Sep 22, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

University Administration


The University System of Maryland 

Board of Regents

Linda R. Gooden
Chair
 
Geoff J. Gonella
Vice-Chair
   
William T. “Bill” Wood  
Treasurer  
   
Ellen Fish  
Assistant Treasurer  
   
Louis Pope  
Secretary  
   
Hugh Breslin  
Assistant Secretary  
   
Kevin Atticks  
   
Harry Coker, Jr.  
ex officio  
   
Michelle A. Gourdine, M.D.  
   
Anwer Hasan  
   
Robert Hur  
   
Isiah (Ike) Leggett  
   
Yvette Lewis  
   
Charles T. McMillen  
   
Yehuda Neuberger  
   
Steven Sibel  
   
Andy Smarick  
   
Dhruvak Mirani  
   
Josiah Parker  
Student Regent

Officers of the University System

Jay A. Perman
Chancellor
 
Ellen Herbst
Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance

UMBC Administration

President
Valerie Sheares Ashby
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1988
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994
 
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Manfred van Dulmen
Drs, Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1996
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2001
 
Chief Diversity Officer and Vice President for the Division of Institutional Equity
Tanyka M. Barber
B.S., Morgan State University
M.H.S., Johns Hopkins University
J.D., University of Baltimore
 
Director, Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation
Tiffany D. Tucker
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 
Vice President for Administration and Finance
 
 
 
 
Vice President for Government Relations and Community Affairs
Yaakov “Jake” Weissmann
B.A., University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2006
M.S.W., University of Maryland, Baltimore, 2007
J.D., University of Baltimore, 2016
 
Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Patrick Roche
B.S., Renssalaer Polytechnic Insitute, 1997
 
Vice President for Research and Creative Achievement
Karl V. Steiner
B.EE, University of Applied Sciences, Braunschweig/Wolfenbuttel,1989
M.EE, University of Delaware, 1989
Ph.D., University of Kaiserslautern, 1995
 
Vice President for Information Technology
John Suess
B.A., University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1981
M.S., University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1995
 
Interim Vice President, Communication and Marketing
Tim Cobb
B.A., Oregon State University
M.S., Purdue University
 
Vice President for Student Affairs
Renique Kersh
B.A., Oakland University, 1999
M. Ed., University of Maryland, College Park, 2001
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 2014
 
Interim Dean, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
John Stolle-McAllister
B.A., Bates College, 1987
M.A., University of Minnesota, 1991
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2000
 
Dean, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
William LaCourse
B.S., Charter Oak College, 1982
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1988
 
Dean, The Erickson School
Dana Burr Bradley
B.A., University of Rochester, 1983
M.S., Carnegie Mellon University, 1994
Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 1994
 
Dean, College of Engineering and Information Technology
Jeanne M. VanBriesen
B.S., Northwestern University, 1990
M.S., Northwestern University, 1993
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1998
 
Associate Dean and Chair, School of Social Work
Shelly A. Wiechelt
B.A., California University of Pennsylvania, 1982
M.S.W., West Virginia University, 1985
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1999
 
Dean and Vice Provost, Undergraduate Academic Affairs
 
 
 
 
 
Dean and Vice Provost, Graduate Education
Christa J. Porter
B.A., Michigan State University, 2004
M.A., University of Maryland, College Park, 2006
Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2013
 
Vice Provost, Enrollment Management and Planning
Yvette Mozie- Ross
B.A., University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1988
M.G.A., University of Maryland, University College, 1994
Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park, 2011
 
Vice Provost, Division of Professional Studies
Christopher Steele
B.A., University of Pittsburgh, 1993
M.A., Binghamton University, 1996
Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park, 2007
 
Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs
Ana Oskoz
B.A., University of Deusto (Spain), 1992
M.A., University of the Basque Country (Spain), 1993
M.A., The University of Iowa, 1997
Ph.D., The University of Iowa, 2003
 
Interim Vice Provost, Academic Affairs
Margaret Re
B.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University, 1985
M.F.A., University of Michigan, 1993
 
Vice President and General Counsel 
Paul A. Meggett
B.S., North Carolina State University
J.D., University of North Carolina