On today's episode I speak with Dr. Ramon Goings, Associate Professor in the Language, Literacy, and Culture doctoral program at UMBC.

https://ramongoings.com/

Dr. Goings' "Fourteen Secrets to a Done Dissertation"

On Campus Connections, we hear about an article about helping Black males succeed in the sciences--published by our former University President, Dr. Freeman Hrabowski III.

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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. Christine Mallinson, Director of CS3, Special Assistant and APLU-CoR Fellow in the Office for Research & Creative Achievement, Professor of Language, Literacy, and Culture, and Affiliate Professor of Gender, Women's + Sexuality Studies.

Dr. Christine Mallinson's Personal Site

Visit Dr. Mallinson's page on Baltimore language:  BaltimoreLanguage.com

On Campus Connections, we hear about a chapter co-authored by Dr. Mallinson about Black voices in the classroom:  Empowering African-American Student Voices in College, by Anne H. Charity Hudley, Christine Mallinson, Erin Berry-McCrea (graduate of UMBC's Language, Literacy & Culture Ph.D. Program), and Jamaal Muwwakkil.

• 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 about the work of the Domestic Violence Action Research Collective (DVARC). I speak with Dr. Nkiru Nnawulezi, Associate Professor in the UMBC Department of Psychology, and Liz Odongo, Director of Grants and Programs at the D.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence. 

Dr. Nkiru Nnawulezi

Liz Odongo

On today's Campus Connection, we hear about a UMBC dissertation from the Department of Psychology, written by doctoral graduate John Persampiere.

Anger-Reactivity and Treatment Violence Among Court-Mandated Partner-Violent Men

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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 about the history of the 40 Elephants, an all-women, all-working-class gang that operated for over 100 years in London, thanks to the research of UMBC History MA student Nikki Vietz.

Nikki Vietz

• 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 about the consequences of political polarization for the mental and physical health of Americans. I speak with Dr. Sameera Nayak, Assistant Professor of Public Health at UMBC.

Dr. Sameera Nayak

Is divisive politics making Americans sick? - Social Science & Medicine

On today's Campus Connection, we hear about a recent book chapter by Dr. John Rennie Short, Professor of Public Policy at UMBC.

Dr. John Rennie Short

The Pandemic and the Costs of an Unhealthy 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 we hear a rebroadcast of the 2022 UMBC Social Sciences Forum Erickson School Lecture, organized by the Erickson School of Aging and cosponsored by the Center for Social Science Scholarship.

The lecture, which took place in the Spring 2021 semester, featured the work of Dr. Candace Brown, Assistant Professor of Gerontology and Member of the Gerontology Executive Committee at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte.

Dr. Candace Brown

On today's Campus Connection, we hear about a recent co-authored paper by Dr. Foad Hamidi of the Information Systems Department at UMBC.

Physiological Computing as a Facilitator for the Promotion of Physical Activity in People with Functional Diversity

• 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 2022 UMBC Social Science Forum Lecture, organized by the Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics & Intercultural Communication and cosponsored by the Department of Media & Communication Studies; the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering; the Department of Information Systems, and the Center for Social Science Scholarship.

The lecture, which took place in October, featured the work of two linguists, David J. Peterson and Dr. Jessie Sams. David and Jessie currently work full time as "conlangers," or creators of invented languages.

David J. Peterson

Dr. Jessie Sams

The Language Creation Society

On today's Campus Connection, we hear about a recent co-authored paper by Dr. Renee Lambert-Bretiere of the UMBC Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication (MLLI).

Dr. Renee Lambert-Bretiere

Relabeling and Word-Order: A Construction Grammar Perspective

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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 the 2022 UMBC Constitution Day lecture, sponsored by CS3 and the Department of Political Science. This year we were delighted to welcome Dr. Robinson Woodward-Burns of Howard University to deliver the Constitution Day lecture. Dr. Woodward-Burns delivered remarks based on his recent book, published in 2021 by Yale University Press.

Dr. Robinson Woodward-Burns

Hidden Laws: How State Constitutions Stabilize U.S. Politics (2021, Yale)

On today's Campus Connection, we hear about a recent co-authored paper by Dr. William Blake, Associate Professor of Political Science at UMBC. Read more about Dr. Blake and the paper below:

Dr. William Blake

"Social Capital, Institutional Rules, and Constitutional Amendment Rates"

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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 about the challenging and rewarding study of hospital pricing from Dr. Morgane Mouslim and Dr. Morgan Henderson of the UMBC Hilltop Institute.

The Hilltop Institute

Dr. Morgane Mouslim

Dr. Morgan Henderson

On today's Campus Connection, we hear about a recent co-authored paper by several Johns Hopkins faculty members, as well as UMBC faculty members, Dr. Cynthia Woodcock and Dr. Ian Stockwell.

Dr. Cynthia Woodcock

Dr. Ian Stockwell

"Expanding Medicaid Coverage" article

• 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 about the UMBC Review, a student-led publication at UMBC that publishes peer-reviewed undergraduate student research across the disciplines.

Dr. April Householder

UMBC Review Submission Page

On today's Campus Connection, we hear about additional papers recently published in the social sciences in the UMBC Review. Check out the back catalogue to see more fantastic student research!

UMBC Review: Past Issues

• 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.