Standing Committees

EC Chair: Maria Haigh
BSIST Committee Chair: Jacques du Plessis
BSIST Student Representative: Jonathon Weber
MLIS Committee Chair: Tom Lipinski
MLIS Student Representative: Autumn Oakey
MSIST Committee Chair: Margaret Kipp
MSIST Student Representative: TBA
PhD Committee Chair: Iris Xie
PhD Student Representative: Li Yang
TAS: Shaun Hayes (2021-23)
Assoc. Dean–ex-officio, non-voting: Dietmar Wolfram
Assist. Dean–UBR–ex officio, non-voting: Jessica Russell
Assist. Dean–ex officio, non-voting: Chad Zahrt

Consists of the PhD Program Director, Undergraduate Program Director, MLIS Program Director, Assistant Dean (Unit Business Representative – non-voting, ex officio), Executive Committee chair, an Assistant Professor, a TAS, and one student each from the three degree levels. The committee cannot be chaired by the Executive Committee chair or by an assistant professor. In the event that a member occupies two qualified roles, an EC member will be appointed in accordance with the above 1.04 (6). The Associate Dean will serve as a non-voting ex officio member.

Faculty 1: Jacques du Plessis (Chair) (2021-23)
Faculty 2: Wonchan Choi (2022-24)
Faculty 4: Minsook Park (2021-23)
TAS: Khaled Sabha (2021-23)
BSIST Student Representative: Patrick Tate
Assoc. Dean–ex-officio, non-voting: Dietmar Wolfram
Advisor–ex-officio, non-voting: Maggie Flath

Consists of: two Faculty, the Undergraduate Program Director (may not be Chair), one TAS, one academic staff advisor (non-voting, ex officio) and one undergraduate student.

Faculty 1: Abby Phillips (2022-24)
Faculty 2 Spring 2023: Jin Zhang (2021-23)
Faculty 2 Fall 2022 (Stand in for Jin Zhang): Simon Mu
Faculty 3: Nadine Kozak (Chair) (2021-23)
TAS: Susan Hersh (2021-23)
PhD Student Representative: Shengang Wang
MLIS Student Representative: Chelsea Rowley
MSIST Student Representative: TBA
BSIST Student Representative: Enineva Canada
Assoc. Dean—ex officio, non-voting: Dietmar Wolfram
Advisor–ex-officio, non-voting: Brian Williams

Consists of three Faculty, one TAS, one classified staff member (non-voting, ex officio), the Associate Dean (non-voting, ex officio), one undergraduate student, one master’s student, and one PhD student.

Faculty 1: Iris Xie (Chair) (2022-24)
Faculty 2: Wilhelm Peekhaus (2021-23)
Faculty 3: Hur-Li Lee (2021-23)
PhD Student Representative: Xiaohan Yan
Assoc. Dean–ex-officio, non-voting: Dietmar Wolfram
Admissions Coordinator–ex-officio, non-voting: Laura Meyer
Advisor–ex-officio, non-voting: Toby Deutsch

Consists of two faculty members, the PhD Program Director (may not be Chair), the Associate Dean (ex officio) and one PhD student.

Jacques du Plessis
Donald Force
Maria Haigh (Chair)
Margaret Kipp
Nadine Kozak
Hur-Li Lee
Tom Lipinski
Simon Mu
Wilhelm Peekhaus
Shana Ponelis
Iris Xie
Jin Zhang

EC Member 1: Iris Xie (2021-23)
EC Member 2: Donald Force (Chair) (2022-24)
EC Member 3: Wil Peekhaus (2022-24)
EC Member 4 (Alternate): Hur-Li Lee (2021-23)
EC Member 5 (Alternate): Nadine Kozak (2021-23)
EC Member 6 (Alternate): Shana Ponelis (2022-24)

Consists of three Senior Faculty (tenured associate and/or full professors), and two alternate Senior Faculty.

Faculty 1: Donald Force (2022-24)
Faculty 2: Tom Lipinski (Chair) (2021-23)
Faculty 3 (Fall 2022 stand-in for Jin Zhang): Jacques du Plessis
Faculty 3 (Spring 2023): Jin Zhang (2021-23)
TAS: Lindsay Smanz
MLIS Student Representative: Stephanie Webster
Associate Dean–ex-officio, non-voting: Dietmar Wolfram
Admissions Coordinator–ex-officio, non-voting: Angie Sadowsky
Advisor–ex-officio, non-voting: Angie Sadowsky

Consists of two Faculty, the MLIS Program Director (may not be Chair), one TAS and one MLIS student.

Faculty 1: Margaret Kipp (Chair) (2022-24)
Faculty 2: Shana Ponelis (2022-24)
Faculty 3: Wan- Chen Lee (2021-23)
Computer Science: Susan McRoy
TAS: Dee Piziak
MSIST Student Representative: Kaleb Cravillion
Associate Dean–ex-officio, non-voting: Dietmar Wolfram
Admissions Coordinator–ex-officio, non-voting: Angie Sadowsky
Advisor—-ex-officio, non-voting: Toby Deutsch

Consists of three Faculty (one of whom is a representative of the BSIST committee), a MSIST student, and a non-voting representative from the Computer Science Department. The Associate Dean, academic advisor assigned to the MSIST program, and the student services coordinator serve as non-voting ex officio members.

Faculty 1: Tom Lipinski (2022-24)
Faculty 2: Simon Mu (2021-23)
Faculty 3: Margaret Kipp (2021-23)
PhD Student Representative: Hyun-Seung Lee
MLIS Student Representative: Amanda Proper
MSIST Student Representative: Javier Flores
BSIST Student Representative: Diane Sanborn
Associate Dean–ex-officio, non-voting: Dietmar Wolfram

Consists of three Faculty, one TAS, and three students (one undergraduate major and one each from the MLIS and PhD programs). The Associate Dean and the Grant Assistant serve as non-voting ex officio members.