University of Maryland College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
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The University of Maryland College of Behavioral and Social Sciences is one of the 13 schools and colleges at the University of Maryland, College Park
. With nine departments, it is the largest college at the university, with three in ten University of Maryland undergraduates receiving their degree from the college. 45 research centers also are located in the College. Its social science programs are collectively ranked 10th in the United States by the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index
, and 18th in the world by the Institute of Higher Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
.
The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences began as "The School of Liberal Arts" in 1919, and was headquartered in Morrill Hall
; Frederic E. Lee served as the School's first dean. In the 1920s, it became "The College of Arts and Sciences," with five separate divisions. In 1936, the College moved into the newly completed College of Arts and Sciences Building, which would renamed Francis Scott Key Hall in 1955. In the 1940s, The departments of Economics, Geography and Government & Politics move into The College of Business and Public Administration.
In 1972, the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Business and Public Administration combine to become the new "Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences," one of five divisions in the university. In 1986, the five divisions split into fourteen colleges, and The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences was formed. The College has been headquartered in Millard E. Tydings Hall since 1993.
, and the Bahá'í Chair for World Peace, currently held by John Grayzel, are at the Center for International Development and Conflict Management, which is a center within the Department of Government and Politics.
Notable faculty in the College include:
Notable former faculty members include:
, Director of the United States Office of Personnel Management; Eric F. Billings
, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of FBR Capital Markets Corporation; John Dryzek
, social and political theorist; Robert W. Jordan
, former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia;
Kori Schake
, former director for Defense Strategy and Requirements on the National Security Council
; and Charles Schultze
, former Chairman of the United States Council of Economic Advisers
.
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...
. With nine departments, it is the largest college at the university, with three in ten University of Maryland undergraduates receiving their degree from the college. 45 research centers also are located in the College. Its social science programs are collectively ranked 10th in the United States by the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index
Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index
The Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index , a product of Academic Analytics, is a metric designed to create benchmark standards for the measurement of academic and scholarly quality within and among United States research universities....
, and 18th in the world by the Institute of Higher Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Academic Ranking of World Universities
The Academic Ranking of World Universities , commonly known as the Shanghai ranking, is a publication that was founded and compiled by the Shanghai Jiaotong University to rank universities globally. The rankings have been conducted since 2003 and updated annually...
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History
The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences began as "The School of Liberal Arts" in 1919, and was headquartered in Morrill Hall
Morrill Hall (University of Maryland)
Morrill Hall is the oldest continuously-used academic building on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. Built in 1898 in the Second Empire architectural style for $24,000, it was the sole academic building left untouched by The Great Fire of 1912 which devastated almost all of...
; Frederic E. Lee served as the School's first dean. In the 1920s, it became "The College of Arts and Sciences," with five separate divisions. In 1936, the College moved into the newly completed College of Arts and Sciences Building, which would renamed Francis Scott Key Hall in 1955. In the 1940s, The departments of Economics, Geography and Government & Politics move into The College of Business and Public Administration.
In 1972, the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Business and Public Administration combine to become the new "Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences," one of five divisions in the university. In 1986, the five divisions split into fourteen colleges, and The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences was formed. The College has been headquartered in Millard E. Tydings Hall since 1993.
