Staff

General Information

Office: 7800 York Road, Suite 134
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Phone: 410-704-4677
Fax: 410-704-4916
E-mail:

Mailing Information

Towson University
Honors College
7800 York Road building, Suite 134
8000 York Road
Towson, MD 21252-0001

OFFICE
7800 York Road 134F

Professor Terry Cooney, Ph.D. came to Towson University as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and professor of history in 2006, serving as CLA Dean until 2020. In 2011, he served as Acting Provost and Academic Vice President of the university. In 2014, he became the head of the Honors College as well, and he continues as Rector and member of the faculty. Professor Cooney graduated from Harvard College and completed his Ph.D. at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He joined the University of Puget Sound as a faculty member in 1976 and remained there for thirty years, serving as Department Chair in History, Associate Academic Dean, Academic Vice President and Dean of the university, and Acting President. His research exploring mid-twentieth century US history resulted in several articles and two books: The Rise of the New York Intellectuals, and Balancing Acts: American Thought and Culture in the 1930’s.

OFFICES
7800 York Road 134A
Liberal Arts 3230

Alison Rios Millett McCartney, Ph.D. is a professor of political science in the Department of Political Science. A member of the Towson University faculty for over 20 years, she has served as director of the international studies program, chair of the Faculty Committee on Service-Learning, co-founder of the TU-Baltimore County Public Schools Model United Nations program, co-founder of the Undergraduate Research Club, and member of the Latinx Faculty Staff Association. Professor McCartney won the University of Maryland Regents Award for mentoring in 2009, the Maryland-D.C. Campus Compact Service-Learning Scholarship in 2012, the TU Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty Member Award in 2015, the BTU Partnership Award and the Campus Compact Mid-Atlantic P20 Partnership Award in 2018, and the Distinguished Service Award from the APSA Political Science Education section in 2020. Her publications include co-editing three books on civic engagement education - Teaching Civic Engagement Globally (2021), Teaching Civic Engagement Across the Disciplines (2017), and Teaching Civic Engagement: From Student to Active Citizen (2013) - and many other book chapters, articles, and webinars on civic engagement education, undergraduate education, and contemporary German foreign policy. Her teaching interests include undergraduate research, civic engagement, European politics, foreign policy, and international relations. She is a member of the American Political Science Association (APSA) and past president of the Political Science Education section of APSA.

OFFICE
7800 York Road 134C


Margo Stebbins came to Towson University as Coordinator of Student Leadership in spring of 2022. Shortly after, she became the Director of Co-Curricular Programs and Constituent Relationships, in fall of 2022. Margo graduated from York College of Pennsylvania with a degree in Criminal Justice B.S. in 2020. She completed her masters at the University of Northern Colorado in Higher Education Student Affairs Leadership in 2022. She joined University of Northern Colorado, serving as the Coordinator of Communication, Programming, and Advising for the Center for Honors, Scholars, and Leadership, in 2020. While there, she also held positions at Aims Community College, working in Student Equity, and Case Western Reserve University Residents Life Office. Margo is also serving as the advisor for Towson Chapter of Phi Sigma Pi.

OFFICE
7800 York Road 134B

Adam Rudolphi, Ph.D. earned a B.A. in History summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from The Catholic University of America in 2001. While at CUA, Dr. Rudolphi was a student in the University Honors Program, where he earned the distinction University Scholar, under its founding director, the late Dr. Ingrid Merkel. From CUA, Dr. Rudolphi began to pursue art history at the graduate level, earning an M.A. from the University of Delaware in 2005 and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2013. Dr. Rudolphi has taught courses covering the entire history of Western art from cave paintings to Kehinde Wiley at several institutions in the Mid-Atlantic region, and has lectured on his research interests (iconography, Classical art and literature, and Early Modern Italian art, 1260–1675) both in-person and virtually. Since joining the Honors College as Coordinator for Admissions and Enrollment in December 2022, Dr. Rudolphi has worked to use his skills as an art historian to advance knowledge of the Lieberman Collection, make Honors an even more inclusive space, and pay forward all the support, encouragement, and guidance he received as an undergraduate at CUA from Dr. Merkel and the other leaders of its University Honors Program.

OFFICE

7800 York Road 134

 

Alana Gregory is a Towson University 2021 alumni who received her Bachelors of Arts in English with a concentration in Secondary Education. Alana served as a teaching intern for Baltimore County Public Schools at Holabird Middle School and Pikesville High School before graduating. Continuing her path in the field of education, Alana taught tenth and eleventh grade English at Maurice J. McDonough High School in Charles County, Maryland for the 2021-2022 school year. Alana became the Honors College’s Executive Administrative Assistant in August of 2022. Alana has since been admitted to Morgan State University and intends to pursue a Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration for the fall 2023 semester. She is doing so to better her understanding around retention and the ever developing landscape of college campuses across the country.

HOMETOWN
Howell, NJ

GRADUATE PROGRAM
Biology

HOMETOWN
Timonium, MD

 

MAJOR
International Studies

MINORS
History and Political Science

HOMETOWN
Hagerstown, MD

 

MAJOR
Computer Science

HOMETOWN
North Potomac, MD

 

MAJOR
Psychology

MINOR
Creative Writing

HOMETOWN
Lagos, Nigeria

 

MAJOR
Nursing

MINOR
Entrepreneurship

HOMETOWN
Silver Spring, MD

MAJOR
Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology

 

Student Office Assistants

Nataly Loza ’25

Cynthia Moregbuniwe ’25

Daniah Moultrie ’25