School of Information Sciences

Committees

Executive Committee

Emily Knox, 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 & Associate Dean for Research (ex officio)
Michael Twidale, Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs (ex officio)
Linda Smith as 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)
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 & Associate Dean for Research (ex officio)
PhD Coordinator, staff (ex officio)
Malik Salami, PhD student representative

MSLIS & CAS

Colin Rhinesmith, Chair (Fall)
Maria Bonn, Chair (Spring)
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
Dong Wang
Haohan Wang
John Weible
Yue Guo
Kahyun Choi
Renee Hendricks
Yonghan Jung
Jiaqi Ma
Amira Al-Mutairi, staff (ex officio)
Stacy Clemmons, staff (ex officio)
Anushree Udhayakumar, MSIM student representative

Undergraduate

Rachel Magee, Chair
Peter Darch (Fall)
Elizabeth Wickes
Jill Naiman
Zoe LeBlanc
Adam Rusch
Craig Evans
Rachel Adler
Nitin Verma
Haileleol Tibebu
Advisor and Coordinator of Undergraduate Affairs, staff (ex officio)
Desiree McMillion, staff (ex officio)
Anya Tummala, BSIS student representative
Jenny Mai, BSIS+DS student representative

Special Committees

ALA Accreditation

Colin Rhinesmith, Chair (Fall)
Maria Bonn, Chair (Spring)
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 Ludaescher
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 Ludaescher
Jiaqi Ma
Nicola Carboni
Elizabeth Hoiem
Craig Willis
Assistant Dean for Communication & Marketing, staff (ex officio)
Angelica Townsend, staff (ex officio)

Research Advisory

Stephen Downie, 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)
Michele Plante, 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)
Vicki Van Uithoven, staff (ex officio)
Alexis Miller, staff (ex officio)

School of Information Sciences

501 E. Daniel St.

MC-493

Champaign, IL

61820-6211

Voice: (217) 333-3280

Fax: (217) 244-3302

Email: ischool@illinois.edu

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