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
College of Engineering and Information Technology
SANCHEZ, MARIA, Ph.D., Assistant Professor msanchez@umbc.edu Engineering education
Biological Sciences
FREELAND, STEPHEN, Ph.D., Associate Professor freeland@umbc.edu
Education
ALLEN, KEISHA, Ph.D., Assistant Professor kallen@umbc.edu Culturally responsive education, critical multicultural teacher education, urban education, qualitative research methods
BERGE, ZANE L., Ph.D., Professor berge@umbc.edu Training systems, distance 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., Assistant 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
NASH, KINDEL, Ph.D., Associate Professor nashkt@umbc.edu Language, literacy, and culture in early childhood; critical race theory; critical whiteness studies; and critical sociocultural theory
RAKES, CHRISTOPHER, Ph.D., Associate Professor rakes@umbc.edu Mathematics education, research design, quantitative data analysis
SAURO, SHANNON, Ph.D., Associate 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
SCHAFFER, EUGENE C., Ed.D., Professor schaffer@umbc.edu Curriculum and instruction, educational leadership
SHELTON, NANCY RANKIE, Ph.D., Professor Emerita nshelton@umbc.edu Politics of literacy education, writing development, writing pedagogy
SHIN, SARAH J., Ph.D., Professor and Associate Provost for Academic Affairs shin@umbc.edu Bilingualism, heritage language education, language policy, TESOL methodology, second language writing, academic language
YOUNG, PATRICIA, Ph.D., Associate 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
DICUIRCI, LINDSAY, Ph.D., Assistant Professor dicuirci@umbc.edu Colonial American and U.S. literature and culture, history of the book, American periodicals, print and digital archives.
FALCO, RAPHAEL, Ph.D., Professor falco@umbc.edu English Renaissance literature, myth, colonial and postcolonial literature, and 20th century American poetry
FINBERG, KEEGAN COOK, Ph.D., Assistant Professor kfinberg@umbc.edu Experimental and avant-garde literature, poetry, feminist studies
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
SMITH, ORIANNE, Ph.D., Associate Professor osmith@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
SHOMALI, MEJDULENE, Ph.D., Assistant Professor mshomali@umbc.edu
Geography and Environmental Systems
BIEHLER, DAWN, Ph.D., Associate Professor dbiehler@umbc.edu
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
KARS, MARJOLEINE, Ph.D., Associate Professor kars@umbc.edu Atlantic slavery, women’s history, early American history, Atlantic 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., Associate Professor mscott@umbc.edu United States social history, black women’s studies, civil rights and social justice, and American musical culture
Imaging Research Center
BOOT, LEE, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor boot@umbc.edu
Media & Communication Studies
ADELMAN, REBECCA, Ph.D., Professor, adelman@umbc.edu Visual culture, militarized violence, affect studies, citizenship, media theory, trauma studies, American 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., Assistant 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
BAZGAN, NICOLETA, Ph.D., Associate Professor nbazgan@umbc.edu Film and media studies, French film studies, French 20th- and 21st-century French literature and culture, political economy of culture
GOLUBEVA, IRINA, Ph.D., Associate 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., Associate Professor ka@umbc.edu Language planning, code-switching, African linguistics, applied linguistics
LAMBERT-BRÉTIÈRE, RENÉE, Ph.D., Assistant 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)
LARKEY, EDWARD, Ph.D., Professor larkey@umbc.edu Transnational German media and television studies, multimodal critical discourse analysis, digital humanities
LIZARAZO, TANIA, Ph.D., Assistant Professor lizarazo@umbc.edu Latin American cultural studies, performance studies, digital storytelling, transnational feminisms, memory studies
MUNOZ-DAVASLIOGLU, THANIA, Ph.D., Assistant 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., Associate 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
Office of the Provost
JEWETT, SARAH, Ph.D., Assistant Professor sjewett@umbc.edu Sociocultural identities, educational equity, anthropology of/and education, community college transfer, educational partnerships (in higher education), social studies education (K-12)
MOZIE-ROSS, YVETTE, Ph.D., Assistant Professor mozie@umbc.edu
Political Science
FILOMENO, FELIPÉ, Ph.D., Associate Professor filomeno@umbc.edu
KING-MEADOWS, TYSON, Ph.D., Professor tkingmea@umbc.edu
Public Policy
BENNETT, PAMELA, Ph.D., Associate Professor pbennett@umbc.edu
LINCOVE, JANE ARNOLD, Ph.D., Associate Professor jlincove@umbc.edu
Shriver Peacework Program
TAYLOR, JOBY, Ph.D., Director joby.taylor@umbc.edu
Social Work
MELLINGER, Marcela, Ph.D., Associate Professor msmell@umbc.edu
Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health
ADLER, MARINA A., Ph.D., Professor adler@umbc.edu Social science methodology and statistics, cross-national gender, work and family issues; the welfare state; social policy in international perspective
CHAPIN, BAMBI, Ph.D., Associate Professor bchapin@umbc.edu Psychological anthropology, children and families, culture transmission and change, ethnography, South Asia
ECKERT, J. KEVIN, Ph.D., Professor eckert@umbc.edu Aging, health, qualitative research methods
HENDERSON, LOREN, Ph.D., Associate Professor loren@umbc.edu Diversity issues; stratification and inequality; health disparities, and race, class, gender, and sexuality
JACKSON SOLLER, AUBREY, Ph.D., Assistant Professor aubrey@umbc.edu Neighborhoods, crime, and health; law and society; gender stratification; political sociology
MADDOX-WINGFIELD, CAMEE, Ph.D., Assistant Professor cmaddox@umbc.edu Dance anthropology; feminist ethnography; Martinique, Caribbean; African diaspora; spirituality and religion
SMITH, DENA, Ph.D., Assistant Professor dtsmith@umbc.edu Mental Health; health, illness, and medicine
WALLACE, BRANDY, Ph.D., Associate Professor bhwalla@umbc.edu Sociology of gender, health and aging, and social research methods
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