The James T. and Virginia M. Dresher Center for the Humanities supports and promotes research into the historical, cultural, and social dimensions of the human experience at UMBC, in the Baltimore-Washington region, and beyond.

We encourage intellectual exchange and cultivate interdisciplinary and collaborative scholarship among UMBC faculty, staff, and students.
We nurture a generation of humanities thinkers for the future.
We build partnerships that engage communities in addressing issues of equity, inclusion, and justice with the tools of the humanities
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Announcing our Fall 2026 Graduate Student Fellow

Chanta Shanell Palmer, Language, Literacy, and Culture

Joining us this month is our Fall 2026 Graduate Student Fellow, Chanta Shenell Palmer, PhD Student, Language, Literacy, and Culture. Chanta will share her work later in the semester as a part of...

Posted: October 1, 2026, 10:00 AM

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