Of Note: Social Science Faculty, Students, and Alumns

Shawn Bediako, psychology, comments on community tradition of reserving parade spaces with lawn chairs Catonsville's Fourth of July parade 'lawn chair tradition' continues — only earlier and earlier (Baltimore Sun) 

David Di Maria, associate vice provost for International Education Services, comments on a memo discouraging universities from sending a form required for international students straight to recruiters. ICE memo clarifies operations for recruiters (The Pie News) 

Erle Ellis (Geography & Environmental Systems) recently published a perspective piece in ⁦@sciencemagazine⁩. twitter.com/sciencemagazin.

Felipe Filomeno, political science, and Tania Lizarazo, MLLI, talk about the partnership between UMBC and the Latino Racial Justice Circle, which is funded with a grant from Maryland Humanities. Faith Community Dialogues on Immigration and Race (with Felipe Filomeno)  (Maryland Humanities Podcast)

Jo Gadsby, UMBC librarian, recently published an article 

Adam Glazer '94, political science, has been named Senior Advisor to the Director of the Division of Investment Management by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SEC announces Adam Glazer as Senior Advisor to the Director of the Division of Investment Management (Yahoo Finance) 

Tania Lizarazo, modernlanguages, linguistics, and intercultural communication, appeared on the Imagine Otherwise podcast to discuss digital storytelling.Imagine Otherwise: Tania Lizarazo on listening and learning in public (Ideas on Fire) 

Jairus Lyles ’18, sociology, and star of men's basketball historic NCAA run in 2018, is a player to watch on the Utah Jazz’s summer league team. Players to watch at SLC Summer League (UtahJazz.com) 

Robert Provine, psychology, discusses the science behind why people laugh. What’s So Funny? The Science of Why We Laugh (Scientific American) 

Nicholas Miller, political science professor emeritus, explains the alignment of the Electoral College in the 2008 presidential election. The Electoral College May Not Actually Help Smaller States (Bloomberg)

Don Norris, public policy emeritus, points out that Governor Hogan has a mixed history when it comes to bipartisan efforts. Maryland Democrats deride Gov. Hogan’s pledge of bipartisanship as he withholds money intended for Baltimore (Baltimore Sun)

Stian Rice, Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education (CUERE), explains how states are increasingly leasing prisoners to private corporations to harvest food. Convicts are returning to farming – anti-immigrant policies are the reason (The Conversation)

John Rennie Short, public policy, writes about the recent Supreme Court decision on gerrymandering. (additional coverage) Viewpoints: A fix to gerrymandering is up to the voters (HeraldNet)