List of University of Maryland, Baltimore County people

This is a list of notable alumni and faculty of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Current and past presidents and chancellors can be found on the List of Presidents of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County page.

Academia

Arts

• Maurice Berger – research professor and chief curator of the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture
• Irene Chan – artist and architect^[1]
• Tim Finin – author, conference organizer; winner of 2009 IEEE Technical Achievement award
• Mantle Hood – ethnomusicologist
• Kevin Kallaugher – artist-in-residence, cartoonist for The Baltimore Sun, and recipient of the 2015 Herblock Prize^[2]
• 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 since the 1970s

Anthropology

• Robert A. Rubinstein – cultural anthropologist who bridges the areas of political and medical anthropology

Chemistry

• Ramachandra S. Hosmane – organic chemist with over 150 peer-reviewed research publications in international journals

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

History

• Kate Brown, 2009 Guggenheim Fellow

Health sciences

• Anthony M. Johnson – Deputy Director of the Mid-InfraRed Technologies for Health and the Environment project based at Princeton University
• Alan Sherman – chess team faculty advisor^[3][4]

Information technology

• Tülay Adalı – Distinguished University Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering whose research interests include signal processing, machine learning, and bioinformatics
• Tim Finin – computer scientist focused on the applications of artificial intelligence to problems in information systems, has contributed to natural language processing, expert systems, the theory and applications of multiagent systems, the semantic web, and mobile computing^[5][6][7]
• Andrew Sears – computer scientist focused on issues related to human-computer interaction including mobile computing, speech recognition, information technology accessibility, and situationally-induced impairments and disabilities
• Alan Sherman – computer scientist whose research interests include security of voting systems, cryptology, information assurance, and discrete algorithms

Journalism

• Christopher Corbett – former news editor and reporter with the Associated Press; adviser for UMBC's student newspaper, The Retriever Weekly

Mathematics

• Manil Suri – mathematician and writer of a trilogy of novels all named for Hindu gods

Psychology

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

Physics

• Chen Yung-Jui – fellow of Optical Society of America and Photonics Society of Chinese Americans, senior member of IEEE and member of American Physical Society
• Anthony M. Johnson – ultra-fast nonlinear optics, Fellow of the American Physical Society and the Optical Society of America, former President of the Optical Society of America
• Valerie Thomas – scientist and inventor; invented the illusion transmitter, for which she received a patent in 1980

Political science

• Mary Pat Clarke – member of the Baltimore City Council since 1975
• Thomas Schaller – talk show host and political commentator
• Adam Yarmolinsky – academic, educator, author; political appointee who served in numerous capacities in the Kennedy, Johnson and Carter administrations

Alumni

Arts and entertainment

Johnathon Schaech at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

Tim Young, comedian and writer for The Huffington Post

• Dean Alexander – award-winning photographer based in Baltimore^[8]
• Mario Armstrong – Emmy Award-winning radio and television talk show host, appears as a digital lifestyle expert on The Today Show, CNN and HLN
• Brian Dannelly – director of Saved! and the Showtime series Weeds
• Shari Elliker – talk show host and radio personality on WBAL (AM) radio
• Steven Fischer – two-time Emmy Award-nominated filmmaker
• Tony Harris – news anchor for Al Jazeera English and Discovery Communications
• Robert Mugge – documentary filmmaker focused primarily on music and musicians
• Jeremy Penn – artist, painter
• Johnathon Schaech – MTV Movie Awards-nominated actor, starred in Hollywood movies Prom Night, Quarantine, Takers, Road House 2: Last Call
• Hadieh Shafie – contemporary visual artist^[9]
• Kathleen Turner – Academy Award-nominated actress, starred in Hollywood movies Body Heat, Romancing the Stone, Who Framed Roger Rabbit
• Matthew VanDyke – documentary filmmaker, revolutionary, and former journalist; gained notoriety during the Libyan Civil War as a foreign fighter on the side of the uprising and as a prisoner of war
• Sherry Vine – Project Runway star
• William Whiteford – Academy Award-winning filmmaker; works includeKing Gimp^[10]
• Peter K. Wood – professional magician and illusionist
• Tim Young – stand-up comedian, political pundit, writer for The Huffington Post^[11]

Music

• Lafayette Gilchrist – jazz pianist^[10]
• Scott Liss – singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and frontman of the Asbury Park, New Jersey-based band the Sixty-Six
• Andy Stack – one of the founding members of the band Wye Oak

Business

• Serge Mayifuila – owns congoglobal.com and is a member of Congolese NGOs Arche de L'Unite and APEMA
• Drew Westervelt – creator of Hex Performance; current NLL attack for the Colorado Mammoth; Major League Lacrosse attack for the Chesapeake Bayhawks^[12][13]ssociated Black Charities; former board member of the Baltimore City Public Schools^[14]

