Education

Rutgers University (ABD- Expected Graduation May, 2026)

PhD in Communication, Information, and Media

Library and Information Science Concentration

Dissertation: A Post-Structuralist Approach to Informational Being, Knowing, and Caring

Advised by: Dr. Marija Dalbello

Awards: 

• 2025 Litwin Books Award for Ongoing Dissertation Research in Philosophy of Information (2025) (Award Announcement)

• Rutgers Outstanding Doctoral Student in Library and Information Science (2021-2022; 2023-2024)

• Neuse Prize for Best Graduate Essay (2022-2023)

  • Awarded annually by the Rutgers Department of Germanic, Russian, and Eastern European Languages and Literatures to one student in recognition of the best essay written in a graduate seminar. 

  • Awarded for the paper, “(Inter)Subjectivity: Information, Hospitality, and the Self,” submitted for the course, The Frankfurt School and its Writers. 

• RU School of Graduate Studies Dean's Fellowship (2021-2022)

University of Alabama (December, 2020)

Master of Library and Information Studies

Master's Thesis: A Derridean Reclamation of Hospitality in Library and Information Science

Advised by: Dr. John Burgess 

Awards: 

• University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences Outstanding Thesis Award (2020-2021)

• University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies Outstanding Thesis Award (2020-2021)

• University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies Best Student Paper Award (2019-2020)

  • Awarded for the paper, The Troubling Trend of Academic Makerspaces