A look at the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
1910s | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s
Through the Years...
1910s
1919
The School of Liberal Arts, located in Morrill Hall, holds the departments of economics, history and political science.
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Frederic E. Lee is named dean of the School of Liberal Arts. |
1920s
1921
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The College of Arts and Sciences forms as an outgrowth of the School of Liberal Arts; Thomas M. Spence is named acting dean.
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Residing in Morrill Hall, the College of Arts and Sciences includes the departments of economics, sociology, history and political science.
1923
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The College of Arts and Sciences separates into five divisions, including the Division of Humanities, Division of History and Social Sciences, and Division of Philosophy. The departments of economics, business administration, history, political science and sociology are placed under the Social Sciences Division, while psychology is placed in the Division of Philosophy. Pictured: Psychology Club, established in 1943.
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1929
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Thomas H. Taliaferro is named acting dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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1930s
1936
The Department of Psychology moves to the Division of History and Social Sciences within the College of Arts and Sciences.
The newly constructed College of Arts and Sciences Building opens for its first semester of classes.
1938
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L. B. Broughton becomes dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. The Division of Humanities under the College of Arts and Sciences adds the Hearing and Speech Department. |
1940s
1944
The Hearing and Speech Clinic is established.
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The College of Arts and Sciences appoints J. Freeman Pyle acting dean.
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The College of Business and Public Administration begins offering geography classes in its Natural and Human Resources Department.
The departments of government & politics and geography move to the College of Business and Public Administration under the Division of World Economics.
1949
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Leon P. Smith is appointed dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Within the College of Arts and Sciences, the Division of History and Social Sciences includes sociology, crime control, history and psychology. The College of Business and Public Administration now holds economics, geography and government & politics.
1950s
1951
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Charles Manning is appointed associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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1955
The College of Arts and Science Building is renamed Francis Scott Key Hall.
1959
The Speech Department begins a program in speech therapy.
1960s
1966
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Charles Manning, former associate dean, is named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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The College of Arts and Sciences offers anthropology classes under the Department of Sociology. Taliaferro Hall, Morrill Hall and Francis Scott Key Hall house all the departments within the College of Arts and Sciences.
1968
Anthropology forms as an independent department under the College of Arts and Sciences. The sociology department offers a program in criminology.
1970s
1972
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The Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences forms as one of the five academic divisions at the university. This division consists of academic units formerly administered by the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Business and Public Administration. Academic units within the division include: Afro-American studies, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Bureau of Governmental Research, economics, geography, government & politics, hearing and speech sciences, Institute of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Institute of Urban Studies, linguistics, psychology and sociology.
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1973
Board of Regents approves a proposal for Afro-American Studies to offer a B.A. degree.
1974
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Dr. Mary Frances Berry, chair of Afro-American studies and interim chair of the Behavioral and Social Sciences Division, is promoted to provost of the division. The appointment came from Chancellor Charles E. Bishop, vice chancellor for academic planning and policy. In a memo, Chancellor Bishop notes that this appointment gives Dr. Berry the "highest office in academia held by a Black woman."
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1976
Dudley Dillard is named acting provost of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences when Dr. Mary Frances Berry leaves to become chancellor of the University of Colorado at Boulder.
1977
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Murray Polakoff is named provost of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences. |
1980s
1986
The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences forms when the five academic divisions are reorganized and split into fourteen colleges. The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences includes: African American studies, anthropology, economics, geography, government & politics, hearing & speech sciences, criminology & criminal justice, psychology, and sociology. Murray Polakoff remains as head, now known as dean, of the college.
1990s
1991
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Irwin Goldstein becomes dean of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences. |
1993
The Joint Program in Survey Methodology is established in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences.
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The Bahai Chair for World Peace is established, which is dedicated to developing and applying material and knowledge in cooperative pursuits of global peace, social and economic justice, and human security.
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1994
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The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences sponsors College Park Scholars International Studies, one of the four inaugural programs in College Park Scholars, a two-year living and learning program. |
1995
Institute of Criminal Justice and Criminology becomes the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
1997
Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development is created within the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences. Ezer Weizman, president of Israel, gives the inaugural Anwar Sadat Lecture for Peace. The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences creates the Environmental Science and Policy Program.
1998
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter presents the Anwar Sadat Lecture for Peace.
1999
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CIVICUS forms under the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences. In this two-year living and learning program, students actively participate in courses, community service projects and other out-of-classroom experiences. Students explore the themes of citizenship, leadership, community service, scholarship and living in a diverse society. |
Summer Research Initiative is established, with a goal of increasing the number of underrepresented minorities who pursue graduate degrees in the social, behavioral and economic sciences. The program brings 10-15 rising juniors to campus for six weeks to experience hands-on research and learn about graduate programs at Maryland.
Hearing and Speech Clinic celebrates 50 years.
2000s
2000
Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State, gives the Anwar Sadat Lecture for Peace.
2001
Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, presents the Anwar Sadat Lecture for Peace.
2002
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Edward Montgomery is named dean of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences. |
Kofi Annan, secretary-general of the United Nations, delivers the Anwar Sadat Lecture for Peace.
Afro-American Studies Program gains departmental status; becomes Department of African American Studies.
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Criminology Chair Charles Wellford becomes the only criminologist to be named a lifetime national associate of the National Academy of Sciences. |
2004
Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, gives Anwar Sadat Lecture for Peace.
Government and politics professor James Glass wins the Outstanding Faculty Award from the Maryland Association for Higher Education.
2005
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Distinguished University Professor of Economics Thomas Schelling wins the Nobel Prize in Economics. |
U.S. News & World Report ranks the University of Maryland as #1 in its first-ever ranking of criminology and criminal justice doctoral programs.
Department of Homeland Security awards a $12 million grant to establish the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism at the University of Maryland.
James Baker, former Secretary of State, delivers the Anwar Sadat Lecture for Peace.
2006
Geography professor Ruth DeFries is elected to the National Academy of Sciences
2007
The university is ranked tenth in the country in the social sciences by the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index.
Geography professor Ruth Defries wins a MacArthur Foundation "genius" award.
2008
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Economics Professor Maureen Cropper is elected to the National Academy of Sciences. |
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Economics Professor Carmen Reinhart is named the country's top-ranked female economist by the University of Connecticut. |
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The university's Mock Trial Team, led by students from the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, wins the national championship. |
2009
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John Townshend is named dean of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences. |
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