University of Maryland

Events

Spring 2025 Events

i3r weekly meets Tuesdays at 11:30am-12:45pm
Attending in person? Hornbake 4115
Joining online? Zoom link

Calendar Details

MARCH 2025 APRIL 2025 MAY 2025
  • 3/4/ 25 Contemplative writing sprint (hybrid) and labyrinthine walk (in-person at UMD Memorial Chapel)
  • 3/11/25 2nd Tuesday: Data Cartels Teach-In (online)
  • 3/18/25: Spring Break
  • 3/25/25: Working group break out sessions (online)
    • Current Projects:
      • Asylum at 45: Report on the role of information in the U.S. asylum process
      • Hayti Oral History Project
      • DOCPar Project
  • 4/1/25 Purposeful Pause
  • 4/8/25 Tuesday: Healing postcards + Data Cartels Teach-In (online)
  • 4/15/25 2nd Writing sprint (online)
  • 4/22/25: Research Spotlight:
      • Marilyn Iriarte – Examining Ethnic-Racial Identity in U.S.-born Latino Adolescents: A New Perspective Through the Lenses of Funds of Identity and Participatory Design
      • Nitzan Koren – Designing Community-Informed Learning Experience with and for Immigrant Youth to Critically Examine Political Information
  • 4/29/25 Writing sprint (online)
  • 5/ 6/25 Data Cartels Teach-In featuring Sarah Lamdan (online)
  • TBD Spring Joint Summit and Retreat

Past Events

October 23rd, 2024: i3r Teach In: Affirming Haitian Immigrants’ Information Promise

Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Charles Williams

Abstract: Lieutenant Colonel (Dr.) Rebecca Williams has served in the U.S. Army for 22 years and is currently a Cybersecurity and Data Analyst. Her scholarly interests center on Haiitans’ information seeking and financial literacy. Born to Haitian immigrants, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Journalism and Communications from the University of Florida, a Master of Arts in Leadership Studies from the University of Texas at El Paso, and a Doctorate of Professional Studies in Information from Syracuse University. Dr. Williams has received numerous military and academic awards, including the ‘Amy L. Everett Award’ for Ethics in Information Studies Research, the ‘Doctor of Professional Studies Award’ for Excellence in Research, and the 2024 STEM Hero and Luminary Award. Her talk focuses on her dissertation research entitled, “Sociocultural behaviors that affect how Haitian Americans seek financial information.”

 

Grad Student Meet-and-Greet
Thank to those who attended our info sessions in May! 

i3r@ Retreat
June 21, 2024
11am-2:30pm