UWisconsin–Milwaukee Foundations of LIS Lecture
This fall, Twanna Hodge was a guest lecturer for Dr. Abigail L. Phillips‘s “501 Foundations of LIS” course at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee School of Information Studies.
INFOCon ’24: Developing Your Research Agenda During Your PhD Program
On November 14, CEDI lab member Twanna Hodge was a panelist for INFOcon ’24, along with College of Information PhD students Allison Jennings-Roche and Jay Patel. The panel was titled “Developing Your Research Agenda During Your PhD Program,” and the panelists shared their experiences as doctoral students, how their research has developed and evolved, and current research projects. They also identified opportunities and challenges in a doctoral program and shared why and how they decided to pursue PhD at the University of Maryland.
Living Democracy Symposium
CEDI Lab member Twanna Hodge was the moderator, and Dr. Ana Ndumu was a panelist, for the panel “Libraries’ Role in Fostering Critical Information Literacy: Nurturing Democracy through Informed Citizenship” as part of the University of Maryland Libraries’ Living Democracy Symposium. The panel was held on October 13th from 2:45 to 3:45 p.m. Photo credit to Hayley Park, 1st year PhD student in the College of Information.
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Screening for Perinatal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Roundtable
On December 5, Dr. Jasmine L. Garland McKinney participated in a panel hosted by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Technical Assistance Innovation Center (TAIC) to share her insights on maternal mental health. The panel investigated “the complexities of using screening tools for perinatal mental health and substance use disorders, focusing on cultural and linguistic responsiveness.”
Opportunities to Retrofit, Reform, and Reimagine Systematic Reviews for Racial Equity
With other BELIEVE collaborators, Dr. Gibson published an open-access article on designing systematic reviews that consider systemic bias and racism in academic literature, especially against Black birthing parents. The coauthors use McLemore’s framework of “Retrofit, Reform, and Reimagine” to consider how systematic reviews can be better conducted to build health equity. You can find the open-access article in the Health Equity journal here.
BELIEVE at the Black Mamas Matter Alliance, Black Maternal Health Conference and Training Institute
At the Black Maternal Health Conference and Training Institute being held this fall by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance, Dr. Amelia Gibson and Dr. Jasmine L. Garland McKinney joined BELIEVE collaborators to present findings from surveys and interviews for developing a new Black maternal healthcare interprofessional medical training curriculum. The conference and training institute took place September 12–14 and had two CEDI presentations:
- Panel: Liberation NOW: Making Visible Black Women’s Experiences of (Dis)Respectful Care Through Theory, Narrative, and Measurement (Panel) with panelists Nicole Harris, Jasmine L. Garland McKinney, Denae Bradley-Morris
- Poster: Building Equitable Linkages with Interprofessional Education Valuing Everyone (BELIEVE): Amplifying Reproductive Justice through a Novel, Interprofessional Medical Curriculum, authored by Jasmine L. Garland McKinney, Kristin Tully, Amelia N. Gibson, and Kimberly D. Harper
Postpartum Support International Annual Conference: Perinatal Mental Health First Aid
On July 24–28, Dr. Jasmine L. Garland McKinney co-presented a training model for community-health workers in perinatal mental health at the Postpartum Support International Annual Conference. Information on the conference can be found here.
4S/EASST Privacy-enhancing technologies: From solution to reconfiguration
Sam DiBella presented his research into encryption technology as a sign of community membership “Pretty good privacy as free/open source software shibboleth” in the “Privacy-enhancing technologies: from solution to reconfiguration” panel at the 4S/EASST conference on July 17. The conference program and panel description are here.
May SMRLA Presentation
Amelia Gibson discussed her library research at the May 16 (10am) meeting of the Southern Maryland Regional Library Association.
NCAAL XII
On July 24–27 in New Orleans, Twanna Hodge presented at the twelfth annual conference for the National Conference of African American Librarians, which has the theme “Culture Keepers XII: Unity in Diversity – Stronger Together in the African Diaspora.” The conference program is posted here.