List of University of Maryland, Baltimore County people

This is a list of people associated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Academia

Anthropology

• Robert A. Rubinstein – cultural anthropologist

Arts

• Maurice Berger – research professor and chief curator of the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture
• Jason Burik – Lego artist^[1]
• Irene Chan – artist and architect^[2]
• Tim Finin – author, conference organizer
• Mantle Hood – ethnomusicologist
• Kevin Kallaugher – artist-in-residence, cartoonist for The Baltimore Sun^[3]
• Kathy O'Dell – art historian
• Stuart Saunders Smith – percussionist and composer
• William H. Thomas – researcher of geriatric medicine and elder care
• Stan Vanderbeek – experimental filmmaker
• Fred Worden – filmmaker involved in experimental cinema

Chemistry

• Ramachandra S. Hosmane – organic chemist

Education

• Mavis Sanders, professor of education; director of Sherman Center for Early Learning in Urban Communities 2017–2021^[4]

Engineering

• Keith Bowman – materials scientist and dean of the UMBC College of Engineering and Information Technology

English

• Gloria Oden – Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet

Gender and women's studies

• Anne Brodsky – Director of the Gender and Women's Studies Program
• Carole McCann – researches reproductive politics, cultural politics of gender, sexuality, race and science, and U.S. women's history

Geography and environmental systems

• Erle Ellis – ecologist studying human-environmental changes

Health sciences

• Anthony M. Johnson – Deputy Director of the Mid-InfraRed Technologies for Health and the Environment project
• Alan Sherman – chess team faculty advisor^[5][6]
• William H. Thomas – physician and professor at the UMBC Erickson School of Aging; creator of the Senior Emergency Department

History

• Kate Brown – 2009 Guggenheim Fellow
• Warren I. Cohen – diplomatic historian, sinologist, former president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations

Information technology

• Tülay Adalı – Distinguished University Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
• Tim Finin – computer scientist^[7][8]
• Anupam Joshi – expert in computer security
• Samuel J. Lomonaco Jr. – computer scientist and mathematician
• Andrew Sears – computer scientist focused on issues related to human-computer interaction
• Alan Sherman – computer scientist

Journalism

• Christopher Corbett – former news editor and reporter with the Associated Press

Law

• Rabia Chaudry – attorney for Adnan Syed

Mathematics

• Manil Suri – mathematician and writer of a trilogy of novels

Physics

• Chen Yung-Jui – fellow of Optical Society of America and Photonics Society of Chinese Americans
• Sebastian Deffner – quantum thermodynamics
• Anthony M. Johnson – ultra-fast nonlinear optics
• Valerie Thomas – scientist and inventor

Political science

• Mary Pat Clarke – member of the Baltimore City Council
• Thomas Schaller – talk show host and political commentator
• Adam Yarmolinsky – academic, educator, author

Psychology

• Stephen E. Braude – parapsychologist and temporal logic researcher
• Ellen Handler Spitz – writer and researcher on psychology, children, and the arts

Alumni

Arts and entertainment

• Dean Alexander – photographer based in Baltimore^[9]
• Mario Armstrong – radio and television talk show host
• Brian Dannelly – director of Saved! and the series Weeds
• Shari Elliker – talk show host and radio personality
• Steven Fischer – filmmaker
• Stavros Halkias – stand-up comedian, podcaster, and co-creator of the Cum Town podcast
• Tony Harris – news anchor for Al Jazeera English and Discovery Communications
• Robert Mugge – documentary filmmaker
• Jeremy Penn – artist, painter
• Johnathon Schaech – actor
• Scott Seiss – actor, comedian and TikToker
• Hadieh Shafie – contemporary visual artist^[10]
• Brian Shannon – graphic designer
• Kathleen Turner – Academy Award-nominated actress
• Matthew VanDyke – documentary filmmaker, revolutionary, and former journalist
• Sherry Vine – Project Runway star
• Peter K. Wood – professional magician and illusionist

Business

• Drew Westervelt – creator of Hex Performance; NLL attack for the Colorado Mammoth; Major League Lacrosse attack for the Chesapeake Bayhawks^[11][12] Associated Black Charities; former board member of the Baltimore City Public Schools^[13]

Chess

• Pascal Charbonneau – Canadian Grandmaster
• Greg Shahade – chess International Master, founded the United States Chess League
• Tal Shaked – chess Grandmaster

