Chapters

American Society for Information Science and Technology Chapters are chartered by the Board of Directors as local vehicles for fostering  continuous communication among members in geographically-defined areas. Each Chapter elects its own officers and plans its programs to reflect the needs and interests of its local membership. Among the more usual activities are regular meetings, newsletters, workshops and tutorials.

All ASIS&T members are encouraged to participate in their local Chapters. All ASIS&T members whose mailing addresses are within a Chapter's geographic boundaries are  automatically members of that Chapter. Only ASIS&T members may belong to Chapters.

To assure Chapters of a voice in Society activities, the Chapter Assembly advises the Board of Directors on all matters involving the mutual interests of the Chapters. The Chapter Assembly consists of an elected or appointed representative from each Chapter. The Assembly Director, elected by the Assembly as its presiding officer, serves on the ASIS&T Board of Directors.  The Chapter Assembly Director is assisted in matters relating to the Chapter Assembly by the Deputy Chapter Assembly Director and the Chapter Assembly Advisory Committee.

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Chapter Assembly Advisory Committee

Chapter Assembly Director:

Beata Panagopoulos

Deputy Chapter Assembly Director: Amy Wallace

Chapter Assembly Committee Members:

Marija Dalbello, Chapter Advisor 2004-2006

Barbara Dunham, Chapter Advisor 2003-2005

 

Patricia Flanagan, Chapter Advisor 2003-2005

Deborah Helman, Chapter Advisor 2004-2006
Linda McCann, Chapter Advisor 2004-2006

Student Chapter Representative:

Candy Schwartz

Student Chapter Alternate Representative:

Rong Tang

 

Chapters

Arizona

Central Ohio

Chicago

Delaware Valley

East Tennessee

Europe

Florida

Indiana

Los Angeles

Metro New York

Michigan

Minnesota

New England

New Jersey

Northern Ohio

Pacific Northwest

Pittsburgh

Potomac Valley

Southern Ohio

Taipei Area

Wisconsin

Model Bylaws for ASIST Chapters

 

Student Chapters

Catholic University of America

Drexel University

Florida State

Indiana University

Long Island University

Louisiana State

NC Central University

Ohio Virtual

Rutgers University

San Francisco Bay

Simmons College

St. Johns University

Albany

SUNY Buffalo

SUNY Oswego

Taipei University

University of Arkansas

UCLA

University of Hawaii

University of Illinois

University of Iowa

University of Kentucky

University of Maryland

University of Michigan

UNC Chapel Hill

University of North Texas

University of Pittsburgh

University of South Carolina

University of South Florida

University of Tennessee

University of Texas-Austin

University of Toronto

University of Washington

University of Wisconsin - Madison

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Wayne State University

Model Bylaws for ASIST Student Chapters

Chapters

 

Arizona

Chair:

Xiaolong (Luke) Zhang

Chair-Elect:

tba

Chapter Assembly Representative:

Ann Eagan

Treasurer:

Don Fallis

Secretary/Webmaster:

Mary Gorman

 

 

Central Ohio

Chair:

Barbara Dunham 

Chair-Elect: Bill Opperman
Chapter Assembly Representative: Bill Opperman

Secretary:

Robert Bolander

Treasurer:

Ted Morris

Member Records:

Janet Harmon

Program/Hospitality Chairs:

Patricia Furney and Becky Ellis

Webmaster:

Jason Bennett

Past Chair:

Ginny Browne

 

 

Chicago

Chair:

tba

Treasurer:

Anne Hudson

 

 

Delaware Valley

Chair:

tba

 

 

East Tennessee

Secretary/Treasurer:

Murray Browne

 

 

Europe

Chair:

Tatjana Aparac-Jelusic

Chapter Advisor:

Emil Levine

Chapter Assembly Rep:

Julian Warner

Alternate Chapter Assembly Rep:

Michel J. Menou

 

 

Florida

Chair:

Tom Terrell

Secretary:

Richard Austin

Treasurer:

Bahaa El-hadidy

Communications Officer:

Athena Hoeppner

Regional Officer:

Donna Thomas

Past-Chair:

