Alumni Archives
Deborah Trautman wins Robert Woods Johnson Fellowship
Alumna Debbie Trautman (Public Policy Ph.D., 2004) is a 2007-2008 Robert Woods Johnson Health Policy Fellow. Fellows spend a year in Washington, D.C., working in a congressional office or the executive branch. Debbie, who also has two nursing degrees, is advising Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on health policy.
New book on Baltimore's suburbs by Thomas J. Vicino
Thomas J. Vicino (Ph.D., 2006) has published a book, The Transformation of Class and Race in Metropolitan Baltimore: Suburban Crossroads (Palgrave Macmillan). The analysis of the deterioration of older “first tier” suburbs around Baltimore is based on his dissertation work at UMBC. View the website for the book. Currently at the University of Texas at Arlington, Tom will move to a tenure-track position at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts in the fall.
Alumnus named first black battallion chief in Baltimore County Fire Department
Jonathan Hart (MPS, 2002) has been named a battalion chief by the Baltimore County Fire Department. He is the department's first black battalion chief. Hart also received his B.A. in Political Science from UMBC. At the May 29 promotion ceremony, he received the first Robert O. Lowery Award from the Guardian Knights, the Baltimore County chapter of the International Association of Black Firefighters. The award recognizes those who have advanced the role of minorities in the county fire department.
