Other Activities


Professional Leadership


  • 2023 General Co-Chairs, ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction & Retrieval (CHIIR)
  • 2022 Co-Organizer, ASIS&T SIG AI Workshop on AI in the Real World: Strengthen Connections between LIS Research and Practice
  • 2021 Co-Organizer, ASIS&T SIG AI Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Information Research and Practice: Fostering Interconnected Communities
  • 2017 – 2020 Director-at-Large (elected), Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
  • 2018 – 2021 Steering Committee Member for ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction & Retrieval (CHIIR)
  • 2018 Co-Chair, ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction & Retrieval (CHIIR) Short Papers
  • 2017 Co-Organizer, ASIS&T SIG InfoLearn Workshop on Information and Learning Sciences Research as an Integral Scholarly Nexus
  • 2017 Co-Chair, iSchools Dissertation Award
  • 2015 – 2017 Co-Chair, ASIS&T Awards and Honors Committee
  • 2014 Chair, ALISE Doctoral Dissertation Award Committee
  • 2014 Co-Organizer, Information Interaction in Context (IIiX) Workshop on Searching as Learning
  • 2014 Co-Chair, iConference Workshops and Sessions for Interaction and Engagement
  • 2011 Co-Chair, Interactive information and Design Track, ASIS&T Annual Meeting
  • 2009 – 2010 Chair, ASIS&T Special Interest Group in Information Needs, Seeking and Use (SIG USE)
  • 2009 Co-Organizer, ASIS&T SIG USE Annual Symposium on Collaborative Information Seeking and Sharing


Journal Editorial Board Member and Editor


2019 – present Information and Learning Science, Associate Editor
2014 – present Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Editorial Board Member
2015 – present Library and Information Science Research, Editorial Board Member
2016 Journal of Information Science Special Issue on Recent Advances on Searching as Learning, Co-Editor


Program Committee Member and Conference Paper Reviewer


Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)

  • JASIST Editor-in-Chief search Committee Member 2020
  • Thomson Reuters Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship Committee Member 2014
  • Research in Information Science Award Jury Member 2014-2016
  • Beta Phi Mu Scholarship Committee Member 2014
  • ASIS&T SIG USE Annual Symposium on Evolving and Emerging Research Methods Member 2002
  • Special Interest Group Cabinet Steering Committee Elected Officer 2010-2012
  • Paper/Poster Reviewer 2002-2017
  • SIG USE Best Information Behavior Conference Paper Award Committee Member 2012

ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction & Retrieval (CHIIR)

  • Conference General Co-Chair, 2023
  • Senior Program Committee Member (Meta-Reviewer) 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022,2024
  • Program Committee Member 2017

ACM Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval Conference (SIGIR)

  • Workshop on Search as Learning, ACM SIGIR Conference Program Committee Member 2016
  • Paper Reviewer 2002-2008, 2014-2015

ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (CHI)

  • Paper Reviewer 2004-2014, 2017, 2020

Information Behavior in Context Conference (ISIC)

  • Paper Reviewer 2010-2020

Information Interaction in Context Symposium (IIiX)

  • Paper Reviewer 2008-2014

iConference

  • Paper Reviewer 2015-2016

Association for Library and Information Science Educators (ALISE)

  • Member, Doctoral Dissertation Award Committee 2013


Journal Reviewer


  • Aslib Proceedings
  • Behaviour & Information Technology
  • Foundations and Trends in Information Retrieval 
  • Information Processing & Management
  • Information Research 
  • Interacting with Computers
  • Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology
  • Journal of Communication 
  • Journal of Documentation 
  • Journal of Information Science 
  • Journal of Learning Analytics 
  • Learning, Media, & Technology 
  • Library and Information Science Research 
  • New Media & Society