Culinary

• Duff Goldman – chef, owner of Charm City Cakes, star of the show Ace of Cakes
• Geof Manthorne – cake decorator, star of the show Ace of Cakes

Education

• James P. Clements – 15th president of Clemson University^[14] and 23rd president of West Virginia University

Government and politics

• Samuel Ankama – Namibian politician, traditional leader, and educator
• Gail H. Bates – member of the Maryland House of Delegates^[15]
• Jon S. Cardin – former member of the Maryland House of Delegates
• Paul W. Comfort – Head of the Maryland Transit Administration
• Thomas E. Dewberry (born 1951) – judge and member of the Maryland House of Delegates^[16]
• Ron Dillon, Jr. – politician and former Chairman of the County Council of Anne Arundel County, Maryland
• Mark Doms – Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs for the United States Department of Commerce
• Adrienne A. Jones – first African-American female to serve as Speaker Pro Tem in the Maryland House of Delegates
• Allan Kittleman – county executive of Howard County, Maryland, and former senate minority whip
• Ari Ne'eman – member of the National Council on Disability (Presidential-appointed position) and disability rights advocate
• Dan Patrick – Lieutenant Governor of Texas
• Victoria L. Schade – former member of the Maryland House of Delegates

Literature

• Bassey Ikpi – spoken-word poet, writer, and mental health advocate

Medicine

• Jerome Adams – Surgeon General of the United States
• Kizzmekia Corbett – viral immunologist at the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.^[17]
• Blair Grubb – Professor of Medicine and researcher on Postural Tachycardia Syndrome
• Sylvia Trent-Adams – Surgeon General of the United States
• Diana West – author and lactation consultant

Music

• Lafayette Gilchrist – jazz pianist^[18]
• Andy Stack – founding member of the band Wye Oak

Social sciences

• Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman – writer, activist, economist; co-founder of The Sadie Collective and Black Birders Week

Sports

Baseball

• Zach Clark – pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles
• Wayne Franklin – retired pitcher for the Houston Astros (2000–2001), Milwaukee Brewers (2002–2003), San Francisco Giants (2004), New York Yankees (2005), and Atlanta Braves (2006)
• Bob Mumma – UMBC's baseball coach^[19]
• Jay Witasick – professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball 1996–2007

Basketball

• Jairus Lyles – point guard for Utah Jazz (2018)

Equestrian

• Lawrence W. Jennings – Thoroughbred racehorse trainer

Lacrosse

• Dan Marohl – National Lacrosse League (NLL) forward for the Philadelphia Wings^[20]
• Steve Marohl – NLL forward for the Baltimore Thunder and the Pittsburgh Crossefire; Major League Lacrosse (MLL) attack for the Baltimore Bayhawks^[20]
• Brendan Mundorf – NLL forward for the New York Titans; MLL forward for the Denver Outlaws^[21]
• Peet Poillon – professional lacrosse player for the Chesapeake Bayhawks
• Jeff Ratcliffe – NLL forward for the New York Titans^[22]
• Drew Westervelt – professional lacrosse player for the Colorado Mammoth

Mountain biking

• Marla Streb – professional mountain bike racer

Soccer

• Pete Caringi – professional soccer player, played for the Oklahoma City Energy and Baltimore Bohemians
• Kadeem Dacres – professional soccer player, played for Louisville City FC
• Kevin Gnatiko – professional soccer player, played for Crystal Palace Baltimore
• Levi Houapeu – professional soccer player, played for Rochester Rhinos
• Sammy Kahsai – professional soccer player, played as a midfielder for Maryland Bobcats FC
• Brian Rowland – Canadian professional indoor-soccer player; played for the Canada men's national soccer team
• Matt Watson – professional soccer player, played for the Chicago Fire Soccer Club
• Steve Zerhusen – goalkeeper for the North American Soccer League

Swimming

• Mehdi Addadi – swimmer in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney

Track and field

• Cleopatra Borel – track & field athlete competing in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro

Technology

• Sean Carton – head of the Center for Digital Communication, Culture, and Commerce at the University of Baltimore
• Tamara G. Kolda – applied mathematician and Distinguished Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories
• Joseph Reagle – academic and author focused on technology and Wikipedia
• Ralph Semmel – computer scientist and the eighth director of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

References