Mikaila Donaldson (class ’21)
URCAD Spring 2021, Mikaila will present education research from her current student teaching placement at Catonsville High School.
Sophie Shippe (class ’21)
Fall 2019, Institute for American Universities Business/ Marketing Conference, Aix-en-Provence, France – While studying abroad, Sophie participated in a business conference Global Marketing class. Along with classmates, she completed a semester-long analysis of the French dance company, Le Ballet Preljocaj. They created a presentation and presented at the conference.
Anjali DasSarma (class ’21)
August 2020, invited to speak at the Howard County Community College newspaper (HCC Times) retreat
October 2020, Invited to speak at UMBC’s Media and Communications Council of Majors panel on internship success
Tess McRae (class ’21)
Fall 2020, The Gallery at OCA Mocha. “SPACES: Co-Creating Communities at UMBC”. Tess’s digital illustrations were featured in this interactive exhibition. Illustrations included spaces important to the UMBC community and proposed or co-created by undergraduate students, as well as campus hubs for creative thinking about community.
Summer 2020, Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement (CLDE) Virtual Meeting. “Civic Life is Everywhere: Applying the CLDE Theory of Change”. Tess joined two other undergraduate students and two staff members to share ideas for the implementation and development of the CLDE Theory of Change, in part by facilitating a small group conversation with session attendees through Zoom.
Fall 2019, University Writers Program, Brilliant Baltimore 2019. Tess represented UMBC as one of two undergraduate student poets who performed their work alongside young writers throughout the region.
Summer 2019, Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement (CLDE), Ft Lauderdale, Florida. “Change the Meanings, Change the Culture”. As the only student on a team of 10 UMBC presenters, Tess co-led a session designed to help attendees envision ways to bridge the divides between academic affairs and student affairs in civic engagement efforts on college campuses.
Harini Narayan (class ’21)
2020 -2021 Undergraduate Research Award recipient, completing a thesis pertaining to the implications of North Korean political propaganda on US-bilateral relations.
Anjali DasSarma (class ’21)
- June 2020, authored Baltimore Sun commentary article selected for syndication by the Associated Press Wire published in 54 newspapers across the United States and abroad.
Tess McRae (class ’21)
- Spring 2020, “There’s No Such Thing as Small Politics” UMBC Magazine. Her artwork is also featured.
- Spring 2020, “Tools for Living Democracy: Putting the CLDE Theory of Change into Practice” eJournal of Public Affairs. Tess’s internship work is included in this article.
- Spring 2020, Bartleby. Tess’s poems “the air was out”, “phaethon takes the reins”, and “coves open” were featured in Volume 40 of UMBC’s creative arts journal.
- Spring 2019, Bartleby. These poems “it used to be like breathing”, “melody of lamps”, and “girl steps light on crisp light snow” were featured in Volume 39.
- Spring 2018, Bartleby. The poem “heartdew” was featured in Volume 38.Alex Armbruster (class ’19)
- Between Her Hands poem, in Bartleby Creative Arts Journal (Spring 2016)
Emory Russo (class ’18)
- Alone Together, fiction Award Winner in Bartleby Creative Arts Journal (Spring 2016)
Zoe’s story was selected for publication in Bartleby, UMBC’s creative arts journal.
Morgan Zepp (class ’18)
- Lifelines, creative nonfiction in Bartleby Creative Arts Journal (Spring 2016)
Morgan’s story was selected for publication in Bartleby, UMBC’s creative arts journal.
Emily Grace (class ’18)
- Snow poem, in Bartleby Creative Arts Journal (Spring 2016)
Emily’s poem was selected for publication in Bartleby, UMBC’s creative arts journal.
Carrie Cook (class ’18)
- Panic poem, in Bartleby Creative Arts Journal (Spring 2016)
Carrie’s poem was selected for publication in Bartleby, UMBC’s creative arts journal.
Rebecca Haddaway (class ’18)
- Lanterns poem, in Bartleby Creative Arts Journal (Spring 2015)
Rebecca’s poem was selected for publication in Bartleby, UMBC’s creative arts journal.
Julian Tash (class ’18)
- Julian wrote the script for and assisted in the editing of a radio segment about Baltimore’s Chinatown that was aired on January 5, 2015 on WEAA, a member of National Public Radio.
Julian Tash (class ’18)
- Spring 2016, Student Research Conference on Asia and the Environment at Bard College
Julian presented independent research on the Mekong River. This conference featured work done by graduate students and students from international universities.
Kelly Wan (class ’18)
- Fall 2014, Chinatown radio project – aired on WWEA 88.9 The Marc Steiner Show
In the semester’s Humanities seminar, Kelly and her team created a radio project about Baltimore’s Chinatown*, its impact on the city, and its potential revitalization. Kelly was involved in all aspects of the project, narrating, writing, recording, and editing. The radio project aired as a part of the Downtown Series on WEAA 88.9 the Marc Steiner Show.*Baltimore’s Chinatown was Kelly’s initial topic that was chosen to develop into the radio project. - 2015 Imagining America Conference
In the fall semester, Kelly spoke at the Imagining America Conference with Dr. Nicole King about their Humanities Seminar, specifically the radio project (which aired on The Marc Steiner Show in January 2015), undergraduate research, and the topic of Chinatown.
Emily Grace (class ’18)
- Fall 2015, Hilltop Society Dinner presentation
Emily spoke to donors and UMBC administrators, including Dr. Hrabowski, detailing the importance of her humanities scholarship to her studies at UMBC. - Fall 2014, Our Daily Bread radio project, aired on The Marc Steiner Show in January 2015
Emily and her team, as part of taking a course called “Place and Public History in Baltimore” Downtown Stories created a radio project about the story of Our Daily Bread’s relocation controversy. Our Daily Bread provides care and services to people in need in Baltimore City.
- Fall 2014, Hilltop Society Dinner presentation
Emily presented and discussed the work Engineers Without Borders is currently doing (installing a pump well with a bios and filter to provide fresh water to Isongo, a small village in Kenya) to donors at the Hilltop Society dinner. She also discussed with some of the donors why a Humanities major is necessary in an engineering club, highlighting the writing and communication skills she brings to the group.
Anna Crow (class ’16)
- Stand Like a Sycamore, in Bartleby (Spring 2015).
Anna Crow’s creative non-fiction essay was selected for publication in Bartleby, UMBC’s creative arts journal.
Melina Latona (class ’16)
- Planting Seeds of Change and Growing Resistance: a Case Study of Baltimore’s 32nd Street Farmers’ Market in the The Global Baltimore Report