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Rod K. Brunson
Professor
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Joseph Richardson
Joel and Kim Feller Endowed Professor; Acting Chair, Department of African American Studies
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Thomas Mauriello
Senior Lecturer, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Tatiana Laboda
Professor, Department of Geographical Sciences
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Chris Justice
Professor and Chair, Department of Geographical Sciences
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Frauke Kreuter
Professor, Joint Program in Survey Methodology, Director, Social Data Science Center
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan
Professor of Economics
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Kathy Dow-Burger
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Gregory Ball
Vice President for Research
Office of the President
Rashawn Ray
Professor, Department of Sociology
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
William Ming Liu
Professor and Department Chair
College of Education
Shibley Telhami
Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Clara Irazábal-Zurita
Professor of Urban Planning and Director of the Urban Planning and Studies program
School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Willow Lung-Amam
Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Studies and Director of Community Development at the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education
School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Donald Linebaugh
Professor of Historic Preservation and Interim Dean
School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Gerrit-Jan Knaap
Professor. Director of the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education
School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Marccus Hendricks
Assistant Professor; Director at SIRJ Lab; Affiliated Research Faculty, Clark School of Engineering's Center for Disaster Resilience, NCSG and EFC
School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Ariel Bierbaum
Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Planning
School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Hiroyuki Iseki
Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Studies, Director, Ph.D. Program
School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Social Sciences News Releases
University of Maryland Collaborates with AT&T to Develop Cyberbullying Prevention Initiatives
AT&T contributes $75,000 to UMD for bullying prevention research; Terrapin Upstander Program to help teens curb cyberbullying in their schools and communities
UMD-Led Study Shows Fear and Anxiety Share Same Bases in Brain
Findings of a UMD-led research team indicate that some long-accepted thinking about the basic neuroscience of anxiety is wrong.
University of Maryland Launches New Social Data Science Center with Support from Facebook
Initial Projects include Survey Tools to Track, Predict COVID-19 ‘Hot Spots’
Parenting Through the COVID-19 Pandemic
UMD clinical psychology professor Andrea Chronis-Tuscano offers tips for families navigating the COVID-19 pandemic
UMD-Led Study Reveals Upsides & Downsides to the “Loosening” of America
Research looks at positive and negative impacts of 200 years of relaxing cultural norms
UMD Research Shows Hearing Aids Improve Brain Function and Memory in Older Adults
Researchers hope findings lead to increased use of and improved fit for hearing aids.
Social Sciences in the News
CBS News
Where police reform stands a year after George Floyd's death
Washington Post
Bipartisan political rhetoric about Asia leads to anti-Asian violence here
DisastersDecon
Infrastructure Justice
NBC News
Amid wave of violence, Asian Americans, Black communities build coalitions
Bloomberg
The Next New Deal Must Be for Black Americans, Too
The New York Times
By the People, for the People, but Not Necessarily Open to the People
WUSA9
'It's a war zone' | DC's gun violence takes toll on locals' mental health
CBS Baltimore (WJZ)