Please join us this Wednesday (4/9) from 1-3pm for the second MAC workshop of this spring semester, featuring Dr. Arianna Gard from the Department of Psychology. Her talk is entitled: “Random Intercepts Cross-lagged Models using Longitudinal Data from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study”. The talk will take place in GEOG Conference Room LeFrak 1158.
The Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences are pleased to present the 5th Ray Paternoster Memorial Lecture and reception in honor of Professor Ray Paternoster to celebrate his life and scholarship in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the profession.
The lecture will take place on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 from 1:30-2:15 p.m. in the University of Maryland, College Park, Stamp, Juan Ramon Jimenez 2208. A reception will take place immediately after the lecture, from 2:15-4 p.m., in the University of Maryland, College Park, Stamp, Benjamin Banneker 2212. Please find the registration link here.
This year’s featured speaker is Tracey L. Meares, Walton Hale Hamilton Professor and a Founding Director of the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School. Professor Meares is a nationally recognized expert on policing in urban communities. For more information, visit here.
PROGRESS Distinguished Speaker Series Event
Event Date and Time: Thursday, February 6, 2025; 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
Location: Zoom
You are cordially invited to participate in the second installment of the Distinguished Speaker Series event sponsored by the Prevent Gun Violence: Research, Empowerment, Strategies and Solutions (PROGRESS) initiative at the University of Maryland.
This event will feature a presentation by Dr. Mudia Uzzi, titled “Structural Drivers of Firearm Violence: Theory, Evidence, and Transformational Solutions.” Dr. Uzzi is a Bloomberg Assistant Professor of American Health in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, MD.
The PROGRESS Speaker Series provides an opportunity for university- and community-based scholars and practitioners—as well as the general public—to gain critical insights into gun violence reduction. Please participate in this convening to draw knowledge and inspiration from our keynote speaker and the Q&A exchange.
Questions? Please send your query to PROGRESS@umd.edu.
Join the Mental Health Coalition for PLANTS, MINDFULNESS, FREE FOOD, GAMES, GIVEAWAYS, MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS, and MORE! Check out the list of events for details. CARE will see you at the Self-Care Fair on Thursday, October 10th.
Dr. Brooklynn Hitchens (UMD), will be presenting at an upcoming QRN webinar! Please mark your calendars for this opportunity to learn about Street PAR and the findings from her work in Wilmington, DE.
‘In and Out ‘the Mix’: How Street-Identified Black Women and Girls (De)Escalate Gun Violence in Trauma Deserts
Date: Friday, Oct. 4th, 2-3pm
Zoom link: https://temple.zoom.us/
Using mixed-methods data and Street Participatory Action Research (Street PAR) methodology, Dr. Hitchens examines the social ecology of gun violence among street-identified Black women and girls—or how a range of contextual factors increases their risk for experiencing and perpetrating violent harm. Street-identified Black women and girls comprise a distinctive, hard-to-reach subset of the broader urban, Black population that is often in closer proximity to criminal justice contact, violence, and other forms of illegal activity. This talk unravels how these women negotiate violent encounters in trauma deserts where poor access to trauma care increases mortality rates and community tensions in low-income Black neighborhoods. Dr. Hitchens demonstrates how their social proximity to street life is a site of resilience or survival in oppressive conditions, and ultimately shapes their cultural worldviews and victimization risk. She also discusses best practices for scholars and practitioners on managing the social value of our research and obligations to study participants through community-engaged and emancipatory methods.