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SPRING 2020COMMENCEMENT
#iSchoolUMDgrad2020
Dear iSchool graduates,
Congratulations to our graduates (and, for the first time, from both the College Park and Shady Grove campuses)! I’m proud of all of you for having graduated in this uniquely challenging academic year. Despite all that was thrown at you – classes moving online, dorms closing, sheltering in place, concerns about health, and great uncertainty about the future – you’ve graduated. This is a great accomplishment.
As graduates of the iSchool, you have a unique understanding of how to apply information and
technology to solving problems and helping people. You are changemakers with a shared passion to serve and do good – whether that’s creating a world-changing information technology, protecting us from disinformation and misinformation, or helping someone find the information they need.
This is a time of great uncertainty, sorrow, and challenges. Graduates like you are needed – graduates who know how to use information and technology to connect people, create new opportunities, and improve lives.
In 1963, in a speech in Germany in the context of the deepening Cold War, President Kennedy said “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” Look forward to the future. We’re all counting on you.
Dr. Keith MarzulloProfessor and DeanUniversity of MarylandCollege of Information Studies
MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN
DOCTORAL DEGREES
Andrew CasertanoAn Autoethnographic Account of Innovation at theUS Department of Veterans Affairs
Advisor: Richard Marciano
Elizabeth WarrickRika Resilience Model on Social Media
Advisor: Jenny Preece
Lesley LangaBuilding A Collections’s Care Index: An Approachto Helping Preserve Our Cultural Heritage BeforeIt Disappears
Advisor: John Bertot
Fiona JardineBreastfeeding Without Nursing: The Lived Experiences of Exclusive Pumpers Advisor: Beth St Jean
STUDENT SPEAKERS
Karina Kletscher is graduating with a Master of Library and Information Science degree, focusing on instruction, outreach, and student success in academic libraries. She was a Research and Teaching Fellow and served as the Graduate Assistant for Teaching and Learning with the UMD Libraries’ Office of Teaching and Learning Services where she supported information literacy programming and undergraduate research. Karina looks forward to floating in the pool with her stack of TBR books until the higher education job market unfreezes.
Ebonie Gadson is an Information Science graduate specializing in data management and analytics, and user experience on the Shady Grove campus. Ebonie has been involved in the Academic Peer Mentor Program, USG Student Council, and even founded Ladies in Tech, a club designed to support women interested in technical fields. She also worked as an IT Service Desk Aid, USG Student Ambassador, and Information Science Ambassador at USG. Ebonie is pursuing a career in IT Consulting, Data Analytics, and UX Research. She looks forward to spending the summer designing an app for new parents and many virtual game nights with friends and family.
Graduate Student Speaker:Karina Kletscher
Undergraduate Student Speaker:Ebonie Gadson
CLASS OF 2020
Master of Information Management
Master of Human-Computer Interaction
Sravya AmancherlaAnam BhatiaShannon Elizabeth CatesYirang ChoeLindley Marie DahnersJanki Pareshkumar DesaiKausalya GaneshJashan GuptaSharan Bhavani Shankara HegdeDawson Carl HoppesModassir IqbalNaishi JainAravind Jembu RajkumarAnavi KajlaMahitha KalyaniGhazaleh Keshavarz
