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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 of English Jennifer Cognard-Black Co-Edits New Book

January 12, 2024

Professor of English Jennifer Cognard-Black edited with Melissa A. Goldthwaite, Good Eats: 32 Writers on Eating Ethically (NYU Press, January 2024). The collection features a diverse ensemble of award-winning writers, chefs, farmers, activists and educators who invite readers to consider what and… Find Out More

Professor of History Christine Adams Published in TIME

January 11, 2024

Professor of History Christine Adams was published in TIME magazine’s “Made by History” column on Jan. 5. Adams’ op-ed, titled “It’s Hard for a Nation to Come Back from Deprioritizing Democracy” compares the current U.S. political battles with the 1848 Frankfurt Assembly's failure to unify Germany… Find Out More

Students, Faculty and Alumni Present Research and Network at 2023 Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting

December 15, 2023

Students Anna Estremsky, Merel Verhoeven and Brayan Ruiz Lopez.

A group of students, faculty and alumni attended the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) annual meeting at the Washington DC Convention Center from November 11-15, 2023. The conference attracts over 30,000 neuroscientists from around the world to present their latest research, learn about others'… Find Out More

Associate Professor Barrett Emerick Coauthors Book

December 11, 2023

Barrett Emerick, associate professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy, is coauthor of the recently published book, "Not Giving Up on People: A Feminist Case for Prison Abolition." Emerick and coauthor Audrey Yap link feminist theory with real-world activism to advocate for systems focused… Find Out More

Assistant Professor Freedman and Two Alumni Published in Communication Monographs

December 11, 2023

Assistant Professor of Psychology Gili Freedman and collaborators including Bella Moutoux '22 and Isobel Hermans '22 recently published an article titled “She made a mean beef stroganoff: Analyzing the Finkbeiner Test in newspaper articles about women in STEM" in the journal Communication… Find Out More

Professor of Biology Jordan Price and Karolyn Garcia '19 Co-authored Paper in Journal

November 27, 2023

Karolyn Garcia with poster presention at Md Ornithological Society

Professor of Biology Jordan Price co-authored and published a paper with Karolyn Garcia ’19, based on Garcia’s St. Mary’s Project research. The paper appeared on November 7 in the journal Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution. Garcia previously presented this work at the annual… Find Out More

Professor of English Jennifer Cognard-Black Leads Master Class, Earns Fiction Award

November 27, 2023

On November 10, Professor of English Jennifer Cognard-Black led a creative writing master class on microfictions as part of the annual National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) conference in Chicago, Illinois. She worked with honors students from Colorado, Missouri, Kentucky and Texas to draft,… Find Out More

Associate Professor Ugues Appointed to Maryland 250 Commission by Governor

November 15, 2023

Antonio Ugues Jr., PhD, associate professor of political science and director of the Center for the Study of Democracy, was recently appointed to the Maryland 250 Commission by Maryland Governor Wes Moore.

The Maryland 250 Commission was created by executive order to serve as Maryland's official… Find Out More

Professor of English Karen Leona Anderson Contributing Author to New Collection

November 10, 2023

Professor of English Karen Leona Anderson is a contributing author to “Microbium: The Neglected Lives of Micro-Matter” edited by Joela Jacobs and Agnes Malinowska (punctum books, 2023). Anderson’s contribution is a work titled “Fungi.”

Anderson is the author of the poetry collections “Receipt” (… Find Out More

Associate Professor of French George MacLeod Has Book Published

November 3, 2023

Associate Professor of French George MacLeod has recently published a book, "Mediating Violence from Africa: Francophone Literature, Film and Testimony after the Cold War" (Univ. of Nebraska Press, 2023). The book looks at how Francophone African authors and filmmakers portray iconic figures such… Find Out More

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