Affiliate Faculty by Department
Africana Studies
CHUKU, GLORIA, Ph.D., Professor chuku@umbc.edu African social and intellectual history; women and Nigerian political economy; slavery and slave trade; African Diaspora
American Studies
BHALLA, TAMARA, Ph.D., Associate Professor tbhalla@umbc.edu Multiethnic literatures, reading and reading communities, Asian American cultural studies, South Asian diasporas literature
CASIANO, MICHAEL, Ph.D., Assistant Professor mc12@umbc.edu Carceral studies, urban history, race and ethnic studies
FOUTS, SARAH, Ph.D., Assistant Professor sfouts@umbc.edu Migration, transnationalism, food, labor, ethnography, digital humanities, oral history
KING, NICOLE, Ph.D., Associate Professor nking@umbc.edu 20th century place-based cultural history, southern studies, cultural studies, urban studies, historic preservation, environmental justice
Center for Global Engagement
DI MARIA, DAVID, Ph.D., Associate Vice Provost for International Education dimaria@umbc.edu
Education
HULT, FRANCIS M., Ph.D., Professor fmhult@umbc.edu Discourse studies, educational linguistics, ethnography, language policy and planning, linguistic landscapes, multilingual education, nexus analysis, sociolinguistics, sustainability, and transdisciplinarity
LEE, JIYOON, Ph.D., Associate Professor jiyoon@umbc.edu Language assessment, Second language acquisition, Teacher education
MATA-McMAHON, JENNIFER, Ed.D., Associate Professor jmatamcm@umbc.edu Children’s spirituality, teacher preparation, bilingual education, socio-emotional and moral development, qualitative and mixed methods
RAKES CHRISTOPHER, Ph.D., Associate Professor rakes@umbc.edu
SAURO, SHANNON, Ph.D., Professor ssauro@umbc.edu Computer-assisted language learning, fan fiction and fan practices, language learning in the digital wilds, task-based language teaching, telecollaboration/virtual exchange
SHIN, SARAH J., Ph.D., Professor shin@umbc.edu Bilingualism, heritage language education, language policy, TESOL methodology, second language writing, academic language
TONDREAU, AMY, Ed.D., Assistant Professor atondrea@umbc.edu Teachers’ and students’ literacy identities, critical literacy in children’s literature and writing pedagogy, antiracist anti-bias literacy teacher education, professional learning communities, and the cross-pollination of Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy and Disability Sustaining Pedagogy in literacy teaching and learning
YOUNG, PATRICIA, Ph.D., Professor pyoung@umbc.edu Culture in instructional design and technology, the history of instructional design and technologies made by and for African Americans, and culture-specific information and communication technologies
English
BERMAN, JESSICA, Ph.D., Professor jberman@umbc.edu Comparative studies in literature
BROOKS, EARL, Ph.D., Assistant Professor earlb@umbc.edu Rhetoric and composition, African American studies, popular music, sound studies
DICUIRCI, LINDSAY, Ph.D., Associate Professor dicuirci@umbc.edu Colonial and early U.S. literatures, the history of the book, periodical studies, African American literature and print culture, nineteenth-century religious movements
FINBERG, KEEGAN COOK, Ph.D., Assistant Professor kfinberg@umbc.edu Experimental and avant-garde literature, poetry, feminist studies, critical theory
HOLLADAY, DREW, Ph.D., Assistant Professor holladay@umbc.edu Disability studies, medical/health humanities, rhetoric
MAHER, JENNIFER, Ph.D., Associate Professor jmaher@umbc.edu Rhetoric, software studies, and technical communication.
MCCARTHY, LUCILLE, Ph.D., Professor mccarthy@umbc.edu Rhetoric and composition, writing in the professions, Latin-American literature, discourse analysis
SHIVNAN, SALLY, MFA, Principal Lecturer shivnan@umbc.edu
Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies
CÉLLERI, MARÍA, Assistant Professor mcelleri@umbc.edu Latin America & Caribbean Studies (Andean Studies), decolonial feminisms, reproductive justice, urban studies, cultural studies
DRABINSKI, KATE, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer drabinsk@umbc.edu
McCANN, CAROLE, Ph.D., Professor mccann@umbc.edu Cultural studies of science, feminist theory, discourse analysis
PATIL, VRUSHALI, Ph.D., Associate Professor vpatil4@umbc.edu Historical sociology; Feminist Theory; Intersections of coloniality, empire, race, nation, gender and sexuality
SHOMALI, MEJDULENE, Ph.D., Assistant Professor mshomali@umbc.edu
Geography and Environmental Systems
GONZALEZ MENDOZA (formerly VALENCIA), YOLANDA, Ph.D., Assistant Professor yolanda@umbc.edu
History
FROIDE, AMY, Ph.D., Professor froide@umbc.edu Social and economic history of women, 18th century European and British history
MERINGOLO, DENISE, Ph.D., Associate Professor ddm@umbc.edu U.S. social and cultural history between 1870 and 1945; U.S. cultural institutions, especially museums; public history
MUSGROVE, GEORGE DEREK, Ph.D., Associate Professor derek.musgrove@umbc.edu Post-WWII U.S. history with an emphasis on African American politics, social movements, race and democracy, and Washington, D.C.
