Research Spotlight

Across our departments and programs, faculty are at the cutting edge of resilience research. Although there are variations in the use of the term ‘resilience’ across and within disciplines, connections across the body of BSOS faculty research includes focusing on health and safety, oppression/stigma, and resilience in the economic, environmental, and democratic spheres.  

• Are you a BSOS student interested in identifying faculty who do resilience work in specific areas of interest?
• Are you a faculty member interested in connecting with colleagues who do related resilience work in other departments?
• Are you a community member or journalist looking to find an expert on resilience related issues?

If yes, we invite you to click around on the interactive visual aids below (Important Note: Be sure to allow pop-ups to see the full effects). Here you can see BSOS faculty working on resilience research by department.

The topical focus of each researcher may differ in a variety of ways such as the target population, the unit of analysis (individual, family, community, etc.), and importantly, in the conceptualization of ‘resilience’ itself. For the purposes of this exercise, a broad definition for resilience research is employed.

Resilience is simply defined as the ability of persons or places to prevent or recover from stimuli of any kind. This means that resilience research may take many forms including studying the impact of economic policies in developing countries, evaluating interventions to reduce intimate partner violence, agricultural monitoring with remote sensing, and more. Although there are differences in their resilience research-related agendas, there are underlying thematic ties that create connections across the lines of economic, environmental, and democratic resilience, as well as areas related to health and safety, and oppression and stigma. The visualization below shows where those connections exist.

Disclaimer: The visualizations on this webpage are generated by BSOS departmental websites, faculty bios, and linked curriculum vitae. The information is up to date as of August 2022. Full research agendas cannot be captured in the visualizations, so you should review the individual faculty members’ departmental bios or reach out to them directly to learn more about their work.

Are you a full-time BSOS faculty member working on resilience research and missing from this page? Please click this link to let us know about your work! We want to include you and all updates will be incorporated each semester.

Note: The visualizations on this page are best viewed on a computer or tablet, rather than a phone or other small mobile device.

Across our Departments and Programs, BSOS faculty are at the cutting edge of inequality research.

This includes a focus on race/ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, and immigration status. Indeed, BSOS has several networks of expertise, including inequality related to institutions and resource access, health and well-being, identity stigmatization, in the U.S. and across many international settings.

Are you a BSOS student interested in identifying faculty who do inequality work in areas of interest?

Are you a faculty member interested in connecting with colleagues who do related inequality work in other departments?

Are you a community member or journalist looking to find an expert on inequality related issues?

If yes, we invite you to click around on the interactive visual aids below (Important Note: Be sure to allow pop-ups to see the full effects). Here you can see BSOS faculty working on inequality research by Department. If you click-on the individual drop-down sections below, you can view visualizations for different areas of inequality research.

Disclaimer: The visualizations on this webpage are generated by BSOS Departmental websites, faculty bios, and linked curriculum vitae. The information is up to date as of Spring 2021. Full research agendas cannot be captured in the visualizations, so you should review the individual faculty members’ departmental bios or reach out to them to find out additional details about their work.

Are you a full-time BSOS faculty member working on inequality research and missing from this page? Please click this link to let us know about your inequality work! We want to include you and updates will be incorporated each semester.

Note: the visualizations below are best viewed on a computer or tablet, rather than a phone or other small mobile device.

Dr. Angel Dunbar and Dr. Cecily Hardaway from the Department of African American Studies talk about how racism affects the socio-emotional well-being of children and families, as well as the impact of poverty-related risks on youth and families.

The BSOS Perspectives video series features faculty members and students discussing the most pressing issues of the day. Our latest installment features Professor Janelle Wong (pictured at left) and Ph.D. student Jennifer St Sume (pictured at right) of the Department of Government and Politics in conversation about their work on race and politics.

"Any examination of U.S. politics necessitates and is more complete with attention to race and racism," Wong said.

St Sume particularly focuses on how Black Americans remain deeply invested in, but mainly excluded from, the American national identity.

Watch the video below:

The BSOS Perspectives video series features faculty members and students discussing the most pressing issues of the day. Our latest installment features Professor Jessica Goldberg of the Department of Economics.   Professor Goldberg talks about the importance of diversity in Economics, highlighting the intersection of the Promoting Achievement and Diversity in Economics Program here at UMD and her own research.

Gaining New Insights in Economics through the PADE Program

CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION RESEARCH FUNDING

BSOS hosted a session on "Corporate and Foundation Research Funding" in February 2022.  It was led by Ted Knight, who works in Strategic Partnerships and Research both for BSOS and the Division of Research.  The workshop covered (1) ways that investigators may need to view corporations and foundation proposals differently than other agencies, (2) opportunities to forge partnerships, and (3) examples of successful collaborations.

This forum can be viewed here.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

In November 2021, BSOS hosted a forum on Conflicts of Interest presented by members of the Office of the Vice President for Research compliance offices and members of the BSOS Dean's Office. You can watch that forum here.

RESEARCH COMPUTING

In November 2021, BSOS hosted a forum on research computing resources led by Dr Jean McGloin, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Education with presenters Mary Shelley, Director of Research Data Science and Robert Blevins, Executive Director of the Office of Academic Computing Services (OACS). This presentation introduces the research data lifecycle, security considerations, and computing tools available to BSOS researchers. A recording of this session has been made available, as have the slides from the session. Links referenced in the session will display in the side panel of the video, but are also listed below.

BSOS Research Computing and Data Science Workshop Video

BSOS Research Computing and Data Science Workshop Handouts

Please note that the slides are available to anyone at UMD. Undergraduate students may request access to the slides but should do so using their @terpmail.umd.edu address so it is clear they are UMD students.

Office of Academic Computing Services (OACS): https://oacs.umd.edu

OACS Cloud Services: https://oacs.umd.edu/landing/OACS%20Cloud

BSWIFT Computing Cluster: https://oacs.umd.edu/oacs-cloud/bsos-high-performance-computing-cluster

Videos are available to anyone at UMD. Undergraduate students may request access but should do so using their @terpmail.umd.edu address so it is clear they are UMD students.