBC Center for the Social Sciences Scholarship

Retrieving the Social Sciences is a production of the UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship.  Our podcast host is Dr. Ian Anson, our director is Dr. Christine Mallinson, and our associate director is Dr. Felipe Filomeno. Our theme music was composed and recorded by D’Juan Moreland.  Special thanks to Amy Barnes and Myriam Ralston for production assistance.  Make sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, where you can find full video recordings of recent UMBC events.

Today's episode features the remarkable UMBC MA in Applied Sociology program.

Contact the program for more information at [email protected]

First we hear from Dr. Christine Armstrong Mair and Dr. Brandy H. Wallace, both UMBC faculty members affiliated with the Applied Sociology program.

In the episode, we also hear from two current MA students working on theses in applied sociology:

R.B. Brauer

Jayla Gray-Thomas

And concurrently, we hear from two recent alumni of the program:

Fariha Khalid

Perry Gilchrist

• The UMBC Center for the Social Sciences Scholarship

Retrieving the Social Sciences is a production of the UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship.  Our podcast host is Dr. Ian Anson, our director is Dr. Christine Mallinson, and our associate director is Dr. Felipe Filomeno. Our theme music was composed and recorded by D’Juan Moreland.  Special thanks to Amy Barnes and Myriam Ralston for production assistance.  Make sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, where you can find full video recordings of recent UMBC events.

On today's episode I speak with Dr. Michelle Scott, Professor of History and Affiliate Faculty in Gender and Women's Studies, Language, Literacy and Culture, and Africana Studies at UMBC, about her recent book (link below).

Dr. Michelle Scott

T.O.B.A. Time: Black Vaudeville and the Theater Owners' Booking Association in Jazz-Age America

• The UMBC Center for the Social Sciences Scholarship

Retrieving the Social Sciences is a production of the UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship.  Our podcast host is Dr. Ian Anson, our director is Dr. Christine Mallinson, our associate director is Dr. Felipe Filomeno and our production intern is Alex Andrews. Our theme music was composed and recorded by D’Juan Moreland.  Special thanks to Amy Barnes and Myriam Ralston for production assistance.  Make sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, where you can find full video recordings of recent UMBC events.

On today's episode I speak with Dr. Pamela Bennett, Professor in the School of Public Policy at UMBC, about her recent co-authored book (link below).

Dr. Pamela Bennett's Site

Parenting in Privilege or Peril

• The UMBC Center for the Social Sciences Scholarship

Retrieving the Social Sciences is a production of the UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship.  Our podcast host is Dr. Ian Anson, our director is Dr. Christine Mallinson, our associate director is Dr. Felipe Filomeno and our production intern is Alex Andrews. Our theme music was composed and recorded by D’Juan Moreland.  Special thanks to Amy Barnes and Myriam Ralston for production assistance.  Make sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, where you can find full video recordings of recent UMBC events.

On today's episode we hear a rebroadcast of a 2023 UMBC Geography and Environmental Systems Forum Lecture, organized by the UMBC Department of Geography and Environmental Systems.

The lecture, which took place in the Spring 2023 semester, featured the work of Dr. Andrea Roberts, Associate Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning and Co-Director of the School’s Center for Cultural Landscapes at the University of Virginia’s (UVA) School of Architecture.

Dr. Andrea Roberts

Contact the Freedom Colonies Project (gmail)

The Freedom Colonies Project Website

On today's Campus Connection, we hear about a recent co-authored paper by Dr. George Derek Musgrove of the History Department at UMBC.

"A Monument to Black Resistance and Strength"

• The UMBC Center for the Social Sciences Scholarship

Retrieving the Social Sciences is a production of the UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship.  Our podcast host is Dr. Ian Anson, our director is Dr. Christine Mallinson, our associate director is Dr. Felipe Filomeno and our production intern is Alex Andrews. Our theme music was composed and recorded by D’Juan Moreland.  Special thanks to Amy Barnes and Myriam Ralston for production assistance.  Make sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, where you can find full video recordings of recent UMBC events.

On today's special episode of Retrieving the Social Sciences, we hear from the presenters at the 12th Annual Pi Sigma Alpha UMBC Undergraduate Research Conference, as well as our Pi Sigma Alpha Chapter advisor Dr. Carolyn Forestiere, Professor of Political Science at UMBC.

The student presenters and their paper titles are listed below:

UMBC Paw Poll: Age and Voter Turnout, Eric Averno-Ruby Jr.

A Study of the Pro-Life Movement, Tessa Cone

Cosmopolitanization in Baltimore City and Montgomery County Public Schools, Kathryn Crummitt

Inequality and Homicide Rates: A U.S. State-level Analysis, Grace Chan Ferguson

Video Games as Cultural Artifacts: How Pathologic Communicated the Trauma-Induced Nostalgia of Russian Citizens, Maria Kutishcheva

Racial Gerrymandering and Educational Success, Chinemerem Audrey Mba-Jonas

West African Women Mitigating Brain Drain, Diana Moneke

Death Penalty Justification: Explaining the Impact of Biological Sex and Religious Importance, Oyinlola Oluka

Immigrant Attitudes Toward Women’s Political Participation, Riya Patel

Is Victim Blaming Universal? Understanding the societal impacts of genocidal rape in Central and Eastern Africa, Hannah Sizenbach

Exploring Political Expression at UMBC: A Comparison of Party Identification and Comfort with Political Expression on Campus, Magdanikka Taylan

Political Obedience in Democracies: How Educational and Conservative Environments Foster Trust of Governments, Molly Quinn Walker

• The UMBC Center for the Social Sciences Scholarship

Retrieving the Social Sciences is a production of the UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship.  Our podcast host is Dr. Ian Anson, our director is Dr. Christine Mallinson, our associate director is Dr. Felipe Filomeno and our production intern is Alex Andrews. Our theme music was composed and recorded by D’Juan Moreland.  Special thanks to Amy Barnes and Myriam Ralston for production assistance.  Make sure to follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, where you can find full video recordings of recent UMBC events.

On today's episode I speak with Dr. Laura Antkowiak, Associate Professor in the UMBC Department of Political Science and the Director of the Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars Program at UMBC, as well as Jessica Reynolds Cook, Associate Director of the Sondheim Program. In our conversation we discuss the Sondheim program, its origins, its current work, and the fantastic students it serves.

• The UMBC Center for the Social Sciences Scholarship

Retrieving the Social Sciences is a production of the UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship.  Our podcast host is Dr. Ian Anson, our director is Dr. Christine Mallinson, our associate director is Dr. Felipe Filomeno and our production intern is Alex Andrews. Our theme music was composed and recorded by D’Juan Moreland.  Special thanks to Amy Barnes and Myriam Ralston for production assistance.  Make sure to follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, where you can find full video recordings of recent UMBC events.