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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