Meet the new members of the Phi Kappa Phi Executive Committee
President-Elect: Simon P. Stacey
Simon Stacey came to UMBC in 2005 as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science. He served as the Associate Director of the Honors College from 2007 to 2011 and was appointed Director in 2012. Simon holds a doctoral degree from the Department of Politics at Princeton University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. He is recognized as a dynamic classroom teacher, who has advised hundreds of students and organized numerous programs and co-curricular activities.
Vice President—UMBC: Jonathan C. Finkelstein
Jonathan Finkelstein is Associate Dean, Emeritus, of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and a charter member of the UM-UMBC chapter. He received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Chicago. Jonathan began his career at UMBC as Assistant Professor of Psychology in 1971 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1977. He served as Associate Chair of the Department of Psychology before becoming Associate Dean of the former College of Arts and Sciences. Jonathan has been recognized for outstanding teaching, and he received an award for mentoring from students in Psychology.
Student Vice President: Chinwendu Amazu
Chinwendu Amazu is a Meyerhoff Scholar at UMBC majoring in Biochemistry whose professional goal is to earn an MD and Ph.D. in the biomedical sciences. She has served as a Research Intern at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Chinwe has participated in several research conferences in biochemistry, and she is co-author of a forthcoming publication.
These new members join the current members of the Executive Committee:
Marilyn Demorest, President
Eileen Patton, Past President
Deirdre Parsons, Vice-President UM
Kelsey Krach, Student Vice-President
Connie Pierson, Secretary
Beth Wells, Public Relations Officer
Maureen Mccormick, Scholarships and Awards Officer
Peter Andes, Executive Committee Assistant
President-Elect: Simon P. Stacey
Simon Stacey came to UMBC in 2005 as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science. He served as the Associate Director of the Honors College from 2007 to 2011 and was appointed Director in 2012. Simon holds a doctoral degree from the Department of Politics at Princeton University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. He is recognized as a dynamic classroom teacher, who has advised hundreds of students and organized numerous programs and co-curricular activities.
Vice President—UMBC: Jonathan C. Finkelstein
Jonathan Finkelstein is Associate Dean, Emeritus, of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and a charter member of the UM-UMBC chapter. He received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Chicago. Jonathan began his career at UMBC as Assistant Professor of Psychology in 1971 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1977. He served as Associate Chair of the Department of Psychology before becoming Associate Dean of the former College of Arts and Sciences. Jonathan has been recognized for outstanding teaching, and he received an award for mentoring from students in Psychology.
Student Vice President: Chinwendu Amazu
Chinwendu Amazu is a Meyerhoff Scholar at UMBC majoring in Biochemistry whose professional goal is to earn an MD and Ph.D. in the biomedical sciences. She has served as a Research Intern at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Chinwe has participated in several research conferences in biochemistry, and she is co-author of a forthcoming publication.
These new members join the current members of the Executive Committee:
Marilyn Demorest, President
Eileen Patton, Past President
Deirdre Parsons, Vice-President UM
Kelsey Krach, Student Vice-President
Connie Pierson, Secretary
Beth Wells, Public Relations Officer
Maureen Mccormick, Scholarships and Awards Officer
Peter Andes, Executive Committee Assistant
