by Professor Sara Parent-Ramos, Assistant Professor of Art and Ceramics Coordinator The theme of my Smithsonian Fellowship was to create an interdisciplinary sculptural project to be completed by Ceramic I students during a remote course I taught during the fall…
by Dr. Opeyemi Oniya, Jr. Professor of Biology The "Covid World" had come. We were entering a world "unknown". The complexities and the challenges - like an avalanche cascaded. The world became immersed in the turbulence of self survival, of…
Dr. Zev Cossin, Lecturer in Anthropology, Montgomery College and American University (picture at top of post: Student Be’ Len R. discussed the fruits and vegetables that her family grows as a more sustainable option for our food system in their…
by Professor Mary Margaret Delaney, English Department First of all, when returning to teaching at a large urban college, like MC, expect many situations to arise, both positive and negative. One particular difficulty for me, this semester, has been that…
by Professor Stephanie Landon, ELAP Five students from my ELAI 990 course visited the National Portrait Gallery over the weekend to discover the wealth of art that could inspire them and be relevant for their capstone project. I was eager for…
The MC-Smithsonian Faculty Fellowship program is delighted to announce the 10 new Fellows selected for the 2022 cohort. Once again, competition was strong, and the Committee was faced with the tough task of selecting the new cohort. The group represents…
SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE TIME OF PANDEMIC: The Hurdles Behind, the Urgency of Now, and Moving Forward after Covid “Do not get lost in a sea of despair, Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a…
Our Spring 2021 seminar series ended with a wonderful afternoon prepared by curators and educators from the National Museum of the American Indian. One of the challenges of the Pandemic has been to adapt museum exhibitions and resources to an…
Another highlight of the Fellowship year is the annual presentation by staff from the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), and this year's seminar on April 29, continued that tradition. One enduring highlight of these meetings has…
Our April 22nd seminar was hosted jointly by the National Museum of American History (NMAH) and the Smithsonian's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH). Dr. Margaret Salazar-Porzio, Curator of Latinx History and Culture in the Division of Home and…