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SMCM Professor of Religious Studies Katharina von Kellenbach Published in Encyclopedia of Jewish Christian Relations

Professor of Religious Studies Katharina von Kellenbach Published in Encyclopedia of Jewish Christian Relations Michael Bruckler February 11, 2021 - 2:43 pm February 11, 2021 Professor of Religious Studies Katharina von Kellenbach’s entry titled “Feminism” will be published by the Encyclopedia of Jewish Christian Relations. Jewish-Christian relations can look back on more than half a century of striking achievements. There are now initiatives and centers all over the world addressing...

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SMCM St. Mary's College of Maryland and the College of Southern Maryland Announce the SMCM Transfer Edge Program

St. Mary's College of Maryland and the College of Southern Maryland Announce the SMCM Transfer Edge Program Michael Bruckler February 10, 2021 - 12:37 pm February 10, 2021 St. Mary’s College of Maryland, the National Public Honors College, and the College of Southern Maryland have partnered to create the SMCM Transfer Edge Program (STEP), which allows CSM students to pursue their associate degree and simultaneously work towards their bachelor’s degree at SMCM by taking one course per...

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SMCM St. Mary’s College of Maryland Presents ESPN Analyst and Bestselling Author Jay Williams

St. Mary’s College of Maryland Presents ESPN Analyst and Bestselling Author Jay Williams Michael Bruckler February 10, 2021 - 11:23 am February 10, 2021 The Office of the President presents ESPN analyst and bestselling author Jay Williams on Thursday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. To register for the event in advance, visit www.smcm.edu/jaywilliams. Williams is considered one of the most prolific college basketball players in history. The #2 pick in the 2002 NBA Draft, he is now an...

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SMCM St. Mary’s College Board of Trustees Approves Academic Program Changes for Fall 2021

St. Mary’s College Board of Trustees Approves Academic Program Changes for Fall 2021 Michael Bruckler February 08, 2021 - 6:30 pm February 08, 2021 St. Mary’s College of Maryland, The National Public Honors College, has been engaged in efforts the last several years to ensure its viability and relevancy as the premier public liberal arts honors college. “The critical and analytical thinking skills and the ability to effectively express oneself — the hallmarks of our teaching — take on...

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SMCM Professor Pamela Mertz Organized an ASBMB Conference on “Constructing Narratives for Teaching Science”

Professor Pamela Mertz Organized an ASBMB Conference on “Constructing Narratives for Teaching Science” Pamela Mertz February 07, 2021 - 3:51 pm February 07, 2021 Pamela Mertz, professor of biochemistry, was one of the organizers and moderators for a conference hosted by ASBMB Student Chapters, “Constructing Narratives for Teaching Science,” held virtually on February 6. This conference featured a keynote speaker, Jay Hosler, a cartoonist and biologist at Juniata College who presented...

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SMCM St. Mary’s College Board Sets Tuition and Fees/Approves New Marine Science Major

St. Mary’s College Board Sets Tuition and Fees/Approves New Marine Science Major Michael Bruckler February 06, 2021 - 12:54 pm February 06, 2021 Today, the Board of Trustees of St. Mary’s College of Maryland announced for the second consecutive year a freeze in tuition and fees for the 2021-2022 academic year. The Board also approved a new marine science major. Tuition and Fees At the recommendation of the Finance, Investment, and Audit Committee, the Board of Trustees authorized student...

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SMCM Assistant Professor Howansky Published in Teaching of Psychology Journal

Assistant Professor Howansky Published in Teaching of Psychology Journal Angela Draheim February 03, 2021 - 12:22 pm February 03, 2021 Assistant Professor of Psychology Kristina Howansky and collaborators recently published "Identity safety cues predict instructor impressions, belonging, and absences in the psychology classroom" in the journal Teaching of Psychology. This work aimed to explore some of the possible benefits of identity safety cues - signals to let students' know diverse...

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SMCM Professor Donald Stabile a Guest Speaker at Notre Dame Just Wage Forum 2021

Professor Donald Stabile a Guest Speaker at Notre Dame Just Wage Forum 2021 Michael Bruckler February 02, 2021 - 3:39 pm February 02, 2021 Donald Stabile, professor of economics and professor of the college at St. Mary’s College of Maryland and a leading expert on the history and economics of the living wage, is a guest speaker at the Notre Dame Just Wage Forum 2021 on Friday, February 12, beginning at 1 p.m. Notre Dame Just Wage Forum 2021 is a series of Zoom conversations between...

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SMCM Assistant Professor Chaudhury Published in FEBS Letters

Assistant Professor Chaudhury Published in FEBS Letters Aileen Bailey February 02, 2021 - 1:33 pm February 02, 2021 Indrajit Chaudhury, visiting assistant professor of biology, has recently been published in FEBS Letters titled, “Fanconi anemia and mTOR pathways functionally interact during stalled replication fork recovery.” In this article, Chaudhury and colleagues demonstrate that the non-Fanconi anemia (FA) protein mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) interacts and cooperates with...

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SMCM Assistant Professor of History Sarah Malena Published in Scribes and Scribalism

Assistant Professor of History Sarah Malena Published in Scribes and Scribalism Michael Bruckler February 01, 2021 - 8:54 am February 01, 2021 Sarah Malena, assistant professor of history, has been published in the volume Scribes and Scribalism (T&T Clark, 2020). Malena’s contribution, “Influential Inscriptions: Resituating Scribal Activity During the Iron I-IIA Transition,” examines the significance of inscriptions in a time of extremely limited literacy and great social and political...

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SMCM Distinguished Professor Emerita Laraine Masters Glidden Editor-in-Chief of Two-Volume APA Handbook of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Distinguished Professor Emerita Laraine Masters Glidden Editor-in-Chief of Two-Volume APA Handbook of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Michael Bruckler January 28, 2021 - 2:40 pm January 28, 2021 Distinguished Professor Emerita Laraine Masters Glidden served as editor-in-chief of the new APA Handbook of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Washington, D.C.: American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities). Consisting of two volumes, the 2021 APA...

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SMCM St. Mary’s College of Maryland and The Patuxent Partnership Present Two Virtual Lectures in February

St. Mary’s College of Maryland and The Patuxent Partnership Present Two Virtual Lectures in February Michael Bruckler January 28, 2021 - 12:56 pm January 28, 2021 St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Center for the Study of Democracy and The Patuxent Partnership, present two guest lecturers virtually in February. The first, titled “Things Go Awry: Integrating Anthropology in Military Organizations,” is a lecture and discussion by Kerry Fosher, director of research for the United States...

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SMCM Assistant Professor of Psychology Kristina Howansky Interviewed on AskPsychSessions Podcast

Assistant Professor of Psychology Kristina Howansky Interviewed on AskPsychSessions Podcast Michael Bruckler January 28, 2021 - 8:43 am January 28, 2021 Assistant Professor of Psychology Kristina Howansky was interviewed on the AskPsychSessions podcast about being an early career academic during the pandemic. Posing the question, “How can I employ radical empathy to teach during a pandemic,” they discussed using safety cues to increase belongingness and how radical empathy can make classes...

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SMCM Professor of History Christine Adams’ Paper Published in Age of Revolutions Online Journal

Professor of History Christine Adams’ Paper Published in Age of Revolutions Online Journal Michael Bruckler January 26, 2021 - 12:57 pm January 26, 2021 The online journal Age of Revolutions has published Professor of History Christine Adams’ paper based on her live talk with Newberry Library Director of Fellowships and Academic Programs Keelin Burke on Jan. 15. The subject of the talk was the three “flash points” in the French Revolution: the September Massacres of 1792, the Reign of...

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SMCM St. Mary’s College of Maryland Presents An Evening to Honor the Legacy of Lucille Clifton

St. Mary’s College of Maryland Presents An Evening to Honor the Legacy of Lucille Clifton Michael Bruckler January 26, 2021 - 12:46 pm January 26, 2021 The Office of the President presents “Nurturing the Compassionate Community: An Evening to Honor the Legacy of Lucille Clifton” on Monday, March 1 at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom. The event, co-sponsored by the VOICES Reading Series, will feature poetry readings and reflections to honor St. Mary’s College’s former Distinguished Professor of the...

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SMCM Professor of History Christine Adams to be Interviewed Live on Friday, Jan. 15, on Three Flash Points in French Revolution

Professor of History Christine Adams to be Interviewed Live on Friday, Jan. 15, on Three Flash Points in French Revolution Michael Bruckler January 14, 2021 - 10:12 am January 14, 2021 Professor of History Christine Adams, on sabbatical work as a Newberry Library residential fellow through June 2021, will be interviewed live on Friday, Jan. 15 from 1 – 1:30 p.m., by Newberry Director of Fellowships and Academic Programs Keelin Burke on three “flash points” in the French Revolution: the...

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SMCM Jerri Howland Announced as Vice President for Student Affairs at St. Mary’s College of Maryland

Jerri Howland Announced as Vice President for Student Affairs at St. Mary’s College of Maryland Michael Bruckler January 13, 2021 - 4:16 pm January 13, 2021 St. Mary’s College of Maryland President Tuajuanda C. Jordan has appointed Jerri Howland as vice president for student affairs. She will join St. Mary’s College on July 1, 2021, and will report directly to the president “I am excited to welcome Dr. Howland to St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Her career has been dedicated to higher...

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SMCM SMCM Archaeologists Featured in Archaeology Magazine

SMCM Archaeologists Featured in Archaeology Magazine Gretchen Phillips January 13, 2021 - 3:08 pm January 13, 2021 Professor of Anthropology Julia King and adjunct instructor of anthropology Scott Strickland '08 are featured along with Chief Anne Richardson of the Rappahannock Tribe in the January/February edition of Archaeology Magazine. The article, “Return to the River,” focuses on their work tracing the history and development of the Rappahannock Indians in early American history. The...

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SMCM Professors De Pree & Grossman Speak at Physics Teachers Conference

Professors De Pree & Grossman Speak at Physics Teachers Conference Joshua Grossman January 12, 2021 - 9:57 am January 12, 2021 Two physics professors from St. Mary’s College of Maryland gave talks at the American Association of Physics Teacher’s virtual winter meeting. Erin De Pree, associate professor and chair of the physics department, described training physics students to diffuse racial microaggressions. Work in the department, including the efforts described by De Pree, recently...

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SMCM A Letter from IDEA2 in Response to this Week's Events

A Letter from IDEA2 in Response to this Week's Events Gretchen Phillips January 08, 2021 - 12:51 pm January 08, 2021 Dear Seahawks, As we mark the beginning of a new year, we find many of the same challenges of 2020. These include an ongoing pandemic that has cost many lives and changed the way we live, continuing campaigns for social justice to ensure that each one of us can live in peace and safety, and a political climate that has tested our democracy in ways none of us has...

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