Welcome CS3's Acting Director
Dr. Eric Stokan
The Center for Social Science Scholarship is pleased to announce its new Acting Director, Dr. Eric Stokan.
Dr. Stokan is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Affiliate in the School of Public Policy whose research examines the equitability and impacts of local government resource allocations of environmental sustainability, economic development, and community development policies. His research foci and analytic methodologies are interdisciplinary, and his scholarship makes use of advances in computational social science and data science. Stokan serves on the editorial board of the Urban Affairs Review and has had faculty affiliations with the MGMT Lab at Indiana University Bloomington and the Center for Urban Studies at Wayne State University.
Dr. Stokan looks forward to building on the tremendous success of CS3 by continuing to elevate the work of faculty and students in the social sciences, promoting interdisciplinary and intercollegiate scholarship, and offering events, trainings, and workshops that are cutting edge and support UMBC’s R1 status.
Stokan holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration from the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Administration at George Washington University and has a B.A. and M.A. in political science from Wayne State University.
Welcome, Dr. Stokan!
Posted: August 28, 2024, 2:10 PM
