Faculty

Shahinur Alam, Assistant Professor of Computer Science; B.Sc., Jashore University of Science and Technology; Ph.D., Chungbuk National University (2025)

Aaron Angello, Associate Professor of English; B.A., Antioch University Los Angeles; MFA, Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder (2023)

Eric Annis, Associate Professor of Biology; B.A., Boston University; M.S., Florida Institute of Technology; Ph.D., University of Maine (2008)

Elizabeth A. Atwood, Associate Professor of Journalism; B.S., West Virginia University; M.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., University of Maryland (2010)  

Rachel Barber, Assistant Professor of Mathematics; B.A., Berea College; M.S. Eastern Kentucky University; Ph.D., Mississippi State University (2024)

Nouf Bazaz, Assistant Professor of Counseling; B.A., The George Washington University; M.A., New York University, Ph.D., The George Washington University (2025)

 
Kevin H. Bennett, Professor of Chemistry; B.S.; James Madison University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee (2000) 

Teresa Blier, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law and Criminal Justice; B.S. Braddley University; J.D., University of Chicago Law School (2026)

Lori Borg, Assistant Professor of Nursing; BSN, The College of William & Mary; MSN, Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., The university of Virginia (2026)

April M. Boulton, Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Professor of Biology; B.S., Centre College; M.S., Bucknell University; Ph.D., University of California, Davis (2003) 

Kristine Calo, Professor of Education; B.A., DePauw University; M.A., DePaul University; Ph.D., George Mason University (2008)

Andrew Campbell, Associate Professor of Counseling; B.A., University of Michigan; M.S., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., The George Washington University (2015)

Corey Campion, Associate Professor of History and Global Studies and Chair of the Department of History; B.A., Washington State University; M.A., Ph.D., Georgetown University (2011) 

Robert Casas Roigé, Associate Professor of Spanish; B.A., Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University (2017)

Laura Catulle, Assistant Professor of Counseling; B.S., Towson University; M.S., McDaniel College; Ed.D., Argosy University (2026)

Ashish Chakradhar, Assistant Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Minnesota State University Moorhead; Ph.D., North Dakota State University (2018) 

Mark Chee, Assistant Professor of Biology; B.A., Ph.D., Due University (2024)

James Cherry, Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S., Shepherd University; M.S., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., The Catholic University of America (2019)

Steven Clark, Assistant Professor of Physics; B.S., Brigham Young University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University (2022)

Ashley Coen, Assistant Professor of Education; B.A., Cedar Crest College; M.A., Notre Dame of Maryland University; Ph.D., University of Maryland (2023)

Timothy Coffin, Assistant Professor; B.S., United States Air Force Academy; MPA, University of Dayton; Ph.D., George Mason University (2023)

Jennifer Cooper, Associate Professor of Nursing; B.S.N., Cedarville University; M.S.N., Rush University; D.N.P., The George Washington University (2016)

Daniel Cozart, Assistant Professor of History; B.A., University of Richmond; M.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Ph.D., University of New Mexico (2024)

Jennifer Cuddapah, Professor of Education; B.A., M.Ed., Boston College; M.S., The Johns Hopkins University; Ed.D., Teachers College Columbia University (2012)

George Dimitoglou, Professor of Computer Science; B.S., Temple University; M.S., University of Maryland; Ph.D.,The George Washington University (2004)

Trevor Dodman, Associate Professor of English; A.B., Dartmouth College; M.A., Carleton University; Ph.D., Boston College (2009) 

Ryan Dodd, Departmental Instructor of Accounting; B.A., The Evergreen State College; Ph.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City (2026)

Aijuan Dong, Professor of Computer Science; B.S., M.S., Changehun University of Earth Science; M.S., Minnesota State University; Ph.D., North Dakota State University (2006)  

Jacqueline Dougé, Assistant Professor of Public Health; B.S., Rutgers University; MPH, Johns Hopkins University; M.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (2023)

Marc Dupont, Assistant Professor of Marketing; B.S. University of Mobile; MBA, University of South Alabama (2023)

Paige Eager, Professor of Political Science, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Delaware (2005)

Joanna Eaton, Visiting Instructor of Nutrition; B.S., Russell Sage College; M.S. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (2024)

Marina Ellis, Departmental Instructor of English; B.A., M.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., University of Maryland (2024)

Susan Ensel, Whitaker Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Union College; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University (1995) 

M. Drew Ferrier, Professor of Biology; B.A., Washington and Jefferson College; M.A., Miami University, Ohio; Ph.D., University of Maryland (1993) 

Alan Goldenbach, Associate Professor of Journalism; B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., University of Maryland (2015)

Amy Gottfried, Professor of English; B.A., M.A., Syracuse University; Ph.D., Tufts University (1998)

Christy D. Graybeal, Professor of Education; B.S., Moravian College; M.S., American University; Ph.D., University of Maryland (2008)

Rebecca Grove, Associate Professor of Education and Director of First-Year Seminar; B.A., Elizabethtown College; M.A., Lehigh University; Ph.D., University of Maryland (2016)

