Directory

Patricia La Noue
DIRECTOR, INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES                                                                       

Location: Fine Arts Building, Room 546A

Phone: 410-455-2024
Email: lanoue@umbc.edu

Director Patricia La Noue has been with INDS since 1987 when she was hired as Assistant Director and Academic Advisor. Soon after Patricia's arrival, she engaged several faculty interested in helping students design majors in environmental science and environmental policy. These concentrations flourished and have become part of the Geography and Environmental Science major here at UMBC. Realizing the talent of UMBC faculty and the abundant opportunities in the Baltimore-Washington area for career preparation in the international field, Director La Noue initiated the International and Global Studies concentration in the early 2000's. In addition, she has been active in the design and protection of the Herbert Run Greenway at UMBC and serves on several committees involved with campus sustainability initiatives. Additionally, she serve as a board member of the Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture. She is married to Dr. George La Noue, and they have two sons, Jeff and Revere. She enjoys hiking, kayaking, yoga, and gigong.

Steven McAlpine
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES

Location: Fine Arts Building, Room 543

Phone: 410-455-5885
Email: mcalpine@umbc.edu

Assistant Director Steven McAlpine joined the INDS team in June of 2006 as a Program Advisor and Instructor for the Capstone Seminar (INDS 480).  Before coming to UMBC, Steven worked as a researcher and seminar facilitator for the Interdisciplinary Studies Project at Harvard Project Zero.  While at Harvard, Steven designed a Teachers Guide for Walden Media’s IMAX film “PULSE: a STOMP Odyssey” and worked as an education consultant for the Boston Arts Academy.  He is a professional studio musician and composer who has taught as an adjunct music faculty member of the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut.  Steven earned his B.S. from Dartmouth College and his Ed. M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.  He and his wife Martha live with their son, Maddox, and daughter, Lily, in Catonsville, MD.  A former college lacrosse player, Steven enjoys mountain biking in Patapsco State Park, cross country skiing, and playing “Thomas the Train” with Maddox and Lily.

Carrie Sauter
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES

Location: Fine Arts Building, Room 544

Phone: 410-455-2037
Email: csauter@umbc.edu

Assistant Director Carrie Sauter joined Interdisciplinary Studies as a Program Advisor in 2007.  She received her B.S. in Psychology from UMBC and her M.S. in Counseling Psychology from Loyola College in Maryland.  Not only is she an alumna from UMBC, she worked for 2 years in the Registrar’s Office advising transfer students and graduation candidates.  Prior to working for UMBC, she performed psychological assessments for Maryland’s Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.  Carrie enjoys running in ultra-marathons, experimenting with new foods and recipes, and tending a variety of gardens at home with her husband, Craig.

Samirah Hassan
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES

Location: Fine Arts Building, Room 545

Phone: 410-455-2004  
Email: shassan1@umbc.edu

Samirah Hassan joined INDS as our part time office assistant in Fall 2011, and was hired full time in January of 2012.  She is a 2010 graduate of UMBC with a Bachelors of Science in Psychology and a Minor in Biology.

Jill Wrigley
ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR, INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES

Location: Fine Arts Building, Room 546

Phone: 410-455-2004            
Email: wrigleyj@umbc.edu

Dr. Eric Montgomery

ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR, INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES

Location: Fine Arts Building, Room 546

Phone: 410-455-2004

Email: emontgomery@umbc.edu

Phone: 410-455-2004

Email: jathomas@umbc.edu