St. Mary’s College of Maryland has been announced as a recipient of a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) in the Inclusive Excellence 3 (IE3) program. The grant will support SMCM in reflecting upon and ultimately restructuring the way it facilitates, evaluates and rewards teaching and learning practices that center on diversity, equity, inclusion, justice and access (DEIJA). The initiative is being led by Program Director Kelly Y.

Associate Professor of French George MacLeod has recently published an article entitled, “Race and Terrorism in French Cinema: Discourses of Whiteness and ‘Brown Threat’ in Nicolas Boukhrief’s Made in France” in the United Kingdom-based, peer-reviewed Bulletin of Francophone Postcolonial Studies.

St. Mary's College of Maryland Musician-in-Residence Brian Ganz will perform his first complete piano recital in the main auditorium of the new Nancy R. and Norton T. Dodge Performing Arts Center on the college campus. On Sunday, December 11 at 7pm he will perform a program to include works of Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, Ravel and Chopin. The Dodge Performing Arts Center is at 47855 College Drive, St Mary’s City.

Assistant Professor of Psychology Kristina Howansky and colleagues recently published an article entitled, "Initial Evidence for Shifting Race Essentialism Beliefs in the Classroom" in the journal Teaching of Psychology.

Assistant Professor Jessye McDowell currently has a solo exhibition at Sonoma State University in Sonoma, CA. Titled Superbia, the exhibition runs from November 4 - December 11 alongside a show by artist Allison Berkoy. The exhibition showcases work from McDowell's new series that uses 3D modeling to create imagined "sacred vessels of the metaverse."

Associate Professor of History, Sarah Malena, presented research based on her new project, Women of the Ancient World (WOAW), an interactive website featuring graphic-novel-style illustrations that is designed to be a teaching resource and research forum. Professor Malena is co-directing the project with Associate Professor Shawna Dolansky of Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada). The project also employs a team of creators and researchers, which includes SMCM History and Anthropology major Sophie Hannah. 

Assistant Professor of Psychology Anandi Ehman and colleagues recently published an article entitled, "Moral injury and psychosocial functioning in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic" in a special issue on spirtually integrated care of the journal Psychological Services.

Pandion Haliaetus Professor of Sociology Andrew Cognard-Black's work was cited in the opinion piece, "Can Honors Education Reach More Students?" on Wednesday, Nov. 16 in Inside Higher Ed.

Assistant Professor of Psychology Nayantara Kurpad and colleagues recently published an article entitled, "Metacognitive errors in the classroom: The role of variability of past performance on exam prediction accuracy" in the journal Metacognition and Learning. In this paper, researchers looked at why low-performing students often make inaccurate metacognitive predictions (i.e., ability to assess one's knowledge).