Faculty Mentoring Advisory Committee

Charge
  • To provide advice and guidance to the Provost and the Special Assistant for Special Faculty Initiatives on the rollout and ongoing assessment of a centralized suite of faculty professional development programs.
  • To provide a venue for discussion of opportunities and challenges as they arise.

 

Orianne Smith, Chair
Special Assistant to the Provost for Special Faculty Initiatives
Graduate Program Director and Associate Professor, English
osmith@umbc.edu

College Representatives

Alan Yeakley
Associate Dean, CAHSS
Professor, Geography & Environmental Systems
yeakley@umbc.edu

Kathleen Hoffman
Associate Dean, CNMS
Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
khoffman@umbc.edu

Vandana Janeja
Associate Dean, COEIT
Professor, Information Systems
vjaneja@umbc.edu

Membership

Tamara Bhalla
Associate Professor and Chair, American Studies
Member, Asian and Asian American Faculty Staff Council
tbhalla@umbc.edu

Mercedes Burns
Assistant Professor, Biology
Member, WISE (Women in Science and Engineering)
burnsm@umbc.edu

Robin Cresiski
Assistant Vice Provost for Graduate Student Development and Postdoctoral Affairs
Director, Maryland’s AGEP PROMISE Academy Alliance
rcresisk@umbc.edu

Belay Demoz
Professor, Physics
Director of the Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET)
Member, Black Faculty Committee
bdemoz@umbc.edu

Kate Drabinski
Principal Lecturer, Gender, Women’s + Sexuality Studies
Chair, CAHSS Women’s Network
Director, WILL+ Program
drabinsk@umbc.edu

Lauren Edwards
Graduate Program Director and Associate Professor, School of Public Policy
STRIDE Fellow
ledwards@umbc.edu

Erin Hogan
Undergraduate Program Director and Associate Professor, MLLI
ekhogan@umbc.edu

Brianna E. Hughes
STEM Reference & Instruction Librarian
behughes@umbc.edu

Lindsay Johnson
Senior Lecturer, Music 
Director, Medieval and Early Modern Studies minor
Member, Faculty Caregiving Advisory Committee
lmjohnson@umbc.edu

Jennifer Mata-McMahon
Associate Professor, Education
Director, Sherman Center
Member, Executive Committee for the Recruitment, Retention and Advancement of Underrepresented Minority Faculty and Member, Faculty Caregiving Advisory Committee
jmatamcm@umbc.edu

Curtis Menyuk
Professor, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
menyuk@umbc.edu

Maria Sanchez
Professor of the Practice, Engineering and Computing Education Program (ECEP)
Adjunct faculty, Mechanical Engineering
Member, Latinx and Hispanic Faculty Association
msanchez@umbc.edu

 

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