Meet the Staff

Dustin Hodgson
Director, Office of Professional Programs
dustin@umbc.edu

Responsible for overall, comprehensive administrative and enrollment management operations for all graduate programs within the Office of Professional Programs at the Catonsville campus and UMBC Shady Grove.

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  • Primary Liaison with university partners, including but not limited to DPS internal partners and UMBC Graduate School
  • Enrollment Management (recruitment, admissions, yield, and retention)
  • Administrative program management

Stephanie M. Allen
Assistant Director
S.Allen@umbc.edu

Responsible for providing overall enrollment and administrative program management (in collaboration with the graduate program director) for the Data Science program. Provide support to the various stakeholders that include DPS Marketing, and serve as the main point of contact for the Office of Professional Program.

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Resource for:

  • Data Science administrative program management
  • On-campus and off-campus recruitment process
  • Graduate admissions, recruitment, and operations
  • Graduate program student support
  • Events Management

Kim Y. Edmonds
Graduate Program Manager
kedmonds@umbc.edu

Responsible for coordinating enrollment and administrative program management (in collaboration with the graduate program director) for the Engineering Suite of graduate programs in the Office of Professional Programs. Provide student support from recruitment to graduation. Point of contact for international initiatives across all Professional Programs.

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Resource for:

  • Engineering Suite of Programs
  • Graduate admissions, recruitment, and operations
  • Graduate program student support 
  • International Student liaison

Karina Jenkins
Graduate Program Manager
jenkinsk@umbc.edu

Responsible for the recruitment, retention, and administrative program management (in collaboration with the graduate program directors) for all graduate programs offered at UMBC-Shady Grove.

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Resource for:

  • Data Science (UMBC-Shady Grove)
  • Cybersecurity (UMBC-Shady Grove)
  • Technical Management (UMBC-Shady Grove)
  • Biotechnology (UMBC-Shady Grove)
  • I/O Psychology (UMBC-Shady Grove)
  • Graduate admissions and recruitment
  • Graduate program student support (inquiry to graduation)
  • Graduate student retention and enrollment

Renee Eisenhuth
Graduate Program Coordinator
reisen@umbc.edu

Responsible for recruitment, admissions, retention, and administrative program management (in collaboration with the graduate program directors) for the College Teaching and Learning Science, Community Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Leadership; Learning and Performance Technology Professional Graduate Programs.

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Resource for:

  • Graduate admissions, recruitment, and operations
  • College Teaching and Learning Science
  • Community Leadership
  • Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Leadership
  • Learning and Performance Technology
  • Graduate program student support

Faith Dinh
Graduate Program Coordinator
faithdinh@umbc.edu

Responsible for the recruitment, retention, and administrative program coordination (in collaboration with graduate program directors) for the Health Information Technology and Cybersecurity programs.

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Resource for:

  • Cybersecurity 
  • Health Information Technology
  • Graduate admissions, recruitment, and operations
  • Graduate program student support

Jeremy Matthews
Enrollment Operations Program Coordinator
Jermatt1@umbc.edu

Responsible for supporting the enrollment operations of the Office of Professional Programs, including but not limited to liaising with the technology and admissions teams on enrollment initiatives. Facilitates website updates in association with the Professional Programs webpages.

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Resource for:

  • Graduate program student support (inquiry to enrollment)
  • Virtual Events (technical support)
  • Virtual Event Planning
  • Biochemical Regulatory Engineering
  • OPP Website Updates