Leadership
- Leadership Roles
- Dean: Eric T. Meyer (2018-2024)
- Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: Soo Young Rieh (2019-2027)
- Assistant Dean : 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 (2023-2025)
- Director of Doctoral Studies / Assistant Graduate Advisor: Matt Lease (2022-2025)
- Journal Leadership Roles
- Journal editors-in-chief, Information & Culture: Andrew Dillon (2019-2024)
- Journal editor-in-chief, ACM Journal on Responsible Computing: Ken Fleischmann (2022-2025)
- University-wide Appointed and Elected Committees and Roles
- Faculty Council Representative: Andrew Dillon (2022-2024)
- Graduate Assembly Representative: Amelia Acker (2022-2025)
- C-07 UT Libraries Committee: David Lankes (2023-2026)
- Student Conduct and Academic Integrity Liaison to Dean of Students: Carla Criner
- UT Austin Open Source Program Office (OSPO): James Howison
- Design Studies Bridging Disciplines Program Faculty Panel: Jacek Gwizdka, Angela Smith
- Museum Studies Bridging Disciplines Program Faculty Panel: Sarah Norris
- Smart Cities Bridging Disciplines Program Faculty Panel:Ken Fleischmann
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.
- 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. 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 the current promotion case at the Oct 13 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.
- Chair: Director of Research Community James Howison (2022-2024, ex officio)
- IRB Review Chair: Jacek Gwizdka (ex officio)
- Colloquium Committee chair: Earl Huff (ex officio)
- Research staff representative: Ida Rahnamai
- Amelia Acker
- Colloquium Committee
To enhance the research culture of the iSchool, the committee plans and coordinates the research colloquia and speaker series. This committee will coordinate with the broader Research Community Committee via its chair’s membership on that committee.
- Chair: Earl Huff
- Hanlin Li
- Min Kyung Lee
- Stephen Slota
- Deja Lewis (Events coordinator)
- 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.
- Chair: Soo Young Rieh (Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, ex officio)
- GSC Information Studies Chair: Soo Young Rieh (elected, 2022-2025)
- 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
- Edgar Gómez-Cruz
- Elliott Hauser
- James Howison
- Douglas Jansen
- 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, Amelia Acker
- Soo Young Rieh (ex officio)
- Carla Criner (ex officio)
- Ying Ding
- Rachel Hendrickson
- Barbara Jansen
- David Lankes
- Abhijit Mishra
- Sarah Norris
- Stephen Slota
- Aaron Ulmer
- Rachel Hendrickson
- Master’s Admissions Sub-committee
This 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 Amelia Acker (Director of Master’s Studies)
- Andrew Dillon
- Michael McQuaid
- John Neumann
- Shounak Roychowdhury
- Ciaran Trace
- Bo Xie
- + 5-7 part-time lecturer 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 (Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, ex officio)
- Carla Criner (Assistant Dean, ex officio)
- Natasha Saldaña (Undergraduate Program Coordinator, ex officio)
- Jeffery Willett (Undergraduate Academic Advisor, ex officio)
- Robert Bautista
- Kayla Booth
- Jacek Gwizdka
- Earl Huff
- Min Kyung Lee
- John Neumann
- Angela Smith
- Farzana Tasnim
- Aaron Ulmer
- Yan Zhang
- Community Access & Belonging Committee
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Dedicated to enhancing the iSchool's community in a way that welcomes all students, staff, faculty, and friends of the school.
- Chair: Edgar Gómez-Cruz
- Ahmer Arif
- Jakki Bailey
- Kayla Booth
- Angela Smith
- Dona Kurtz
- 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: Bo Xie
- Jakki Bailey
- Elliott Hauser
- Dona Kurtz
- David Lankes
- Sarah Norris
- Natasha Saldaña
- Faculty Development Leave Committee
To consider applications each fall for Tenured Faculty Development Leaves.
- James Howison (Director of Research Community, ex officio)
- Amelia Acker (2022-2025)
- Jacek Gwizdka (2022-2024)
- Ciaran Trace (2023-2025)
- Faculty Development Award Committee
To consider applications each fall for Professional-Track Faculty Development Awards.
- Soo Young Rieh (Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, ex officio)
- Mick McQuaid (2022-2024)
- Ciaran Trace (2022-2025)
- Ken Fleischmann (2023-2026)
- 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)
- Alexandra Guterbock (Development Associate, ex officio)
- Andrew Dillon
- Michael Don
- James Howison
- Matt Lease
- 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
- Chair: Eric Meyer (ex officio)
- Jakki Bailey
- Edgar Gómez-Cruz
- Dona Kurtz
- Angela Smith
Ad Hoc Committees
- Search Committee: Tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of Health Informatics
This committee will lead the effort to recruit, screen applicants, interview, and make recommendations, with the goal of hiring 1-2 new faculty.
- Chair: Ying Ding
- Yan Zhang
- Jacek Gwizdka
- Search Committee: Tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of Social Informatics
This committee will lead the effort to recruit, screen applicants, interview, and make recommendations, with the goal of hiring 1-2 new faculty.
- Chair: Ken Fleischmann
- James Howison
- Hanlin Li
- 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 posting will be open through summer 2024, 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.
- Chair: Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Soo Young Rieh
- Director of Master’s Studies: Amelia Acker
- Elliott Hauser
- David Lankes