FLI Network
The First-Generation, Limited-Income (FLI) Network engages students and graduates by connecting community members with shared identities. The network’s aim is to enhance student success by cultivating a sense of belonging, inclusion, encouragement, and resilience among first-generation and/or limited-income students, faculty, staff, alumni, and allies.
Definitions
- First-generation students are typically from families whose parents, guardians and/or other custodial family members have not earned a four-year college degree.
- Limited-income students are those with little to no family contribution or limited financial means. These students often receive need-based federal Pell grant assistance.
- FLI graduates are faculty or staff that attended and graduated from college as a first-generation and/or limited-income student.
- FLI students are first-generation, limited-income, or both.
- FLI Friends are Non-FLI students, faculty, staff or alumni dedicated to supporting the success of FLI students
Join the Network
If you are a first-generation or limited-income student, alumni, faculty, or staff member, or are simply interested in serving as an FLI ally, please consider joining our FLI Network.
As a member, you’ll be listed on our community directory, be invited to FLI events, and receive our monthly newsletter to stay in the know about the latest updates and opportunities pertaining to the FLI community. You will also receive ‘FLI swag’ such as t-shirts, water bottles and laptop decals to show your pride and solidarity for the community.
Students receive additional benefits by joining, which include:
- Leadership Opportunities: FLI student leaders and ambassadors.
- Community Connections: Faculty dinners, FLI pre-orientation and retreats.
- Professional Development: etiquette dinners, shadowing opportunities, FLI job search series, professional development retreats, and more.
See what the community is up to by following us on Instagram and LinkedIn.
The struggles and obstacles you navigate on a daily basis can sometimes leave you feeling both exhausted and isolated. Talk to your friends, be creative in your problem solving, ask for help, and above all else, persevere! All of these things will serve you well later on when you enter the work force full-time. – Tom McDermott, JHU staff member and FLI graduate
Network Members
Staff
Read stories and advice from JHU staff who were from first-generation and/or limited-income backgrounds.
Name | Title/Department | Email Address | Identification |
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Sharleen Argamaso | Academic Services Administrator, Academic Advising | sharleen.argamaso@jhu.edu | FLI Friend/JHU Alumni |
Allison Avolio | Deputy to the Dean of Student Life | aavolio1@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Lauren Barrett | Assistant Director, Life Design Lab | lbarre11@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Kelly Barry | Executive Director, Center for Student Success | kbarry@jhu.edu | FLI Friend/JHU Alumni |
Timothy Beaucage | Student Success Advisor | tbeaucage@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Yahellah Best | Student Success Advisor | ybest@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Adriene Breckenridge | Senior Academic Advisor, KSAS Academic Advising | breckag@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Amanda Colaianni | University Administration, Annual Giving Officer | acolaia1@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Joseph Colon | Director; Multicultural Affairs | colon@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Victoria Dawe | Event Planner, Admissions | victoria.dawe@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Jen Ewing | Student Success Advisor | jewing4@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Susi Ferradas | Staff Psychologist, Counseling Center | sferrad1@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Dan Ferrara | Student Success Advisor | dferrar6@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Joan Freedman | Student Success Advisor | JoanFreedman@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Keri Frisch | Partnership Manager, Public Health | kfrisch3@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
LeTia Green-Tettey | Admissions Officer, Admissions and Joint Degree Programs | lgreent1@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Tamara Harris-Coleman | Student Success Advisor | tamarahc@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Bailey Jackelen | Assistant Director, Undergraduate Admissions | bailey.jackelen@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Jon Kindred | Assistant Director of Athletics/Compliance & Operations | jkindre1@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Regine Laforest-Sharif | Associate Director, University Housing | rlafore1@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Nickolas Lantz | Executive Director, University Experiential Learning | nlantz2@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Bri Lauka | Student Success Advisor | blauka1@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Leslie Leathers | Staff Psychologist, Counseling Center | lleathe3@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Foliba Lima | Student Success Advisor | flima5@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Jessie Martin | Assistant Dean for KSAS Academic Advising | jessie@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Pamela Mason | Student Financial Support, HSA Financial Aid Administrator | pmason12@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Terri Massie-Burrell | Director, Student Disability Services | tmassie1@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate/JHU Alumni |
Tom McDermott | Assistant Vice Provost, Student Financial Support | tmcderm1@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Cara McNamara | School of Arts & Sciences, Academic Advisor | cmcnama8@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Durriya Meer | Associate Director Counseling Center, Counseling Center | dmeer1@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Kesta Medoit | Program Coordinator, Center for Student Success | kmedoit1@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Liana Mentor | Director of the Success Coaching Program | lmentor1@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Shannon Miller | Director of On-Campus Programs, Undergraduate Admissions | shannon.miller@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Shakeyla Mitchell | Student Outreach and Support, Student Life Administrator | smitch62@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Shaena Moody | Student Success Advisor | smoody9@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Daryn Moore | Student Success Advisor | dmoore96@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Margaret Murphy | Art Workshop Manager, Center for Visual Arts | mmurp102@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Kelsey Obringer | Student Success Advisor | kobring1@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Jessica Oros | Assistant Director of Student Conduct | joros1@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Kwame Phillips | Assistant Director for Programming, Office of Multicultural Affairs | kphill49@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Kaitlin Quigley | Assistant Director of Academic Support, Office of Academic Support | quigley@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Kathy Schnurr | Chaplain, Religious and Spiritual Life/Interfaith Center | kschnurr@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Denise Shipley | Senior Academic Advisor, WSE Academic Advising | dlshipley@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Eric Simmons | Academic Advisor, WSE Academic Advising | eric.simmons@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Kathie Sindt | Associate Director, KSAS Academic Advising | sindtk@gmail.com | FLI Friend |
