Volume 27 of the UMBC Review, in print, on my desk!

It's here!! A year of hard work at @umbc.bsky.social is complete, and UMBC Review vol. 27 (2026) is in print! Our peer reviewed undergraduate research journal is a joy to work on with our fabulous team of student editors. #umbc #research

Imagine learning tons of French from a young age, and then getting mercilessly roasted for saying W.E.B. DuBwah

A nerdy note that we should all be calling it Garymandering, not Jerrymandering, as Elbridge Gerry’s last name is pronounced with a hard G.

I just wanna read some of those New Yorker articles that slowly escalate into pure shock value, in the sunshine, is that so much to ask

Inbox zero? In this economy?

I've had several interactions recently wherein I tell people I have 2 kids, and they react the way that *I* react when someone tells me they have *3* kids.

Apparently 2 kids is now officially "a lot of kids"

I have only recently learned that obtaining the title of "Professor" does not guarantee a life of sitting in beautiful places and reading all the time.

Apparently I should have instead been striving for the title of "Person with Generational Wealth," my mistake

Very fitting that Spirit could become our new de facto national flag carrier

America: home of the bare fare

My daughter burst out of her bedroom the other morning, jumping for joy, and screamed "MOM, DAD! GEESE! ARE! PTERODACTYLS!"

And we were like, hmm, actually, yes

do any normal people understand this or am I fundamentally unsalvageable for enjoying it

photo credit @jacksantucci.bsky.social

it's-a-me at the U.S. Capitol on a very nice day

not photoshopped
(you know i had to do it to em)

Well thanks to Citizens United we do a little multibillion dollar political campaigning as a side hustle

Opened a library book, read the epigraph, 🤯, closed the book, went to go find a book by the author of the epigraph.

Sorry, original book...

If you teach in this discipline and you're not reading JPSE you're missing out!

Carolina in my mind

For those of you who keep looking around at politics right now and thinking about Fitzcarraldo...

Oh hi!

Look, I know it's salty and I shouldn't say these things when my own team lost to an 11 seed in the first round. But you can't go around doing The Brotherhood™ schtick without accepting that we're gonna feast when this happens

Political science students at @umbc.edu are doing a Hackathon today, leveraging data to tackle questions about affordability of various services and necessities in Maryland. They are working around the clock on these white papers. I can't wait to see what they come up with! #Hackathon #POLIthon

Do associate profs ever not feel like roadkill by the end of the workweek? Asking for a friend who is bad at saying no to stuff.

extremely baseball voice: "baseball"

I like it when the scoreboard says Ponyo

Apparently someone named Ian Anderson has recently joined UMBC in some capacity. RIP their inbox.

Happy opening day! Let's go O's!

Universities increasingly getting sucked into the consulting bog is so disappointing and so, so predictable

My 4 year old daughter's bracket is already destroying my bracket. I'm afraid her final 4 pick of the St. Louis "Billy kittens" may keep her in the lead for good. What else is she actually right about??

Tom crean is shellshocked

And the 12-5 upset maker!