Committees

Executive Committee

Emily Knox, Chair
Maria Bonn
Ryan Cordell
Bertram Ludaescher
Madelyn Sanfilippo
Yang Wang
J. Stephen Downie, Interim Executive Associate Dean (ex officio)
Dong Wang, Associate Dean for Research (ex officio)
Michael Twidale, Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs (ex officio)
Brandon Batzloff, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (ex officio)
Kyungwon Koh, Interim Associate Dean for Community, Culture, and Engagement (ex officio)
Admin support: Christine Hopper

Standing Committees

Curriculum

Brandon Batzloff, ADAA, Chair (ex officio)
Christopher Bailey, Information Sciences Librarian
Maria Bonn, MSLIS and CAS Program Director 
Alex Damarjian (chair) MS in Game Dev  
Rachel Magee, Undergraduate Program Director
Vetle Torvik, PhD Program Director
Judith Pintar (chair) GSD Curriculum Committee
Yang Wang, MSIM and Bioinformatics Program Director
Lisa Bievenue (ex officio)
Ben Schaap, staff ex officio)
April Carter, staff (ex officio)
Amber Holmes, staff (ex officio)
Admin support: Hope Bickers

Doctoral Studies

Vetle Torvik, Chair  
Cesar Bernabe
Jessie Chin  
Kahyun Choi
Min-Seok Choi 
Zoe LeBlanc           
Yaoyao Liu                   
Jiaqi Ma
Bonnie Mak
Ted Underwood  
Dong Wang, ADR (ex officio)
Kyu-Been Chun, PhD Coordinator, staff (ex officio) 
Admin support: Hope Bickers/AA

MSLIS & CAS

Maria Bonn, Chair  
Jiangping Chen
Kyle L. Chong
Sharon Comstock   
LaVerne Gray    
Jungmin Lee
Marianne Le Quéré
Daniel Liu
Melissa Ocepek  
Travis Wagner          
Craig Willis          
Kristina Intinarelli, staff (ex officio)
Talia Shaw, staff (ex officio)
Lauren Ochs, staff (ex officio)
Admin support: Hope Bickers/AA

MSIM & Bioinformatics

Yang Wang, Chair 
Masooda Bashir
Peter Darch
Jingrui He  
Yue Guo           
Yonghan Jung    
John Weible          
Hao Wang
Haohan Wang [parental leave Fall]
Tian Wang 
Amira Al-Murtairi, staff (ex officio)
Admin support: Hope Bickers/AA

Undergraduate

Rachel Magee, Chair 
Bogeum Choi 
Iris Clever [admin leave spring]
David Dubin             
Craig Evans
Renee Hendricks      
Leigh Michelle Levinson 
David Mussulman
Jill Naiman          
Sara Schwebel
Elizabeth Wickes       
Advisor and Coordinator of Undergraduate Affairs, staff (ex officio)
Desiree McMillion, staff (ex officio)
Stacy Clemmons, staff (ex officio)
Admin support: Hope Bickers/AA

Community and Culture 

Rachel Adler, Chair
Janaynne Carvalho do Amaral
Sarah Park Dahlen
Yildiz Esener [admin leave Fall]
Ismini Lourentzou    
Christopher Lueg  
Emily Maemura      
Yvette Iribe Ramirez
Edwin “Teddy” Roland 
JooYoung Seo [CAS release in Fall]
Yoo-Seong Song  
Kyungwon Koh (ex officio)
Caroline Nappo (ex officio)
Admin support: Angelica Townsend (until new admin support hired)

Cross-Campus Curriculum Committees

MS in Game Dev

Alex Damarjian, Chair
Yun Huang
Judith Pintar
Katryna Starks
Dan Cermak, staff
Admin support: Quinn Kennelly (until new admin support hired)

GSD

Judith Pintar, Chair
Emilie Butt  
Adam Rusch 
Katryna Starks
Jiovannie Velazquez
Dan Cermak, staff
Admin support: Quinn Kennelly (until new admin support hired)

Special Committees

Faculty Affairs Advisory

Mike Twidale, Chair
Jingrui He
Bertram Ludaescher
Kate McDowell
Allen Renear 
Ted Underwood 
Dong Wang
Martin Wolske
Admin support: Angelica Townsend

Faculty Grievance    

Carol Tilley, Chair  
Christopher Lueg
Allen Renear
Colin Rhinesmith
Karen Wickett
Admin support: Christine Hopper (if needed)

Awards & Lectures

Michael Twidale, Chair
Nicola Carboni      
Alex Damarjian     
Elizabeth Hoiem  
Emily Maemura     
Vishal Sharma
Karen Wickett
Cindy Brya, staff (ex officio)
Admin support: Angelica Townsend

Research Advisory

Dong Wang, Chair
Yonghan  Jung
Ismini Lourentzou
JooYoung Seo [CAS release in Fall]
Vishal Sharma
Katryna Starks
Nitin Verma
Admin support: Naomi Roque

School Librarian Licensure Program Advisory Group

Meets once per semester
Lauren Ochs, Chair
Maria Bonn
Sharon Comstock
Kyungwon Koh         
Sara Schwebel
Admin support: Alexis Miller

Student Success 

Kyungwon Koh, Chair
Yun Huang
Haileleol Tibebu
Adam Rusch
Nitin Verma
Martin Wolske
Admin support: Alexis Miller or Christine Hopper (until new admin support hired)

Student Conduct & Capricious Grading

Brandon Batzloff, ADAA, Chair (ex officio)
April Carter, Co-chair, ex officio
Yildiz Esener [admin leave Fall]
Yun Huang
Haileleol Tibebu      
Jiovannie Velazquez
Elizabeth Wickes       
Amber Holmes, staff (ex officio)
Admin support: Alexis Miller

Bylaws

Kate McDowell, Chair  
Madelyn Sanfilippo, Vice Chair 
David Dubin 
Soumita Mukherjee
Melissa Ocepek       
Matt Turk 
Michael Twidale 
Admin support: Angelica Townsend

MSIM Reboot

Masooda Bashir, Co-chair  
Yang Wang, Co-chair  
Peter Darch
Yoo-Seong Song 
Halil Kilicoglu
John Weible
Craig Willis
Weslee Walton staff (ex officio)
Amira Al-Mutairi, staff (ex officio)
Nitasha Mathayas, staff (ex officio)
Admin support:  Hope Bickers or Christine Hopper (until new admin support hired)

Informatics PhD

Renee Hendricks     
Vetle Torvik

Engaged Research and Learning

Kyungwon Koh, Chair  
Sharon Comstock    
Colin Rhinesmith  
Yoo-Seong Song 
Jiovannie Velazquez
Martin Wolske  
Caroline Nappo (ex officio)
Michelle Ellis, staff
Iftikhar Haider, staff
Lisa Bievenue, staff
Michelle Ellis, staff
Admin support: Angelica Townsend or Christine Hopper (until new admin support hired)

ALA Accreditation 

Will end in September
Maria Bonn, Chair 
Jiangping Chen
Sharon Comstock
Sarah Park Dahlen
Kate McDowell
Colin Rhinesmith 
Travis Wagner
Karen Wickett
Kristina Intinarelli, staff (ex officio)
Talia Shaw, staff (ex officio)
Lauren Ochs, staff (ex officio)
April Carter, staff (ex officio)
Amber Holmes, staff (ex officio)
Admin support: Christine Hopper (as needed)