Career Connectors

Insights and additional support resources will be shared with faculty and staff who wish to join our network of Career Connectors across campus. We welcome your interest! Please fill out this form if you would like to join our community.

Who are Career Connectors?

  1. Faculty and Staff at UMBC who are nominated by students as having contributed to their professional development and/or connections to applied learning and career opportunities.
  2. Faculty and Staff at UMBC who offer career readiness content in and outside of the classroom.
  3. Faculty and Staff at UMBC who teach, advise, offer, and/or support students in applied learning experiences.
  4. Faculty and Staff at UMBC interested in supporting students in preparing for life, career, and community engagement.

Why become a career connector?

To ensure every student at UMBC is supported in their career and professional development, preparing students for life, career, and community engagement.

Our Goal:

As Connectors we look to engage students in thinking about their life goals and how careers play a role in that pursuit. We provide career and professional development support to students through career education, mentoring, curricular and co-curricular offerings.

If you find out about a great job or internship opportunity, the best way to get it in front of UMBC students is through Handshake, our recruitment platform. Please forward the position information to the Career Center (careers@umbc.edu) and we will connect the employer with Handshake. We also have helpful resources on our website for employers if they are reaching out to you for tips.

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If the employer would like to speak with someone personally about recruitment at UMBC, please direct them to Annie Byrd, anniebyrd@umbc.edu or 410-455-8002.

Below are the faculty and staff individually recognized by students in spring 2024 for having provided support in their career journeys so far. We are proud of the variety of roles and departments represented. Congratulations and thank you to all of our Career Connectors!