Yanting Guo, Assistant Professor of Biology and the E-Nnovation-Hodson Endowed Chair in Sustainability Studies; B.S., Zhejiang University; M.Sc., University of Oxford; Ph.D., The Ohio State University (2023)

Sangeeta Gupta, Assistant Professor of Psychology; B.Sc., McMaster University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2022)

David Gurzick, Professor of Economics and Management; B.S., Frostburg State University; M.S., Hood College; Ph.D., University of Maryland Baltimore County (2006) 

Sherita Henry, Assistant Professor of Public Health; B.S., M.S., Dr.PH., Morgan State University (2021) 

David R. Hixson, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Archaeology; B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.A., Ph.D., Tulane University (2017)

Karen D. Hoffman, Professor of Philosophy; B.A., Hendrix College; M.A., Baylor University; Ph.D., Saint Louis University (2001) 

Mallory Huard, Assistant Professor of History; B.A., Gettysburg College; M.A., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University (2021)

Carol Jim, Associate Professor of Computer Science; B.A., M.S., Hood College; Ph.D., The George Washington University (2017)

Randall Johnson, Visiting Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics; B.S., Utah State University; MHS, Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Conservatoire national des Arts et Métiers (2025)

Kimberly Morse Jones, Associate Professor of Art History; B.A., Brigham Young University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Reading, England (2023)

Anita Jose, Professor of Management; B.A., Gandhiji University; M.M., MBA, University of Dallas; Ph.D., University of North Texas (1994)

Janak Joshi, Assistant Professor of Economics; B.A., M.A., Tribhuvan University; M.A., Ph.D., University of New Mexico (2019)

Robert Kambic, Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S., University of Maryland; M.S., Montana State University; Ph.D., Brown University (2021)

Kathleen Kempert, Departmental Instructor of English; B.S., M.S., Towson University; M.A., University of Maryland, Baltimore County (2024)

Elizabeth Kiester, Associate Professor of Sociology; B.A., Carroll College; M.S., Ph.D., Utah State University (2024)

Amy Kilpatrick, Assistant Professor of Education; B.S., Texas State University; M.Ed., University of Texas; Ph.D., University of Northern California (2021)

Daehwan Kim, Associate Professor of Biology and the ENnovation-Hodson Endowed Chair in Advanced Bioproducts Research and Education; B.S., Korea University; M.S., Yonsei University; Ph.D., Purdue University (2018)

Sang Kim, Associate Professor of Economics and Management; B.S., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University (2001)

Eric C. Kindahl, Associate Professor of Biology and Director of the Graduate Environmental Biology Program; B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Cornell University (1998)

Dorian Knapp, Professor of English; B.A., Amherst College; M.F.A., The Bennington Writing Seminars; Ph.D., Western Michigan University (2008)

Shannon Kundey, Professor of Psychology: B.A., Wesleyan College; M.S., M.Phil., Yale University; Ph.D., Kent State University (2008) 

Craig S. Laufer, Professor of Biology; B.S., University of Maryland; Ph.D., Kent State University (1988)

Dana Lawrence, Associate Professor of Chemistry; B.A., Jacksonville University; Ph.D., Florida State University (2005)

Jiang Li, Assistant Professor of Computer Science; B.S., M.S., University of Science and Technology of China; M.S., Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo (2018)

Tianning Li, Associate Professor of Finance and Director of the Graduate MBA Program; B.S., Dalian University of Technology; M.S., Marshall University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee (2009)

Yulu Cherry Liu, Associate Professor of Biology; B.S., Ph.D., University of Toronto (2020)

Gracia Lopez, Assistant Professor of Law and Criminal Justice; B.A. University of York; M.A., University of Sussex; Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University (2026)

Sara Malec, Associate Professor of Mathematics; B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.S., Ph.D., Georgia State University (2015)

Nisha Manikoth, Associate Professor of Organizational Leadership and Director of the Doctorate in Organizational Leadership Program; B.S., University of Calicut; MBA, Xavier Labor Relations Institute; Ed.D., The George Washington University (2021)

Lisa Algazi Marcus, Professor of French; B.A., Hollins College; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University (1994)

Stephanie Masters, Assistant Professor of Psychology; B.A., M.S., University of Texas at Tyler; M.A., Ph.D., University of Alabama (2023)

Jessica McManus, Associate Professor of Psychology; B.A., University of Cincinnati; M.S., Ph.D., Kansas State University (2021)

Erik Messinger, Assistant Professor of Counseling; B.S., Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., North Carolina State University (2021)

Jason Miller, Associate Professor of Computer Science; B.S., New York University; M.S., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., West Virginia University (2024)

Heather Mitchell-Buck, Associate Professor of English; B.A., Rutgers University; Ph.D., Duke University (2011)

Molly B. Moreland, Associate Professor of Cognitive Psychology; B.A., San Diego State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (2017)

Jacob Muldowney, Associate Professor of Studio Arts; B.F.A., Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; M.F.A., Washington University in St. Louis (2023)

