Danae Johnson

Danae Johnson joined the UMD Philip Merrill College of Journalism's business office as a program manager in Spring 2023. She is responsible for travel, payroll and onboarding for Merrill College. 

She started at UMD in 2018 as the facilities coordinator for the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, where she worked until early 2022. Johnson then managed all state, Designated Research Initiative Fund and foundation accounts for the UMD physics department. 

Johnson earned her bachelor's degree in communication studies from Rutgers University-New Brunswick.