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Meet a Retriever—Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman ’19, award-winning researcher and writer
Meet Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman ’19, mathematics with a minor in economics. Anna is an award-winning Ghanaian American researcher and writer and a doctoral student studying public policy and...
Posted: September 17, 2025, 2:17 PM
Jane Austen as an abolitionist? Margie Burns unpacks the loaded history of the phrase “pride and prejudice”
Figuring out what to get someone for their birthday can be both fun and daunting, especially when it’s their 250th birthday. On December 16, 1775, Jane Austen was born in Steventon, Hampshire,...
Posted: August 7, 2025, 12:57 PM
Nurturing peace through daily acts, collaborative research with Afro-Colombian women in Colombia’s Pacific Northwest
Over 10 years ago, Tania Lizarazo met with Justa Mena Córdoba in Chocó, Colombia. Before Mena Córdoba passed away, Lizarazo promised to tell her story as one of the founding commissioners of the...
Posted: August 5, 2025, 8:58 AM
The evolution, existence, and extinction of butch culture
Ever wonder what dinosaur poets would write about if they knew their moment of extinction was near? That’s one of the questions poet Tanya Olson, associate teaching professor of English,...
Posted: August 1, 2025, 3:28 PM
Meet a Retriever—Debora Fajer-Smith ’81, lawyer, author, and UMBC donor
Meet Debora Fajer-Smith ’81, political science. Debora is a lawyer with over 40 years of experience, who has received numerous honors for her community involvement, mentoring, and leadership. She...
Posted: July 31, 2025, 9:28 AM
Meet a Retriever—Mary Jumbelic ’79, author and former chief medical examiner
Meet Mary Jumbelic ’79, biological sciences. Mary is an author and former chief medical examiner of Onondaga County, New York. In her 25-year career, she has performed thousands of autopsies and...
Posted: July 31, 2025, 9:27 AM
Meet a Retriever—Arabia Morgan ’12, financial recruiter, content creator, and author
Meet Arabia Morgan ’12, media and communication studies with a minor in theatre. Arabia currently resides in Los Angeles, California, where she works as a financial recruiter with Edward Jones and...
Posted: June 25, 2025, 8:29 AM
Meet a Retriever—Jessica Floyd, Ph.D. ’17, gender and sexuality scholar and professor
Meet Jessica Floyd, Ph.D. ’17, language, literacy, and culture (LLC). She is an interdisciplinary researcher and scholar who investigates erotic worlds for what they might communicate about gender...
Posted: June 25, 2025, 8:28 AM
Meet a Retriever—Troy Suesse ’92, DOD declassification officer, space enthusiast, and author
Meet Troy Suesse ’92, computer science. Troy was born the day that man first set foot on the moon’s surface—July 20, 1969—one small step for man, and one giant glimpse into Troy’s future. His...
Posted: June 25, 2025, 8:27 AM
Meet a Retriever—Alan Aymie ’94, Hollywood actor, autism advocate, and author
Meet Alan Aymie’94, theatre. After graduating from UMBC, Alan went on to work professionally in D.C., New York City, and Los Angeles. As a playwright, he has been produced across the country and...
Posted: June 2, 2025, 7:50 AM
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