Assistant Professor of Psychology Nathaniel Foster has published “Why Does Interleaving Improve Math Learning? The Contributions of Discriminative Contrast and Distributed Practice” (Memory & Cognition, 2019).
On Friday, March 29, 21 students (2 juniors and 19 seniors) were initiated into the Zeta of Maryland Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at St. Mary's College of Maryland, The National Public Honors College.
SMCM had a strong showing in the 2019 annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, the preeminent international science education conference.
Angela Johnson, professor of educational studies and director of teacher education, and Liz Mulvey '20 presented a poster based on Johnson's NSF grant, Centering women of Color in STEM, entitled "Identifying and Studying Universities Where Women of Color Thrive in Physics, Math and Computer Science."
As an extension of his creative work, Professor of Music David Froom often is asked to sit as a judge in a variety of competitions. On Sunday, April 7, he joined a panel at Howard University to adjudicate a competition for music-related graphic design at Howard's College of Engineering and Architecture. And on April 27, he will be the judge for the Music Teachers Association of Charles County "Sonatina and Sonata Festival," a piano competition for pre-college-age students.
In a conference usually reserved for graduate students, St. Mary’s College students Justyce Bennett ’19 (anthropology and art history), Lindsay Wooleyhand ’19 (anthropology and English), and Emma Hugonnet ’19 (anthropology and educational studies) presented their St.
St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Center for the Study of Democracy will hold its annual legislative debrief session on Monday, April 15 at 5:30 p.m. in Glendening Annex on the College’s campus. The event is free of charge and open to the public.
Professor of English Jennifer Cognard-Black has been selected as a finalist for Baylor University’s 2020 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, the only national teaching award – with the single largest monetary reward of $250,000 – presented by a college or university to an individual for exceptional teaching.
St. Mary’s College of Maryland anthropology department presents Ellen Contini-Morava as the spring’s Distinguished Scholar on Wednesday, April 3, 4:45 p.m. in Cole Cinema, Campus Center. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
