Faculty Laurel

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry Shanen M. Sherrer participated in the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC) Summer Institute June 9-11, 2022 at the University of North Carolina Asheville. This year’s summer institute focused on women faculty in STEM and Sherrer made notable… Find Out More

Christine Adams, professor of history, wrote an essay that appeared in TIME magazine's Made by History column on April 16. In the essay, titled "History Makes Clear the Risk of Appeasing Putin," Adams offers examples from history that suggest that "autocrats are seldom satisfied with concessions… Find Out More

José Ballesteros, professor and chair of the Department of International Languages and Cultures, was the invited guest poet at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) launch on April 11 of National Fair Housing Month. Ballesteros read two poems in Spanish from a set of five that he… Find Out More

In a chapter of "Neuroendocrinology of Behavior and Emotions," part of the acclaimed Springer Nature Masterclass in Neuroendocrinology series, Assistant Professor Daniel J. Tobiansky and Professor J. Jordan Price explore the role hormones play in the coordinated songs of birds and other animals.… Find Out More

Visiting Instructor of Psychology Maria Kalantzis recently published an article entitled "Disordered eating and emotional eating in Arab, middle eastern, and north African American women" in the journal Eating Behaviors.
The present mixed-methods study addresses the underrepresentation of Arab,… Find Out More

St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM) Associate Professor Argelia González Hurtado has co-edited "Cinematic Landscape and Emerging Identities in Contemporary Latin American Film" with colleague Maria Soledad Paz-Mackay (St. Francis Xavier University). The book, published by Lexington Books,… Find Out More

St. Mary’s College of Maryland Professor of History Christine Adams, with her academic colleague and sibling Tracy Adams (University of Auckland, New Zealand), was a guest of the Paris Underground Radio podcast, “Navigating the French.” The pair discussed, in episode 67 (released March 24), the… Find Out More

Psychology majors Raina Crew ‘24, Giselle Harris '25, Sadiyyah Holsey '25, Ashley Johnson '25 and Greta Michels '24; alums Mackenzie Brooks ‘22, Nicolette Iacona '23; and Associate Professor of Psychology Jennifer Tickle, Assistant Professor of Psychology Anandi Ehman and former SMCM Visiting… Find Out More

Pamela Mertz, professor of biochemistry, was a co-author on 4 posters presented at Discover BMB in San Antonio.  She presented with two faculty from other institutions on “Lessons Learned from the First Implementation of Malate Dehydrogenase CUREs in Biochemistry, Biology, and Chemistry Lab Courses… Find Out More

Senior psychology major Katya Scott '24 and Professor of Psychology Libby Williams were recently published in the journal The Arts in Psychotherapy. The article is based on Scott's summer 2022 SURF project: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies on Art Therapy with Adult Refugees. Katya's St.… Find Out More