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. 33°45′10″N 84°23′10″W / 33.75278°N 84.38611°W
Notable alumni
- Amalia Amaki, artist and art historian
- Coy Bowles, musician, Zac Brown Band
- David Brown, former host of public radio show Marketplace
- Max Burns, former Congressman, Georgia 12th District
- John Burke, pianist and composer
- Ann-Marie Campbell, President, Southern Division, The Home Depot
- Joey Cape, musician, Lagwagon
- 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)
- Amy Dumas, professional wrestler better known by her ring name Lita (attended)
- William DuVall, lead singer of Alice in Chains
- Douglas Edwards, America's first network news anchor
- William M. Fields, primatologist
- Louie Giglio, pastor and founder of the Passion Movement
- Predrag Gosta, conductor and artistic director of New Trinity Baroque, New Belgrade Opera, Makris Symphony Orchestra and Belgrade Baroque Academy, president of Makris Foundation
- Tamyra Gray, actress, musician
- Matthew Hilger, professional poker player and author
- 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, basketball player
- Henry Jenkins, Director, MIT Comparative Media Studies
- Jan Jones, Speaker Pro Tempore in the Georgia State Legislature
- Maya Kalle-Bentzur (born 1958), Israeli Olympic runner and long jumper
- John C. Knapp, President of Hope College
- Lance Krall, actor
- Ken Lewis, CEO of Bank of America
- Sean Linkenback, author
- Ludacris, musician, actor
- Rodger Nishioka, Christian educator and Professor of Christian education
- Sam Massell, former mayor of Atlanta
- Amber Nash, comedian and actress, provides the voice of Pam Poovey on Archer[2]
- Vladimir Petrović, Serbian ambassador to the United States
- Jody Powell, White House Press Secretary, 1977–1980
- Lockett Pundt, guitarist for Deerhunter
- Marco Restrepo, musician
- Glenn Richardson, former Speaker, Georgia House of Representatives
- Julia Roberts, actress (attended) [3]
- Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, primatologist at GSU's Language Research Centre
- Charles Shapiro, former ambassador to Venezuela, Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US State Department
- Andy Stanley, church planter, pastor and 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, Management Information Systems Quarterly
- V Kumar, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Marketing
- Raffi Besalyan, pianist
- David Bottoms, Georgia's Poet Laureate
- Virginia Spencer Carr, biographer
- Nancy Grace, former prosecutor and current host on CourtTV and CNN (former instructor, no current appointment at GSU)[4]
- 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".
- ^ Nash, Amber. "Dad's Garage". Dad's Garage.
- ^ "Julia Roberts Educational Background". EDU in Review. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
- ^ "Nancy Grace's Bio on CourtTV". Retrieved June 23, 2006.
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