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The St. Mary’s faculty foster intellectual, social and ethical development, within a community dedicated to diversity and accessibility. We provide students with opportunities to understand and serve local, national and global communities, and to accomplish social change.
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Professor Mertz Presents at Discover BMB and Serves on an Invited Panel
April 2, 2024
head shot of Professor Mertz
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
Professor Williams and Katya Scott '24 Publish Systematic Review in The Arts in Psychotherapy
March 26, 2024
Katya Scott '24, Cover of The Arts in Psychotherapy journal and Professor Libby Williams
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
Asst. Prof. Carthan Performs at the Kennedy Center April 16
March 21, 2024
Ellington Carthan seated at piano on stage with empty peformance venue in background
Assistant Professor of Music Ellington Carthan headlines a sold-out performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, April 16 at 7:30 p.m. As part of the Kennedy Center's Ellington 125 series celebrating the 125th anniversary of the birth of musical legend Duke Ellington, Carthan… Find Out More
Original screen prints of Professor of Art Sue Johnson in exhibition through April
March 6, 2024
Sue Johnson with screen-prints that are on exhibition at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center through April
Sue Johnson, professor of art, will exhibit large-scale screen-prints in Mesh, a national juried exhibition at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Hyattsville, Maryland. The exhibition will be on view from March 16 - April 28, with an opening reception on Friday, March 15, 6-8 p.m. Johnson's works are… Find Out More
SMCM Psychology Alumni and Professor Howansky Contribute to Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference with Connected Publication
February 26, 2024
Pictures Taken at SPSP 2024 showing Sonder Van Wert, April Fraser and Kristina Howansky with their posters
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. 
April Fraser '23 presented… Find Out More
Professor Betül Başaran presents paper in Paris
February 21, 2024
Prof. Başaran in India
Professor of History Betül Başaran attended the conference "Perceptions de la guerre et de la sortie de guerre au Moyen-Orient (1918-1923): Expériences, narrations, re-construction des identités et perspectives" in Paris, where she gave a talk entitled "Niloufer Hanım Sultan: An Exiled Ottoman… Find Out More
Professor of History Christine Adams is Guest on Royal Studies Podcast
February 13, 2024
Christine Adams portrait
Professor of History Christine Adams was a guest on “The Royal Studies Podcast” on Feb. 9 in a roundtable discussion on royal mistresses and the important part they played in the French and English monarchies. Adams was joined by Tracy Adams, professor in European Languages and Literatures at the… Find Out More
Julia King Named to the George B. and Willma Reeves Endowed Chair in the Liberal Arts
February 8, 2024
Julia King portrait
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… Find Out More
Associate Dean Kelly Neiles and Associate Professor Daniel Chase Awarded $1 Million NSF Grant
February 6, 2024
Portraits of Professor Neiles and Professor Chase above NSF logo
Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Chemistry Kelly Neiles and Associate Professor of Chemistry Daniel Chase were recently awarded a collaborative grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) titled “Broadening Instructional Innovation in the… Find Out More
Professor of English Karen Leona Anderson Published in Poetry magazine
January 31, 2024
Karen Leona Anderson portrait
Poet and Professor of English Karen Leona Anderson has two poems published in the January/February 2024 issue of Poetry magazine. Anderson's poems are "Ant Ode" and "Charm."

According to its website, Poetry magazine, founded in 1912, is the oldest monthly devoted to verse in the English-speaking… Find Out More
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