Leadership
- Leadership Roles
- Dean: Eric T. Meyer (2018-2024)
- Associate Dean for Education: Soo Young Rieh (2019-2023)
- Associate Dean for Research & Faculty Affairs: David Lankes (interim, 2022-2023)
- Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Edgar Gómez-Cruz (2022-2026)
- Assistant Dean for Education and Student Affairs: Carla Criner
- Education Leadership Roles
- Director of Undergraduate Studies: Ken Fleischmann (2020-2025)
- Director of Master’s Studies / Graduate Advisor: Ying Ding (2021-2023)
- Director of Doctoral Studies / Assistant Graduate Advisor: Matt Lease (2022-2025)
- Journal Leadership Roles
- Journal editors-in-chief, Information & Culture: Andrew Dillon (2019-2023)
- Journal editor-in-chief, ACM Journal on Responsible Computing: Ken Fleischmann (2022-2025)
- University-wide Appointed and Elected Committees and Roles
- Aspire IChange-Institutional Change Initiative Network: Bo Xie
- Continuing, Professional, and Online Education Leadership Council: Soo Young Rieh (2021-2023)
- Council for LGBTQ+ Access, Equity, and Inclusion (Q+AEI): Amelia Acker (2021-2023)
- Council for Racial and Ethnic Equity and Diversity (CREED): Jakki Bailey (iSchool rep) & Loriene Roy (at-large rep)
- Disabled Faculty Equity Council (DFEC): Ken Fleischmann (2022-2025)
- Diversity Officer & Minority Liaison Officer: Edgar Gómez-Cruz (2022-2026)
- Faculty Council C13 Information Technology Committee: Yan Zhang (2020-2023)
- Faculty Council Representative: Andrew Dillon (2022-2023)
- Graduate Assembly Representative: Amelia Acker (2022-2025)
- Information Technology Leadership Committee (ITLC): Sam Burns (2020-2023)
- University Faculty Gender Equity Council (UFGEC): Yan Zhang (2022-2025)
- Undergraduate Studies Advisory Committee: Soo Young Rieh (2020-2023)
- Design Studies Bridging Disciplines Program Faculty Panel: Jacek Gwizdka
- Museum Studies Bridging Disciplines Program Faculty Panel: Sarah Norris
- Smart Cities Bridging Disciplines Program Faculty Panel:Ken Fleischmann
- Student Leaders
- iPride (ischoolpride@gmail.com): Evalyn Stow (Head)
- iSchool Doctoral Student Association (iDSA): Isabella Schloss
- Society of American Archivists (SAA) (saautx@gmail.com): Courtney Welu, Melissa Aslo De La Torre, Rachel Poppen
- Student Association of the School of Information (SASI) (ischoolsasi@gmail.com): Lee Kravchenko, Amy Griffin
- UX Design Club (aeledath@utexas.edu): Arya Eledath (President)
- User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA) (uxpastudentgroup@gmail.com): Gayathri Ramesh, Hira Jamshed
- Women in Informatics (texaswiinfo@gmail.com): Sonali Hornick (President)
Standing Committees
- General Assembly
To receive reports from committees and leaders in the iSchool that pertain to the whole community, and to discuss matters with school-wide impact. Normally meets once per term. The Fall 2022 meeting is scheduled for Tuesday October 4 from 12:30–1:30.
- Chair: Dean
- All eligible faculty
- All eligible staff
- All post-doctoral researchers
- All doctoral students
- Extended Budget Council
Sets policy and advises the Dean on hiring, governance, and strategic issues of importance to the School. Meets monthly from 1-3 PM on Fridays. 2022-23 regular meetings are scheduled for Sept 2, Sept 30, Oct 14, Nov 18, Dec 9, Jan 27, Feb 24, Mar 24, Apr 21. Extra meetings may be needed on occasion.
- Chair: Eric T. Meyer (elected, 2022-2025)
- All tenured full and associate professors
- Tenure-track professors are also invited but not required to attend discussions during the open portion of the meeting.
- Promotion and Tenure Committee
Conducts annual reviews of faculty, oversees mentoring of faculty, and makes recommendations for promotion and tenure, comprehensive periodic review, and mid-probationary review. Meetings are during the latter portion of EBC meetings. There will be voting on current promotion & tenure cases at the Oct 14 meeting.
- Chair: David Lankes (elected, 2022-2024)
- All tenured full and associate professors
- Research Committee
To discuss and strategically plan research-related developments at the iSchool. During the 2022-23 academic year while we search for a new ADR, this committee will continue to operate primarily by e-mail (research-ischool@utlists.utexas.edu).