Evelyn Nieves, Associate Professor of Nursing; RN, Northeastern Hospital School of Nursing; MSN, Walden University; Ph.D., University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (2023)

Susan Pace, Assistant Professor of Social Work; B.A., Vanderbilt University; J.D., Vanderbilt Law School; MSW, University of Mississippi; Ph.D., Fordham University (2025)

James Parson, Associate Professor of Mathematics; B.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., Princeton University (2008)

Sheila Pierre-Louis, Assistant Professor of Nursing; DNP, BSN, University of Maryland, Baltimore (2024)

Scott Pincikowski, Professor of German; B.A., M.A., University of Wisconsin Parkside; M.S., Hood College; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University (2001) 

Gareth Potts, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science; B.A., University of Portsmouth; M.A., University of Liverpool; Ph.D., University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (2024)

Nicole Pulichene, NEH/Libman Assistant Professor of Humanities; B.A., The University of Chicago; M.A., The Bard Graduate Center; Ph.D., Harvard University (2023)

Cheng Qian, Assistant Professor of Computer Science; BCS., Shanghai Jian Qiao University; M.S., Towson University (2023)

Adelmar Ramirez, Assistant Professor of Spanish; B.A., M.A., University of Texas at El Paso; M.A., Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles (2023)

Nicholas Reinarts, Assistant Professor of Economics; B.S. Florida Southern University; M.A., Troy University; Ph.D., Middle Tennessee State University (2024)

Carin Robinson, Associate Professor of Political Science; B.A., Bethel University; M.A., The George Washington University; Ph.D., Georgetown University (2009)

Jennifer Ross, Professor of Art and Archaeology; A.B., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley (1999) 

Ahmed Salem, Associate Professor of Computer Science; B.S., Higher Technological Institute-Egypt; M.S., Ph.D., University of Louisville (2006)

Amber Samuels, Assistant Professor of Counseling; B.A., Randolph Macon College; M.S., Radford University; Ph.D., The George Washington University (2022)

Jolene Sanders, Andrew G. Truxal Associate Professor of Sociology; B.A., University of Maryland; M.A., University of Baltimore; Ph.D., American University (2006)

Megan J. Doughty Shaine, Associate Professor of Counseling; B.A., Wesleyan University, M.S. Northwestern University; M.A., Ph.D., The George Washington University (2016)

Sean Sharp, Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S. University of North Carolina Asheville; Ph.D., University of Florida (2024)

Daniel Shea, Visiting Instructor of Education; B.A., Georgetown University; M.A. University of Maryland (2017)

Oney P. Smith, Professor of Biology; University of Vermont; M.S., University of Maine; Ph.D., Texas A&M University (1995) 

Stephanie Snyder, Visiting Instructor of Counseling; B.S., Mount St. Mary's University; M.S., Capella University; Ph.D., Walden University (2025)

Lynn L. Staininger, Instructor of Music; B.M., M.M., Arizona State University (2012)

James Stanker, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics; B.S., San Jose State University; MBA, California State University (2019)

Ann Stewart, Professor of Mathematics; B.A., Ithaca College; M.M., San Francisco Conservatory of Music; Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University (2007)

Tricia K. Strickland, Professor of Education; B.A., University of Baltimore; M.Ed., George Mason University; Ph.D. University of Maryland (2011)

Christopher Stromberg, Professor of Chemistry; B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College; Ph.D., Stanford University (2005)

Maria Taylor, Assistant Professor of Social Work; B.A., University of the Pacific; MSW, Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington (2025)

Marisel Torres-Crespo, Professor of Early Childhood Education; B.A., M.Ed., University of Puerto Rico; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University (2012)

Maria Taylor, Assistant Professor of Social Work; B.A., University of the Pacific; M.S.W., Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington (2025)

Jill Tysse, Associate Professor of Mathematics; B.S, University College Cork, M.S., University of Oxford, M.S., Ph.D., University of Virginia (2014)

Kristen Tzoc, Assistant Professor of Sociology; B.A.,, M.A., Lehigh University; M.A., Ph.D., Boston University (2024)

Ramsey Velenti, Visiting Assistant Professor of Nursing; BSN, MSN, Towson University; DNP, University of Maryland, Baltimore (2026)

Jerrold Van Winter; Associate Professor Emeritus of Management; B.A., St. Mary's College of Maryland; MBA, Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D., The George Washington University (2009)

Noel Verzosa, Jr., Associate Professor of Music, Chair of the Department of Music; B.A., Bowdoin College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (2009)

Brooke Witherow, Associate Professor of Communications; B.S., Stevenson University; M.A., Duquesne University (2019) 

Hope Witmer, Associate Professor and the Delaplaine/Maryland Endowed Chair in Business and Project Management; MSW, Temple University; Ph.D., Walden University (2024)

Youssef Yakoub, Assistant Professor of Digital Media; B.S. Helwan University; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania (2025)

Meredith Yeager, Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S., Radford University; M.S., Hood College; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University (2022)