Retrieving the Social Sciences

On today's episode we hear a rebroadcast of  Dr. Melissa Michelson 's lecture on the "Party at the Mailbox" project, a collaborative study with  Black Girls Vote . Then, our intern Sophia reviews a recent paper on Catholic voting behavior by  Dr. Laura Antkowiak , a professor in UMBC's Political Science department.   Check out the following links for more information on UMBC, CS3, and our host: Th...

On today's episode we hear from Dr. Thomas Schaller, Professor of Political Science.  Then, our intrepid interns Jefferson and Sophia review the sports economics research of Dr. Dennis Coates, Professor in UMBC's Department of Economics. Dr. Tom Schaller's personal site Common Enemies by Dr. Schaller (U. of Nebraska Press) Check out the following links for more information on UMBC, CS3, and our ho...

On today's episode we hear from Dr. Lauren Clay, Associate Professor and Department Chair in the UMBC Emergency Health Services Department. We discuss how food security is impacted by natural disasters, and how social scientists can study this phenomenon in an effort to improve outcomes. Then, Jefferson, Sophia and I review the disaster politics research of Dr. Brian Grodsky, Professor and Chair o...

On today's episode we introduce our fabulous student production interns, Jefferson Rivas and Sophia Possidente! These intrepid students bring us a rebroadcast of the 2021 UMBC Low Lecture, which features remarks from three important historians of slave rebellions in the Caribbean. Dr. Marjoleine Kars of UMBC Dr. Vincent Brown of Harvard University Dr. Sharika Crawford of the U.S. Naval Academy The...

Thirsty for another episode of RTSS? On today's show, we hear from Dr. Maria Bernedo del Carpio of the UMBC Department of Economics, who discusses her recent co-authored publication about managing water resources, published in the prestigious journal PNAS. Dr. Bernedo del Carpio's personal site A link to the PNAS article we featured Check out the following links for more information on UMBC, CS3,...

It's Episode 12 of Retrieving the Social sciences! On today's show, we hear from Dr. Taka Yamashita of the UMBC Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health, who discusses his recent $1.4 million grant to study community college preparedness and STEM career trajectories. Dr. Yamashita's personal site An article discussing Dr. Yamashita's recent grant  Check out the following links for...

On the eleventh episode of Retrieving the Social sciences, we hear from Dr. Jacquelyn Gill of the University of Maine, who explains how our pessimism towards climate change might unintentionally add to the difficulty of solving the crisis.  Dr. Gill's personal website/BEAST lab Dr. Gill on Twitter Dr. Gill's podcast, Warm Regards Check out the following links for more information on UMBC, CS3, and...

On Episode 10 of Retrieving the Social Sciences, we hear from LTC Bradley Waite, a UMBC alumnus who works for the U.S. Army in ordnance disposal and nuclear weapons. LTC Waite's LinkedIn Profile Check out the following links for more information on UMBC, CS3, and our host: The UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship The University of Maryland, Baltimore County Ian G. Anson, Ph. D. See the links...

On Episode 8 of Retrieving the Social Sciences, we hear from Dr. Laura Girling, Director of the Center for Aging Studies at UMBC. Dr. Laura Girling's Personal Site Dr. Girling's recent $750k grant from the Nat'l Institute on Aging Check out the following links for more information on UMBC, CS3, and our host: The UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship The University of Maryland, Baltimore Count...

On Episode 8 of Retrieving the Social Sciences, we hear from Dr. Eric Stokan, Assistant Professor of Political Science at UMBC. Dr. Eric Stokan's Personal Site Dr. Stokan’s recent paper in Economic Development Quarterly Dr. Stokan's recent paper in Urban Affairs Review Richard Florida's The Rise of the Creative Class Cal Newport's Deep Work Check out the following links for more information on UMB...

On Episode 7 of Retrieving the Social Sciences, we hear from Dr. Mercedez Dunn, Postdoctoral Fellow in the UMBC Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health. Dr. Dunn's UMBC profile Black Feminist Sociology, an edited collection featuring Dr. Dunn's work Elizabeth Armstrong's Paying for the Party Check out the following links for more information on UMBC, CS3, and our host: The UMBC Ce...

On Episode 6 of Retrieving the Social Sciences, we hear from Dr. David Card, Class of 1950 Professor of Economics at the University of California – Berkeley, Director of the Labor Studies Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and the President of the American Economic Association. Dr. Card won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2021. This episode rebroadcasts an excerpt of the 2020 Mul...

On Episode 5 of Retrieving the Social Sciences, we hear from Dr. Tracey Osborne, Associate Professor and UC Presidential Chair at the University of California, Merced. Dr. Osborne delivered these remarks at the Social Sciences Forum Geography and Environmental Systems Distinguished Lecture on April 28, 2021, sponsored by the Department of Geography and Environmental Systems and CS3. The title of t...

On Episode 4 of Retrieving the Social Sciences, we hear from , UMBC undergraduates Deysi Chitic-Amaya, Lorra Toler, and Kayla Brooks. Their project can be found at the following link: Oral Histories of the Lived Experience in Baltimore: A UMBC CoLab Project Dr. Nancy Kusmaul, Associate Professor of Social Work, Advisor to this CoLab Project Check out the following links for more information on UMB...

On Episode 3 of Retrieving the Social Sciences, I speak to Dr. Fernando Tormos-Aponte of the UMBC School of Public Policy. Dr. Tormos-Aponte's Website  https://twitter.com/fernandotormos Active Solidarity: Intersectional Solidarity in Action Check out the following links for more information on UMBC, CS3, and our host: The UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship The University of Maryland, Balt...

On Episode 2 of Retrieving the Social Sciences, I speak to Dr. Zoe McLaren of the UMBC School of Public Policy. Dr. Zoe McLaren's website https://twitter.com/zoemclaren Check out the following links for more information on UMBC, CS3, and our host: The UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship The University of Maryland, Baltimore County Ian G. Anson, Ph. D. See the links below for more informatio...

On Episode 1 of Retrieving the Social Sciences, we hear a rebroadcast of the 43rd Annual W.E.B. DuBois Lecture, delivered in 2020 at UMBC by Dr. Kaye Whitehead of Loyola University-Maryland. Dr. Whitehead is Associate Professor of African American Studies and Director of the Karson Institute for Race, Peace, and Social Justice at Loyola University Maryland; and Radio Host of Today with Dr. Kaye Dr...