Anwar Abdel-AzizParth Jitendra BorichaJanice Yee Fong ChanNisha DayanandaAnkit DhallKankshi DharMichelle Renee GiezemanShruti Suresh HegdeVyjayanthi Vivek KamathHimanshi Sanjay MangluniaKrishnakumar NambiKalpita Harihar Raut
Shravya Simha Kestur ChandrasekarAstha KhuranaCarrie Lucille LindemanXueyin LiuZora MooreDhruvi Jayeshbhai PatelSimone Neil PimentoChristine PisarczykMonikka RavichandranAannesha SatpatiAashrey Kamal SharmaAshrith Shrinivas ShettyMishi SoniTzu-Chia Yeh
Yvonne RobertsLaria Donnetta RogersAbhimanyu SachdevaElodie ShamiAlexandra SteinheimerMonalisa Rajendra SwamiEric Michel TsangaDan Yang
Master of Library & Information Science(including History & Library Science)
CLASS OF 2020
Tyler Ryan BlackKatherine Bernette BrownClaralyn BurtEric Austin CarzonPatricia Ann CastellanoEunice Haejie ChoAlexandra Rose CookKatherine Joan DaughtryAmy DickinsonCaroline Sterner DroginAmanda Nicole FarahatiKarl Anthony FreemanDuncan GriffinDiana Beth HastingsTracee Caitlyn HauptElizabeth Ludmilla HoldzkomMargaret Rose HuntJoice Osasere IgbinoviaKatherine Faith IngebretsenOlivia IsaacsLeann Elizabeth KellerKarina Elizabeth KletscherBenjamin Page LeubsdorfTeresa Young LewandowskiMichael Wilbur LewisVictoria Lynn MarchandAmy Louise Miller MeyersDanielle Faith MolerConnor Patrick MullaneDanielle Rose Mundhenk
Etienne NadeauKraina Sarah Eva OstrachChristiana P. PerryAmber Marie PierdinockKatherine Michelle PlattBrian Daniel QuannChristiana RamnineApril Dominique RavenellAllison Nicole RiehlMary Amanda ScottChristine Anne ScullyAlexander William SupkoAshley Elizabeth SwinfordLauren Christina TalcottZayden Tenzin-Yiga TethongKarrin Ikeema Shantel ThompsonEleanor Jeanne Tkachuk NerbyAbigail Catherine TothSydney Mariel TriolaRebekah A ValentineGabriela Almendrita VergaraSarah Elizabeth WamplerJoseph Martin WardPaige Elizabeth WatsonTeal Elizabeth WestonJade Terese Woodridge
Bachelor of Science in Information ScienceCollege Park
CLASS OF 2020
Ayodeji Moses AdelekeJose Enrique Aguirre-MoriMiracle Asamoah AgyapongSamuel Oluwadamilola AjalaValentine AkinkuadeSudin AmatyaDaniel Navid ArefianSanmi AyegbusiLina Abdelgalil BabikerVaskia Valreece Kolesia BaileyKyle Daniel BarryDavid Jakob BauerTyler James BehrAdam Eliahou BenaimBrianna Sari BeshkinBrant Kyle BeswickAlexandra Boafo-ArkoWalid BoutellisJacob Clyde BoyerTheophilus Ore-Oluwa BraimohCorie Christina BrownSarosh Syed BukhariLashawnda A BynumMartin Agusto CamposByron Eli CantillanoYangyang CaoRyan Matthew CarianiChristopher Michael CarrosMorgan CastleRachit Chadha
Shubham ChattopadhyayWan-Yu ChenDaniel ChenKai-Chung ChengCathlin Hope ChiangMatthew Austin Lee ChoiMatthew Jacob ClewleyTreanna Marie CobbJanell Charla ColemanJake CupaniLauren DecastroNicholas Gary DeluccaAbigail Coderre DemersAmani Tristyn DesormeauxAmber Nicole DietrichIan Paul DopschNicholas Brian DoughertyLana Victoria DoveLisa Carol DsouzaKevin DuongGian ElimCurtis Quinton EllisonNnamdi Phillip EzeigweRenzo Fabian FarfanJames Matthew Kas GallierJames Peter GeletaDavid GerzogKatherine GibbonsLuke Allen GibsonAngela Margaret Gleason
Punit Kamlesh KhiyaraJeff Kyoowon KimRachel Jemimah KimWilliam Aidan KraftMatthew LakenJonathan Michael LandMyles Avery LaneChaeeun LeeCaleb LeeJiawen LeiRobert Louis LeightonChristos Steven LemberosSydney LemelinDanielle A LewisKen LinChristina Wu LingfuNicholas Stephen LisiMax Michael LobelAndrew Felix LoredoKenneth Tyler Richard LundTarun MalikVinay ManthaJonathan Ward MaranvilleAngela Joy Mariano MartinezKenneth Christopher MateikJoshua William MayRyan Patrick McCarthyConnor James McDonaldSaagar MehtaMichael Robert Merkey
