Category: SLIS News

Sarah Bryant Finalist for the BRAVA Award

SLIS Assistant Professor Sarah Bryant was named one of three finalists for the BRAVA Award for Artists Books from the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA). This new national award was created to recognize four contemporary artists, craftspeople or makers whose work demonstrates artistic merit and excellence, technical mastery, contribution to the arts landscape and professional accomplishment in four different fields: Emerging ArtistArtists’ Books ArtistChildren’s Book Illustrator, and Native American and First Nations Artist. This year the artist book award was won by Julie Chen of Flying Fish Press. Sarah Bryant and Karen Kunc were named finalists. More information about the award can be found on the BIMA Website here: : https://www.biartmuseum.org/brava-award-winners-2023/

Congratulations, Sarah! 🎉

Congratulations Summer 2023 SLIS Grads!

SLIS graduates preparing for the August 5, 2023 graduation ceremony.

Congratulations to all of our hard-working Summer 2023 SLIS graduates! We are thrilled to see what you all accomplish in the next chapter of your lives!

Master of Library & Information Studies

Dana Carroll

Paige Eggebrecht

Mandy Fulop

Christian Gilliam

Scott Golighty

Annelie Hansen

Cassidy Harper

Bridget Coon Johnston

Joe Moody

Maria Owen

Dara Petersen

Tracie Price

Amber Retzlaff

Paula Roberts

Abbey Reeves

Brittany Ruth

Catherine Shook

Aria Skyler

Maggie Thomas

Congratulations Spring 2023 SLIS Grads!

SLIS graduates preparing for the May 5, 2023 graduation ceremony.

Congratulations to all of our hard-working Spring 2023 SLIS graduates! We are thrilled to see what you all accomplish in the next chapter of your lives!

Master of Library & Information Studies:

Abigail Ahlers

Jessica Angel

Wyatt Arp

Ashley Bell

Katerina Bennett

Madeline Billiel

William Blackerby

Daniel Boudreau

Kathleen Brunot

Shandi Burrows

Megan Coleman

Mary Curtright

Miles Dalrymple

Laura Daly

Sabrina Davenport

Amanda Decker

Katherine Duke

Phoebe Duke-Mosier

Cecilia Dupepe

Rina Fernandez

Curtis Forte

Gina Fowler

Mariella Giordano

Melinda Hawkins

Erinn Hines

August Holley

Sara Kaparos

Takeisha Kennemore

Kayleigh Kent

Robin Klemm

Christina Koch

Benjamin Krall

Katie Lietz

Jessica Lublin

Master of Library & Information Studies (cont.):

Savannah McCarter

Ashley McMahon

Jonathan Miller

James Moore

Keneisha Mosley

Kayla Murphy

Jordan Ostrum

Eli Parrott

Ashley Pate

Serena Poniatowski

Natalie Potell

Melanie Sigman

Grace Templet

Kyley Thompson

Cetoria Tomberlin

Tara Vankoughnett

Karrie Wagner

Sabrina Wallace

Nicholas Wantsala

Erin Watt

Master of Fine Arts:

Katerina Bennett

Irasema Quezada

Archival Studies Certificate:

Robyn Balay

Christion Finch

Matthew Hamilton

Christopher Harden

Rebecca Johnson

Julie Olson

Erin Stender

UA SLIS Welcomes Award-Winning Author-Illustrator Grace Lin

We are pleased to welcome Grace Lin to SLIS on April 19th where she will be co-presenting with Book Artist Na Zhou on the art of illustration at 11 am in the Yellowhammer Room of Gorgas Library. The event is free and open to all students.

Grace will also be presenting a family event at the Tuscaloosa Public Library on the evening of April 19th at 6 pm. The first 100 children will receive a free copy of Grace’s new book Once Upon A Book. The event is free and open to the public.

Both events are sponsored by the School of Library and Information Studies in the College of Communication and Information Sciences.