Katharina Von Kellenbach, professor of religious studies, is giving the keynote address during the symposium “(Un)comfortable Identities: Representations of Persecution” on Oct. 20-21 at the University Center, Humboldt State University in California. An expert in the area of Holocaust studies and Jewish-Christian relations, Von Kellenbach’s address, titled “Cleansing the Nation in Pure Conscience: Notion of Find out more »
St. Mary’s College Program Exemplified by Paper Focusing on Women of Color in Physics
Angela Johnson, professor of educational studies at St. Mary’s College, was published in the September issue of The Physics Teacher by the American Association of Physics Teachers. The September issue is themed on race and physics, and Johnson’s paper documents and validates the challenges that women of color in physics face, including the activation of stereotypes, Find out more »
Student Randy Larsen ’19 Admitted to Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research
St. Mary’s College student Randy Larsen IV ’19 spent the summer interning at the Women’s Malignancies Branch of the National Cancer Institute. Under Senior Investigator Patricia Steeg, the lab focused on the mechanisms of how breast cancer metastasizes into the brain. Larsen’s day-to-day mentor was researcher Lin Xiao. “Working with Dr. Xiao, my project focused Find out more »
St. Mary’s College Student Marilyn Steyert participates in Amgen Scholars Program
St. Mary’s College Student Marilyn Renata Steyert ’18, was selected to participate in the Amgen Foundation’s prestigious Amgen Scholars Program. Since 2006, the Amgen Scholars Program has provided hands-on research opportunities under world-renowned faculty mentors to more than 3,500 undergraduate students. Steyert spent the summer conducting hands-on research at the University of California, San Francisco Find out more »
Professor of Anthropology Julia King Awarded $240,000 Grant for Native American Study
St. Mary’s College of Maryland Professor of Anthropology Julia King, in collaboration with the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR), Chesapeake Conservancy, and the state-recognized Rappahannock Tribe of Virginia, have been awarded a $240,000 grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities to trace the history and development of the Rappahannock Indians in early American Find out more »
Katharina von Kellenbach to lead study of guilt as a culturally productive force
Katharina von Kellenbach, professor of religious studies and her colleague Matthias Buschmeier (German literature, University of Bielefeld) were awarded a prestigious grant for over €500,000 (about $600,000) by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZIF) at the University of Bielefeld for the 2018-2019 academic year. She and Dr. Buschmeier will lead 15 scholars from different continents Find out more »
Visiting Researcher Modeling Marine Ecosystems of Southern Iran
St. Mary’s College welcomes visiting researcher Maryam Hakim Elahi, who is spending two months on campus this summer working with St. Mary’s College’s Kristy Lewis, assistant professor of biology, to expand her knowledge of ecosystem modeling. Elahi is a PhD candidate in marine ecology at Khorramshahr Marine Science and Technology University (KMSU) in South Iran, adjacent Find out more »
Professor of Psychology Elizabeth Nutt Williams published
Professor of Psychology Elizabeth Nutt Williams was recently published in the special 125th anniversary section of Journal of Counseling Psychology. The article, co-written by Jairo Fuertes of Adelphi University, titled “Client-Focused Psychotherapy Research,” focuses on how therapy works and what makes it so effective, with special attention made to the client. According to the article, Find out more »
Students Present Research at SURF Symposium
For eight weeks this summer, 13 students participated in the annual St. Mary’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), diving into research topics of their own choosing with guidance from faculty mentors. On Friday, July 7, students presented their projects to an audience of peers and professors at the annual SURF symposium held at the Glendening Find out more »
Mayumy Rivera (‘16) awarded CLS Scholarship
St. Mary’s student Mayumy Rivera (‘16) has been awarded a Critical Language Scholarship to study Chinese this summer in China. The Critical Language Scholarship is a fully funded summer program overseas language and cultural program, sponsored by the U.S Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.