The University of Maryland College of Information Studies (UMD iSchool) is pleased to announce the winners of the Spring 2020 Gloria Davidson Excellence in School Librarianship Award and the UMD iSchool Student Papers and Projects Awards. Congratulations to all of the awardees for their excellent academic performance and contributions.
Learn more about upcoming award opportunities by visiting the various academic program pages.
| Award | Winner(s) | Program | Paper/Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gloria Davidson Excellence in School Librarianship Award | Lauren (Christina) Talcott | MLIS | n/a |
| Dean’s Award for an Outstanding iSchool Doctoral Student Paper | Gagan Jindal | PhD | Assessing the Value of an Online Repository of Local Resources for People Who Have Chronic Health Conditions |
| Dean’s Award for an Outstanding iSchool Project by Undergraduate Students | Ebonie Gadson Peter Han David Pichardo Clifton Robertson |
BSIS | Research Findings and Analysis Report [De-stigmatizing Soldier and Veteran Mental Health] |
| Dean’s Award for an Outstanding iSchool Project by Graduate Students | Team #GraduateGoals: Andrew Greenman Brianna Nunez David Rothbard Teresa Sites |
MLIS | #GraduateGoals: Resources for First-Year Graduate Students at UMD |
| Simmona Simmons Best Student Paper on Diversity Award | Sydney Triola | MLIS | Predictive Policing Software, & Racist Results: Who is responsible, who is complicit and why it matters |
| Dean’s Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research Achievement | Nicole Wesneski | BSIS | LGBT Inclusivity in Public School Health Education Curriculum |
| Dr. Joan Giesecke Best Undergraduate Student Paper on Health Informatics Award | Satya Gandham | BSIS | Genomics and the Future of Health |
| Dr. Joan Giesecke Best Graduate Student Paper on Health Informatics Award | Team No Questions Asked: Jenna Brotsky Elizabeth Jones Anna Belle Morrison Nia Muhammad Connor Mullane |
MLIS | Just Google It: Information Barriers and the Rise of Social Media in Crisis Intervention for LGBTQ+ Adults |
| Laurence B. Heilprin Award (Graduate and Undergraduate Students) | BSIS: Andy Jose Silva Tahura TurabiMLIS/HiLS: Hannah Frisch Margaret Rose Hunt Genevieve Kocienda Hannah (Tusannah) Krauss Mary McKinley Connor Mullane Emery Patterson James Santos Britton Schams Hilary Szu Yin Shiue Mirielle VasselliMIM: Kanishka Jain Danish Mir Mayhah SuriHCIM: Chenxi Liu Debashish Pradhan Jiale Xu CS (undergrad): |
Varied | Reframing Digital Curation Practices through a Computational Thinking Framework [In his nomination, Richard states, “Extraordinary interdisciplinary 8 week collaborative work involving students in every program in the iSchool learning how to work together on digital projects and working in teams. Paper was accepted and presented at the IEEE Big Data 2019 Conference in LA on Dec. 11, 2019 and will be published as part of the IEEE Proceedings. Also, students presented their work at the Digital Curation Students & Filmmaker Event of Oct. 30, 2019”] |