Leading innovation with a human lens.

Get to know the chairs and directors who lead our department with dedication, vision, and expertise.

A message from the Chair.

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Information Science students and faculty have deep technical expertise, but we also ask, 'how will people actually use it?' and 'what effect will it have on society?'

Meet the Chair

David Mimno, Professor, Chair of the Department of Information Science

Meet the leadership team.

Elizabeth Estabrook
Interim Senior Director of Administration for the Departments of Computer Science and Information Science
Elizabeth Estabrook
Interim Senior Director of Administration for the Departments of Computer Science and Information Science
ee54@cornell.edu
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Susan Fussell
Professor of Information Science and Communications, Director of Graduate Studies
Susan Fussell
Professor of Information Science and Communications, Director of Graduate Studies
sfussell@cornell.edu
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Gilly Leshed
Full Teaching Professor of Information Science, Director of MPS, Information Science
Gilly Leshed
Full Teaching Professor of Information Science, Director of MPS, Information Science
gl87 <at> cornell <dot> edu
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David Mimno
Professor of Information Science, Department Chair
David Mimno
Professor of Information Science, Department Chair
dm655@cornell.edu
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Matthew Wilkens
Associate Professor of Information Science , Director of Undergraduate Studies
Matthew Wilkens
Associate Professor of Information Science , Director of Undergraduate Studies
wilkens@cornell.edu