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Committee assignments, 2024-2025

Academics Council

  • Amy Ko, 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
  • Bill Howe

Expertise Group Leads

  • Critical Information Studies (CIS), Jaime Snyder
  • Data Science (DS), Nicholas Weber
  • Human-Computer Interaction and Design (HCID), Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • 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
  • Wanda Pratt
  • Wes King

Elected Faculty Council (EFC)

  • Nic Weber, Chair
  • Jason Yip, Chair-Elect
  • Meena Selvakumar
  • Joe Tennis
  • Kyle Thayer
  • Temi Odumosu
  • Alicia Supernavage, support
  • Jin Ha Lee, liaison

Faculty Advisory Council

  • Chirag Shah
  • Karen Fisher
  • Adam Moore

Informatics Admissions 

  • Joel Ross, Chair
  • Matthew Saxton
  • Chris Coward
  • Maria Garrido
  • Jaime Snyder
  • Stacey Wedlake
  • Mara Kiradi-Ryan
  • Carson MIller-Rogoli
  • Chirag Shah
  • Ben Lee
  • Clarita Lefthand-Begay
  • Spencer Williams
  • Kyle Thayer
  • Dowell Eugenio
  • Informatics student
  • Informatics student

Informatics Program

  • Joel Ross, Chair
  • Joe Janes
  • Nam-ho Park
  • Jeremy Zaretzky
  • Laura Schildkraut

iSchool Staff Advisory on Inclusion and Diversity (iSAID)

  • Dowell Eugenio, Co-Chair
  • Cris Fowler, Co-Chair
  • Navi Dehar
  • Maggie Lai
  • Lindsey Sullivan
  • Sue Morgan

Leadership Cabinet

  • Anind Dey, Dean, Chair
  • Alexis Hiniker, Ph.D. Program Chair
  • Amy Ko, Associate Dean for Academics
  • Carmen Parisi, Director of Facilities
  • 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
  • Jevin West, Associate Dean for Research
  • Jessica Luke, Museology Program Chair
  • 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
  • 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 Finance & Operations
  • Sunday Stanley, Director for Faculty Human Resources
  • Wendie Phillips, Director for Student Services

MHCI+D Faculty Group + Admissions

  • Lindah Kotut
  • Jake Wobbrock

MLIS Admissions

  • Cindy Aden, Chair
  • Lorcan Dempsey
  • Tracie Hall
  • Sandy Littletree
  • Karen Fisher
  • Trent Hill
  • Michelle Martin
  • Carla Wale
  • Chris Jowaisis
  • Chance Hunt

MLIS Program

  • Cindy Aden (Faculty, Program Chair)
  • Matthew Saxton (Faculty)
  • Lorcan Demspey (Faculty)
  • Tracie Hall (Faculty)
  • Miranda Belarde Lewis (Faculty)
  • Helene Williams (Faculty)
  • Lizzie Young (MLIS Program Manager)
  • Jennifer Siembor (MLIS Academic Advisor)
  • Christine Noyes-Williams (Admissions)
  • Cris Fowler (Academics, Advisory)
  • Kate Kerschbaum (Academics, Advisory)
  • Brandon Wedl (Academics: Guest Faculty 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
  • Ricardo Gomez
  • Ron Johnson
  • Tanu Mitra
  • Adam Moore
  • Martin Saveski
  • Melanie Walsh
  • Hala Annabi
  • Sean McGann
  • Sam Otim
  • Jochen Scholl
  • Richard Sturman
  • Steve Gustafson
  • Mike Teodorescu
  • MSIM student
  • MSIM student

MSIM Program

  • Dave Hendry, Chair
  • Andrew Reifers
  • Sara Sanford
  • Heahter Whiteman
  • Richard Sturman
  • Early-Career MSIM student
  • Mid-Career MSIM student

Museology Program and Admissions

  • Jessica Luke, Chair
  • Lane Eagles
  • Meena Selvakumar

Ph.D. Program 

  • Alexis Hiniker, Chair
  • Lucy Wang
  • Katie Davis

Recognition & Nomination

  • Victor Aque (Co-chair)
  • Jim Becker (Co-chair)
  • Kristyn Danson
  • Dowell Eugenio
  • Marlena Miller
  • Nicky West

​Research

  • Jevin West, Chair
  • Carole Palmer
  • Jaime Snyder
  • Jason Young
  • Ph.D. student 

Social

  • Matthew Saxton, Co-Chair
  • TBD, Co-Chair

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News

Chance Landis, Riddhi Mistry, Kayvon Tari and Tanvi Save

MSIM team helps client improve health-care data

Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Effective data management can be a challenge for any organization. In the health-care industry, the complexity of the information and critical need for privacy make it even harder. A group of Master of Science in Information...
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Amy J. Ko

Despite headwinds, Amy Ko makes impact on computing education

Monday, June 9, 2025
Amy J. Ko received her introduction to computing when she first picked up a TI-82 graphing calculator in seventh grade. The University of Washington Information School professor was taking a pre-algebra class, and her teacher made the...
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Events

Jun 28
 
3:00-5:00PM

iSchool Alumni Social at ALA Conference 2025

Pennsylvania Convention Center
Jul 9
 
7:00-7:45PM

iSchool Read-Alongs Series: July

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Aug 5
 
8:30-9:30AM

MSIM Conversation with Professor Sara Sanford - Career Outcomes

Zoom / Online
Aug 7
 
7:00-7:45PM

iSchool Read-Alongs Series: August

Online
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