Alumni

Benjamin Ertman '18

Ben is an English teacher with the Ameson Education and Cultural Foundation and is based in Jinhua City, Zhejiang, China.
Kati Peditto '15

Kati is pusuing a PhD in Human Behavior from Cornell University with an expected graduation in 2019. She is a AIA Tuttle Graduate Fellow in Health Facility Planning and Design at The American Institute of Architects and is currently investigating the influence of the hospital environment on social support for adolescents and young adults with cancer. During the summer of 2016 Kati ran across the USA as part of the 4K for Cancer organized by the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults. She received the Don Stabile Alumni Doctoral Scholarship from SMCM in 2017.
Marian Stukes '09

Marian Stukes earned a MS in Clinical Counseling at Johns Hopkins University in 2012. As a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), National Certified Counselor (NCC), and Certified Anger Management Specialist (CAMS-II), in 2018 she opened a private practice, Flames of Change Counseling, LLC.
Maya Cosentino ‘09

Maya Cosentino earned a MD at Witten/Herdecke University in Germany, where she was an active advocate of new ways in health care and supporting the development of her school’s integrative medicine curriculum. In September 2018, she began a residency position in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Bern, Switzerland.
Esther Adetunji ’08

“I had the most amazing, intelligent, and challenging professors. They pushed me to learn more and they encouraged me to the extent where I never saw or considered Psychology as a chore, but instead it was a vastly mesmerizing and interesting field I couldn't get enough of.” Esther earned a JD from Boston College Law School in 2011. She is a senior staff attorney with Bread for the City in Southeast, D.C.
Leo Schlosnagle '06

Leo Schlosnagle earned a PhD in lifespan developmental psychology from West Virginia University in 2011. He is an assistant professor of psychology at Utah Valley University and his research interests include disability, health, aging, judgment and decision making, and program evaluation. He teaches courses in lifespan development and infant and child development.

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Graduates of the psychology department have gone on to pursue graduate degrees in many different fields. View our alumni updates/careers database here!

These are just a few of their chosen institutions:

Dartmouth College
Drexel University
Johns Hopkins University
Harvard University
Michigan State University
Loyola University of Maryland
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
University of Maryland School of Social Work
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Alumni work in a variety of fields, including but not limited to:

Aviation administration
Counseling (e.g., mental health, marriage & family, school, rehabilitation)
Communications (e.g., web designers, advertising and social media specialists)
Education (pre-K – higher education)
Human Resources
Law
Library Science
Marketing
Medicine (e.g., doctors, nurses, veterinarians)
Neuroscience
Occupational and Physical Therapy
Public Health
Research (e.g., analysts, associates, technicians, graduate school fellows)
Social Work
United States Armed Forces

No matter what path and field they chose, our alumni consistently say that their background in psychology has been extremely helpful in the workplace because it helps them to better understand the people they work with and serve. Read feedback from our alumni here.

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Recent Alumni Updates:

Ellen Airozo ’17 is a program coordinator at Soccer Without Borders.

Eliza Appleton ’17 is a behavior data specialist (BDS) at Kennedy Krieger Institute.

Kassidy Bell ’18 is an epilepsy research technician at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Christian Harris ’18 is pursuing a MSW from University of Maryland, Baltimore with an expected graduation in 2020.

Kelsey Hancock ’18 is an outdoor program specialist at Girl Scouts Nation’s Capital.

Grace Headley ’18 is pusuing a MS in Behavior Analysis at Simmons College with an expected graduation in 2020. She works for the May Institute as a behavior therapist with kids with autism in Boston Public Schools.

Amy Gorovoy ’17 is a marketing assistant at Shaker & Spoon in NY.

Lara Holmes ’18 is the Coordinator of Student Engagement at SMCM.

Nabiha Kasmani ’18 is a certified nursing assistant (CNA) at MedStar in St. Mary’s County.

Minjee Kim ’18 is pursuing a MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Johns Hopkins University with an expected graduation in 2020. She is interning as a research assistant in the Pediatric Psychology Lab at UMBC and working as program lead at C2 Education.

Estela Martinez ’18 is pursuing a MAT at SMCM with an expected graduation in 2019.

Maxwell Madden ’18 is pursuing a PhD in Neuroscience from UMD Baltimore with an expected graduation in 2024.

Shelby Melton ’18 is pursuing a MAT (music education & special education) at SMCM with an expected graduation in 2019.

Julia Monro ’17 is a language assistant for Meddaeas (a Spanish organization with presence in five countries that provides support to bilingual teaching in educational centers, in order to improve students’ foreign language skills) in Barcelona, Spain.

Sarah Muscolino ’18 is pursuing a PsyD in Clinical Psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology with an expected graduation in 2023. She is currently a cat care scheduler for Calvert Animal Welfare League.

Whittni Pickens ’18 is pursuing a MA in Counseling from Towson University with an expected graduation in 2020.

Caroline Robertson ’18 is pursuing a MS in Clinical Professional Counseling from Loyola Univversity of Maryland with an expected graduation in 2021. She is a qualitative analyst for Ripple Effect Communications which provides professional consulting services focused exclusively in scientific research and health care spaces supporting federal government.

Stephanie Schindler ’18 is pursuing an accelerated teaching certificate (education/teaching of individuals in elementary special education programs) at the Notre Dame University of Maryland. She is a Counselor I for Therapeautic Recreation Services at Calvert County Parks and Recreation.

Rachel Solomon ’17 is a diversity and inclusion coordinator for Pathways, Inc.

Madison Tacka ’18 is a therapeutic support specialist for Catholic Charities of Baltimore.

Serena Zhang ’18 is a research fellow at National Institutes of Health.