Name Department Email
Kenneth Baron Academic and Pre-Professional Advising kbaron@umbc.edu
Gavin Gilliland Academic Engagement and Transition Programs ggilliland@umbc.edu
Peter DeCrescenzo Academic Opportunity Programs peterd@umbc.edu
Grace Morris Academic Success Center gmorris3@umbc.edu
Andy Devos American Studies adevos1@umbc.edu
Conor Donnan American Studies conordonnan@umbc.edu
Erika Bucciantini Ancient Studies ebuccia1@umbc.edu
Molly Jones-Lewis Ancient Studies mjl@umbc.edu
Timothy Phin Ancient Studies tphin@umbc.edu
Kyung-Eun Yoon Asian Studies kyoon@umbc.edu
Shin Yon kim Asian Studies kimsy@umbc.edu
Zach Seidel Athletics Department zseidel1@umbc.edu
Stephen Miller Biological Sciences stmiller@umbc.edu
Achuth Padmanabhan Biological Sciences achuth1@umbc.edu
Esther Fleischmann Biological Sciences fleischm@umbc.edu
Fernando Vonhoff Biological Sciences fvonhoff@umbc.edu
Jeff Lieps Biological Sciences leips@umbc.edu
Kathryn Wardrup Biological Sciences kwardru1@umbc.edu
Kevin Omland Biological Sciences Omland@umbc.edu
Stephen Freeland Biological Sciences freeland@umbc.edu
Daniel Lobo Biological Sciences lobo@umbc.edu
Jeff Leips Biological Sciences leips@umbc.edu
Milos Miljkovaic Biotechnology miljko@umbc.edu
Wilson Bryan Biotechnology wilsonwbryan@gmail.com
Adam Morris Career Center Armorris@umbc.edu
Annie Byrd Career Center anniebyrd@umbc.edu
Christine Routzahn Career Center routzahn@umbc.edu
Joan Allen Career Center jallen@umbc.edu
Marykate Conroy Career Center conroym@umbc.edu
Michelle Breen Career Center mbreen1@umbc.edu
Wilson Hammer Career Center Whammer1@gmail.com
David Hoffman Center for Democracy and Civic Life dhoffman@umbc.edu
Ricky Blissett Center for Democracy and Civic Life rblissett@umbc.edu
Andrea Miller Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering mcmillen@umbc.edu
Antonio Moreira Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering moreira@umbc.edu
Christopher J. Hennigan Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering hennigan@umbc.edu
Gautom Das Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering gautom@umbc.edu
Govind Rao Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering grao@umbc.edu
Lee Blaney Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering blaney@umbc.edu
Neha Raikar Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering nraikar@umbc.edu
Allison Tracy Chemistry and Biochemistry atracy@umbc.edu
Bindu Abraham Chemistry and Biochemistry abraham@umbc.edu
Joseph Bennett Chemistry and Biochemistry bennettj@umbc.edu
Tiffany Gierasch Chemistry and Biochemistry gierasch@umbc.edu
Mark Berczynski College of Engineering and Information Technology mb15@umbc.edu
Michael Brown College of Engineering and Information Technology michaelb@umbc.edu
Mohammad Samarah College of Engineering and Information Technology msamarah@umbc.edu
Sanaa Mironov College of Engineering and Information Technology lj67374@umbc.edu
Maria Cambraia Guimaro College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences cambraia@umbc.edu
Gerald Tompkins Computer Science and Electrical Engineering gerald@umbc.edu
Milton Halem Computer Science and Electrical Engineering halem@umbc.edu
Tim Oates Computer Science and Electrical Engineering oates@cs.umbc.edu
Eric Hamilton Computer Science and Electrical Engineering eric8@umbc.edu
Don Engel Computer Science and Electrical Engineering donengel@umbc.edu
Collin Sullivan Division of Information Technology csulli1@umbc.edu
Steve Harris Division of Professional Studies stevenh1@umbc.edu
Jennifer Kelly Economics jennifer.kelly@umbc.edu
MaryAnn Davenport Economics LE34977@umbc.edu
Randolph Scott Economics Rcscott@umbc.edu
Nick Kelly Economics fkelly1@umbc.edu
Deborah K. Kariuki Education dkariuki@umbc.edu
Jonathon Singer Education jsinger@umbc.edu
Gary Williams Emergency and Disaster Health Systems garywil1@umbc.edu
Elaine MacDougall English efick1@umbc.edu
Keegan Cook Finberg English kfinberg@umbc.edu
Robert Bennett English bennerob@umbc.edu
Ryan Bloom English rbloom2@umbc.edu
Kate Drabinski Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies drabski@umbc.edu
Margaret Buck Holland (Maggie Holland) Geography & Environmental Systems mholland@umbc.edu
Nancy McAllister Geography and Environmental Science nmcallister@umbc.edu
Dawn Biehler Geography and Environmental Systems Dbiehler@umbc.edu
Dillon Mahmoudi Geography and Environmental Systems dillonm@umbc.edu
Sai Manvitha Nadella Global Peer Navigators ft44056@umbc.edu
John Wan Graduate Data Science Programs Jhwan@umbc.edu
Erin Van Dyke Health Information Technology erinvandyke@umbc.edu
Sasa Miskovic Health Information Technology KF62733@umbccom
Amy Froide History froide@umbc.edu
Brian Van Wyck History bvanwyck@umbc.edu
Caitlin McGeever History cmcgeev1@umbc.edu
Christy Chapin History cchapin@umbc.edu
Daniel Ritschel History ritschel@umbc.edu
Denise Meringolo History ddm@umbc.edu
Melissa Blair History mfblair@umbc.edu
Mirjam Voerkelius History voerkeli@umbc.edu
Noor Zehra Zaidi History nzaidi@umbc.edu
Terry Bouton History bouton@umbc.edu
Carrie Sauter Individualized Study Program (INDS) csauter@umbc.edu
Daniel Thompson Information Systems dant3@umbc.edu
Matthew Baker Information Systems mbaker22@umbc.edu
Miji Matthews Information Systems mijim1@umbc.edu
Patricia Ordóñez-Franco Information Systems patti.ordonez@umbc.edu
Ravi Kuber Information Systems rkuber@umbc.edu
Suzanne Frock Information Systems sfrock@umbc.edu
Zayd Patel Information Systems zpatel1@umbc.edu
Jennifer Moser Information Technology jkeller@umbc.edu
Ken Schreihofer Information Technology kensch@umbc.edu
Sarah Cockcroft International Student Success Center scockro@umbc.edu
Farhan Nadeem International Student Success Center and Career Center farhannad1@umbc.edu
Kalman Nanes Mathematics and Statistics knanes@umbc.edu
Raji Baradwaj Mathematics and Statistics raji@umbc.edu
Yehenew Kifle Mathematics and Statistics yehenew@umbc.edu
Jamie Gurganus Mechanical Engineering jgurganus@umbc.edu
Ronghui Ma Mechanical Engineering roma@umbc.edu
Soobum Lee Mechanical Engineering sblee@umbc.edu
Donald Snyder Media and Communications dsnyder@umbc.edu
Dustin Roddy Media and Communications drod2@umbc.edu
Jason Loviglio Media and Communications loviglio@umbc.edu
Tracy Tinga Media and Communications tinga@umbc.edu
David Beard Modern Languages and Linguistics beard@umbc.edu
Omar Ka Modern Languages and Linguistics ka@umbc.edu
Susanne Sutton Modern Languages and Linguistics ssusanne@umbc.edu
Tania Lizarazo Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication Lizarazo@umbc.edu
Thania Munoz Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication munozt@umbc.edu
Thania Muñoz D. Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication munozt@umbc.edu
Mesfin Abate MPS Data Science mesfinab@umbc.edu
Kandace Racine Natural and Mathematical Sciences kracine@umbc.edu
Michelle Bulger Natural and Mathematical Sciences mbulger@umbc.edu
Amery Thompson Off-Campus Student Services ameryqt@umbc.edu
Laszlo Korossy Office for Academic & Pre-Professional Advising korossy1@umbc.edu
Monique Ransom Office of Academic and Pre-Professional Advising mransom@umbc.edu
Abrielle Pearson Parking Services apearso1@umbc.edu
Andrew Montgomery Parking Services Jk25615@umbc.edu
Michael Nance Philosophy nance@umbc.edu
Eric Anderson Physics andersoe@umbc.edu
Lili Cui Physics lili@umbc.edu
Mark Henriksen Physics henrikse@umbc.edu
Carolyn Forestiere Political Science forestie@umbc.edu
Devin Hagerty Political Science dhagerty@umbc.edu
Jessica Cook Political Science jrcook@umbc.edu
Laura Antkowiak Political Science lantkowiak@umbc.edu
Meghan Lynch Political Science mlyn1@umbc.edu
Angela Katenkamp Psychology akaten1@umbc.edu
Aubrey Etopio Psychology etopio@umbc.edu
Audrey Snyder Psychology asnyder3@umbc.edu
Christopher Murphy Psychology chmurphy@umbc.edu
Laura Rose Psychology laurose1@umbc.edu
Mirela Cengher Psychology cengher@umbc.edu
Molly Franz Psychology mfranz@umbc.edu
Pamela Rakhshan Rouhakhtar Psychology Rakhshp1@umbc.edu
Robert Anderson Psychology randerso@umbc.edu
Princess Souvenir Psychology psouveni@umbc.edu
Shariece Evans Psychology joshari1@umbc.edu
Nancy Miller Public Policy nanmille@umbc.edu
Zoe McLaren Public Policy zmclaren@umbc.edu
Danielle Parker Residential Life parkerds@umbc.edu
Chelsea Moyer Shady Grove csmoyer@umbc.edu
Adrienne Ekas Social Work aekasm@umbc.edu
Jayshree Jani Social Work jani@umbc.edu
Katherine Morris Social Work kath@umbc.edu
Laura Ting Social Work Lting@umbc.edu
Shelly Wiechelt Social work wiechelt@umbc.edu
Jeanette Hoover Social Work jhoover@umbc.edu
Kerri Evans Social Work kerrieva@umbc.edu
Andrea Kalfoglou Sociology, Anthropology, & Public Health akalfogl@umbc.edu
Paul Coakley Sociology, Anthropology, & Public Health pcoakley@umbc.edu
Sameera Shukanta Nayak Sociology, Anthropology, & Public Health snayak@umbc.edu
Sarah Chard Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health schard@umbc.edu
Chris Abili Software Engineering cablili1@umbc.edu
Mohammed Samarah Software Engineering msamarah@umbc.edu
Charlotte Keniston The Shiver Center ckenist1@umbc.edu
Nigel Semaj Theatre nigelsem@umbc.edu
Gerrad Alex Taylor Theatre gtaylor@umbc,edu
Kelley Yang Visual Arts kelley7@umbc.edu
Suzanne Marshall Visual Arts lopes@umbc.edu