Departments
| Department | 2010 US News Rankings | Website |
|---|---|---|
| African American Studies Department | N/ANo rankings available for discipline. | | http://www.bsos.umd.edu/aasp/ |
| Department of Anthropology | N/ANo rankings available for discipline. | | http://www.bsos.umd.edu/anth/ |
| Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice | 1 | | http://www.ccjs.umd.edu/ |
| Department of Economics | 22 | | http://www.econ.umd.edu/ |
| Department of Geography | N/ANo rankings available for discipline. | | http://www.geog.umd.edu/ |
| Department of Government and Politics | 28 | | http://www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/ |
| Department of Hearing & Speech Sciences | 18 | | http://www.bsos.umd.edu/hesp/ |
| Joint Program in Survey MethodologyA joint program with the University of Michigan University of Michigan The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan... . |
N/ANo rankings available for discipline. | | http://www.jpsm.umd.edu/jpsm/ |
| Department of Psychology | 40 | | http://www.psychology.umd.edu/ |
| Department of Sociology | 20 | | http://www.bsos.umd.edu/socy/ |
CIVICUS
CIVICUS is a two-year living and learning undergraduate program in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, which links academic coursework together with participation in internships and community service to provide an experience of civil service engagement for participants (known as CIVICUS Associates). CIVICUS Associates live together in Somerset Hall (located in the North Hill Community), which also hosts most CIVICUS courses. The program is based on the five principles of civil society: citizenship, leadership, community building in a diverse society, scholarship, and community service-learning. University of Maryland Freshman applicants whose application materials suggest they possess significant levels of leadership, involvement, and motivation are invited to join the program. A total of 130 Associates are in the program at a time.Mock Trial team
The University of Maryland Mock Trial Team is a student organization which engages in intercollegiate mock trial competition. Based out of the Department of Government and Politics in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, the team first began competing in 1990. The Maryland team has won five national championships (2008, 2000, 1998, 1996, 1992), which ranks the most of any university, and was also the national runner-up in 1992 and 1993.Faculty
There are two endowed chairs within the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences: the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development, currently held by Shibley TelhamiShibley Telhami
Shibley Telhami is the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a nonresident senior fellow of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution....
, and the Bahá'í Chair for World Peace, currently held by John Grayzel, are at the Center for International Development and Conflict Management, which is a center within the Department of Government and Politics.
Notable faculty in the College include:
- Gar AlperovitzGar AlperovitzGar Alperovitz is Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland, College Park Department of Government and Politics. He is a former Fellow of King's College, Cambridge; a founding Fellow of Harvard’s Institute of Politics; a Fellow at the Institute for Policy...
(Department of Government and Politics) - Charles ButterworthCharles ButterworthCharles Butterworth, Ph.D. is a noted philosopher of the Straussian school and currently a professor of political philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park....
(Department of Government and Politics) - Patricia Hill CollinsPatricia Hill CollinsPatricia Hill Collins, is Distinguished University Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park, former head of the Department of African American Studies at the University of Cincinnati and past President of the American Sociological Association Council...
(Department of Sociology) - Maureen Cropper (Department of Economics), member of the National Academy of SciencesUnited States National Academy of SciencesThe National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
- Ruth DeFriesRuth DeFriesRuth DeFries is an environmental geographer who specializes in the use of remote sensing to study Earth's habitability under the influence of human activities, such as deforestation, that influence regulating biophysical and biogeochemical processes...
(Department of Geography), member of the National Academy of SciencesUnited States National Academy of SciencesThe National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
and MacArthur Fellow - Ted Robert GurrTed Robert GurrTed Robert Gurr is one of the world’s leading authorities on political conflict and instability. His book Why Men Rebel emphasized the importance of social psychological factors and ideology as root sources of political violence...
(Department of Government and Politics) - Mark P. LeoneMark P. LeoneMark Paul Leone is an American archaeologist and professor of Anthropology at the University of Maryland, College Park. Leone was trained in anthropology at the University of Arizona and focused on the "New Archaeology." In 1976, Leone began teaching at the University of Maryland where he became...
(Department of Anthropology) - Carmen ReinhartCarmen Reinhart-External links:*...
(Department of Economics) - George RitzerGeorge RitzerGeorge Ritzer is a sociologist who studies American patterns of consumption, globalization, metatheory, and modern and postmodern social theory...
(Department of Sociology) - Jehan Al Sadat (Center for International Development and Conflict Management)
- Thomas SchellingThomas SchellingThomas Crombie Schelling is an American economist and professor of foreign affairs, national security, nuclear strategy, and arms control at the School of Public Policy at University of Maryland, College Park. He is also co-faculty at the New England Complex Systems Institute...
(Department of Economics), winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and member of the National Academy of SciencesUnited States National Academy of SciencesThe National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and... - Shibley TelhamiShibley TelhamiShibley Telhami is the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a nonresident senior fellow of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution....