Calvin Smith | Director of Student Leadership and Involvement | clsmith@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Tracy Smith | Research Program Manager, Undergraduate Research | tracysmith@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Scott Spencer | Director of IT and Application Development, Office of the Registrar (Homewood) | Scott.Spencer@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Bre Stifler | Donor Relations Officer, Bloomberg Philanthropies | bre.stifler@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate/JHU Alumni |
Shawntay Stocks | Assistant Director, Engaged Scholarship, Center for Social Concern | sstocks3@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Dana Walter-Shock | Sr. Academic Program Coordinator, Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering | dwalte10@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Dynita Washington | Executive Specialist, Sr. Advisor to President Office | dynitaw@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Leslie Weber | Director Montgomery County Campus | lweber@jhmi.edu | FLI Graduate |
Calvin Wise | Director of Recruitment, Undergraduate Admissions | calvin.wise@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Andrea Wiseman | Assistant Director, Life Design Lab | awiseman@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Teresa Wonnell | Director, Assessment & Analysis | twonnell@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Faculty
Name | Title/Department | Email Address | Identification |
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Ludwig Brand | Professor Emeritus, Biology | Ludwig.Brand@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
AnneElizabeth Brodsky | Senior Lecturer, Expository Writing | aembrodsky@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Maria Bulzacchelli | Assistant Research Professor, Public Health | mbulzac1@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Beryl Castello | Senior Lecturer, Applied Mathematics & Statistics | beryl.castello@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Kristin Cook-Gailloud | Senior Lecturer, German and Romance Languages | kacg@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Brint Cooper | Associate Research Professor, Electrical & Computer Energy | abcooper@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate/JHU Alumni |
Tristan Davies | Senior Lecturer, Writing Seminars | tdavies@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Linda DeLibero | Special Advocate for Alumni and Outreach; Film & Media Studies | lindadelibero@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Baldeep Dhaliwal | Research Associate, School of Public Health | bdhaliw1@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Marc Donohue | Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | mdd@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Nicholas Durr | Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering | ndurr@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
William Egginton | Professor, German & Romance Languages | btaylo50@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Francois Furstenberg | Professor, History | f.furstenberg@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Eduardo González | Professor, German & Romance Languages | eduardo.gonzalez@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Claude Guillemard | Senior Lecturer, German & Romance Languages | claude@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Rigoberto Hernandez | Professor, Chemistry Department | r.hernandez@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Christopher Honey | Assistant Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences | chris.honey@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Todd Hufnagel | Professor, Materials Science & Engineering | hufnagel@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Muhammad Husain | Senior Lecturer, Economics | mhusain8@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Illysa Izenberg; | Senior Lecturer, CLE | izenberg@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Susan Kassin | Associate Research Scientist, Physics & Astronomy | kassin@stsci.edu | FLI Graduate |
Casey Lurtz | Assistant Professor, History | lurtz@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Amir Manbachi | Lecturer, Biomedical Engineering | amir.manbachi@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
John Marshall | Professor, History | Jmarsha2@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Laura Mason | Senior Lecturer, History | lmason@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Tobie Meyer-Fong | Professor, History | tmeyerf@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Kumiko Oishi | Assistant Research Scientist, Center for Imaging Science Faculty | kumiko@cis.jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Yi-Ping Ong | Assistant Professor, Comparative Thought & Literature | yi-ping.ong@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Tom Özden-Schilling | Assistant Professor, Anthropology | tos@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Alison Papadakis | Associate Teaching Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences | alisonpapadakis@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
Julie Reiser | Director, Marketing & Communications Program, Center for Leadership Excellence | julie.reiser@gmail.com | FLI Graduate |
Darlene Saporu | Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, Krieger & Whiting Schools | dsaporu1@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
David Savitt | Professor, Mathematics | savitt@gmail.com | FLI Friend |
Pam Sheff | Director, Center for Leadership Excellence | pamsheff@gmail.com | FLI Graduate |
Sara Thoi | Assistant Professor, Chemistry | sarathoi@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Christy Thornton | Assistant Professor, Sociology | christy.thornton@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
J. D. Tovar | Professor, Chemistry | tovar@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Rene Vidal | Professor, Center for Imaging Science Faculty | rvidal@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Aliza Watters | Lecturer, Expository Writing | watters@jhu.edu | FLI Friend |
John Wierman | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics | jwierma1@gmail.com | FLI Graduate |
Deborah Ziska | Lecturer, AAP Museum Studies | dziska1@jhu.edu | FLI Graduate |
Alumni
Name | Graduation Year |
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Diego Albabu | Class of 2019 |
Demy Alfonso | Class of 2017 |
Sami Ayele | Class of 2019 |
Mariam Banahi | Class of 2020 |
Chamia Dorsey | Class of 2020 |
Skylar Freyman | Class of 2020 |
Maria Ortiz Gonzalez | Class of 2018 |
Cori Grainger | Class of 2020 |
Christian Garcia Hernandez | Class of 2018 |
Naadiya Hutchinson | Class of 2020 |
Fatima Kamara | Class of 2020 |
Jessica Keene | Class of 2019 |
Richard Kim | Class of 2019 |
Shirley Li | Class of 2017 |
Kiana (Paige) McCooty | Class of 2020 |
Phillips Mitchell | Class of 2013 |
Sara Nutter | Class of 2020 |
Dana Quinn | Class of 2014 |
Alex Pasqual Rivera | Class of 2018 |
Isabel Siordia | Class of 2020 |
Lisa Tran | Class of 2020 |
Sharon Truong | Class of 2020 |
Madeleine Uraih | Class of 2018 |
Ariadne Villegas | Class of 2017 |
Juliet Villegas | Class of 2018 |
Alice Yang | Class of 2020 |