Faculty in Mathematics
BS, Morgan State University; MS, Johns Hopkins University
Native of Baltimore, Maryland. Elementary and secondary education was through the Baltimore City public school system. He attended Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and later moved on to Morgan State University and The Johns Hopkins University. His academic background is in Industrial Engineering, Environmental Science, and Civil/Environmental Engineering (STEM Education focus). Current research is in culturally responsive teaching in mathematics & engineering and meaningful outreach design for pre-mathematics & engineering students.
Faculty in Mathematics
BA, BS, College of William and Mary; MEd, Lesley University
Faculty in Biology
BS, Providence College; PhD, University of Notre Dame
(Dr.) Richard Kurker, Jr., is a biochemist who holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and a Writing Minor from Providence College (Liberal Arts Honors Program) in Providence, RI. He earned his doctorate in Biochemistry with a specialization in protein biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, working with the bacterial oxygen-producing protein chlorite dismutase. Since completing his terminal degree, he has taught chemistry, biology, and graduate biochemistry at Manchester Community College, Quinnipiac University, and the University of Baltimore. He has also tutored online in chemistry and writing, as well as at a high school in the English Language Learner (ELL) program. In addition, he completed a postdoc at Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), working on the virology and vaccine development of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV).
Faculty in Biology
BS, Providence College; PhD, University of Notre Dame
(Dr.) Richard Kurker, Jr., is a biochemist who holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and a Writing Minor from Providence College (Liberal Arts Honors Program) in Providence, RI. He earned his doctorate in Biochemistry with a specialization in protein biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, working with the bacterial oxygen-producing protein chlorite dismutase. Since completing his terminal degree, he has taught chemistry, biology, and graduate biochemistry at Manchester Community College, Quinnipiac University, and the University of Baltimore. He has also tutored online in chemistry and writing, as well as at a high school in the English Language Learner (ELL) program. In addition, he completed a postdoc at Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), working on the virology and vaccine development of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV).
Faculty in Mathematics
BS, BMS, Taiyuan University of Technology; MS, University of West Florida; PhD candidate, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Faculty in Mathematics
BA, MAT, Morgan State University
Faculty in Mathematics
BS, MEd, Towson University; PhD, University of Maryland, College Park
Faculty in Chemistry
BA, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Faculty in Technology and Design
BA, Savannah College of Art and Design; AAS, ITT Technical Institute; MA, Savannah College of Art and Design
