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Office of the President

Elliot Hirshman, Ph.D.
Elliot Hirshman, Ph.D.
President, ¶ºÄÌÊÓƵ

Dear Students and Families,

Welcome to ¶ºÄÌÊÓƵ, and thank you for taking the time to learn more about us. We have a phrase here—“It’s a great day to be a Mustangâ€â€”and this phrase summarizes the spirit of our campus. Ours is a community centered on our students’ success, providing them with exceptional experiences, and connections to successful careers.

Here you will find exceptional experiences that allow you to grow and develop, explore new interests, and fully realize your potential. Imagine traveling abroad to explore the ecosystems of a tropical rainforest; creating fashions that will be exhibited on a New York runway; or scoring a goal that secures your team the conference championship. These experiences and more are available at Stevenson.

Producing career-ready graduates has always been central to our mission. Through a process that includes career exploration and professional preparation, we connect you with career paths and foster the skills and mindset needed for professional advancement. When you walk across the stage as a graduating senior at commencement, you will have more than just a degree from Stevenson. You will have career direction and the confidence needed for success in your chosen field.

Lastly, becoming a Stevenson Mustang means you are part of a close-knit community that will support you from day one and help you achieve your vision of success. Our mission is to help you grow, discover, and realize your aspirations. Here you will find the guidance and support to do this—whether you want to develop your leadership skills, explore your passion for the arts, serve our community, conduct your own research, or pursue a career-defining internship. You will find mentors in our faculty, staff, and coaches, and, through our campus’ rich social and cultural life, you will make connections and friendships that will last a lifetime.

Our website contains many resources for you to learn about Stevenson. I encourage you to visit our beautiful campus, meet our students and faculty, and see for yourself the outstanding opportunities, activities, and facilities that Stevenson offers.

With best wishes for your college search,

Elliot Hirshman, Ph.D.
President, ¶ºÄÌÊÓƵ

Elliot Hirshman, Ph.D.

Stevenson welcomed its seventh president, Elliot Hirshman, Ph.D., on July 3, 2017. Dr. Hirshman has more than 35 years of experience in higher education, and he previously served as president of San Diego State University (SDSU) before becoming president of ¶ºÄÌÊÓƵ. Prior to Dr. Hirshman’s appointment at SDSU, he served as provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). He also served as Chief Research Officer at the George Washington University and chaired the Department of Psychology there and at the University of Colorado at Denver. He began his academic career, rising to the rank of full professor, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

During his time at Stevenson, Dr. Hirshman has worked with colleagues to develop Stevenson’s campus, expanding indoor and outdoor spaces for student life and recreation; adding new academic facilities; and developing the university’s 117-acre East campus. In addition, he has worked to create more career-focused academic programs and exceptional opportunities for students’ professional development, including the university’s B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Professional Minors programs, and Stevenson’s first doctoral program, the Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology.

Education

B.A., Economics and Mathematics, Summa Cum Laude1979-1983Yale University
M.A., Cognitive Psychology1983-1984University of California, Los Angeles
Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology
Minor Areas: Personality Psychology, Quantitative Psychology
1984-1987University of California, Los Angeles
Post-Doctoral Fellow
National Institute of Mental Health
1987-1989New York University

Professional Positions

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              President
2017-present
San Diego State University
              President
2011-2017
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
              Provost and Senior Vice-President
2008-2011
George Washington University
              Chief Research Officer
2005-2008
George Washington University
              Chair, Department of Psychology
2002-2005
University of Colorado at Denver
              Chair, Department of Psychology
2000-2002
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
              Special Assistant to the Provost
1998-1999
Arizona State University
              American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow
              Office of the Provost and President
1997-1998

Academic Positions

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              Professor of Psychology
2017-present
San Diego State University
              Professor of Psychology
2011-2017
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
              Professor of Psychology
2008-2011
George Washington University
              Professor of Psychology
2002-2008
University of Colorado at Denver
              Professor of Psychology
2000-2002
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
              Professor of Psychology
2000-2000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
              Associate Professor of Psychology
1995-2000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
              Assistant Professor of Psychology
1989-1995

Select Leadership and Board Service

  • Member, Northwest Hospital Board of Directors (2022-Present)
  • Member, Garrison Forest Corridor Task Force (2021-Present)
  • Member At-Large, Board of Directors, Owings Mills Corporate Roundtable (2021-Present)
  • Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, Maryland Independent College and University Association (2019-Present)
  • Chair, Board of Directors, San Diego State University Research Foundation (2011-2017)
  • Member, Board of Directors, The Campanile Foundation (2011-2017)
  • Member, Chairman’s Competitiveness Council (A partnership of the San Diego Regional Economic Development Council, the San Diego Chamber of Commerce and CONNECT) (2011-2015)
  • Chair, Board of Directors, Mountain West Athletic Conference (2015-2016)
  • Member, Board of Directors, Mountain West Athletic Conference (2011-2017)
  • Member, Executive Committee, Commission on Access, Diversity and Excellence (CADE), Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) (2011-2014)
  • Co-Chair, California State University Task Force on a Sustainable Financial Model (2014-2015)
  • Chair, Council of Vice Presidents and Deans, UMBC (2008-2011)
  • Co-Chair, American East Athletic Conference Strategic Planning-Academic Integrity and Achievement Sub-Committee (2009-2010)
  • Member, State of Maryland College Success Task Force (2009-2010)
  • Chair, Advisory Board, Alex Brown Center for Entrepreneurship at UMBC (2008-2011)
  • Member, University System of Maryland Task Force on Research and Economic Competitiveness (2008-2009)

