Journalism

Joe Danczuk ’15 was enrolled at UMD for all of a day when he met Christina Germano Danczuk ’15 at a dinner their roommates organized at their adjacent off-campus apartments. Christina had an intellectual air and was friendly. Joe created an altogether different impression.

For more than a decade, entrepreneur Lauren Banyar Reich ’02 worked for public relations agencies in New York City.

Briana A. Thomas M.A. ’17 has been published in Washingtonian Magazine, the historic Afro-American newspaper, and the Washington Post throughout her journalism career.

Natalie Knight-Griffin ’24, from Ellicott City, MD, is an intended environmental sciences and policy major.

Pallavi Guha Ph.D. ’18 is an assistant professor of journalism at Towson University in Towson, Maryland.

Following 10 years of newspaper and magazine reporting and editing, including stints at The Wall Street Journal and Nation's Business magazine in Washington, DC, Irelan ‘60 spent 32 years in public relations for a Fortune 500 family of companies. 

Ashley Sundquist ‘09 has a passion for service, and she found her calling when she noticed a need for help in the homeless community in her home of Santa Monica, California.