Mihir Atul GokhaleRyan Lawrence GolubNatalia GrajewskiTamia Brianna GreenMeagan Elise GriffithJhonny Javier GutierrezConstance HackettDiego Alejandro HagansTsion Mariam HaileEvelyn HauslerAndy HoangEva Rose HoustonLily Sicong HuangEmily HwangKyle Edward JacksonSanjeev JariwalaMuhammad Iskandar JasmanAmar JavaidEmily JiaJason Lan JiangMenglin JiangRonuk JohalTravis Evan JohnsonJoale JupiterGyan Bahadur KadariyaHarrison KangYeeun KangHenry Neil KeegstraCamden Edward KelleyKelly Khare
Bachelor of Science in Information ScienceCollege Park
CLASS OF 2020
Avery Christopher Luke ParkerCaroline Paris ParsonsKishan PatelShyam Kirtikumar PatelTony PersaudMarisa Gabrielle PesceAndrew Scott PettitAngela Kwun Lan PhuongMaria Luisa Placido-OsorioMaritza Placido-OsorioVenkat PraveenKangsheng PuDevin PurchaseAparna RanganathanAqsa Asif RaufJonah Lynn RiveraRomano Daquer RoblesJustin Jamal RollinsAriana Rachelle RomneyAaron Michael RoseMays RubayeAndres Ramon SandinThomas Michael SaundersColin Jarrod SavageRohan Kumar SaxenaJoel Isaac SerranoFaiz ShahNeel Jayesh ShahNeel Vikas ShahNadine Ashraf Shaker
Rabbouni Machli MertusMichael Anthony MirabelloClark David MitchellJohn Samuel MolesworthRobert A MoranSonia MorganMaria MotaherAmaan Mohammed MubeenShane Patel MullanEbada MunKarthikeyan MurugappanNiall Kunengwa MusondaAli Samadi NaminAmanda Lynn NealNicole NeedelmanKevin Trong NgoEric Vinh NguyenThomas NguyenTho NguyenSara Diressa NigatuEmmanuel Chidiadi NnodimBenjamin NwokelemeMichael Adebowale OduyeboFrancis OgbennahTinuologo Ayomipo OjoibukunMalyrum Sokretnary OkOluwadamilola Mojolaoluwa OlukoyaMichael OmayeCatherine Ngozichuckwu OnumajuruSamara Orellana
Bachelor of Science in Information ScienceCollege Park
CLASS OF 2020
Bachelor of Science in Information ScienceCollege Park
CLASS OF 2020
Kayla Eileen SheehyAwais Habib SheikhMaryan ShykhAndy Jose SilvaJasjeet SinghLorraine Marcos SiochiHayden Jordan SmedleyMatthew Carrol SnyderDevin Edward SparrowLydia Valdez SpurrierDaniel Brian StrubleQingru SuEhinome Osekalome SulemanOsinachi Felicia SundaySainath SurapaneniJacob Eric SusskindNoah David SusskindWileen Lu TamChristopher Phat TangJessica Wei-Lum TangGreg Dominic Daroy TayagEual Yezeraw TsigieMatthew TungTahura Huda TurabiKimberly C UbadiniruElisha Bianca Marcos UgotNikolas Ratko UtzschneiderJulian VazquezHailla VinsonAlicia Shiaoting Wang
Shaopeng WeiKelin Visharn WestMichael Dean WilkersonDarius Raye WilliamsJeneva Robin Williams-BlackwellDuncan Chase WilsonEmily E WiltSarah Louise WintersAmmanuel WondwossenMatthew Ming YeAaron Chung-Yat YoungKalood YounisWilliam Brandon ZabetShayon Sean ZadehGrace Meng ZhangHuasun ZhangWinston ZhouJohn Stanton ZiemskiStephen Michael Zupan
Bachelor of Science in Information ScienceShady Grove
CLASS OF 2020
Rayem AliSurafel Ayalew DemssieEbonie Ida GadsonPeter Tho HanMohammad Hamed HanaeeJolin Hanna HuleisSamuel Joseph KimKwame KonaduEugenia Rita Eun-Yu LeeKristen Kwan LeeAlejandra Madeleine Paredes OchoaDavid Luciano PichardoNelson ReyesClifton Bruce RobertsonRakeb TeklehiwotLuan Duy VuNicholas Ryan WentzAnam YasinRustam A Zulkharov
SCHOLARSHIPS
Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) ScholarshipElizabeth Holdzkom, MLIS - Archives and Digital Curation
B. Parker Hamilton Libraries of the Future Scholarship
Gabi Huesca, MLIS - Diversity and Inclusion
Barbara Van Dongen School Library Media FellowshipJoycelyn Nelson, MLIS - School Library