Selected Honors

  • Fellow, American Psychological Association
  • American Council on Education Fellow
  • Joseph Gengerelli Outstanding Dissertation Award, University of California, Los Angeles
  • James McKeen Cattell Outstanding Dissertation Award, New York Academy of Sciences
  • Regents Fellowship, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Distinction in the Major, Economics and Mathematics, Yale University
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Maryland Daily Record 2022 Power 30 in Higher Education

Selected Publications

Scientific

Hirshman, E. (1988) The expectation-violation effect: Paradoxical effects of Semantic Relatedness. Journal of Memory and Language, 27, 40-58.

Hirshman, E. & Bjork, R. (1988) The generation effect: Support for a two-factor theory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition, 14, 484-494.

Hirshman, E., Trembath, D. & Mulligan, N. (1994) Theoretical implications of the mnemonic benefits of perceptual interference. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition, 20, 608-620.

Hirshman, E. (1995) Decision processes in recognition memory: Criterion shifts and the list strength paradigm. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition, 21, 302-313.

Hirshman, E. & Master, S. (1997) Modeling the conscious correlates of recognition memory: Reflections on the Remember-Know paradigm. Memory & Cognition, 25, 345-352.

Hirshman, E. & Henzler, A. (1998) The role of decision processes in conscious memory. Psychological Science, 9, 61-64.

Hirshman, E., Passannante, A. & Arndt, J. (2001) Midazolam amnesia and conceptual processing in implicit memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 130, 453-465.

Hirshman, E. (2004) The Psychopharmacology of Memory and Cognition: Promises, Pitfalls and a Methodological Framework. Psychology of Learning and Motivation (Ed.) B. Ross, Vol. 45, 253-271.

Wharton,W., Hirshman, E., Merritt, P., Doyle, L., Paris, S., & Gleason, C. (2008) Oral contraceptives and androgenicity: Influences on visuospatial task performance in younger individuals. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 16, 156-164.

Stangl, B., Hirshman, E. & Verbalis, J. (2011) Administration of dehydroepianrosterone (DHEA) enhances visual-spatial processing in post-menopausal women. Behavioral Neuroscience, 125(5), 742-752.

Administrative Leadership

Hirshman, E. (1998) A national study of private fundraising for graduate fellowships. CASE Currents, July-August, 54-60.

Hirshman, E. & Hrabowski, F. (2011) The Imperative of Institutional Culture Change. Chronicle of Higher Education, January 16.

Hirshman, E. (2016) Technology: Reshaping Economy and Educational Goals. EDUCAUSE Review, 51.

Administration

President’s Cabinet

Elliot Hirshman, Ph.D.
President
Susan T. Gorman, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President,
Academic Affairs and Provost
Antionette Marbray
Vice President, Legal Affairs and Government Relations
Mary Beth Schiller-Schwenke
Chief Financial Officer and Controller
James Mustard
Vice President, Administration and Facilities
Lauree Woodring
Chief of Staff
Mark J. Hergan
Vice President,
Enrollment Management
David C. Jordan
Vice President,
Human Resources
John Buettner
Vice President,
Marketing and Digital Communications
Andre Williams
Vice President,
Student Affairs
Christopher Vaughan
Vice President,
University Advancement
Brett Adams
Director of Athletics

Board of Trustees

2024-2025

Arthur F. Bell, Jr., CPA
Managing Member and Owner
Belltower LLC

Sandra R. Berman
President
Sandra & Malcolm Berman Charitable Foundation

Robert D. Biagiotti, P.E.
Vice President, Asset and Core System Projects
Exelon Corp.

Barbara M. Bozzuto

Robert C. Brennan
Treasurer of the Board
Former Executive Director
Maryland Economic Development Corporation

Eric D. Brotman, CFP®, AEP®, CPWA®
CEO
BFG Financial Advisors

David A. Burrows, Jr. ’92 ’94 ’94 ’95 ’99M
President and Owner
Visual Integrators

Scott E. Dorsey
CEO
Merritt Companies

Vanessa Eluma ’05
Chief of Staff to the CEO
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

Karen P. Gibbs
President and Founder
The Gibbs Perspective

Nancy C. Hubble, GRI, CRS, ABR
Hubble Bisbee Christie’s International Real Estate

Sean A. Isaac, M.D.
President
Cooper Kettle Anesthesia

Brenda Bowe Johnson, Ph.D.
Vice President
The Language House, Inc.