- Chair: David Lankes (Associate Dean for Research, ex officio)
- IRB Review Chair: Jacek Gwizdka (ex officio)
- All eligible faculty
- All post-doctoral researchers
- All grants-related staff
- All interested doctoral students
- Colloquium Committee
To enhance the research culture of the iSchool, the committee plans and coordinates the research colloquia and speaker series.
- Chair: Jacek Gwizdka (fall only)
- Keisha Brown (Director of Communications, ex officio)
- Elliott Hauser
- Sarah Norris
- Lily Vega
- Yan Zhang
- Akhil Kumar Adavi (doctoral student representative)
- Education Committee
The education committee is the umbrella committee for education policy and implementation. This committee’s meetings will incorporate meetings of the Information Studies GSC, and is the body through which the doctoral, master’s (including MSISP), and undergraduate studies committees report to the whole faculty with recommendations and items for wider discussion. Meets monthly during terms from 1-3 pm, normally on a Friday. Meetings for 2022-23 are scheduled for Aug 26, Sept 30, Nov 4, Dec 2, Jan 13, Feb 10, Mar 10, Apr 7.
- Chair: Soo Young Rieh (Associate Dean for Education, ex officio)
- GSC Information Studies Chair: Soo Young Rieh
- GSC MSISP Chair: Ken Fleischmann
- Carla Criner (ex officio)
- All eligible faculty
- Doctoral Studies Committee
This committee handles recruitment and evaluation of doctoral applicants for admission, organizes the annual doctoral student review cycle, coordinates nominations of doctoral students to prestigious University and external awards, and works with the Director of the Doctoral Program on all matters related to the doctoral program. This committee reports to the Education Committee, and is expected to normally meet monthly on a date before the Education Committee meeting.
- Chair: Director of Doctoral Studies, Matt Lease
- Soo Young Rieh (ex officio)
- Carla Criner (ex officio)
- Ahmer Arif
- Jakki Bailey
- Jacek Gwizdka (fall only)
- Sarika Sharma
- Yan Zhang
- Jiaying Liu (doctoral student representative)
- Angie Zhang (doctoral student representative)
- Master’s Studies Committee
This committee provides oversight of curricular and programmatic issues for the MSIS, and ensures the smooth operation of our master’s program. This committee reports to the Education Committee, and is expected to normally meet monthly on a date before the Education Committee meeting. NOTE: While this committee will look at issues of admissions standards and processes, the actual evaluation of applications will be done by the separate Master’s Admissions Sub-committee.
- Chair: Director of Master’s Studies, Ying Ding
- Soo Young Rieh (ex officio)
- Carla Criner (ex officio)
- Amelia Acker
- Gwen Kelso
- Ciaran Trace (fall only)
- David Lankes
- Abhijit Mishra (spring only)
- Loriene Roy (fall only)
- Aaron Ulmer
- Riya Sinha (master’s student representative)
- Ali Strohm (master’s student representative)
- Master’s Admissions Sub-committee
This new sub-committee of the Master’s Studies Committee is responsible for recruitment and evaluation for admissions to the MSIS program. The bulk of the effort is during the spring admissions cycle.
- Co-Chairs: Carla Criner (Assistant Dean) and Ying Ding (Director of Master’s Studies)
- Amelia Acker
- Angela Smith
- Elliott Hauser
- James Howison
- Mick McQuaid
- + 5-7 NTT Faculty TBD
- Undergraduate Studies Committee
Oversees the undergraduate curriculum. This year, the committee will focus on continuing to develop the informatics degrees. This committee reports to the Education Committee, and is expected to normally meet monthly on a date before the Education Committee meeting.
- Chair: Director of Undergraduate Studies, Ken Fleischmann
- Soo Young Rieh (ex officio)
- Carla Criner (ex officio)
- Natasha Saldaña (Undergraduate Program Coordinator, ex officio)
- Jeffery Willett (Undergraduate Academic Advisor, ex officio)
- Robert Bautista
- Kayla Booth
- Katie Davidson
- Andrew Dillon
- Earl Huff, Jr.
- Min Kyung Lee
- Sarah Norris
- Stephen Slota
- Aaron Ulmer
- Hana Frluckaj (doctoral student representative)
- Sneha Balakrishnan (master’s student representative)
- Kelly Chu (undergraduate student representative)
- Claire Chun (undergraduate student representative)
- Srihith Duggi (undergraduate student representative)
- Zach Egan (undergraduate student representative)
- Minh Hoang (undergraduate student representative)
- Hyuni Ko (undergraduate student representative)
- Rakshita Kota (undergraduate student representative)
- Diversity and Inclusion
Dedicated to increasing the iSchool's diversity and creating an inclusive community that welcomes all students, staff, faculty, and friends of the school. The committee will also liaise with the current representatives to CREED, UFGEC, LGBTQ+ AEIC, and other university-level committees.
- Chair: Edgar Gómez-Cruz
- Ahmer Arif
- Kayla Booth
- Keisha Brown
- Earl Huff, Jr.
