Appointments and Relocations

Yolanda Gayol was named program director of distance education at the Graduate School. In her new position, Gayol will provide oversight of the development, direction, and promotion of the Master of Distance Education Program, teach three courses per year, recruit and monitor adjunct faculty, and advise students. Previously, she worked as an online faculty member at Athabasca University (Canada), in the global distance learning network at the World Bank, and as distance education specialist at the InterAmerican Development Bank. Gayol also was distance education coordinator at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and associate academic director of the distance education project Educom. Gayol has a doctoral degree in adult education, specializing in distance education, from the Pennsylvania State University.

Husein Abdul-Hamid joined UMUC as director of course evaluations. He has a PhD in statistics and an MS in computer science from American University. Prior to joining UMUC, Abdul-Hamid worked at American University as assistant professor of statistics and manager of the Social Science Research Center, and at the World Bank.

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