Donna L. Kahoe ’99

Blaire Miller ’05
Ex officio
Senior Business Development Manager
Constellation

Meredith A. Mowen ’95
Managing Director
1919 Investment Counsel

Candace Osunsade
Global Chief People & Diversity Officer, Executive Vice President, Global People Resources
Catholic Relief Services

T. Scott Pugatch
Chair of the Board
President
Greenhill Properties, Inc.

Jennifer Ward Reynolds, CFA
Partner and Director
Ward Properties

Paul Mark Sandler, Esq.
Of Counsel
Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler

Margaret “Meg” Sheetz

Kathleen Sher
K Sher Consulting
Philanthropy, Marketing, and External Affairs Consultant

Anna L. Smith
Retired, M&T Bank

James B. Stradtner, CFA
Managing Partner
Century Private Investments LLC

Justin Towles ’05
Partner
JTR Strategies

Christopher Tsakalos ’03
H&S Family of Bakeries

Judith S. Waranch, Esq.
Managing Director
The Waranch Group, LLC

Orsia Foudos Young, Esq. ’79

President’s Advisory Council  

2024-2025

Marcus Aiello, CFP®, AIF® 
Complex Manager, Client Advisor, and Senior Vice President, Wealth Management
Aiello Kelly Wealth Management Group

Leonard Attman
President and Chairman
Attman Holdings, LLC
Chairman of the Board, FutureCare
Health and Management Corporation

Lisa Barnhill
Associate Broker
ABC Group
Angelozzi . Barnhill . Cummings
Berkshire Hathaway Homesale Realty

Rick Bastinelli
Centric Business Systems, Retired

Anirban Basu
Chairman and CEO
Sage Policy Group, Inc.

Ingrid L. Bortner
Professor Emeritus, Nursing Coordinator of International Travel Studies
The Community College of Baltimore County

Christina Struhar Bowman ’02
Principal
Clifton Larson Allen LLP

Aurelia Burt
Education Consultant

Kevin G. Byrnes

Alexander G. Campbell III
A.G. Campbell Advisory

Christopher Campbell
President & CEO
nxtMOVE Corporation

D. Keith Campbell
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Campbell and Company

Gail Chrzan
Senior Vice President
Blue & Obrecht Realty, LLC

Lee Coplan, FAIA
Chief Executive Officer
Hord Coplan Macht, retired

Samuel M. Dell III

Daniel F. Dent, CFA
Chairman, Portfolio Manager & Analyst
D. F. Dent and Company, Inc.

John Dinkel
Principal
Dinkel Business Development, LLC

Melissa Dueñas
Senior Vice President, Director of Communications and Marketing
Leidos

Jack Dunn IV
Retired Chairman and CEO
FTI Consulting

Jonathan E. Farber
Passive Capital Management, LLC

Pamela Felton

Mitchell F. Ford
The Ford Group at Morgan Stanley

Gigi Franyo, Ph.D.

Steven D. Frenkil, Esq.
Principal
Miles & Stockbridge

Susan J. Ganz
CEO
Lion Brothers Co., Inc.

Tere Geckle

Susan Guarnieri, MD

Rosemary K. Harder ’69

Savas J. Karas, CPA, MBA
Chief Technology Officer and Chief Transformation Officer
CAPREIT

Kathy Kimber

Ashley J. Lawrence, Esq. ’09
Associate Attorney
Cordell + Cordell

Elizabeth N. Lynott ’70
Realtor
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

Nick Mangione, Jr.
Vice President of Operations
Hilton Garden Inn and Hampton Inn Owings Mills

Carolee Martelle ’63 ’89 ’97

Robert G. Merrick III
Principal
Asset Strategy Consultants

Charlotte Modly, MD
Women’s Hospital Foundation

Donna Morrison ’74

Sheela Murthy, Esq.
Founder and President
Murthy Law Firm

David H. Nevins
President
Nevins & Associates, Chartered

Rhonda Overby
Chief Executive Officer
Camera Ready, Inc.

Todd Parchman
Partner
Parchman, Vaughan & Company, LLC

Marshall B. Paul, Esq.
Partner
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

T. Scott Pugatch
Chair of the Board
President
Greenhill Properties, Inc.

Barry Rascovar
Principal
BCR Communications LLC

Dennis F. Rasmussen
President
The Rasmussen Group, LLC

The Honorable Eileen M. Rehrmann
Eileen Rehrmann & Associates, Inc.

Owen J. Rouse, Jr.
Vice President of Investment Sales
MacKenzie Cos.

Lucy Rutishauser
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Sinclair Broadcast Group

Ben Shifrin
Head of School
Jemicy School

Jane Frankel Sims, Esq.
Managing Attorney
Sims & Campbell – Estates and Trusts

Stuart O. Simms, Esq.

Kevin D. Smith

Leonard Stoler
Len Stoler Automotive

Michelle Swanenburg ’87
Head of Human Resources and Vice President
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

Julie Szymaszek ’68

Vincent W. Talbert

Gilbert R. Trout
Director of Investment Real Estate
Trout Daniel & Associates LLC

Jo-Ellen Turner, Ed.D.

Sheila Walsh ’92 ’03M

Susan B. Wilfong ’70

The Honorable Robert A. Zirkin
Zirkin & Schmerling Law