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. Coordinates: 33°45′10″N 84°23′10″W / 33.75278°N 84.38611°W / 33.75278; -84.38611

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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Georgia State University.

• GSU official website