UMBC Sociology, Anthropology, and Health Administration Policy Department
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The Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Health Administration and Policy (SAHAP) is home to undergraduate programs in Sociology (SOCY), Anthropology (ANTH) and Health Administration and Policy (HAPP). We offer minors in Sociology and Anthropology, a Master’s in Applied Sociology, as well as a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in the Nonprofit Sector. An Accelerated Bachelor’s/Master’s is available, as well as special options for double majors in Sociology and Anthropology, Sociology and Psychology, Sociology and Social Work, and Health Administration and Policy and Social Work. The department collaborates with three outstanding Ph.D. programs, including Gerontology (GERO), Public Policy (PUBL) and Language, Literacy & Culture (LLC) and hosts the Center for Aging Studies (CAS), a research center that conducts large scale, federally-funded research.
Throughout these programs, the department emphasizes three core areas: health & aging in society; diversity, gender & culture; and applied social science research. Consistent with UMBC’s goals, the department focuses its core strengths to 1. provide a distinctive undergrad experience, 2. support the development of graduate education, and 3. conduct faculty research that contributes to both undergraduate & graduate education.
Recent Submissions
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Social Media Kaleidoscope: Social Media as Influential to Transnationality at UMBC
(2019-01-01)This study considers the transnational perspective of millennial second-generation Americans and the modern interactive environment of social media. The research question examined these two concepts through twelve lightly ... -
Beyond the Binary: How Nonbinary Individuals Challenge Gender and Other Social Constructs
(2020-01-01)Nonbinary individuals make up about one third of the trans community and experience high rates of discrimination, poverty, mental illness and suicide, and marginalization even within the LGBTQIA community. Still, research ... -
The Premedical Deficit: Premedical Students? Perceptions of the Social Determinants of Health
(2020-01-20)This project is based on ten semi-structured interviews of premedical students at UMBC. I analyzed these interviews to explore the students? perception and understanding of the social determinants of health (SDH). Seven ... -
Direct Caregiving in Older Adults: How Systems of Care Perpetuate the Grand Challenges and What Social Workers Can Do about It
Direct care workers (DCWs) provide personal care, emotional support, and companionship, helping older adults maintain quality lives (Phillips, 2016). DCWs earn low wages, have little training, and experience high turnover ... -
Racial disparities in routine health checkup and adherence to cancer screening guidelines among women in the United States of America
(Springer Nature, 2021-07-03)Purpose Routine health checkup and cancer screening rates among women are suboptimal, partially due to the health care disparities by race/ethnicity in the USA. This study examined the previously understudied associations ... -
Jobs at Risk of Automation in the USA: Implications for Community Colleges
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-01-25)Advancing technologies such as artificial intelligence and robots are steadily replacing jobs in the USA. Continuous skill-upgrading and re-skilling are critical for workers to remain employable throughout their careers. ... -
Examining Civic Outcomes Between 2- and 4-Year Colleges: A Case Study of Two Postsecondary Institutions
(SAGE, 2021-01-11)While postsecondary education appears to promote civic mindedness and engagement, relatively little is known about the association between civic outcomes and types of postsecondary education, as well as across different ... -
Marital quality, gender, and later-life depressive symptom trajectories
We analyze six waves of data (2006–2016) from the Health and Retirement Study (n = 4,342) to examine how marital quality is associated with depressive symptom trajectories among a group of continuously married older adults. ... -
INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER OF COPING STRATEGIES: WHICH COPING STRATEGIES DO YOU CHOOSE AND WHICH CHOOSE YOU?
(2018-01-01)Sociological research shows that socialization impacts cognitive and behavioral coping patterns (Scheid and Brown 2010:166; Root and Denham 2010:2; Hall 2015:137). The Stress Process Model posits that coping resources, ... -
The Lonely Robes?: A Study of American Catholic Priests’ Social Connectedness as Predicted by Social Support
(2018-01-01)This thesis investigates predictors of social connectedness among American Catholic priests, a potentially isolated and economically limited population. Using the 1993 and 2001 replications of the 1970 Survey of American ... -
The Blue Perspective: Police Perception of Police-Community Relations
(2018-01-01)The increasing number of unarmed black men killed by police has flooded the national spotlight, generating scrutiny and outrage. This development has increased the focus of research and policy on effective policing strategies ... -
Predictors of Exclusive Breastfeeding among Mothers of Infants in Lesotho
(2019-01-01)Mother-to-child transmission of HIV continues to be a prevalent mode of transmission in southern Africa. This study examines the factors of exclusive breastfeeding of HIV-positive and negative mothers. Analyzing data ... -
Factors Associated with Program Performance in the UMBC Teacher Preparation Program
(2018-01-01)This thesis examines the associations between student race/ethnicity, gender, graduate/undergraduate status, certification area, and transfer status with program completion assessment ratings within the UMBC Department of ... -
"You Can Tolerate a Bee But You Can't Tolerate a Swarm of Bees": How Gay Latinos Experience Stigma, Chronic Othering, and Strangeness in Baltimore
(2018-01-01)Gay Latino men are at risk of being stigmatized for dual marginalized identities. The present study is based on interviews with nine gay Latino men in the Baltimore region about their experiences with sexual, cultural, ... -
A practical guide for analyzing large-scale assessment data using Mplus: A case demonstration using the Program for International Assessment of Adult Competencies Data
(SAGE, 2020-12-16)In order to promote the use of increasingly available large-scale assessment data in education and expand the scope of analytic capabilities among applied researchers, this study provides step-by-step guidance, and practical ... -
Theory-Informed Course Design: Applications of Bloom’s Taxonomy in Undergraduate Public Health Courses
(SAGE, 2020-12-17)The public health workforce needs an array of knowledge and skills to effectively address current and future public health challenges. While existing competency models establish educational objectives for public health ... -
“It's a lot!” the universal worker model and dementia care in assisted living
(Elsevier, 2020-12-13)The culture change movement aims to create a more home-like environment in long-term care settings, promote person-centered care, and support the well-being of staff and residents. One feature of Culture Change is the ... -
Involving Urban Single Low-Income African American Mothers in Genomic Research: Giving Voice to How Place Matters in Health Disparities and Prevention Strategies
(Gavin Publishers, 2020-06-30)This article describes the process of using principles from community-based participatory action research to involve lowincome, single, African American mothers on the south side of Chicago in genomic research, including ... -
A virtual community-of-practice approach by rural stakeholders in managing pneumoconiosis in the USA: a cross-sectional analysis
(James Cook University, 2020-07-20)Introduction: The re-emergence of pneumoconiosis, particularly among coal miners (ie black lung), in the USA is a challenge for rural communities because more miners require specialized care while expertise is scarce. The ...
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