List of Florida International University people



This list of notable Florida International University alumni includes alumni, faculty, and presidents of Florida International University in Miami, Florida, which includes 26 colleges and schools.

Alumni
With more than 150,500 alumni around the world, the Florida International University Golden Panthers constitute one of the fastest-growing university alumni groups in the state of Florida. FIU graduates more than 8,000 students a year and confers more than half of all degrees awarded by universities in South Florida.

Other sports

 * David Avellan, electrical engineering graduate, mixed martial artist
 * Steve Meister (born 1958), tennis player

Faculty

 * Irtishad Ahmad, professor and chairperson of Florida International University Department of Construction Management and editor in chief of the Journal of Management in Engineering ASCE
 * Thomas E. Baker, professor of constitutional law in the College of Law
 * Lynne Barrett, professor of English and founder of Gulf Stream Magazine
 * Rita Buck-Crockett, assistant athletic director, head volleyball and beach volleyball coach
 * William Darrow, professor of public health
 * John Dufresne, professor of creative writing, editor of Gulf Stream Magazine, author
 * Elizabeth Price Foley, professor of law in the College of Law
 * Edgar Fuller, professor of mathematics and statistics
 * Orlando Jacinto García, Professor of Music and director of the Composition Program for the School of Music
 * Steven Heine, professor of religion and history; Director of the Institute for Asian Studies
 * Mark Hetzler, professor of music and orchestra
 * Sundaraja Sitharama Iyengar, professor of computer science in the College of Engineering and Computing
 * Maureen Kenny, professor of psychology in the Department of Psychology
 * Abraham Lavender, professor of sociology; president of the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies
 * Stephen Leatherman, director of the FIU Coastal Research Lab, nicknamed "Dr. Beach" for his annual ratings of American beaches (issued every Memorial Day weekend)
 * Zaida Morales-Martínez, professor emeritus of chemistry
 * Bruce Nissen, professor of labor studies and director of research at the Center for Labor Research and Studies and director of the FIU Research Institute on Social and Economic Policy
 * Ronni Reis, tennis coach
 * Stewart Robertson, professor of orchestral studies and conductor of the FIU Symphony Orchestra
 * Marco Rubio, adjunct professor of politics and international relations at Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs