Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Studies

The School of Information Studies (SIS) is thrilled to announce a new co-authored publication by Professor Nafiz Zaman Shuva in the peer-reviewed Journal of Librarianship and Information Science (JLIS).

The article, titled “I was well informed. It was a great advantage”: Pre-arrival information seeking, information intelligence, and immigrants’ settlement, examines how pre-arrival "information intelligence" and proactive information-seeking provide immigrants with a distinct advantage, paving the way for smoother transitions and more successful long-term settlement.

Congratulations to Professor Shuva on this impactful research!

👉 Read the full paper: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/09610006261448918



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The Queens College School of Information Studies is proud to share our Spring 2026 Newsletter (PDF)
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Dr. Johnathan Thayer's CETLL presentation on local and community history pedagogy will be on this Wednesday, May 6th. Join us for a presentation and discussion on place-based learning through local community history curricula and a local community memory program for Queens College graduate students.

Title: Local History and Community Memory in Queens College Classrooms
When: Wednesday, May 06, 2026, from 12:30pm-1:30pm in Kiely Hall 806 and on Zoom.
Register Here: https://forms.office.com/r/VwgyLs3sAm

About the Speaker:
Faculty Presenter Bio: Dr. Johnathan Thayer is Associate Professor at the School of Information Studies, Queens College, CUNY, where he is Coordinator of MLS/MA Programs. He teaches classes in archival studies, public history, and community-engaged local history.



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QCSIS graduate students Brianna Brunson and Adam Yu Johnson, were named 2025-2026 Spectrum Scholars by the American Library Association Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services. The Spectrum Scholarship is a highly competitive national award supporting exceptional graduate students in library and information studies. Since 1997, ALA has awarded more than 1,600 Spectrum Scholarships. In the most recent cycle, the program received four times as many applications as available scholarships. Recipients are selected based on their commitment to community building, leadership potential, and advancing social justice in the field of librarianship.

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Our alumna, Dean Simone L. Yearwood has been chosen to be a Power Women of Queens honoree.



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Leila Jutton, a recent graduate of our MLS program has started a new gig as a Project Archivist at the Shevchenko Scientific Society, where she is processing the papers of Ukrainian American actor William Shust via a grant from the Documentary Heritage Program.



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Our alum Jeanie Pai who currently works at New York Public Library and our adjunct lecturer Miriam Tuliao co-authored the chapter "Seeking Affinity: Fostering Spaces for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Peers in Libraries" in a new book titled Creating Healthy Library Workplaces: Five Factors that Improve Employee Engagement and Satisfaction, which was published by Bloomsbury in February 2026. Their chapter explores the value of cultivating supportive work cultures through employee-led affinity groups.



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Carrie Scott Banks and Jill Anderson, both our alumna, have co-authored a book titled “Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline: An Action Guide for Libraries,” which has recently been published by ALA Editions. Here is the press release for the book: https://lnkd.in/g8fZEffx.



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Lisa Rhody’s book titled “Feminist Digital Humanities: Intersections in Practice” (University of Illinois Press, 2025) was awarded the Ángel David Nieves Book Prize for edited collection with her coeditor Susan Schreibman in November, 2025. Dr. Lisa Rhody is the Director of the Digital Humanities Research Institute and Deputy Director of Digital Initiatives at The Graduate Center, CUNY. She is also a graduate student in our MLS program.

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Christopher Lee, our MLS student, has been accepted into the HASTAC Scholars Fellowship Program, which is an innovative student-driven community of graduate and undergraduate students. Each year, around 100 new Scholars are accepted into a new 2-year cohort of the program. Professionally, Christopher Lee is an Information Architect in the technology field (currently at Spotify) and an Adjunct Instructor of Information Architecture and User Research. He is interested in research on information behavior as it pertains to emerging technologies.



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