iSchool Committees
Committee assignments, 2023-2024
Academics Council
- Matthew Saxton, Associate Dean for Academics, Chair
- Joel Ross, Informatics Program Chair
- Cindy Aden, MLIS Program Chair
- Dave Hendry, MSIM Program Chair
- Alexis Hiniker, Ph.D. Program Chair
- Cris Fowler, Director for Academic Services
Data Science Master's Program
- Ott Toomet
Expertise Group Leads
- Critical Information Studies (CIS), Jaime Snyder
- Data Science (DS), Nicholas Weber
- Human-Computer Interaction and Design (HCID), Jacob O. Wobbrock
- Information Management and Information Systems (IMIS), Hala Annabi
- Studies in Libraries, Archives, and Museums (SLAM), Karen Fisher
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access & Sovereignty (IDEAS)
- Nassim Parvin, Associate Dean for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access & Sovereignty, Chair
- Cynthia del Rosario, IDEAS Program Advisor; IDEAS Steering Committee Co-Chair
- Jim Becker
- Dowell Eugenio
- Cris Fowler
- Maria Garrido
- Ricardo Gomez
- Wes King
- Sandy Littletree
- Michelle Meyering
- Sam Otim
- Matthew Saxton (ex officio)
IDEAS Student Steering Council
- Mari Woodworth, IUGA, Director of Diversity Efforts
- Suraj Gangaram, IUGA Director of Outreach Efforts
- Kayla Tournalom, WINFO, Director of Diversity Efforts
- Hannah Yi, WINFO Director of Community Efforts
- Caitlin Wheeler, ALISS Diversity & Equity Officer
- Courtney Griffin, ALISS Accessibility/Disability Representative
- Danielle Gomez, SoCLIS Diversity & Equity Officer
- Jin Lee, AIMS Diversity & Equity Officer
- Hummd Aikhan, DSA Diversity & Equity Representative
- Jesse Brisbois, DSA Diversity & Equity Representative
- Charles Bugre, DSA iDA Representative
Elected Faculty Council (EFC)
- Nic Weber, Chair
- TBD, Chair-Elect
- Chirag Shah, Past Chair
- Chance Hunt
- Emma Spiro
- Kyle Thayer
- Miranda Belarde-Lewis
- Alicia Supernavage, support
- Jin Ha Lee, liaison
Faculty Advisory Council
- Katie Davis
- Jochen Scholl
- Chirag Shah
- Emma Spiro
Informatics Admissions and Program
- Joel Ross, Chair
- Julia Deeb-Swihart
- Dowell Eugenio
- Anna Lauren Hoffmann
- Joe Janes
- Ron Johnson
- Amy Ko
- Clarita Lefthand-Begay
- Nam-ho Park
- Laura Schildkraut
- Ott Toomet
- Spencer Williams
- Jason Yip
- Jeremy Zaretzky
- Informatics student
- Informatics student
iSchool Staff Advisory on Inclusion and Diversity
- Dowell Eugenio, Co-Chair
- Cris Fowler, Co-Chair
- Pamela Brooks
- Michelle Meyering
Leadership Cabinet
- Anind Dey, Dean, Chair
- Alexis Hiniker, Ph.D. Program Chair
- Carmen Parisi, Director of Facilities
- Carole Palmer, Associate Dean for Research
- Cindy Aden, MLIS Program Chair
- Cris Fowler, Director for Academic Services
- David Hendry, MSIM Program Chair
- Jason Young, Senior Research Scientist and Director, Technology & Social Change Group
- Jim Becker, Associate Director for Staff Employee Relations & Development
- Jin Ha Lee, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
- Joel Ross, Informatics Program Chair
- Julia Scanlan, Director of Strategy & Operations, Center for an Informed Public
- Maggie Foote, Director for Communications
- Matthew Saxton, Associate Dean for Academics
- Michele Norris, Assistant Dean for Advancement
- Nassim Parvin, Associate Dean for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access & Sovereignty
- Nic Weber, Elected Faculty Council Chair
- Nicky West, Director of IT
- Richard Sturman, iAffiliates Director
- Shelly Wolf, Assistant Dean for Planning and Administration
- Sunday Stanley, Director for Faculty Human Resources
- Wendie Phillips, Director for Student Services
- Kelli Jo Fullan, support
MHCI+D Faculty Group + Admissions
- Lindah Kotut
- Jason Yip
MLIS Admissions
- Cindy Aden, Chair
- Lorcan Dempsey
- Maria Garrido
- Ricardo Gomez
- Trent Hill
- Sandy Littletree
- Temi Odumosu
- Matthew Saxton
- Carla Wale
MLIS Program
- Cindy Aden (Faculty, Program Chair)
- Lorcan Dempsey (DPiR)
- Trent Hill (Faculty)
- Chris Jowaisas (Sr Research Scientist)
- Carla Wale (Law Librarianship)
- Melanie Walsh (Faculty)
- Stacey Wedlake (Research Scientist)
- Helene Williams (Faculty)
- Lizzie Young (MLIS Program Manager)
- Jennifer Siembor (MLIS Academic Advisor)
- Mitch Ayer (MLIS/PhD Program Coordinator)
- Christine Noyes-Williams (Admissions)
- Cris Fowler (Academics, Advisory)
- Kate Kerschbaum (Academics, Advisory)
- Brandon Wedl (Academics: Guest Faculty Coordinator)
- Cynthia del Rosario (Diversity Program Coordinator)
- Randy Orwin (Learning Technologies, Advisory)
- Candy Lau (MLIS Ombudsperson)
- Melissa Cranmer (MLIS Student Representative: Online)
- Amber Mak (MLIS Student Representative: Residential)
- Joseph Saultz (iSTAMP Coordinator)
- Lex Van Horn (iSTAMP Coordinator)
MSIM Admissions
- Dave Hendry, Chair
- Bill Howe
- Ron Johnson
- Wes King
- Adam Moore
- Andrew Reifers
- Jochen Scholl
- Richard Sturman
- Heather Whiteman
- MSIM student
- MSIM student
MSIM Program
- Dave Hendry, Chair
- Hala Annabi
- Adam Moore
- Andrew Reifers
- Sara Sanford
- Richard Sturman
- Heather Whiteman
- Early-Career MSIM student
- Mid-Career MSIM student
Museology Program and Admissions
- Jessica Luke, Chair
- Lane Eagles
- Meena Selvakumar
Ph.D. Admissions and Program
- Alexis Hiniker, Chair
- Aylin Caliskan
- Katie Davis
- Tanu Mitra
- Lucy Wang
- Ph.D. student
Recognition & Nomination
- Victor Aque (Co-chair)
- Jim Becker (Co-chair)
- Kristyn Danson
- Dowell Eugenio
- Marlena Miller
- Nicky West
Research
- Carole Palmer, Chair
- Ryan Calo
- Marika Cifor
- Martin Saveski
- Jason Young
- Ph.D. student
- Jackie DeMuynck, support
Social
- Matthew Saxton, Co-Chair
- TBD, Co-Chair
- Kelli Jo Fullan, Secretary