Associate Director
Career and Alumni Services

2101 Van Munching Hall
College Park, MD 20742
(Phone) 301-405-4845
(Fax) 301-403-4675
bkempton@umd.edu

C. Bryan Kempton, associate director for Career Services and Alumni Relations, coordinates all employment and internship services for School of Public Policy (SPP) students and alumni, including career counseling, career preparation programs and the development of employment opportunities in the public, private and nonprofit sectors.

Kempton brings a wealth of career development experience to the School. In his nine years of experience in higher education, he served in a variety of roles at various campuses including the University of Maryland. Prior to SPP, he served for four years as a Program Director at the Career Center. His duties there included serving as the office's academic liaison for the Colleges of Education and Health and Human Performance. He also spearheaded career services for students with disabilities and coordinated large campus-wide initiatives such as the Career Series.

Before coming to the University of Maryland, Kempton was a Counselor/Programmer in the office of Career Planning and Placement at the University of Michigan. In Ann Arbor, he served as a pre-medical and pre-law advisor while teaching numerous sections of career development courses and counseling students on career-related issues. He also has career services experience from Trinity College in Washington, DC and Florida International University in Miami, FL.

On the professional front, Kempton serves as Past Chair of the American College Personnel Association's Commission for Career Development and presents regularly on career development issues at national conferences. Recently, he co-authored a chapter in a text entitled "Career Counseling of College Students" published by the American Psychological Association.

Kempton holds both a M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology and Higher Education Administration and a B.A. in Psychology from James Madison University.