Alumni April Fraser '23 and Sonder Van Wert '23 and Assistant Professor of Psychology Kristina Howansky presented research at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) conference held in in San Diego, California in mid-February. 

Professor of History Betül Başaran attended a conference in Paris on the perceptions of the World War I era in the Middle East, where she gave a talk entitled "Niloufer Hanım Sultan: An Exiled Ottoman Princess in Hyderabad, India and Muslim Women's Leadership Roles after WW1."

By sharing both passages from books and pieces of life experiences, five members of St. Mary’s College of Maryland faculty and staff inspired students at Great Mills High School during the African American Read-In on Friday, Feb. 9.

Volunteer readers from the St. Mary’s County community visited classes and read from Black authors' literature that holds special importance to them. Volunteers throughout the day also spoke with students about their respective journeys in life, education and career. 

Julia King, professor of anthropology, was named to the George B. and Willma Reeves Endowed Chair in the Liberal Arts in recognition of her numerous accomplishments as a full-time professor at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. King’s term took effect at the start of the spring 2024 semester and runs through May 31, 2026. 

Established in 1997, the  Reeves Endowed Chair in the Liberal Arts recognizes “a distinguished scholar with broad expertise …  an eminent scholar and gifted teacher who provides academic leadership.” 

Argelia González Hurtado, associate professor of Spanish, is co-editor of a dossier for the online academic journal Cuadernos del CILHA of the Interdisciplinary Center for Hispanic America Literature of the National University of Cuyo in Argentina. The dossier, titled "Redescubriendo el paisaje en el cine del siglo XXI: identidades, espacios y reconfiguraciones," comprises an introduction co-written by González Hurtado and Maria Soledad Paz-Mackay (of St.