The IDEA Institute on AI aims to recruit and create a diverse, intellectually robust cohort of Fellows that is engaged in real-world learning experiences, and valuable professional networking among the cohort and with instructors that will continue after the grant-period. In addition, Fellows will have opportunities to learn what it means to be change agents to lead the adoption of disruptive, transformative technology, while being strategic and agile. As members of two diverse cohorts of leaders (IMLS-funded and self-funded Fellows), they will spark future innovation, collaboration, and dissemination of AI in library and information environments.
2021 IDEA Institute Fellows
Fellows
Position
Affiliation
| Martha Anderson | Head, Digital Services Department | University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Libraries |
| Shelly Black | Libraries Fellow | North Carolina State University Libraries |
| Rachelle Brandel | User and Engagement Services Specialist (Librarian) | Missouri Baptist University |
| Matt Cook | Digital Scholarship Program Manager | Harvard Library |
| Julie Marie Frye | School Librarian, Head | Gems World Academy - Chicago |
| David Hurley | Discovery and Web Librarian (Assistant Professor) | University of New Mexico |
| Peter Hyun | Web Developer & STEM Project Lead Instructor | Howard County Library System |
| Casandra Laskowski | Technology & Empirical Services Librarian | University of Arizona |
| Gigi Mohamad | Assistant Professor | William Paterson University |
| Ismail Msuya | Web Developer and Systems Programmer | Northern Michigan University, Lydia M. Olson Library |
| Dorothy Ogdon | Head of Emerging Technology and System Development | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| Anchalee Panigabutra-Roberts | Head, Cataloging | University of Tennessee Libraries |
| Meng Qu | Web Service Librarian | Miami University |
| Gang Shao | Data Science Specialist | Purdue University |
| Win Shih | Director of Integrated Library Systems | University of Southern California |
| Tienya Smith | Community Library Manager | Queens Public Library |
| Trevor Watkins | Teaching and Outreach Librarian | George Mason University |
