07/06/2026
Join us in welcoming our new Department Chair, Dr. Morris! We are very excited to have him with us.
And an extra special thank you to Dr. Shawn Parry-Giles for her 10+ years of exemplary service and leadership to our department!
Dean Stephanie Shonekan is pleased to announce new leadership appointments across the College of Arts and Humanities.
Joining as new department chairs:
🔹 Lee Konstantinou, University of Maryland Department of English
🔹 Charles E. Morris III, UMD Department of Communication
And joining the college's administrative team:
🔹 Ryan Knapp, facilities administrator
Additionally, we celebrate the following appointments and reappointments:
🔹 Eric Adler, reappointed chair, Department of Classics
🔹 Neda Atanasoski, reappointed chair, Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
🔹 Neel Ahuja, interim chair, Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
🔹 Quint Gregory, director, Museum Scholarship and Material Culture certificate program
🔹 Maxine Grossman, reappointed director, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies
🔹 Craig Kier, reappointed executive director, Arts for All initiative
🔹 Carla Della Gatta, director, Honors Humanities
🔹 Antwon Key, director, Design Cultures & Creativity
Dean Shonekan also extends her deepest thanks to Amanda Bailey, who served as chair of the Department of English for 10 years, and Shawn Parry-Giles, who served as chair of the Department of Communication for 10 and a half years.
Welcome, and congratulations to all!
🔗 Full announcement at link in comments.
