Fast Facts
1800+ Students from 37 Countries
44% Female Student Body
29% of Students from Underrepresented Groups
Located just outside Washington, DC
46 Active Research Grants
2 ACM Fellows
2 LJ/ALISE Excellence in Teaching Awardees
5 NSF or IMLS Career Grants
National Rankings
#2 in USA
Master of Library and Information Science Online
(TheBestSchools.org)
#4 in USA
Master of Library and Information Science
(US News & World Report)
#9 in USA
Master of Science in Human-Computer Interaction
(Value Colleges)
#3 in USA
University of Maryland as a Public University
(Princeton Review)
Faculty Recent Honors |
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UMD Research Communicator Impact Award LJ/ALISE Excellence in Teaching Award Library Journal Mover and Shaker Award Emmett Leahy Award ACM Distinguished Member Status |
LJ/ALISE Excellence in Teaching Award ACM Distinguished Member Status Inaugural Rachel Olivero Accessibility Innovation Award (NFB MD) Library Journal Mover and Shaker Award YALSA Outstanding Achievement Award |
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Faculty Recent Distinguished Grants |
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NSF Career Award NSF Career Award NSF Career Award NSF Career Award NSF Career Award NSF Career Award Yahoo Faculty Research Award Google Faculty Research Award Minerva Grant: Impact of Emotions in Social Media Sharing Fulbright Specialist Award: Library Services in Kyrgyzstan NSF Grant: Building an Augmented Reality at UMD UMD Catalyst Award: Advancing Machine Translation Systems |
National Fed. for the Blind (NFB) Fellowship Award: Developing Accessibility-Focused Curriculum National Academy of Ed. Postdoctoral Fellowship: Critical Education Research NSF Grant: Developing Computational Models to Detect Clickbait IMLS Early Career Award Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Plannning Grant Maryland Innovation Grant Award Laura Bush 21st Librarian Grant IMLS National Leadership Grant: Capturing Computational Thinking Literacy Development in Public Libraries Army Research Office Grant |
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