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Leslie Morgan, Dept. of SOCY/ANTH keynote speaker for OAGE

2016 Ohio Association of Gerontology & Education Conference

Dr. Leslie Morgan, Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Co-Director of Gerontology Doctoral Program, will give the keynote address at the 2016 Ohio Association of Gerontology and...

Posted: January 11, 2016, 1:39 PM

American Public Health Association Natl. mtg. features UMBC

HAPP faculty attend APHA with keynote President Hrabowski

National Priority American Public Health Association national meeting features UMBC leadership in social and policy dimensions of health research. UMBC took center stage as more than 13,000...

Posted: November 19, 2015, 2:40 PM

New book from Dr. Leslie Morgan, Dept.Sociology&Anthropology

Aging, Society and the Life Course

Aging, Society and the Life Course is a textbook in its 5th edition, co-authored by Leslie Morgan (UMBC) and Suzanne Kunkel (Miami University).  The book covers the sociological approach to the...

Posted: October 29, 2015, 2:53 PM

New book from Dr. Marina Adler, Dept. Sociology&Anthropology

Father involvement in early years

Marina A. Adler and Karl Lenz (ed) 2016 Father involvement in the early years: An international comparison of policy and practice. About the book: Fatherhood is in transition and being...

Posted: October 29, 2015, 12:31 PM

UMBC HAPP students attend Fall Symposium at JHSPH

Two students secure internships from networking!

Nine UMBC HAPP Public Health Track students attended the 2015 Fall Symposium at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH) on October 13, 2015. Hosted by the Wendy Klag Center for...

Posted: October 29, 2015, 10:18 AM

ANTH HAPP SOCY OPEN HOUSE-September 2, noon, PUP 204,

Pizza and important major information served!

Join Anthropology, Health Administration and Policy Program and Sociology  for lunch on Wednesday 9/2 at noon in PUP 204. Meet faculty and staff and mingle with fellow majors! ...

Posted: September 1, 2015, 12:14 PM

HAPP 398 – Health, Environment and Armed Conflict

New summer course with no prerequisite

This class explores the interrelationship between health, the natural environment and armed conflict. Using specific case studies, this course will explore the connections between environment,...

Posted: June 2, 2015, 3:52 PM