ENGAGED MEDIA is supported by the Center for Democracy and Civic Life, with the goal of creating a more engaged, informed, and civically empowered student body through the active production of student-run media.
As part of the mission of Engaged Media, assistant director Ann Tropea supports the Student Media Collective — a self-governed charter organization of three individual student-run media groups that include: The Retriever, WMBC, and Bartleby.
Student Media Collective Executive Board | FY 2026
- Arpa Shahnazarian, Editor-in-Chief, The Retriever
- Cheyenne Payne, Managing Editor, The Retriever
- Spencer Woodbury, Station Manager, WMBC
- Jenny Pham, Assistant Station Manager, WMBC
- Andrew Coulbourne, Senior Editor, Bartleby
- Jahnavi Das, Junior Managing Editor, Bartleby
- Ann Tropea, Assistant Director for Engaged Media
Engaged Media also provides related, media-centered programming and research that fosters collaboration across the UMBC campus through partnerships with staff, faculty, students, alumni, and academic departments.