Bruce Ambacher Digital Archives and Curation Fellowship
Claralyn Burt, MLIS - Individualized Program Plan
Christine Glaab Law Librarian FellowshipJennifer Chapman, MLIS - Legal Informatics
College of Information Studies Alumni Chapter Scholarship
Claralyn Burt, MLIS - Individualized Program Plan
College of Information Studies Alumni Chapter ScholarshipMarybeth Gill, MLIS - Individualized Program Plan
College of Information Studies Alumni Chapter Scholarship
Gagan Jindal, PhD in Information Studies
Dr. Joan Giesecke Health Informatics FellowshipSakshi Nanda, MIM - Information Analysis: Data Analytics
Dr. Joan Giesecke Health Informatics Fellowship
Alisha Pradhan, PhD in Information Studies
Frank G. Burke ScholarshipRachael Kirschenmann, HiLS
Gloria Davidson Endowed FellowshipAlexandra Bower, MLIS - School Library
H. W. Wilson Foundation Scholarship
Abby Clouse-Radigan, MLIS - Individualized Program Plan
Helen A. Tegnell ScholarshipOlivia Isaacs, MLIS - Diversity and Inclusion
Helen A. Tegnell Scholarship
Gagan Jindal, PhD in Information Studies
Helen A. Tegnell ScholarshipEkta Shokeen, PhD in Information Studies
Library Systems & Services (LSSI) Scholarship
Stephanie Byng, MIM - Technology Design: Technology Development
Mary Lee Bundy ScholarshipTamika Sanders, MLIS - Individualized Program Plan
MIM Alumni Scholarship
Himanshi Manglunia, MIM - Information Analysis: Data Analytics
MIM Alumni ScholarshipStephanie Byng, MIM - Technology Design: Technology Development
MIM Alumni Scholarship
LaRia Rogers, MIM - Technology Design: User Experience
Myra Wilson ScholarshipSusannah (Zee) Hinz, MLIS - Diversity and Inclusion
SCHOLARSHIPS
SCHOLARSHIPS
AWARDS
Nancy & Daniel Balz MLIS Scholarship for Returning StudentsEmily Belknap, MLIS - Individualized Program Plan
Nancy & Daniel Balz MLIS Scholarship for Returning Students
Lorraine Woods, MLIS - Individualized Program Plan
Dr. Dana Rotman Doctoral Student Travel AwardsAlisha Pradhan, PhD in Information Studies
Dr. Dana Rotman Doctoral Student Travel Awards
Ekta Shokeen, PhD in Information Studies
Noyes Library Association ScholarshipAmanda Melara, MLIS - Youth Experience (YX)
Beyond These Walls Student Travel Awards
Emily Moore, MLIS
Beyond These Walls Student Travel AwardsDan Yang, MIM
Beyond These Walls Student Travel Awards
Teresa Lewandowski, MLIS - Individualized Program Plan
Beyond These Walls Student Travel AwardsMarybeth Gill, HiLS
Dr. Dana Rotman Doctoral Student Travel Awards Yongle Zhang, PhD in Information Studies
Dr. Dana Rotman Doctoral Student Travel Awards
Emma Dixon, PhD in Information Studies
Dean’s Award for an Outstanding iSchool Doctoral Student Paper Gagan Jindal, PhD in Information Studies
Dean’s Award for an Outstanding iSchool Project by
Undergraduate StudentsEbonie Gadson, BSIS • Peter Han, BSIS • David Pichardo, BSIS
Clifton Robertson, BSIS
Dean’s Award for an Outstanding iSchool Project by Graduate StudentsTeam #GraduateGoals:
Andrew Greenman, MLIS • Brianna Nunez, MLIS • David Rothbard, MLISTeresa Sites, MLIS
Simmona Simmons Best Student Paper on Diversity Award
Sydney Triola, MLIS
Dean’s Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research AchievementNicole Wesneski, BSIS
Dr. Joan Giesecke Best Undergraduate Student Paper on
Health Informatics AwardSatya Gandham, BSIS
Jenny Preece and Ben Shneiderman Award for Excellence in HCIMKausalya Ganesh, HCIM
Honorable Mentions: Astha Khurana, HCIM • Ashrith Shetty, HCIM
AWARDS
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