News – Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health

Spring 2025 Course Highlight - Sociology

Register now!

Course description: This course examines the complex interplay between environmental issues and societal structures through a sociological lens. Students will explore how health, justice,...

Posted: December 16, 2024, 1:29 PM

Congratulations Public Health Instructor, Dr. Samantha Smith!

For being selected to 2024 Ujima Institute Cohort!

Jennifer Artis, senior director of student belonging, and Dr. Samantha Smith, director, Office of Health Promotion (OHP), were selected for the 2024 Ujima Institute Cohort, held in October. The...

Posted: December 10, 2024, 12:40 PM

Celebrating Suliyat Adewuyi!

On her first co-authored publication!

Celebrating Suliyat Adewuyi, a Best Friend of McNair, on her first co-authored publication! Suliyat is a Public Health major graduating in Dec 2024 who has been a Best Friend of the McNair...

Posted: December 10, 2024, 12:29 PM

Winter 2025 Course Highlight

Register for your GEP credit now!

Course description: Sociological analysis of the types of minority-majority group relations and the effects of these relationships on society and the groups and the individuals involved.

Posted: December 9, 2024, 11:22 AM

Congratulations Professor Katie Birger!

For being named a 2024-25 Learning Analytics Fellow!

Katie Birger (Public Health): "Leveraging Curricular Analytics to Enhance Student Success in Public Health Courses." Building upon research presented at the Eighth Annual Provost's Teaching and...

Posted: November 19, 2024, 12:37 PM

Congratulations Dr. Schumacher and Dr. Yamashita for competing in GSA's Pickleball Tournament!

The Gerontological Society of America's first tournament!

At the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) meeting over the weekend in Seattle, Dr. Schumacher and Dr. Yamashita competed in the first ever Pickleball tournament there! They defeated...

Posted: November 19, 2024, 12:04 PM

Congratulations Dr. Takashi Yamashita for his talk at GRIT-X 2024!

If you missed it live, watch his talk below!

Huge congratulations to Dr. Takashi Yamashita for his insightful talk, "When Does Our Education End? – Aging and Life Course Perspectives," at GRIT-X 2024! If you missed it live, you can still...

Posted: November 5, 2024, 12:30 PM

Dr. Arielle Kuperberg Re-elected Co-Chair of Council on Contemporary Families!

Dr. Kuperberg to Lead CCF Again, Supporting Family Research

Dr. Arielle Kuperberg, Associate Professor of Sociology in the Sociology, Anthropology and Public Health Department at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County was recently re-elected to lead...

Posted: October 31, 2024, 3:43 PM

Congratulations Dr. Yamashita!

Congratulations to SAPH's very own Dr. Yamashita, whose fascinating and engaging GRIT-X talk helped to kick off UMBC Homecoming!

Posted: October 29, 2024, 12:31 PM

Congratulations Maya Hunn and Dr. Andrea Kalfoglou!

Congratulations to Public Health student Maya Hunn and Dr. Andrea Kalfoglou for their poster presentation entitled "Addressing Campus Food Insecurity at Maryland's Public 2- and 4-year Colleges"...

Posted: October 24, 2024, 12:07 PM