Academics

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Academic Affairs sits under the purview of the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, the Executive Director for Academics, and the Directors of Undergraduate and Graduate Operations, the Faculty Program Directors, and a wide range of faculty and staff supporting programs and/or thematic areas. Program committee notes can be found via links on our UMD iSchool Committees page.

The Academic Affairs team records all policies, practices, guidelines, and projects in the INFO Academic Affairs Knowledge Base. Answers to most of your questions are available there. The knowledge base is both searchable and browsable via taxonomy. If you are not sure where to start, please review the Teaching FAQs page, which provides links to policies and practices related to teaching assignments, teaching support, instructional materials, grading, collegial leave, academic integrity, and many other topics.

If you are looking for information related to an adjunct contract, please begin with the Teaching Contracts and Appointments page.

Please note: we are also in the process of developing a chatbot that can help you find answers to your questions about teaching. We will provide further updates as they become available.

Meet our team!

Leadership

Katherine Izsak
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Vedat G. Diker
Executive Director for Academics

Jeff Waters
Director of Graduate Operations

Academic Program Direction

Tetyana Bezbabna
Assistant Staff Director, B.S. in Information Science (Shady Grove)

Elizabeth Bonsignore
Faculty Director, B.A. in Technology and Information

Cody Buntain
Faculty Fellow, University Honors College – Artificial Intelligence Cluster

Joel Chan
Assistant Faculty Director, PhD in Information Studies

Pamela Duffy
Faculty Director, B.S. in Information Science (College Park)

Andy Fellows
Faculty Director, Data Justice College Park Scholars Living-Learning Program

Amelia Gibson
Faculty Co-Director, Master of Library and Information Science

Jen Golbeck
Faculty Co-Director, M.P.S. in Data Journalism

Scott Jackson
Assistant Faculty Director, B.S. in Social Data Science

Paul Jaeger
Faculty Director, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Museum Studies and Material Culture

Jesse Klein
Faculty Director, M.P.S. in Game, Entertainment, and Media Analytics

Heera Lee
Faculty Director, M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction

Galina Madjaroff Reitz
Faculty Director, B.S. in Information Science (Shady Grove)

Ryan O’Grady
Faculty Co-Director, Master of Library and Information Science

Beth St. Jean
Faculty Director, Carillon Community in Health Justice

Stacy Surla
Assistant Faculty Director, M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction

Jessica Vitak
Faculty Director, Ph.D. in Information Studies
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Faculty Fellow, University Honors Living-Learning Program – Surveillance Cluster