GSLIS alumnus Tomas A. Lipinski (PhD ‘98) has been named dean of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) School of Information Studies. Lipinski will assume his new role on October 1.
Since completing his doctoral studies at GSLIS, Lipinski has been active in the field of library and information science. Most recently he served as director of the School of Library and Information Science at Kent State University, where he is a professor. He has previously taught courses as a professor at GSLIS in the Midwest Book and Manuscript Studies program, as well as at Indiana University, Syracuse University, and at UWM, where he directed the School of Information Studies’s master of library and information science program.
Lipinski’s areas of expertise include copyright, information law, and intellectual property in relation to privacy and free speech, ethics, freedom of inquiry, and distance education. He has authored four books and multiple chapters and articles on these topics.
In addition to his PhD, Lipinski holds a master of library and information science degree from UWM; a master of laws (taxation) from The John Marshall Law School; a juris doctor from Marquette University Law School; and a bachelor of arts in history from UWM.