# 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
* Irene Chan – artist and architect
* Mantle Hood – ethnomusicologist
* Kevin Kallaugher – artist-in-residence, cartoonist for The Baltimore Sun
* 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
* Michael F. Summers – Robert E. Meyerhoff Chair for Excellence in Research and Mentoring and a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry; HHMI Investigator since 1994

### Education

* Mavis Sanders, professor of education; director of Sherman Center for Early Learning in Urban Communities 2017–2021

### 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
* Melanie Harrison Okoro – marine estuarine and environmental scientist

### Health sciences

* Anthony M. Johnson – Deputy Director of the Mid-InfraRed Technologies for Health and the Environment project
* 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 working on AI, knowledge representation, and reasoning
* 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
* Houbing Song - Information Systems professor focused on cyber-physical systems, AI, and machine learning
* Alan Sherman – computer scientist and chess team faculty advisor

### 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
* Mario Armstrong – radio and television talk show host
* Richard Chisolm – cinematographer and film-maker
* 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
* Young Mazino - actor
* Robert Mugge – documentary filmmaker
* Jeremy Penn – artist, painter
* Johnathon Schaech – actor
* Scott Seiss – actor, comedian and TikToker
* Hadieh Shafie – contemporary visual artist
* 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 Associated Black Charities; former board member of the Baltimore City Public Schools

### 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 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
* 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
* 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.
* Kafui Dzirasa — Psychiatrist and Associate Professor at Duke University and HHMI Investigator
* 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
* 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
* 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
* Steve Marohl – NLL forward for the Baltimore Thunder and the Pittsburgh Crossefire; Major League Lacrosse (MLL) attack for the Baltimore Bayhawks
* Brendan Mundorf – NLL forward for the New York Titans; MLL forward for the Denver Outlaws
* Peet Poillon – professional lacrosse player for the Chesapeake Bayhawks
* Jeff Ratcliffe – NLL forward for the New York Titans
* 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