American Studies and Public Humanities at URCAD

Mark your calendar for AMST and PubHum presentations at URCAD 2026 on April 22 in the Retriever Activities Center (RAC):

11:20 – 11:35 a.m. (RAC 106) - Sophia Crowell
Bay Shore Amusement Park: A Forgotten History Of Sparrows Point
Sophia Crowell, Biological Sciences major, Public Humanities minor
Michael Casiano, American Studies, Mentor

11:40 – 11:55 a.m. (RAC 106) - Finley Bandy
Our City Is A City Without An Expressway: A Historical Review Of Transportation Injustice In Baltimore City
Finley Bandy, History major, Public History and Public Humanities minor
Michael Casiano, American Studies, Mentor

11:40 – 11:55 a.m. (RAC 230) - Andrea Quispe
Visualizing Enforcement: ICE Activity and Community Response in Maryland
Andrea Quispe Majors: American Studies, Economics; Minor: Public Humanities
Tamara Bhalla, American Studies, Mentor

3:15 – 3:30 p.m. (RAC 230) - Kat Gill
The Case For A Public Internet
Kat Gill, American Studies and English double major, Public Humanities minor
Michael Casiano, American Studies, Mentor

2:55 – 3:10 p.m. (RAC 230) - Bryan Castro-Velez
Museo Garifuna Sawaina In Context: Honduran Neoliberalism, Anti-Colonial Ethnographies & Garifuna Celebrations Of Life
Bryan Castro-Velez, GES Major, Public Humanities minor
Sarah Fouts, Public Humanities, Mentor

For the full URCAD schedule see:

urcad.umbc.edu