Connie Pierson and the UMBC mascot, True Grit, standing arm in arm and pointing at the camera.

Meet a Retriever—Connie Pierson ’90, M.A. ’92, associate vice provost for institutional research

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Meet Connie Pierson ’90, M.A. ’92, a double alum—earning her bachelor’s degree in economics and sociology in 1990 and her M.A. in applied sociology in 1992—and UMBC’s current associate vice provost for Institutional Research. In total, Connie has spent 31 non-consecutive years at UMBC as both a student and staff member. After leaving the university to earn her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a short stint at the U.S. Census Bureau, Connie returned to UMBC in 1999 for a job in the Office of Institutional Research, Analysis, and Decision Support where she has been… Continue Reading Meet a Retriever—Connie Pierson ’90, M.A. ’92, associate vice provost for institutional research