- Mick McQuaid
- Angela Smith
- Jiaxin An (doctoral student representative)
- Saahari Kumar (master’s student representative)
- Tiffany Wu (master’s student representative)
- Kaitlyn Rojas (undergraduate student representative)
- Faculty and Staff Awards & Honors Nominating Committee
To make nominations and produce supporting materials for a variety of faculty and staff awards that are available at UT throughout the year. Make recommendations to the Dean or other appropriate individuals / bodies for awards and honors. Also serve as a memorial committee as needed.
- Chair: James Howison
- Andrew Dillon
- Dona Kurtz
- Min Kyung Lee
- Loriene Roy (fall only)
- Natasha Saldaña
- Taka Suzuki (doctoral student representative)
- Liz Bender (master’s student representative)
- Erin Walters (undergraduate student representative
- Faculty Development Leave Committee
To consider applications each fall for Tenured Faculty Development Leaves.
David Lankes (Interim Associate Dean for Research, ex officio)
Amelia Acker (2022-2025)
Jacek Gwizdka (2022-2024)
Ciaran Trace (2022-2023) - Faculty Development Award Committee
To consider applications each fall for Professional-Track Faculty Development Awards.
Soo Young Rieh (Associate Dean for Education, ex officio)
Ken Fleischmann (2022-2023)
Mick McQuaid (2022-2024)
Ciaran Trace (2022-2025) - Campaign Committee
To lead efforts on the University of Texas fundraising campaign, and on the iSchool 75th Anniversary campaign (1948-2023).
- Chair: Shannon Hickson (Development Director, ex officio)
- Jessica Isaacs (Development Associate, ex officio)
- Keisha Brown
- Andrew Dillon
- James Howison
- Sarah Norris
- Loriene Roy
- Ciaran Trace
- Yan Zhang
- Nathan Davis (doctoral student representative)
- Committee on Committees
Reviews committee structure and membership annually and makes recommendations for membership and leadership roles to the faculty and to the dean. Meets annually in the spring to make recommendations for the coming year.
- Chair: Eric Meyer (ex officio)
- Jakki Bailey
- Carla Criner
- Edgar Gómez-Cruz
- Dona Kurtz
- Angela Smith
- Isabella Schloss (doctoral student representative)
Ad Hoc Committees
- Search Committee: Four assistant professors
This committee will lead the effort to recruit, screen applicants, interview, and make recommendations for hiring in areas that support any of the six undergraduate concentrations.
- Chair: Edgar Gómez-Cruz
- Ahmer Arif
- Kayla Booth
- Ying Ding
- Shannon Hickson
- Earl Huff, Jr.
- Bo Xie
- Caifan Du (doctoral student representative)
- Kristina Shiroma (doctoral student representative)
- Siqi Yi (doctoral student representative)
- Search Committee: Associate Dean for Research & Faculty Affairs and Full Professor
This committee will lead the effort to recruit, screen applicants, interview, and make recommendations for hiring in the any area that adds to the intellectual climate of the iSchool. This position will be a 50% associate dean appointment with a four-year renewable term, and 50% a tenured full professor appointment that will become 100% when the associate dean role ends. All search committees will consult with Assistant Dean for DEI Edgar Gómez-Cruz throughout the search process.
- Chair: David Lankes
- Matt Lease
- Min Kyung Lee
- Ida Rahnamai
- Li Shi (doctoral student representative)
- Ongoing Search Committee: Non-tenure track faculty in multiple areas
This committee will lead the effort to recruit, screen applicants, interview, and make recommendations for hiring in all areas of need for teaching in the undergraduate and graduate programs. The position will be open through summer 2023, and applications will be considered on a rolling basis. When the search committee identifies promising candidates, 1-2 faculty members with appropriate expertise will be invited to help the committee evaluate the applicant(s) for possible recommendation to the EBC and the Dean. All search committees will consult with Assistant Dean for DEI Edgar Gómez-Cruz throughout the search process.
- Chair: Associate Dean for Education Soo Young Rieh
- Director of Undergraduate Studies: Ken Fleischmann
- Director of Master’s Studies: Ying Ding
- Elliott Hauser
- Philip Jones
- Space Working Group (Fall only)
This committee will lead the effort to recruit, screen applicants, interview, and make recommendations for hiring in the any area that adds to the intellectual climate of the iSchool. This position will be a 50% associate dean appointment with a four-year renewable term, and 50% a tenured full professor appointment that will become 100% when the associate dean role ends. All search committees will consult with Assistant Dean for DEI Edgar Gómez-Cruz throughout the search process.
- Chair: David Lankes
- Matt Lease
- Min Kyung Lee
- Ida Rahnamai
- Li Shi (doctoral student representative)