Our Team

Abigail McEwen (she/her/hers), Associate Professor in the Department of Art History and Archaeology, is the Faculty Director of Carillon Communities and leads Carillon's Art & Activism community. Her research and teaching interests span the modern Americas, with emphasis on the art of twentieth-century Cuba and Puerto Rico, the transnational history of abstraction, and the postwar avant-garde. McEwen came to Carillon as an Undergraduate Studies Faculty Fellow in 2017-18 and has offered Art & Activism since 2018. She previously served as Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Department of Art History and Archaeology (2017-20) and has mentored students through the Undergraduate Technology Apprenticeship Program (College of Arts & Humanities) and the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program. As Faculty Director, she supports the continuing development of Big Question courses and their team projects as well as faculty-driven events and cross-community student engagement.

Dr. Leeanne Dunsmore is the Director of Strategic Initiatives for the Office of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Maryland. In this role she oversees the Carillon Living-Learning program, the First Year Book program and the UGST-wide orientation and professional development program aligned with Terrapin Strong. 

Prior to this role she served as the Director for Education Abroad at the University of Maryland. She previously was a Senior Educational Advisor for the U.S. Department of State, and launched the U.S Study Abroad Branch in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. She also served as the Associate Dean in the School of International Service at American University. She received her B.A. in international relations and business from the College of Wooster, her M.A. in international political economy from American University and a Doctorate in Global Education from the University of Southern California.