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Join the iSchool at the 2025 ALISE annual conference

Join iSchool faculty, staff, and students for the annual conference of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), which will take place from October 6–8 in Kansas City, Missouri. The theme of the 2025 conference is "Decolonising Pedagogies: Agency, Identity, Practices." 

During the awards luncheon on October 8, Adjunct Lecturer Zachary Stier will receive the 2025 ALISE Excellence in Teaching Award. This is the second consecutive year an instructor from the iSchool has won the award. ALISE will also honor PhD candidate Jessie Maimone, who is the recipient of the 2025 ALISE Youth Services Graduate Student Travel Award.  

PhD student Maya Bergamasco and Postdoctoral Research Associate Janaynne Carvalho do Amaral were selected to participate in the 2025–2026 Emerging Scholars Program, which provides opportunities for early-career LIS educators and researchers "to develop their skills, grow their networks, and contribute meaningfully to the future of LIS education." 

Monday, October 6

Adjunct Lecturer Melissa A. Wong will present a pre-conference workshop called "Designing for Accessibility: Simple Strategies for Creating Accessible Courses and Materials," at 1:00 p.m. 

Tuesday, October 7

Postdoctoral Research Associate Janaynne Carvalho do Amaral will moderate the juried papers session at 10:30 a.m. 

Recent graduate Andrew Zalot (PhD '25) will take part in the Information Ethics SIG program, "Strengthening Our Resolve: AI Ethical Standards and Resolving to Make AI Ethical Decisions," at 1:00 p.m. 

Assistant Professor Travis L. Wagner will take part in the juried panel, "Pirates, Ghosts, and Other Unexplored Spaces: A First Look at the Forthcoming Collective Work Constellation of Insanity," at 2:45 p.m.   

Works in Progress Poster Session 

The poster session begins at 6:15 p.m., with the following individuals presenting their posters:

Wednesday, October 8

Wong will participate in the juried panel, "Graduate Students as Adult Learners: Andragogy and Instructional Design," at 8:30 a.m. 

Assistant Professor Rachel M. Magee and Maimone will take part in the Youth Services SIG program, "Youth Voices, Perspectives, and Experiences," at 10:30 a.m.

Maimone will present "Black Teens Matter: Examining the Experience of Black Teens in the Public Library" during the Doctoral Student Research Poster session at 1:30 p.m. 

Associate Professor Colin Rhinesmith will participate in the juried panel, "Community Informatics in the Tik Tok Trump Era: Up to the Challenges (and Opportunities) of LIS Education & Workforce Development," at 3:00 p.m.

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