Directory
New INFO Faculty & Staff
Melissa E. Wertheimer
Adjunct Lecturer
Myriam Paul
Assistant Director of Sponsored Projects
Ramita Shrestha
Program Manager - BSIS@Shady Grove
Ronaisha Ruth
HR Coordinator
Lee J. Tiedrich
AIM Fellow, Visiting Professor of the Practice, Co-Director Tech Policy, Research & Education Hub
Keke Wu
Assistant Professor
Samantha McDonald
Lecturer
Sparsh Paliwal, HCIM '23
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A profile of HCIM alum Sparsh Paliwal
Nearly two dozen AI projects from a host of disciplines and departments across the UMD campus were funded through a new seed grant program administered by the Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland (AIM). Illustration by iStock
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INFO’s Vanessa Frías Martínez, Hernisa Kacorri, and Katie Shilton are driving interdisciplinary AI research through UMD’s new $1.5M …
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Reimagining Information Access: How INFO Is Centering Immigrant Voices in Tech, Policy & Archives
Reimagining Information Access: How INFO Is Centering Immigrant Voices in Tech, Policy & Archives
The Immigration and International Information Research Alliance (i3r) flips traditional scholarship on its head, treating immigrants as …
Katie Baron InfoSci ’25. Photo by Riley N. Sims.
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INFO grad Katie Baron ’25 turned hardship into opportunity, launching a mobile auto repair business while earning her degree
Information Science Student Swechchha Shrestha. Photo courtesy of Maryland Today.
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INFO student Swechchha Shrestha named a University Medalist runner-up for her leadership, service, and dedication to tech for good
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SoDa Symposium: “Crowdsourced Adaptive Surveys”
SoDa Symposium: “Crowdsourced Adaptive Surveys”
Featuring Yamil Ricardo Velez, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Columbia University
Nate Beard PhD Student
Chris Beatty Graduate Program Manager
Jane Behre PhD Student
Kurubel Belay PhD Student
John Carlo Bertot Professor and Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs
LaVida Beveney Program Management Specialist
Tetyana Bezbabna Director of Undergraduate Programs
Saumya Bhadani PhD Student
Britney Bibeault PhD Student
Elana Blinder PhD Student
Chris Bonk Adjunct Lecturer (Research Scientist and Clinical Human Factors Specialist at MedStar Health)
John Bono Affiliate Principal Lecturer
beth bonsignore Associate Research Professor; Director, BA in Tech & Info Design; Director, KidsTeam
Jordan Boyd-Graber Affiliate Professor
Rachael Bradley-Montgomery Adjunct Lecturer (Digital Accessibility Architect at Library of Congress)
Diana Bridgett Undergraduate Academic Advisor
Tom Brinck Adjunct Lecturer (Board Member at the Palo Alto Art Center Foundation)
Gavin Britto Adjunct Lecturer (Sr. Business Analyst at Skience)