List of Georgia State University people
This is a list of Georgia State University people. Georgia State University is an urban research university in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1913, it serves a diverse population of approximately 32,000[1] students, and is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities. The current university president is Mark P. Becker.
Notable alumni
- ABRA, musician, actress
- Yolo Akili, activist, writer, and emotional health advocate
- Amalia Amaki, artist and art historian
- Sandra Lynn Barnes, educator, sociologist and author
- Keisha Lance Bottoms, second female, and current Mayor of Atlanta
- Coy Bowles, musician, Zac Brown Band
- David Brown, former host of public radio show Marketplace
- John Burke, Grammy-nominated pianist and composer
- Max Burns, former Congressman, Georgia 12th District
- Ann-Marie Campbell, President, Southern Division, The Home Depot
- Joey Cape, musician, Lagwagon
- Benita Carr, photographer
- Dru Castro, musician, Grammy winner
- Brad Cohen, teacher and author of Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had
- Kat Cole, COO of Cinnabon
- Lanard Copeland, former NBA player, later famous for playing in the National Basketball League (Australia)
- Paul Coverdell, late US Senator from Georgia (attended)
- Shamari DeVoe, lead singer of Blaque
- Amy Dumas, professional wrestler better known by her ring name Lita (attended)
- William DuVall, lead singer of Alice in Chains[2]
- Douglas Edwards, America's first network news anchor
- William M. Fields, primatologist
- Louie Giglio, pastor, author
- Predrag Gosta, conductor and artistic director
- Tamyra Gray, actress, musician
- Matthew Hilger, professional poker player and author
- Kim Hoeckele, artist
- Mary Hood, author
- Hank Huckaby, Georgia Representative and Chancellor of the University System of Georgia
- Jerry Huckaby, former U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 5th congressional district, received aMaster of Business Administration degree
- RJ Hunter, professional basketball player
- Henry Jenkins, Director, MIT Comparative Media Studies
- Jan Jones, Speaker Pro Tempore in the Georgia State Legislature
- Simran Judge, American-Indian model and actor
- Maya Kalle-Bentzur (born 1958), Israeli Olympic runner and long jumper
- John C. Knapp, President of Washington & Jefferson College
- Farooq Kperogi, journalist, media scholar at Kennesaw State University
- Lance Krall, actor
- Ken Lewis, CEO of Bank of America
- Anya Liftig, performance artist
- Sean Linkenback, author
- Ludacris, musician, actor
- Wil Lutz, NFL player
- Sheryl McCollum, professor, crime analyst, non-profit founder/director
- Laurie Meili, CFO of Gamma Phi Beta sorority[3]
- Corrina Sephora Mensoff, artist
- Jere Morehead, 22nd and current president of the University of Georgia[4]
- Rodger Nishioka, professor of Christian education
- Sam Massell, former mayor of Atlanta
- Amber Nash, comedian and actress, provides the voice of Pam Poovey on Archer[5]
- Michael Nix, Executive Director of the Georgia Emergency Communication Authority[6]
- Vladimir Petrović, Serbian ambassador to the United States
- Jody Powell, White House Press Secretary, 1977–1980
- Lockett Pundt, guitarist for Deerhunter
- Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State during the 2020 United States presidential election
- Marco Restrepo, musician
- Glenn Richardson, former Speaker, Georgia House of Representatives
- Julia Roberts, actress (attended) [7]
- Bryant Rogowski, former professional wrestler who used the stage name Bryant Anderson
- Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, primatologist at GSU's Language Research Centre
- Charles Shapiro, former ambassador to Venezuela, Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US State Department
- Caleb Spivak, actor, model, and entrepreneur
- Andy Stanley, church planter, pastor, and author
- Todd Starnes, author
- Ray Stevens, musician
- Sarah Tiana, comedian, actress
- Will Turpin, bassist for Collective Soul
- Beth Van Fleet, AVP beach volleyball professional player
- Lynn Westmoreland, United States Representative
- Albert Wilson, NFL player
Notable faculty
- Arun Rai, Editor-in-Chief of Management Information Systems Quarterly
- Raffi Besalyan, pianist
- David Bottoms, Georgia's Poet Laureate
- Lakeyta Bonnette-Bailey[8]
- Virginia Spencer Carr, biographer
- Nancy Grace, former prosecutor and current host on CourtTV and CNN (former instructor, no current appointment at GSU)[9]
- Beth Gylys, poet
- Asa Hilliard
- Colleen McEdwards, anchor on CNN International
- Donald Ratajczak, economist
- Akinyele Umoja
- Robert Scott Thompson
- Vijay Vaishnavi, computer information systems researcher and scholar
References
- "GSU enrolls more than 30,000 students this fall".
- Dickens, Tad (May 12, 2014). "In 2nd incarnation, rockers Alice in Chains embrace the differences". The Roanoke Times.
- "Professional Staff". Gemma Pha Beta.
- Diamond, Laura (January 28, 2013). "UGA insider sole finalist to be next president". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on February 8, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
- Nash, Amber. "Dad's Garage". Dad's Garage. Archived from the original on 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
- https://dor.georgia.gov/press-releases/2017-06-08/deal-announces-creation-local-government-9-1-1-authority. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - "Julia Roberts Educational Background". EDU in Review. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
- "Lakeyta Bonnette-Bailey". College of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
- "Nancy Grace's Bio on CourtTV". Archived from the original on June 19, 2006. Retrieved June 23, 2006.
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