Committees

Executive Committee

Emily Knox, Interim Dean, Chair (ex officio)
Nigel Bosch
Bonnie Mak
Sara Schwebel
Yang Wang
Karen Wickett
Brandon Batzloff, Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (ex officio)
J. Stephen Downie, Executive Associate Dean (ex officio)
Michael Twidale, Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs (ex officio)
Dong Wang, Associate Dean for Research (ex officio)
Linda Smith, Senior Dean’s Fellow (ex officio)

Standing Committees

Curriculum

Brandon Batzloff, Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Chair (ex officio)
Rachel Magee, Interim Undergraduate Program Director
Maria Bonn, MSLIS and CAS Program Director (Spring)
Colin Rhinesmith, Acting MSLIS and CAS Program Director (Fall 2025)
Jingrui He, MSIM and Bioinformatics Program Director
Vetle Torvik, PhD Program Director
Christopher Bailey, Information Sciences Librarian (ex officio)
Lisa Bievenue, staff (ex officio)
April Carter, staff (ex officio)
Amber Holmes, staff (ex officio)
Ben Schaap, staff (ex officio)

Doctoral Studies

Vetle Torvik, Chair
JooYoung Seo
Ted Underwood (Fall)
Meicen Sun
Jiangping Chen
Jessie Chin
Yaoyao Liu
Carol Tilley
Cathy Blake
Yun Huang
J. Stephen Downie, Executive Associate Dean (ex officio)
Kyu-Been Chun, staff (ex officio)
Malik Salami, PhD student representative

MSLIS & CAS

Maria Bonn, Chair
Colin Rhinesmith
Sharon Comstock
Travis Wagner
Sarah Park Dahlen
Kevin Trainor
Craig Willis
Ryan Cordell
Melissa Ocepek (Fall)
Kyungwon Koh
Kristina Intinarelli, staff (ex officio)
Talia Shaw, staff (ex officio)
Lauren Ochs, staff (ex officio)
Seth Thompson, MSLIS student representative

MSIM & Bioinformatics

Jingrui He, Chair
Haohan Wang
John Weible
Yue Guo
Kahyun Choi
Renee Hendricks
Yonghan Jung
Jiaqi Ma
Amira Al-Mutairi, staff (ex officio)
Anushree Udhayakumar, MSIM student representative

Undergraduate

Rachel Magee, Chair
Peter Darch 
Elizabeth Wickes
Jill Naiman
Zoe LeBlanc
Adam Rusch
Craig Evans
Rachel Adler
Nitin Verma
Haileleol Tibebu
Stacy Clemmons, staff (ex officio)
Desiree McMillion, staff (ex officio)
Cory Castaneda, staff (ex officio)
Dara (DL) Lawyer, staff (ex officio)
Keri Marion, staff (ex officio)
Anya Tummala, BSIS student representative
Jenny Mai, BSIS+DS student representative

Special Committees

ALA Accreditation

Maria Bonn, Chair
Colin Rhinesmith
Jiangping Chen
Sharon Comstock
Sarah Park Dahlen
Kate McDowell
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)
Ben Schaap, staff (ex officio)

Faculty Affairs Advisory

Michael Twidale, Chair
Bertram Ludäscher
Allen Renear
Sara Schwebel
Halil Kilicoglu
Martin Wolske

Faculty Grievance

Carol Tilley, Chair
Dong Wang
Elizabeth Hoiem
Cathy Blake
Matt Turk

Awards & Lectures

Michael Twidale, Chair
Yaoyao Liu
Emily Maemura
Bertram Ludäscher
Jiaqi Ma
Nicola Carboni
Elizabeth Hoiem
Craig Willis
Cindy Brya (ex officio)
Angelica Townsend, staff (ex officio)

Research Advisory

Stephen Downie, Co-chair
Dong Wang, Co-chair
Jessie Chin
Jill Naiman
Halil Kilicoglu
Rachel Magee
Kahyun Choi
Haohan Wang
Nicola Carboni
Naomi Roque, staff (ex officio)

School Librarian Licensure Program Advisory Group

Lauren Ochs, Chair
Sara Schwebel
Kyungwon Koh
Rachel Magee

Student Conduct & Capricious Grading

Brandon Batzloff, Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Co-chair (ex officio)
April Carter, Co-chair (ex officio)
Ismini Lourentzou
Vetle Torvik
Craig Evans
Kevin Trainor
Elizabeth Wickes
Haileleol Tibebu
Yildiz Esener
David Mussulman
Amber Holmes, staff (ex officio)
Joanna Adewunmi, PhD student representative
Melissa Ashmun, MSLIS student representative
Xujun Zhou, MSIM student representative
Temi Adejare, BSIS student representative

Bylaws

Kate McDowell, Chair
Madelyn Sanfilippo, Vice Chair
Bonnie Mak (Representing ExCom)
David Dubin
Melissa Ocepek (Fall)
Matt Turk
Michael Twidale (ex officio)

Strategic Planning Implementation

Stephen Downie, Chair
Yang Wang (Representing ExCom)
Allen Renear
Maria Bonn (Spring)
Ted Underwood (Fall)
Renee Hendricks
David Mussulman
David Charles
Zoe LeBlanc

Informatics PhD Steering Committee

Halil Kilicoglu
Michael Twidale

Engaged Research and Learning

David Charles, Co-Chair
Colin Rhinesmith, Co-Chair
Martin Wolske
Sharon Comstock
Yoo-Seong Song
Kyungwon Koh
Anita Chan
Adam Rusch
Lisa Bievenue, staff (ex officio)
Michelle Ellis, staff (ex officio)

Student Success Committee

Stephen Downie, Chair
Rachel Adler
Brandon Batzloff
Nicola Carboni
Renee Hendricks
Dong Wang
April Carter, staff (ex officio)
Eileen Prillaman, staff (ex officio)
Alexis Miller, staff (ex officio)