The University System of Maryland (USM) states that the principles of shared governance should be a collaborative process among faculty, staff, administration, and students at each institution to promote a collaborative process to support dialogue about important issues to all parties. UMBC Governance shares additional information about the groups that promote these goals. The College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT) faculty, staff, and students are dedicated to fulfilling the educational, research and engagement goals of UMBC and supporting the success of our campus community to represent the college and university on various committees and work groups.
Faculty Senate | Graduate Student Association | Student Government Associations
Faculty Senate
The Faculty Senate supports the success of faculty and students through its central role in the shared governance process. It speaks on behalf of the faculty in regard to faculty independence, promotion, tenure, and retention; requirements for awarding undergraduate and graduate degrees; and reviews of academic departments and programs. It also supports and makes recommendations regarding the establishment of policies for research, scholarship, and creative activities that are the cornerstone of a strong university.
Visit the UMBC Leadership website for more information about Governance at UMBC, including additional committee memberships.
Mariajose Castellanos
Teaching Professor–Chemical, Biochemical & Environmental Engineering
Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering
Engineering 319
+1 410 455 8151
Curtis R Menyuk
Professor–Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Technology Research Center 201A
+1 410 455 3501
Bill Ryan
Assistant Teaching Professor–Information Systems
Information Systems
College of Engineering and Information Technology
Information Technology & Engineering 414
+1 410 455 3942
+1 410 455 3302
Graduate Student Association
The UMBC Graduate Student Association (GSA) is built from elected graduate students representing the academic and cultural diversity at UMBC. Four Graduate Senators represent each college (COEIT, CNMS, CAHSS) and another four senators come from the graduate student population at-large.
Visit the UMBC GSA website for more information, including all leadership team members.
GSA COEIT Representatives–Executive Council
Janerra D. Allen
GSA Secretary–Ph.D. Electrical Engineering
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Technology Research Center 281
Nuri Abdul-Rahman
GSA Treasurer–M.P.S. Data Science
Soham H Katkar
GSA Speaker of the Senate–M.S. Information Systems
Student Affairs COEIT GSA Senators
Sarthak Tavate
GSA Student Affairs Senator–Information Systems
Information Systems
Graduate Student Association
Information Technology & Engineering
+1 646 318 9495
Soham H Katkar
GSA Student Affairs Senator–Information Systems
Aijaz Shaik
GSA Student Affairs Senator–Software Engineering
Rashmi Sudhakar Shekade
GSA Student Affairs Senator–Engineering Management
COEIT GSA Senators
Ashok Sai Doredla
GSA COEIT Senator–Data Science
Yash Nitin Soni
GSA COEIT Senator–Information Systems
Vishal S Deshmukh
GSA COEIT Senator–Information Systems
Student Government Association–Senators
The UMBC Student Government Association (SGA) organizes undergraduate students in creating a distinctive community, supports co-curricular and academic experiences, identifies and gives a voice to students’ hopes and concerns, engages students in campus activities and decisions, builds mutually beneficial partnerships with individuals and organizations on and off campus, and promotes and defends students’ welfare.
Visit the UMBC SGA website for more information about the members representing the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches
SGA COEIT Senators–Leadership
Nicolas William Bartolomeo
SGA Senator (Vice President for Student Organizations)–Mathematics (B.S.) and Computer Science (Minor) & Statistics (Minor)
Shawn Jeremiah Bearam
SGA Senator (Chief of Staff)–Computer Science (B.S.)
bwtech@UMBC: Research and Technology Park
Residential Life
5520 Research Park Drive, Suite 100
Maryada Bhattarai
SGA Senator (Treasurer)–Computer Engineering (B.S.)
College of Engineering and Information Technology
Rachel Priya Pallipamula-Niranjeen
SGA Senator (Chair of the Finance Board)–Computer Engineering (B.S.)
SGA Senators–COEIT Liaisons
Eni Adesola
SGA COEIT Liaison (Assistant Speaker of the Senate)–Biology (B.S.)
Francheska Burrola
SGA COEIT Liaison (Senator)–Biology (B.S.)
Donna Germaine Cazeau
SGA COEIT Liaison (Speaker of the Senate)–Global Studies B.A. and Geography & Environmental Studies B.A.
Zoya Nouman Syed
SGA COEIT Liaison (Senator)–Biology (B.S.)