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title: A Peek Inside … INFO College Professor Jessica Vitak’s Office
date: 2024-09-20T05:30:00-04:00
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# A Peek Inside … INFO College Professor Jessica Vitak’s Office

*September 20, 2024* — by [Karen Shih ’09](/author/karen-shih)


> ‘Dynamite’ Space Features BTS ‘Luv,’ ‘Butter’-y Sweet Appreciation Notes, Framed Failures

*PORTRAIT Jessica Vitak MT 08272024 DS 2588 1920x1080 — Information studies Professor Jessica Vitak's office, which overlooks Hornbake Plaza, is bright, colorful—and full of sheep.*

Doctoral students joining the [College of Information](https://ischool.umd.edu/) this fall were welcomed with elaborate red, black and gold cards hand-pressed to create raised patterns and embellished with little Testudos—a touching, tactile creation from Ph.D. program director and Professor Jessica Vitak.


*red and yellow cards with turtles*


*two framed rejection letters*



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*various sheep objects on a windowsill*



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**Permission to … Love BTS**


*five framed art pieces on a wall*


Prominently in the center of her wall of art is Suga, one of the seven members of K-pop sensation BTS, made by colleague Associate Professor Yvette Wohn of the New Jersey Institute of Technology. The two attended his concert in Newark together last spring.

“My husband makes so much fun of me for being a fan, but I’m not ashamed,” said Vitak, who also has a BTS calendar gifted by a student.

The rest of the pieces were made by fellow colleagues, her tattoo artist and her now college-aged stepson, Aidan, when he was little. “I like to support my friends who do art,” she said.



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**HCIL Hockey Stick**


*Bookshelf and gray couch with a white stuffed unicorn and a green hockey stick poking out behind it*



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*framed sheep stamps and assorted cards*


*This is part of an occasional series offering a look inside some of the most interesting faculty and staff offices around campus. Think you have a cool workspace—or know someone’s that you’d like to recommend? Email* [*kshih@umd.edu*](mailto:kshih@umd.edu)*.*




**Topics:** [Campus & Community](https://today.umd.edu/tags/campus-community)


**Tags:** [A Peek Inside](https://today.umd.edu/topic/a-peek-inside)


**Units:** [College of Information](https://today.umd.edu/topic/college-information-studies)