Photo: Literacy Research Symposium 2026
On February 13th, 2026, MILE hosted the second Literacy Research Symposium. The event hosted 75 attendees from Morgan State University, University of Maryland and community partners at Morgan State University’s Schaeffer Building. The agenda showcased research updates from the 2025 Seed Grant winners, Dr. Bryan Best and Dr. Wang, Dr. Ortiz and Dai, and research proposal presentations from our newest graduate and faculty awardees:
Olisa Menakaya, MSU, PhD Student
Dr. Krishna Bista, MSU, Faculty
Drs. Ana Ndumu and Cécile Accilien, UMD, Faculty
Annie Karabell, UMD, PhD Student