(Department of Government and Politics) - Vladimir TismăneanuVladimir TismaneanuVladimir Tismăneanu is a Romanian and American political scientist, political analyst, sociologist, and professor at the University of Maryland, College Park...
(Department of Government and Politics)
Notable former faculty members include:
- Oliver Edwin BakerOliver Edwin BakerOliver Edwin Baker was an American economic geographer.-Education and early career:Baker was born in Tiffin, Ohio. His father, Edwin Baker, was a merchant, and his mother, Martha Ranney Thomas, had been a schoolteacher...
(Department of Geography) - Parris GlendeningParris GlendeningParris Nelson Glendening , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 59th Governor of Maryland from January 18, 1995 to January 15, 2003...
(Department of Government and Politics) - Edward B. MontgomeryEdward B. MontgomeryEdward B. Montgomery is an American economist, academic, and politician. As of April 2009, he is a member of the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry and Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers in the Barack Obama administration.On June 10, 2010, Georgetown University...
(Department of Economics) - Mancur OlsonMancur OlsonMancur Lloyd Olson, Jr. was a leading American economist and social scientist who, at the time of his death, worked at the University of Maryland, College Park...
(Department of Economics) - John W. SnowJohn W. Snow| image=John W. Snow.jpg|imagesize = 250px| order=73rd| title=United States Secretary of the Treasury| term_start=February 3, 2003| term_end=June 28, 2006| predecessor=Paul O'Neill| successor=Henry Paulson| birth_date=| birth_place=Toledo, Ohio...
(Department of Economics) - Ron WaltersRon WaltersRonald W. "Ron" Walters was an American scholar known worldwide for his knowledge of African-American politics through his leadership and his writing...
(Department of Government and Politics)
Notable alumni
Other prominent alumni include: John BerryJohn Berry (administrator)
Morrell John Berry is an American administrator and director of the United States Office of Personnel Management.Berry was born in Montgomery County, Maryland, to parents who worked for the federal government...
, Director of the United States Office of Personnel Management; Eric F. Billings
Eric F. Billings
Eric F. Billings is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FBR Capital Markets Corporation . He has held this position since the company's formation in June 2006. He has also served as a director of the Company since June 2006. Billings is also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FBR...
, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
of FBR Capital Markets Corporation; John Dryzek
John Dryzek
John Dryzek is Professor of Social Theory and Political Theory in Australian National University's Political Science Program in the Research School of Social Sciences.He was born in Maids Moreton, England...
, social and political theorist; Robert W. Jordan
Robert W. Jordan
Robert W. Jordan is a lawyer who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 2001-03.Jordan received his B.A. degree from Duke University in 1967, his M.A. from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1971 while serving in the U.S. Navy, and his J.D...
, former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia;
Kori Schake
Kori Schake
Kori N. Schake is a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. She blogs regularly for Shadow Government on Foreign Policy and is on the editorial board of Orbis and the board of Centre for European Reform.-Professional career:...
, former director for Defense Strategy and Requirements on the National Security Council
United States National Security Council
The White House National Security Council in the United States is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and Cabinet officials and is part of the Executive Office of the...
; and Charles Schultze
Charles Schultze
Charles L. Schultze is a United States economist and public policy analyst. He served as chairman of the United States Council of Economic Advisers during the Carter Administration. In the 1960s Schultze was appointed assistant director of the U.S. Bureau of the Budget by President John F...
, former Chairman of the United States Council of Economic Advisers
Council of Economic Advisers
The Council of Economic Advisers is an agency within the Executive Office of the President that advises the President of the United States on economic policy...
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See also
- Center for American Politics and CitizenshipCenter for American Politics and CitizenshipThe Center for American Politics and Citizenship is a non-partisan Government and Politics research center at the University of Maryland, College Park...
- List of Sadat Lecture for Peace Speakers
- Minorities at RiskMinorities at RiskThe Minorities at Risk Data Generation and Management Project is a University of Maryland, College Park based research project that monitors and analyzes the status and conflicts of politically-active minority ethnicities and religious sects in all countries with a current population of at least...