From Reflection to Action: Redefining Your Mental Health

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CEDI lab member Twanna Hodge’s article ” From Reflection to Action: Redefining Your Mental Health” was published in Information Matters in February 2025. Below is an excerpt from her article.

When do we put on our (oxygen) masks first, instead of others? What will it take for library workers’ mental health and well-being to be the primary focus and not an afterthought? The belief that library workers must go above and beyond, such as working through breaks and lunch hours, heavy workloads, low pay that reflects the gender pay gap, and more, due to the belief that librarianship is a sacred calling and it is above criticism. That is vocational awe and why it can negatively affect library workers’ mental health and well-being.

You can access the article at Information Matters or the link below.

From Reflection to Action: Redefining Your Mental Health

CSA Voices: Cognitive and Mental Health in Black North American and Caribbean Communities. Moderator: Dr. Cherelle Carrington Associate Professor, Dept. of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, West Virginia University Presenters: Twanna Hodge, PhD Candidate, University of Maryland, College Park Dr. Anthony Briggs, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30PM Eastern Time (ET) 5:00 PM – 6:30PM Jamaica and Cayman Time Contains photographs of the moderator and two panelists.

CSA Voices – Cognitive and Mental Health in Black North American and Caribbean Communities Presentation

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Screenshot of a Zoom call conversation between Dr. Abby Phillips and Twanna Hodge, during an LIS class

UWisconsin–Milwaukee Foundations of LIS Lecture

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This fall, Twanna Hodge was a guest lecturer for Dr. Abigail L. Phillips‘s “501 Foundations of LIS” course at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee School of Information Studies.

A slide for INFOCon 24: The Future of Information Science, depicting a hand holding an interconnected globe. The title of the slide is "Developing Your Research Agenda During Your PhD Program: A Panel Discussion of 4 UMD PhD Students in the College of Information"

INFOCon ’24: Developing Your Research Agenda During Your PhD Program

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On November 14, CEDI lab member Twanna Hodge was a panelist for INFOcon ’24, along with College of Information PhD students Allison Jennings-Roche and Jay Patel. The panel was titled “Developing Your Research Agenda During Your PhD Program,” and the panelists shared their experiences as doctoral students, how their research has developed and evolved, and current research projects. They also identified opportunities and challenges in a doctoral program and shared why and how they decided to pursue PhD at the University of Maryland.