iSchools Leadership (Board of Directors)

The iSchools organization is governed by its Board of Directors, consisting of the Executive Committee and regionally elected Board members. Board Members from 1 January 2022 until 1 January 2023 are:

iSchools Chair and Executive Committee member: Sanda Erdelez, Director and Professor, Simmons University, School of Library and Information Science (USA)

iSchools Past-Chair and Executive Committee member: Gobinda Chowdhury, Professor of Information Science, Department of Computer & Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde (Scotland)

iSchools Chair-Elect and Executive Committee member: Gillian Oliver, Associate Professor, Monash University, Department of Human Centred Computing (Australia)

Executive Director and Executive Committee member: Michael Seadle, Professor, Berlin School of Library and Information Science, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany)

iSchools Treasurer and Executive Committee member: Eric Meyer, Dean, University of Texas at Austin, School of Information (USA)

Europe / Africa Chair and Executive Committee member: Koraljka Golub, Professor, Linnaeus University, Information Institute (Sweden)

Americas Regional Chair and Executive Committee member: Keith Marzullo, Professor and Dean, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland (USA)

Asia Pacific Regional Chair and Executive Committee member: Atsuyuki Morishima, Professor, University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Library, Information, and Media Studies (Japan)

Board of Directors member, Americas: Kimiz Dalkir, Associate Professor and Director, McGill University, School of Information Studies (Canada); Anind K. Dey, Professor and Dean, University of Washington, Information School (USA); Charles Isbell, Dean, Georgia Tech, College of Computing (USA)

Board of Directors Member, Europe / Africa: Josep Cobarsí Morales, Professor, Open University of Catalonia, Faculty of Computer Science, Multimedia and Telecommunications (Spain)

Board of Directors Members, Asia Pacific: Wonsik “Jeff” Shim, Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, Library & Information Science and Data Science Department (Korea); Lihong Zhou, Professor, Wuhan University, School of Information Management (China)

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iCaucus Chairs, past through present

Sanda Erdelez, Simmons University (2022-2024)

Gobinda Chowdhury, University of Strathclyde (2020-2022)

Sam Oh, Sungkyunkwan University (2018-2020)
Ronald Larsen, University of Pittsburgh (2016-2018)
Michael Seadle, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (2014-2016)
Elizabeth Liddy, Syracuse University (2012-2014)
Harry Bruce, University of Washington (2010-2012)
John Unsworth, University of Illinois (2008-2010)
Ronald Larsen, University of Pittsburgh (2006-2008)
Raymond F. von Dran, Syracuse University (2004-2006)
John King, University of Michigan (2002-2004)

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