Culinary

Duff Goldman, owner of Charm City Cakes and star of Ace of Cakes on Food Network

• Pascal Charbonneau – Canadian Grandmaster of chess, financial analyst
• Tal Shaked – chess Grandmaster, best known for winning the World Junior Championship in 1997; now a software engineer for Google
• Duff Goldman – chef, owner of Charm City Cakes, star of the show Ace of Cakes on Food Network; graduated with a degree in history
• Geof Manthorne – cake decorator, star of the show Ace of Cakes on Food Network
• Leo Patalinghug – host of the online cooking show Grace Before Meals^[15]

Education

• James P. Clements – 15th president of Clemson University^[16] and 23rd president of West Virginia University
• J. Thomas Sadowski - Vice Chancellor of Economic Development for the University System of Maryland^[17]
• Kevin M. Maxwell - CEO of Prince George's County Public Schools

Government and politics

Mark Doms, nominated to be the Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs by President Barack Obama in 2012

• Samuel Ankama – Namibian politician, traditional leader, and educator
• Gail H. Bates – member of the Maryland House of Delegates^[18]
• Jon S. Cardin – former member of the Maryland House of Delegates
• Lisa L. Dickerson – first African female administrator of the Maryland Transit Administration^[19]
• 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 – radio talk show host, politician, and current Lieutenant Governor of Texas
• Victoria L. Schade – former member of the Maryland House of Delegates
• Paul W. Comfort – Head of the Maryland Transit Administration

Medicine

• Diana West – leading lactation consultant, noted author in the field of breastfeeding

Technology

• Sean Carton – head of the Center for Digital Communication, Culture, and Commerce at the University of Baltimore; founder of the web development company Carton Donofrio^[20]
• David Dalrymple – computer science graduate student in the Harvard Biophysics PhD program studying worm Caenorhabditis elegans neurobiology and advanced microscopy
• Joseph Reagle – academic and author focussed on technology and Wikipedia; Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern University; faculty associate at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society

Sports

Baseball

Marla Streb came in first place at the Sea Otter Enduro 2014.

Kadeem Dacres currently plays for the Louisville City FC.

• 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); bats and throws left-handed; manager of the Pittsburg Mettle of the Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs
• Bob Mumma – UMBC's baseball coach^[21]
• Jay Witasick – Vice President of Sports Management at the Warner Companies; professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball 1996–2007

Equestrian

• Lawrence W. Jennings – Thoroughbred racehorse trainer

Mountain biking

• Marla Streb – professional mountain bike racer, two-time winner of the Single Speed World Championship

Lacrosse

• Dan Marohl – National Lacrosse League (NLL) forward for the Philadelphia Wings^[22]
• Steve Marohl – NLL forward for the Baltimore Thunder and the Pittsburgh Crossefire; Major League Lacrosse (MLL) attack for the Baltimore Bayhawks^[22]
• Brendan Mundorf – NLL forward for the New York Titans; MLL forward for the Denver Outlaws^[23]
• Peet Poillon – Professional lacrosse player for the Chesapeake Bayhawks
• Jeff Ratcliffe – NLL forward for the New York Titans^[24]
• Drew Westervelt – Professional lacrosse player for the Colorado Mammoth

Soccer

• Daniel Bulls – professional soccer player, played for Joe Public F.C. and the Real Maryland Monarchs
• Pete Caringi – professional soccer player, played for the Oklahoma City Energy and Baltimore Bohemians
• Kadeem Dacres – professional soccer player, played for Louisville City FC
• David Feazell – professional soccer player, played for Crystal Palace Baltimore
• Kevin Gnatiko – professional soccer player, played for Crystal Palace Baltimore
• Levi Houapeu – professional soccer player, played for Rochester Rhinos
• 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 – professional swimmer in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia
• Emily Escobedo - professional swimmer that made the top ten of the 2016 Summer Olympics swimming trials in Omaha, Nebraska.
• Mohamed Hussein - professional swimmer in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro

Track & Field

• Cleopatra Borel - Track & Field athlete competing in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro

References

University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Academics	College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences College of Engineering and Information Technology College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences Erickson School of Aging Graduate School School of Public Policy School of Social Work
Athletics	Teams Baseball Basketball Lacrosse Soccer Cross Country Softball Swimming & Diving Tennis Track & Field Volleyball Facilities Retriever Soccer Park The Baseball Factory Field at UMBC UMBC Aquatic Complex UMBC Stadium
Campus	Landmarks Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall The Commons CERA Erickson Field Giffen Hill Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park Retriever Activities Center The Silo Spring Grove Hospital Center Research Park Communities Arbutus Baltimore Beechfield Catonsville Ellicott City Irvington Oaklee Oella Yale Heights Transportation UMBC Transit MTA (Line 77, Line 35) Halethorpe (MARC station) BWI Airport (Amtrak) Baltimore Light Rail
Centers	Alex. Brown Center CADVC CAST CASR Center for Cybersecurity CSST Dresher Center Institute of Fluorescence Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center Goddard Planetary Heliophysics Institute Hilltop Institute Howard Hughes Medical Institute Imaging Research Center Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis & Research Shriver Center CUERE Center for Women in Technology
People	Alumni Academia Presidents and Chancellors Honorary Degree Recipients
Student life	Alma Mater Final Four of College Chess Fight Song Greek Life The Retriever Weekly True Grit Student Organizations WMBC