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In a time when communication technologies are increasingly digital, interactive, and global, participation in the public sphere requires critical engagement across a range of media, genres, and cultural contexts. UMBC’s Media and Communication Studies Department represents an innovative and interdisciplinary response to this need.
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Item Academic Minute: The promise of work-life balance(UMBC News, 2023-09-29) Duque, Catalina Sofia DansbergerItem The Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Research Conference(UMBC Center for Social Science Research, 2023-04-18) Anson, Ian; Forestiere, Carolyn; Averno-Ruby Jr., Eric; Cone, Tessa; Crummitt, Kathryn; Ferguson, Grace Chan; Kutishcheva, Maria; Mba-Jonas, Chinemerem Audrey; Moneke, Diana; Oluka, Oyinlola; Patel, Riya; Sizenbach, Hannah; Taylan, Magdanikka; Walker, Molly QuinnOn 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 Check out the following links for more information on UMBC, CS3, and our host: The UMBC Center for the Social Sciences Scholarship The University of Maryland, Baltimore County Ian G. Anson, Ph.D.Item The Social Science of Invented Languages w/ David J. Peterson & Dr. Jessie Sams(UMBC Center for Social Science Research, 2022-11-14) Anson, Ian; Peterson, David J.; Sams, Jessie; Lambert-Brétière, RenéeOn this 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. The Language Creation Society Check out the following links for more information on UMBC, CS3, and our host: The UMBC Center for the Social Sciences Scholarship The University of Maryland, Baltimore County Ian G. Anson, Ph.D. On Campus Connections, 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). Relabeling and Word-Order: A Construction Grammar PerspectiveItem Book Review: TV Snapshots: An Archive of Everyday Life(Sage, 2023-03-18) Patton, ElizabethItem THE MEDIAPOLIS Q&A: RACE AND THE SUBURBS(Mediapolis, 2021-11-19) Schleier, Merrill; Patton, Elizabeth; Matos, Angel; Corbin, AmyIn this installment of the Mediapolis Q&A, author and editor Merrill Schleier discusses her latest book, Race and the Suburbs in American Film (SUNY Press, 2021), with three of the book’s contributing authors, Elizabeth Patton, Angel Matos, and Amy Corbin.Item UMBC humanities faculty receive NEH fellowships for research into “the why and how of our past”(UMBC News, 2023-02-15) Duque, Catalina Sofia Dansberger; Musgrove, George Derek; Patton, Elizabeth; Jacob, PremindaItem Spotlight: Elizabeth Patton(Michigan Publishing, 2022) Russworm, TreaAndrea M.; Patton, ElizabethItem URCAD ’22 w/ Avnee Sharma, Jess Sellner, Elyssa Lou, & Joshua F. Gray(UMBC Center for Social Science Research, 2022-05-02) Anson, Ian; Sharma, Avnee; Sellner, Jess; Lou, Elyssa; Gray, Joshua F.Item A (Voting) Party At the Mailbox w/ Dr. Melissa Michelson(UMBC Center for Social Science Research, 2022-04-18) Anson, Ian; Michelson, Melissa; Antkowiak, Laura; Possidente, SophiaItem Student-Athletes and Political Voice with Dr. Tom Schaller(UMBC Center for Social Science Research, 2022-04-04) Anson, Ian; Schaller, Thomas; Coates, Dennis; Rivas, Jefferson; Possidente, SophiaItem Natural Disasters and Food Security w/ Dr. Lauren Clay(UMBC Center for Social Science Research, 2022-03-21) Anson, Ian; Clay, Lauren; Grodsky, Brian; Rivas, Jefferson; Possidente, SophiaItem Slave Rebellions w/ Dr. Marjoleine Kars, Dr. Vincent Brown, and Dr. Sharika Crawford(UMBC Center for Social Science Research, 2022-03-07) Anson, Ian; Kars, Marjoleine; Brown, Vincent; Crawford, Sharika; Rivas, Jefferson; Possidente, Sophia; Maddox-Wingfield, CameeItem Ecocrtical Scholarship Toward Social Justice and Sustainability in Teacher Education(Issues in Teacher Education, 2018) Lupinacci, John; Happel-Parkins, Alison; Turner, RitaItem In the work-from-home battle for space, women are the reluctant nomads(The Conversation, 2020-10-12) Patton, ElizabethItem There are Hidden Costs to Working From Home During the Pandemic(HuffPost, 2020-09-02) Torres, MonicaItem THE MEDIAPOLIS Q&A: ELIZABETH PATTON’S EASY LIVING(Mediapolis, 2021-01-15) Levine, Elana H; Patton, ElizabethItem Office politics move into the home(Axios, 2021-08-10) Pandey, EricaItem Remote Work Won’t Save Us(TNR, 2020-08-03) Kaiser-Schatzlein, RobinItem Book Review: Easy Living: The Rise of the Home Office by Elizabeth A. Patton(LSE, 2021-06-23) Kalpokas, IgnasItem The History Of Working From Home(Utah Public Radio, 2020-09-10) LaPlante, Matthew; Patton, Elizabeth