Faculty Resources

Faculty in related areas on the UMCP campus

• Biology: Catherine Carr and Art Popper
• Electrical Engineering: Shihab Shamma, Carol Espy-Wilson, Jonathan Simon
• Linguistics: Naomi Feldman, Valentine Haquard, Norbert Hornstein, Howard Lasnik, Ellen Lau, Jeffrey Lidz, Colin Phillips, Masha Polinsky, Philip Reznick, Amy Weinberg, Andrea Zukowski
• Human Development: Donald J. Bolger, Nathan Fox, Min Wang, Rachel Romeo
• Psychology: Robert Dooling, Lea Dougherty, Michael Dougherty, Elizabeth Redcay, Tracy Riggins, David Yager
• Kinesiology: Brad Hatfield
• Counseling, Higher Education & Special Education: Susan De La Paz

Faculty in related areas off campus:

• Joshua Bernstein (Walter Reed Army Medical Center)
• Carmen Brewer (NIDCD)
• Douglas Brungart (Walter Reed Army Medical Center)
• Peter Fitzgibbons (Gallaudet)
• Ken Grant (Walter Reed Army Medical Center)
• Nancy Pearl Solomon (Walter Reed Army Medical Center) 
• Maureen Stone (UMB)

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT INDIVIDUAL FACULTY MEMBERS TO INQUIRE FURTHER ABOUT THEIR AREAS OF RESEARCH SPECIALIZATION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR DOCTORAL STUDY

Additional Resources

Space:

• Lockers: See Kay (clinic office) to get assigned locker
• Desks (0133) with cubbies: See Valerie (main office) to get a desk assignment. Note: desk assignments are ONLY for students who actually need a desk to work at; if you simply need a place to store materials, and will spend most of your work time in your lab, please request a locker instead.
• Library Carrels: http://www.lib.umd.edu/services/carrels/home

Departmental talks:

• HESP seminar series [Note: All doctoral students are expected to attend these talks]

Other colloquia/talks on campus:

• Neuroscience & Cognitive Science: https://nacs.umd.edu/activities/nacs-seminars; join listserv at https://nacs.umd.edu/webform/join-our-listserv
• Psychology Dept. Cognitive Seminars -- Announced on NACS listserv  
• Cognitive Science: http://www.philosophy.umd.edu/Faculty/pcarruthers/cog-sci.htm; Talks are every other week, but the weeks prior to a talk there is a meeting devoted to discussion of the upcoming speaker's work
• CEBH/Research Methods in Psychology -- announced via NACS listserv
• Center for Children, Relationships and Culture: http://www.education.umd.edu/EDHD/centers/CCRC/colloquia.html
• Computational Linguistics & Information Processing: http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/research/CLIP/colloq/

Other training programs/affiliate programs/certificate programs:

• Center for Comparative & Evolutionary Biology of Hearing (CEBH):  http://www.cebh.umd.edu/ 
• Neuroscience & Cognitive Science: www.nacs.umd.edu     
• Field Committee on Developmental Science: http://www.devsci.umd.edu/

Teaching & Learning Transformations Center - http://tltc.umd.edu/

• Offers a number of valuable resources for graduate students, including CTE-Lilly Graduate Teaching Fellows Program, Grant Writing Seminar for Grad Students, etc.  

• Magnetoencephalography (MEG). UMD has an MEG facility as part of Linguistics; it is intended for use by multiple researchers across campus. As such, there is a lab manager in charge, and both computer resources and support for people from other departments. http://ling.umd.edu/psycholinguistics/
• PhD Completion workshop series: These workshops take place on Fridays from 4:30-6:30pm. They are free, but require preregistration. Workshops are on topics such as preparing a proposal, preparing a dissertation, writing a CV, IRBs, teaching portfolios, applying for national scholarships & fellowships, conducing a job search, organizing for a job interview, as well as networking and mentorship opportunities.
• ASHA: http://www.asha.org/Students/graduate-students/
• MARC program - Mentoring for Academic-Research Careers. This is an 8 month program in which you communicate via email with a Mentor. Find out more at: http://www.asha.org/students/gatheringplace/marc/
• Grad Research Interaction Day (GRID): This is a campus-wide, conference style event where research done by graduate students at the University is presented and discussed by faculty and students from many departments and schools.

A selection of other Funding Opportunities:

• National Scholarships Office - Marie Mount: http://www.scholarships.umd.edu/

Although part of Undergraduate Studies, graduate students can also make appointments to meet with staff about opportunities.

• Departmental doctoral funding application - available at /content/funding. Please note that students currently enrolled in the program must complete this application in order to be considered for new or a renewal of departmental funding.
• Graduate Student Travel Awards -- Departmental awards for travel or research supplies
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
• NIH - National Research Service Award (NRSA)