Vicki L. Gregory

 

 

Indiana

Chair:

Merri Beth Lavagnino

Chair-Elect:

Pascal Calarco

Secretary/Treasurer:

Mark Napier

Website Manager:

Allison Brueckner

E-Mail Discussion List Administrator:

Jim Morgan

Member Records Holder:

Steve Hardin

Member Liaison:

Steve Hardin

Chapter Assembly Rep: Andrew Stevens
Alt. Chapter Assembly Rep: Merri Beth Lavagnino

Past Chair:

Andrew Stevens

 

 

Los Angeles

Chair:

Rachael Clemens

Chair-Elect/Program Chair:

Margaret Hogarth 

Secretary:

Christina Salazar

Treasurer:

Shahla Bahavar

Past Chair:

Linda Heichman

 

 

Metropolitan New York

Acting Chair:

Shelly Warwick

Treasurer:

Ned Wall

 

 

Michigan

Chair:

Mies Martin

Chair-Elect:

Julia Daniel

Secretary/Treasurer:

Allison Brueckner

Membership Chair:

Judith O'Dell

Program Chair: Julia Daniel

Website Manager:

Arjun Sabharwal

E-Mail Discussion List Administrator:

Arjun Sabharwal

Chapter Assembly Rep:

Allison Brueckner

 

 

Minnesota

Treasurer/Listserv Manager:

Janet M. Arth

Membership Chair:

Milagros R. Rush

 

 

New England

Chair:

Margret Branschofsky 

Chair-Elect:

Beatrice Pulliam

Treasurer:

Vince Kimball

Secretary: Kate McNeill-Harman

Member Records:

Joanne Ren

Program Committee Chair: Beatrice Pulliam
Simmons Faculty Liaison: Candy Schwartz
Student Chapter Liaison: Caryn Anderson
Webmasters: Darcy Duke, Nicole Hennig, Kyle Nicholls

Past Chair:

Darcy Duke

 

 

New Jersey

Chair:

Xiangmin Zhang

Chair-Elect:

Gerry Grenier

Treasurer:

Ying-Hsang Liu

Secretary:

Maurica Fedors

Membership Records:

Barbara Ringk

Past Chair:

Marija Dalbello

 

 

Northern Ohio

Chair:

Elizabeth Whippo- Cline

Chair Elect:

Jason Holmes

Secretary:

Penelope J. O'Connor

Treasurer:

Barbara Parkinson

Assembly Representative:

Erica B. Lilly

Alternate Assembly Representative: Yin Zhang

Archivist:

Jill M. Tatem

Webmasters:

Yin Zhang & Susan Xie

Membership Records:

Richard Brhel

External Liaison:

Jean Z. Piety

Past Chair: Ruth E. Fenske

 

 

Pacific Northwest

Chair:

Terry Reese

Chair-Elect:

Secretary/Treasurer:

Melissa Riesland

Past Chair:

Mark Dahl

 

 

Pittsburgh

Chair:

tba

 

 

Potomac Valley

Co-Chair:

Melissa Palus

Co-Chair: Linda Bringan

Treasurer:

Jon W. Simons

Membership Liaison:

Melissa Palus

Student Chapter Advisors:

Rong Tang (Catholic University of America)
Doug Oard (University of Maryland)

Webmaster:

Susan Brown

Past Chair: Nichole Kallas

 

 

Southern Ohio

Chair:

Jill Sellers

Chair-Elect:

Arne Almquist

Secretary:

Elna Saxton

Treasurer:

Glen Horton

Chapter Assembly Rep:

Donald Case

Alternate Chapter Assembly Rep:

Rosemary Ashton

Past Chair:

Rosemary Ashton

 

 

Taipei Area

Chair:

Hsueh-hua Chen

Chair-elect:

Ming-Yueh Tsay

Treasurer:

Chen-Ling Hsu

Assembly Representative:

Kuang-Hua

 

 

Wisconsin

Chair:

Wooseob Jeong

Chair-Elect: Catherine A. Johnson
Treasurer: Xiangming Mu
Secretary: Jin Zhang

Past Chair:

