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The Maryland Initiative for Literacy & Equity (MILE)

Our Fellows

MILE's fellowship structure that welcomes faculty, graduate students, undergraduate students, and community practitioners. Fellows benefit from opportunities to collaborate, mentor, access grant funding, and share their work through MILE events and publications. 

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Faculty Fellows

Cécile Accilien

Cécile Accilien • School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University of Maryland
 

Reka Barton

Reka Barton • Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership, University of Maryland

Krishna Bista

Krishna Bista • Department of Advanced Studies, Leadership, and Policy, Morgan State University

Ana Ndumu

Ana Ndumu • College of Information, University of Maryland

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Thomas Noel • School of Education and Urban Studies, Morgan State University

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Community & Practitioner Fellows

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Liane Thornhill • Speech-Language Pathologist, Kennedy Krieger Institute

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Graduate Fellows

Binod Bhattarai

Binod Bhattarai • School of Education and Urban Studies, Morgan State University

 

Michaela Brooks

Michaela Brooks • Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland
 

Sandra Gutierrez

Sandra Gutiérrez • Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership, University of Maryland

Annie Karabell

Annie Karabell • Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education, University of Maryland

Olisa Menakaya

Olisa Menakaya • School of Computer, Mathematical & Natural Sciences, Morgan State University

Larry Moore

Larry Moore • School of Education and Urban Studies, Morgan State University
 

Makale Moore

Makale Moore • Department of English & Language Arts, Morgan State University

Blessing Omomola

Blessing Omomola • School of Engineering, Morgan State University

Dashia Pennington

Dashia Pennington • Department of Information Science & Systems, Morgan State University

Cedric Shamley

Cedric Shamley • School of Education and Urban Studies, Morgan State University
 

Jamie Smith

Jamie Smith • Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education, University of Maryland

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Raimey Parker • School of Social Work, Morgan State University
 

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Daimen Poole • School of Education and Urban Studies, Morgan State University
 

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Diana Purwaningrum • Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership, University of Maryland

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Claudette Tebeck • School of Education and Urban Studies, Morgan State University
 

Undergraduate Fellows

Vivian Duonguyen

Vivian Duonguyen • Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland

Armaan Whitney

Armaan Whitney • School of Education and Urban Studies, Morgan State University

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Sahara Kapadia • Department of Psychology, University of Maryland