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Inaugural Recipient of UT iSchool Alumni Scholarship for BIPOC Students is Selected - Marshanah Taylor is the First Awardee

  • 1.  Inaugural Recipient of UT iSchool Alumni Scholarship for BIPOC Students is Selected - Marshanah Taylor is the First Awardee

    Posted Dec 01, 2023 03:23 PM

    Inaugural Recipient of UT iSchool Alumni Scholarship for BIPOC Students is Selected

     

    Marshanah Taylor is the first awardee of the UT iSchool Alumni Scholarship for BIPOC Students

     

    Marshanah Taylor was awarded the UT iSchool Alumni Scholarship for BIPOC Students in May of 2023.  The scholarship fund was created in response to a 2020 petition by UT iSchool students. The petition stated "BIPOC students, who face additional obstacles to academic success and personal well-being, should have pathways for education at the iSchool through accessible and available funding," among other demands for anti-racist action. The call prompted UT iSchool alumni Alison Clemens and Michelle Keba Knecht to organize a committee of alumni who planned, fundraised for, and established the UT iSchool Alumni Scholarship for BIPOC Students.

     

    The committee met their initial funding goal of $50,000 in March of 2022, which allowed the first scholarship to be selected in spring of 2023.  An independent panel of reviewers selected Marshanah Taylor as the first awardee for the new scholarship.

     

    Marshanah is not only one of the first undergraduate Informatics (Human-Centered Data Science) alumna to graduate from the UT School of Information, but she is also one of the first integrated Information Studies master's students. In her graduate studies at the iSchool, she researches ways to increase diversity within the field of library/archival science and mitigate bias in the design of technological systems.  She hopes to make the world a better and fairer place by working as a data and information professional in the future.

     

    The UT iSchool BIPOC Scholarship Team continues to meet to oversee the existing scholarship, increase publicity about the opportunity, and raise funds to award additional scholarships in the future.  Current and former members of the committee can be found on the scholarship committee's website https://fundutischoolbipoc.wordpress.com/. 

     

     

    Website: https://fundutischoolbipoc.wordpress.com/

     

     

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    Martha Horan

    Head, Preservation Strategies

    University of Miami Libraries

    (305) 284-8425 | mhoran@miami.edu

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    New University of Texas at Austin School of Information Scholarship aims to assist BIPOC students enter the library and information science profession  

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    Graduates of the University of Texas at Austin... Brooke Morris-Chott

     

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    New University of Texas at Austin School of Information Scholarship aims to assist BIPOC students enter the library and information science profession

    Dec 7, 2021 5:14 PM

    Brooke Morris-Chott

    Graduates of the University of Texas at Austin School of Information have started a grassroots fundraising campaign to create an endowed scholarship to help more BIPOC scholars enter the profession 

    The grassroots fundraising campaign was formed in response to a 2020 petition by UT iSchool students. The petition stated "BIPOC students, who face additional obstacles to academic success and personal well-being, should have pathways for education at the iSchool through accessible and available funding," among other demands for antiracist action. The call prompted UT iSchool alumni Alison Clemens and Michelle Keba Knecht to organize planning for an endowed scholarship to support BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) students. The "iSchool Alumni Scholarship for BIPOC Students" will be administered by Texas Exes, the UT Austin alumni association, and supporters can donate through www.texasexes.org/iSchoolScholarship. Meeting the initial goal of $50,000 will create a recurring yearly scholarship of $2,000. Fundraising began in October 2021 and raised $8000 in the first month.

     BIPOC communities are under-represented in the information professions. In 2017, surveys of both the American Library Association and the Society of American Archivists reported that the library and archives fields are roughly 87% white, while the U.S. population is currently 76% white. Significantly, fewer than 5% of individuals in both professions reported identifying as Black or African American, compared to 13% of the country as a whole. Results from an informal 2020 survey of iSchool students by the petitioners showed that "89.3% of respondents want action to be taken to increase scholarship and funding opportunities for BIPOC students and to hire more BIPOC faculty and staff."

    The UT iSchool BIPOC Scholarship Team began meeting in December 2020. The team is led by Michelle Keba Knecht and Alison Clemens in collaboration with Lauren Algee, Hannah Calkins, Martha Horan, Kathi Isham, Dana Sagona, Elliot Williams, Rachel E. Winston, student representative Emma Hetrick, and faculty representative Dr. Loriene Roy.

    Learn more: 

    Press Contact: Alison Clemens, alison.clemens@gmail.com, 203-432-9029

    Website: https://fundutischoolbipoc.wordpress.com/

    Related press: "School of Information creates scholarship for BIPOC students," Daily Texan, October 15, 2021



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    Brooke Morris-Chott
    Advocacy and EDI Program Officer
    Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures
    American Library Association
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