RITSCHEL, DANIEL, Ph.D., Associate Professor ritschel@umbc.edu
SCOTT, MICHELLE, Ph.D., Professor mscott@umbc.edu United States social history, black women’s studies, civil rights and social justice, and American musical culture
Language, Literacy & Culture
BICKEL, BEVERLY, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor Emerita bickel@umbc.edu Globalized communication and culture, new media, social movements, critical pedagogy, qualitative research
CRANDALL, JOANN (JODI), Ph.D., Founding LLC Director and Professor Emerita crandall@umbc.edu Content-based language learning, second language literacy, language teacher education, first and second language writing, ESL/EFL
Media & Communication Studies
LOVIGLIO, JASON, Ph.D., Associate Professor loviglio@umbc.edu Media history, cultural studies, radio studies, discourse analysis, media and politics, neoliberalism
PATTON, LIZ, Ph.D., Associate Professor epatton@umbc.edu Intersectionality; discourses on race, gender and class in popular culture; media and space/place; media history
SHEWBRIDGE, WILLIAM, D.C.D., Professor of the Practice shewbrid@umbc.edu Intercultural media, digital storytelling, visual methods
SNYDER, DONALD, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer dsnyder@umbc.edu
YANG, FAN, Ph.D., Associate Professor fanyang@umbc.edu Cultural studies, media and globalization (with emphasis on Rising China), urban studies and urban communication
Modern Languages, Linguistics & Intercultural Communication
BARAHOUIE-PASANDI, HANIYEH, Ph.D., Assistant Professor hbrh@umbc.edu
BEARD, DAVID, Ph.D., Assistant Professor beard@umbc.edu Second language acquisition, Spanish, L2 vocabulary development, cognates, psycholinguistics, corpus linguistics, natural language processing, experimental and quantitative research methods
GOLUBEVA, IRINA, Ph.D., Professor golubeva@umbc.edu Development of multilingual awareness and intercultural competence, internationalization of higher education, and conceptualization of intercultural citizenship and intercultural leadership
KA, OMAR, Ph.D., Professor ka@umbc.edu Language planning, code-switching, African linguistics, applied linguistics
LAMBERT-BRÉTIÈRE, RENÉE, Ph.D., Associate Professor rlambert@umbc.edu Cognitive linguistics, typology, language and culture, Caribbean Creoles, Fon (Benin), Kwoma (Papua New Guinea), description and documentation of Innu (Northeastern Quebec and Labrador, Canada)
LIZARAZO, TANIA, Ph.D., Associate Professor lizarazo@umbc.edu Latin American cultural studies, performance studies, digital storytelling, transnational feminisms, memory studies
MUNOZ-DAVASLIOGLU, THANIA, Ph.D., Associate Professor munozt@umbc.edu Latin American literature and culture: 20th and 21st; Latino/a Literature; Spanish language literature in the U.S.; border and memory studies; autofictional writing
OSKOZ, ANA, Ph.D., Professor aoskoz@umbc.edu Second-language digital literacies, intercultural communicative competence, second language writing
STOLLE-MCALLISTER, JOHN, Ph.D., Professor stollem@umbc.edu Cultural studies, social movements, Latin American popular culture
YOON, KYUNG-EUN, Ph.D., Assistant Professor kyoon@umbc.edu Conversation analysis, discourse analysis, second/foreign language teaching related to the Korean language and culture
Public Policy
BENNETT, PAMELA, Ph.D., Professor pbennett@umbc.edu
Shriver Peaceworker Program
TAYLOR, JOBY, Ph.D., Director joby.taylor@umbc.edu
Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health
CHAPIN, BAMBI, Ph.D., Associate Professor bchapin@umbc.edu Psychological anthropology, children and families, culture transmission and change, ethnography, South Asia
MADDOX-WINGFIELD, CAMEE, Ph.D., Assistant Professor cmaddox@umbc.edu Cultural anthropology, dance and performance, gender, Martinique/Caribbean, Black diaspora, Spirituality and religion
SOLLER, AUBREY JACKSON, Ph.D., Assistant Professor aubrey@umbc.edu Neighborhoods, crime, and health; law and society; gender stratification; political sociology
WALLACE, BRANDY, Ph.D., Associate Professor bhwalla@umbc.edu Sociology of gender, health and aging, and social research methods
Student Affairs
KERSH, RENIQUE, Ph.D., Vice President kersh@umbc.edu
Undergraduate Academic Affairs
JEWETT, SARAH, Ph.D., Director, Learning Partnerships-Research and Practice sjewett@umbc.edu
Visual Arts
SMALLS, JAMES, Ph.D., Professor smalls@umbc.edu Intersections of race, gender, and queer sexualities in art and visual culture of Europe and the Black (African) Diaspora