Jeff Eden, assistant professor of history, has been interviewed on "Morning Wave in Busan" with host Katherine Bang on Be-FM radio in South Korea. The interview segment--which can be heard at the link below--concerns the ongoing crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed region of the South Caucasus that has seen intense fighting over the last month.
Ellen Kohl, assistant professor of environmental studies and affiliate faculty of WGSX, published an article, "'Some we’s weren’t part of we': intersectional politics of belonging in U.S. environmental justice activism," in the journal Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography.
Associate Professors of Computer Science Alan Jamieson and Lindsay Jamieson received the Best Faculty Poster Award at the 2020 Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Eastern Region Conference held virtually October 23-24. Their poster "Computational Thinking for Computer Science Majors: An Introduction to CS Education Career Pathways" focused on a pilot course to introduce computer science education pathways for computer science majors and had the students in the course implementing lesson plans at the Chesapeake Public Charter School.
St. Mary’s College of Maryland, the National Public Honors College, is one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges, according to The Princeton Review®.
This Friday, October 23, Katy Arnett, professor of educational studies, is delivering the opening keynote for the (virtual) 2020 Languages Without Borders conference, a joint endeavor between the Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers and the British Columbia Association of Teachers of Modern Languages.
Research in African Literatures, a peer-reviewed academic journal, has published an article by Assistant Professor of French George MacLeod, titled “Jacqueline Kalimunda’s Interactive Love Stories: Transmedia Documentary in Present-Day Rwanda.” The article is part of a special journal issue entitled “African Audiences: Making Meaning Across Media.” It looks at
Beginning on October 16, streaming on Vimeo: A three-episode, serialized performance of Qui Nguyen’s “She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms,” directed by
St. Mary’s College Professor of Spanish José R. Ballesteros has been named director of equity programming in the recently reimagined Office of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity now to be known as the Division of Inclusive Diversity, Equity, Access and Accountability (IDE(A)2.
St. Mary’s College Professor of Music Jeffrey Silberschlag has been invited to present a recital and master class during the international trumpet conference, The Brazilian Association of Trumpeters (ABT), November 3-8, in Brazil. The conference’s theme is “Integrating Knowledge with the Spirit of Cooperation and Solidarity.”
Pamela Mertz, professor of biochemistry, was elected to a three-year term as chair of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Student Chapters Steering Committee; a subcommittee of the ASBMB Educational and Professional Development Committee. ASBMB Student Chapters is a national community of undergraduate students and faculty members promoting the advancement of biochemistry and molecular biology research, education, and science outreach.
