UMUC Asia - Staff Biographies

JENNY AGARIJO Academic Advisor - Okinawa
Jenny Agarijo earned a B.A. in Child and Adolescent Development from California State University, Northridge (CSUN) in June 2005. From 2000-2005 Jenny worked at CSUN as the Paraprofessional Lead Proctoring Assistant at the Center on Students with Disabilities and held a position as an Administrative Assistant at the Credential Prep Office. Before arriving in Asia, Jenny was the Vice President of Operations for a wholesale company located in Los Angeles, California.

MATTHEW ALTMAN Assistant Dean
Mr. Altman earned a B.A. in physics and astronomy from The John Hopkins University, an M.S. in physics from Northwestern University, and a J.D. and M.I.P. in law and intellectual property from the Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, New Hampshire. He taught as a graduate student at Northwestern University, and also held a position as a software training consultant and network database developer with a Chicago firm. He joined the UMUC faculty in 1999 and has taught a variety of Computer Studies courses in Okinawa, the Tokyo area, and in the UMUC Asia distance education program. In addition to his teaching, he is a part-time public interest attorney and member of the D.C. Bar. He received a faculty development grant from the University System of Maryland to test the feasibility of an Informational Technology clinic in Okinawa. Mr. Altman has served as Director, Computer Studies, and Director, Institutional Research, for UMUC Asia and assumed his current position in July 2007.