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

CASIANO, MICHAEL, Ph.D., Assistant Professor mc12@umbc.edu

FOUTS, SARAH, Ph.D., Assistant Professor sfouts@umbc.edu

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

Education

ALLEN, KEISHA, Ph.D., Assistant Professor kallen@umbc.edu

BERGE, ZANE L., Ph.D., Professor berge@umbc.edu Training systems, distance education

HULT, FRANCIS M., Ph.D., Professor fmhult@umbc.edu

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 Methods for improving student learning in mathematics, teacher knowledge and the role of teacher knowledge in classroom practice, the use of technology in mathematics education, and the relationship of misconceptions in algebra, geometry, rational numbers, and probability

SANDERS, MAVIS, Ph.D., Professor msanders@umbc.edu School, family and community engagement; education reform and improvement; African American student achievement; qualitative research methods

SAURO, SHANNON, Ph.D., Assistant Professor ssauro@umbc.edu

SCHAFFER, EUGENE C., Ed.D., Professor schaffer@umbc.edu Curriculum and instruction, educational leadership

SHELTON, NANCY RANKIE, Ph.D., Professor 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

English

BERMAN, JESSICA, Ph.D., Professor jberman@umbc.edu Comparative studies in literature

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

HOLLADAY, DREW, Ph.D., Assistant Professor holladay@umbc.edu

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

BHATT, AMY, Ph.D., Associate Professor abhatt@umbc.edu Gender, labor, migration, family, South Asia

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, specifically 17th and 18th century Britain

KARS, MARJOLEINE, Ph.D., Associate Professor kars@umbc.edu Early modern Atlantic world, early America, Dutch empire, slavery

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

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

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 Sociolinguistics, phonology, African linguistics, Wolof language, French language

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 German media history; global television formats and national identity; theories and history of intercultural communication, globalization, and interculturality

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 acquisition, technology in foreign language classroom, intercultural communication

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

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

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 Sociology of Mental Health and Illness, Medical Sociology, and the Sociology of Culture and Cognition

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 sexuality issues in nineteenth-century European art; and art and culture in the Black diaspora