Jin Zhang

 

Student Chapters

The Catholic University of America
 Faculty Advisor:
        Rong Tang,
tangr@cua.edu

Drexel University
 Faculty Advisor:
        Katherine McCain,
kate.mccain@cis.drexel.edu

Florida State University
 Faculty Advisor:
        Corinne Jorgensen,
cjorgensen@lis.fsu.edu

Indiana University
 Faculty Advisor:
        Howard Rosenbaum,
hrosenba@indiana.edu

Long Island University
 
Faculty Advisors:
        Heting Chu,
hchu@liu.edu          
        David Goodman,
dgoodman@liu.edu

Louisiana State University
 Faculty Advisor:
        Lisl Zach,
lzach@lsu.edu

North Carolina Central University
 
Faculty Advisor: 
       Deborah E. Swain,
swainham@msn.com

Ohio Virtual
 
Faculty Advisor:
        Ted Morris (Kent State University),
tamorris@kent.edu

Rutgers University
 Faculty Advisors:
        Tefko Saracevic,
tefko@scils.rutgers.edu
        Claire McInerney,
clairemc@scils.rutgers.edu

San Francisco Bay Area
 Faculty Advisor:
        Geoffrey Liu (San Jose State University),
gliu@wahoo.sjsu.edu

Simmons College
 Faculty Advisor:
        Candy Schwartz,
candy.schwartz@simmons.edu

St. Johns University
 
Faculty Advisor:
        Bella Hass Weinberg

State University of New York at Albany
 Faculty Advisor:
        Tom Mackey,
tmackey@uamail.albany.edu

State University of New York at Buffalo
 
Faculty Advisor:
        Miguel E. Ruiz,
meruiz@buffalo.edu

State University of New York at Oswego
 
Faculty Advisor:
        Youngok Choi,
ychoi@oswego.oswego.edu

Taipei University
 
Faculty Advisor:
        Shan-Ju Lin Chang, sjlin@ntu.edu.tw

University of Arkansas, Little Rock
 Faculty Advisor:
        William Montgomery Mitchell,
wmmitchell@uair.edu

University of California, Los Angeles
 Faculty Advisor:
        Gregory H. Leazer,
gleazer@ucla.edu
        

University of Hawaii
 Faculty Advisor:
        Diane Nahl,
nahl@hawaii.edu

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 Faculty Advisor:
        Stephen Downie, jdownie@uiuc.edu

University of Iowa
 Faculty Advisor:
        Padmini Srinivasan,
padmini-srinivasan@uiowa.edu

University of Kentucky
 Faculty Advisor:
        Donald Case,
dcase@uky.edu

University of Maryland
 Faculty Advisor:
        Doug Oard,
oard@glue.umd.edu

University of Michigan
 Faculty Advisor:
        Victor Rosenberg,
victorr@umich.edu

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 Faculty Advisor:
        Gary Marchionini,
march@ils.unc.edu

University of North Texas
 Faculty Advisor:
        Shawne Miksa,
smiksa@unt.edu

University of Pittsburgh
 Faculty Advisor:
        To be appointed

University of South Carolina
 Faculty Advisor:
        Robert Williams,
bobwill@sc.edu

University of South Florida (unofficial)
 Faculty Advisor:
        Tom Terrell,
tterrell@cas.usf.edu

University of Tennessee
 Faculty Advisor:
        Dania Bilal, dania@utk.edu

University of Texas - Austin
 
Faculty Advisor:
        Randolph Bias,
rbias@ischool.utexas.edu

University of Toronto
 
Faculty Advisor:
       
Nadia Caidi, caidi@fis.utoronto.ca

University of Washington
 Faculty Advisor:
        Efthimis Efthimiadis,
efthimis@u.washington.edu

University of Wisconsin - Madison
 
Faculty Advisor: 
        To be appointed

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
 
Faculty Advisor:
        Iris Xie,
hiris@csd.uwm.edu

Wayne State University
 Faculty Advisors:
        Ronald Day,
ronday@wayne.edu
        Yunfei Du, ar7579@wayne.edu 


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