Be the Solution to the World’s Great Challenges Congratulations, Admitted Students! COMMENCEMENT 2026 Featured Stories UMD Moot Court Team Wins Multiple Top Spots in National Written Brief Competition BSOS Raised $1,159,550 on Giving Day 2026! CCJS Alumna is Helping Terps Get Connected—To Each Other & Their Community VRC Publishes Paper Concerning Social Media’s Connection to Community Violence A Peek Inside … Zooarchaeologist Barnet Pavão-Zuckerman’s Office Read all Stories Upcoming Events Mar 10 Bahá’í Chair Event: "Recommending Toxicity" Mar 12 POSTPONED: Capitol Hill Lecture Series: Congressman Steny Hoyer Mar 21 Maryland Civic Education & Engagement Leadership Summit Mar 25 Bahá’í Chair Event: "Erased" by Patricia Owens View All Events Profiles Showcase Our students, faculty, and alumni are making a difference in the world. April Smith, CCJS ’05 Ren Salig, NACS Ph.D. ’24 Lisa Wiederlight, GVPT ’90, MPP ’93 Jingli Yang, GEOG Ph.D. ’95 Kim Rice DeGross, HESP ’87 Gary Rozier, ECON ’99 Jessica Roffe, PSYC ’13 Bert Williams, CCJS ’96 Jacqueline Studley, CCJS/Women’s Studies ’14 Rick Tamno, AAAS '17 Arynn Byrd, HESP Ph.D. ’24 Elifnaz Caliskan, GVPT '18 Tory Hubbard, HESP '20 Amanda Dewey, SOCY M.A. '17 Ph.D. '21 Oneyda Hernandez, SOCY '23 Jean Elizabeth Spencer, GVPT Lindsay Creed, HESP '10 Joseph Parsons, M.S. ’95 Albert P. Carey ’74 Bimpe Dada, ECON ’00 Mitali Sen, SOCY Ph.D. ’00 Brett Culhane, M.S. GEOINT ’23 Sean McCormack, MAIR '90 Alyssa Taylor, GVPT '24 David Schaeffer, ECON ’75 Latanya Mapp Frett B.A.’91, MPM ’95 Virginia Lee Lussier, M.A. '72, Ph.D. '73 Cortney Fisher, CCJS Ph.D. ’14 Michael Yormark, GVPT '88 Joseph Meltzer, GVPT '93 Dr. Clifford Bassett, PSYC ’80 Anthony Sartori, PSYC '18 Jennifer Coatsworth, GVPT '00 Charlotte King, ANTH B.A. ’03, M.A.A. ’08 CIVICUS Alumna Katie Dolan, Public Health '18 Aja Hill, ECON ’07 Ian Miller, GVPT ’24 Courtney Kennedy, JPSM M.S. ’07 Akash Magoon ’18 Daron Bolat, CCJS ’00 Yamalis Diaz, PSYC Ph.D. ’09 Keolu Fox, ANTH ’08 Sasha-Loriene McClain, ECON ’12 Marisa Franco, M.A. '13, Ph.D. '17 Dr. Magda Mankel, M.A.A. ’16, Ph.D. ’21 Wanika Fisher ’10 Tatiana Sandoval, PSYC '19 Eric Swalwell, GVPT ’03 JD Walsh, SOCY ’96 Harry Alford III, AFAM ’07 Amanda Hoffman-Hall, GEOG PhD '20 Lucie Lapovsky, ECON M.A., Ph.D. ’81 Elonna Jones, GVPT '20 Megan Springate, ANTH MA '15, Ph.D. '17 Taiwo Mustafa, GVPT, ‘20 Michael Igwemezie, ECON, '21 Alexandra Marquez, ANTH & JOUR, ‘21 Hilary Sandborn, ANTH & GEOG '21 Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis, PhD '71 Singleton McAllister, GVPT & AASD, '75 Eric Luedtke, GVPT '02 Kathy Dow-Burger, HESP '92 Byron Macfarlane, GVPT, '05 Seth Zlotkin, GVPT ’91 View All Profiles
