UMaine News

University of Maine student Katherine Wing will present her research paper, “The Catholic Church: Social Center of the Franco-American,” at the 2018 American Council for Québec Studies (ACQS) Biennial Conference in November. Wing is a senior pursuing a bachelor of university studies degree with minors in Franco-American studies and Canadian studies. Wing’s research is focused […]

Stephen Shaler, director of the School of Forest Resources and professor of wood science at the University of Maine, was selected to represent the United States in the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). The IUFRO is a unique global network for voluntary forest science cooperation. Members include scientists, decision makers, and stakeholders who […]

Professor of Sociology Kyriacos Markides was the keynote speaker at the annual conference of the American Association of Holistic Nurses, Sept. 13–16 in Minneapolis. Several of his books are required reading for certification by this association.

Steven Barkan, professor and interim chair, Sociology, Race, Crime, and Justice: The Continuing American Dilemma, New York: Oxford University Press (2018).

The Journal of Extension’s Special Issue on Innovation 2018 (Sept. 2018, Vol. 56, No. 5) published an article by University of Maine Cooperative Extension staff members Laura Wilson and Gregory Kranich, 4-H science youth development professionals, and Jennifer Lobley, an Extension professor of volunteer development and 4-H. The title of the article is “Follow a […]

Amber Tierney, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Maine, was interviewed for a Vanderbilt Television News Archive video as part of their 50th anniversary celebration. Tierney spoke about using data from the Archive for her research, which focuses on social and criminal justice and how activists leverage the media to press for […]

Steve Barkan, professor and interim chair of the Department of Sociology, will serve on the Advisory Board of the American Sociological Association Honors Program, which accepts outstanding students nationwide to participate in several activities at the ASA national conference in August.

Karyn Sporer, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Maine, had a book chapter published in the Criminalization of Mental Illness Reader (K. Frailing and R. Slate, Eds., Carolina Academic Press, 2018, pp. 85–106). Her chapter is titled “Family Violence and Mental Illness.” The chapter’s focus is the experiences of families in getting […]

Pankaj Agrrawal, an associate professor of finance at the University of Maine, was a co-author on the paper “Is the ‘sell in May and go away’ adage the result of an election-year effect?” published in Managerial Finance, 44 (9): May 2018. The paper shows there is a certain repetition of the effect of summer doldrums […]

Kevin Birch, an organ player and instructor of organ and harpsichord at the University of Maine, will perform in an organ recital titled “The George Stevens Organ (1848) at The First Church in Belfast, A Guided Tour and Demonstration Recital.” The recital, part of the church’s continuing celebration of its 200th anniversary, will be held […]