Commission Members
Co-chairs
Stephen Director, Robert J. Vlasic Dean of the College of Engineering and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
John King, Dean of the School of Information and Professor of Information
Members
Susan Alcock, Associate Professor of Classical Studies, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Jonathan Alger, Senior Attorney, Office of the General Counsel
Norman Alessi, Professor and Chief Information Officer, Department of Psychiatry, Medical School
Brian Athey, Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Medical School, and Assistant Professor, School of Art and Design
John Seely Brown, MS ’64, PhD ’72, Vice President and Chief Scientist, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
Paul Courant, Associate Provost—Academic and Budgetary Affairs, Professor of Economics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; and Professor, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Terrence Elkes, LLB ’58, Managing Director and Co-owner, Apollo Partners LLC
John Evans, AB ’66, Chairman and CEO, Evans Telecommunications Company
David Featherman, Director of the Institute for Social Research and Professor of Psychology and Sociology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
C. Olivia Frost, Professor and Associate Dean, School of Information
Michael Gordon, Professor and Chair of Computer and Information Systems, School of Business Administration
José-Marie Griffiths, University Chief Information Officer, Executive Director of the Information Technology Division, and Professor, School of Information
Farnam Jahanian, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
Michael Kennedy, Vice Provost for International Affairs and Director of the International Institute, Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Research Scientist, Center for Russian and East European Studies
Pramod Khargonekar, Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
John Laird, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
Kerry Larson, Senior Associate Dean, Rackham School of Graduate Studies, and Associate Professor of English Languages and Literature, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Jonathan Levine, Associate Professor of Urban Planning, A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning
Wendy Lougee, Associate Director for Digital Library Initiatives, University Library
Shirley Neuman, Dean of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, and Professor of English Languages and Literature and of Women’s Studies
James E. Penner-Hahn, Associate Vice President for Research and Professor of Chemistry, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Nichole Pinkard, Assistant Professor, School of Education
Douglas Richstone, Professor of Astronomy, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Lawrence Root, Director, Institute of Labor & Industrial Relations and Professor, School of Social Work
James Steward, Director, Museum of Arts, Assistant Professor of Art History, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Assistant Professor, School of Art and Design
B. Alan Taylor, Professor and Chair of Mathematics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Staff
Gary Krenz, Special Counsel to the President
Pamela Fitzgerald, Executive Secretary
IT Infrastructure Subcommission Members
Farnam Jahanian, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Chair
Brian Athey, Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology and of Art and Design
Paul Courant, Associate Provost—Academic and Budgetary Affairs, and Professor of Economics
José-Marie Griffiths, University Chief Information Officer, Executive Director of ITD, and Professor of Information
Paul Killey, Executive Director of Information Technology, College of Engineering
S. Alan McCord, Director, Operations Management, Information Technology Division
Mike McPherson, Director of Information Technology, College of LS&A
Andrew Palms, Associate Director, ITCom
What We Teach and How We Teach Subcommission Members
”What We Teach” Subcommission Members
Shirley Neuman, Dean, College of LS&A, and Professor of English; Chair
John Evans, AB ’66, Chairman and CEO, Evans Telecommunications
C. Olivia Frost, Professor and Associate Dean, School of Education
Michael Gordon, Professor and Chair of Computer and Information Systems, School of Business Administration
Philip Hanlon, Professor of Mathematics
John Laird, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Kerry Larson, Associate Dean, Rackham School of Graduate Studies, and Professor of English
”How We Teach” Subcommission Members
Lawrence Root, Director, Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, and Professor of Social Work; Co-chair
Susan Alcock, Associate Professor of Classical Studies; Co-chair
Paul Courant, Associate Provost—Academic and Budgetary Affairs, and Professor of Economics
Monika Dressler, Director, Language Resource Center
H. Scott Fogler, Vennema Professor of Chemical Engineering
Michael Gordon, Professor and Chair of Computer and Information Systems, School of Business Administration
José-Marie Griffiths, University Chief Information Officer, Executive Director of ITD, and Professor of Information
James Penner-Hahn, Associate Vice President for Research and Professor of Chemistry
B. Alan Taylor, Professor and Chair of Mathematics
Research Subcommission Members
John Laird, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Co-chair
Farnam Jahanian, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Co-chair
Brian Athey, Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology and of Art and Design
Dan Atkins, Professor of Information and of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
David Featherman, Director, Institute for Social Research and Professor of Psychology and Sociology
James Penner-Hahn, Associate Vice President for Research and Professor of Chemistry
Eric Rabkin, Professor of English Language and Literature
Douglas Richstone, Professor of Astronomy
B. Alan Taylor, Professor and Chair of Mathematics
Assisted by Gary Krenz, Special Counsel to the President
Outreach Subcommission Members
Norman Alessi, Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Chair
Jonathan Alger, Senior Attorney, Office of the General Counsel
Terry Elkes, LLB ’58, Managing Director and Co-owner, Apollo Partners LLC
James Hilton, Associate Provost for Information Technology and Academic Affairs and Thurnau Professor of Psychology
Pramod Khargonekar, Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Jonathan Levine, Associate Professor of Urban Planning
Wendy Lougee, Associate Director for Digital Library Initiatives
Donovan Reynolds, Director of Broadcasting, WUOM/Michigan Radio
James Steward, Director, Museum of Art, and Assistant Professor of Art History and of Art and Design