UMBC American Studies Department
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The mission of UMBC’s Department of American Studies (AMST) is to advance the interdisciplinary study of American cultures through research, teaching, and service to the campus and community
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Item The Social Science of Reading for Pleasure with Dr. Tamara Bhalla and Jean Kim(UMBC Center for Social Science Research, 2024-07-10) Anson, Ian; Bhalla, Tamara; Kim, Jean; Anson,Ian; Mallinson,Christine; Stokan,Eric; Kim,Jean; Moreland,D’Juan; Barnes,Amy; Ralston,MyriamOn this episode, Dr. Anson speaks with Dr. Tamara Bhalla, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of American Studies at UMBC. Dr. Bhalla is also an affiliate faculty in the UMBC Asian Studies program. We also hear from Jean Kim, our very own podcast production assistant, about her role as a research assistant on Dr. Bhalla’s forthcoming book on the cultural context of reading.Item Save Our Block: Public Humanities, Zines, and the Connecting the Classroom in Baltimore(Routledge, 2024) King, P. NicoleItem Mellon Foundation grants CAHSS $750K to establish Global Asias Initiative(UMBC News, 2024-04-03) Duque, Catalina Sofia Dansberger; Demond, MarlaynaItem "Me Time": Motherhood, Reading, and Myths of Leisure(Penn State University Press, 2023) Bhalla, Tamara; DiCuirci, LindsayIn this micro article, the authors survey the media landscape, including bestseller lists and celebrity book club culture, think pieces and mommy blogs, to examine the discourse around "me time," reading, and motherhood. The article explores how the cultivation of "me time," which is ostensibly about taking time away from mothering, returns mothers to the work of self-improvement, disguised as self-care. The books that mothers are reading (judged by their posts online, book awards, bestseller lists, book club culture, etc.) and the ways they are blogging about "me time" reading suggests that under the conditions of twenty-first-century neoliberalism, reading mothers must use this time to meditate upon and improve their mothering. "Me time" reading is framed as a separation from maternal labor but instead impels mothers to justify their solitary habit and redeem reading as a contribution to—rather than detraction from—family life.Item Rethinking the Field in Crisis: The Baltimore Field School and Building Ethical Community and University Partnerships(University of Georgia, 2024-04-04) King, P. Nicole; Mahdi, Tahira; Fouts, SarahThis Projects With Promise case study offers insights for addressing tensions between universities and communities in building partnerships and collectively rethinking “the field” of community engagement. We explore moving beyond a solely place-based understanding of “the field” into an ethos based on human interactions and mutual trust. Through an analysis of the Baltimore Field School (BFS) project, we argue that partnerships must be designed to create the time and space for self-reflexive qualitative methods that emerge from a personality-proof and sustainable infrastructure that can respond to crises and needs in both communities and universities. Rethinking and even “undoing” notions of institutional time and space within universities allows community-centered reflection that begins to cross the boundaries imposed by neoliberal institutions focused on profits above people. Exploring the distinct scholarly communities of higher education can inspire academics to rethink how universities can work with and not just for local communities.Item Lumbee Identity Is At The Center Of New Art Exhibit(WUNC North Carolina Public Radio, 2018-09-12) Magnus, Amanda; Stasio, Frank; Jones, Ashley Minner; Monroe, Alisha LocklearItem Celebrating Baltimore’s Native American Culture(WYPR, 2018-11-15) Kast, Sheilah; Harvie, Maureen; Jones, Ashley Minner; Seymour, DennisItem Greenville celebrates Native American art(The East Carolinian, 2019-02-20) Justice, VincentItem “Researching the Reservation”: Finding East Baltimore’s Historic Lumbee Indian Community in the Archives(University Of Maryland, 2019-04-26) Ramnine, Kimmi; Jones, Ashley MinnerItem Artist and Doctoral Student: A Lumbee Indian Woman’s Story(University Of Maryland, 2019-10-28) Qualls, Anna De ChekeItem A 1652 treaty opens up the story of the first “Baltimoreans”(Baltimore Brew, 2019-12-10) Shen, FernItem Native Americans reflect on long, strong history in Baltimore(WBAL-TV, 2021-10-11) Robinson, LisaItem CAMEO: Ashley Minner(Bruun Studios, 2021-11) Bruun, PeterItem A Walk Through East Baltimore’s American Indian ‘Reservation’(Maryland Today, 2021-11-22) Clark, ShannonItem A Q&A with the Smithsonian’s First Curator from the Lumbee Tribe(Smithsonian Institution, 2021-10-29) Jones, KeanuItem Ashley Minner: building meaningful connections with art(MOO, 2022-01-24) Jones, Ashley Minner; The MOO TeamItem ‘No Wire, No Hon’: Behind the Scenes of The Baltimore Anthology(Baltimore Fishbowl, 2022-06-24) Harris, JalynnItem This Land Was Their Land(Rosebud Entertainment, 2022-10) Cassie, RonItem How memories of East Baltimore’s Lumbee ‘reservation’ live on in Slim’s bench(The Baltimore Banner, 2023-03-23) Freitas, Clara Longo deItem Artist’s Books(Ashley Minner Art, LLC, 2005) Jones, Ashley Minner
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