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., Professor of the Practice msanchez@umbc.edu Engineering education
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
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., 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., 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
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
Individualized Study Program
FREELAND, STEPHEN, Ph.D., Director freeland@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 Emeritus 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
MOZIE-ROSS, YVETTE, Ph.D., Assistant Professor mozie@umbc.edu
Political Science
FILOMENO, FELIPÉ, Ph.D., Associate Professor filomeno@umbc.edu
Public Policy
BENNETT, PAMELA, Ph.D., Associate Professor pbennett@umbc.edu
LINCOVE, JANE ARNOLD, Ph.D., Associate Professor jlincove@umbc.edu
Shriver Peaceworker 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
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