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Advisory Groups

The leadership and staff of the School of Data Science and Society is collaborating with faculty and administrators from schools and units across campus as well as industry and corporate leaders on school implementation, degree and program offerings and strategic planning.

Pan-Campus Advisory Council

This group has representatives from across campus. They will advise on strategic academic, research, and service directions as well as academic relationships, policies and procedures, space use and long-term direction of the school.

Current Members:

  • Whitney Afonso, School of Government
  • Jaye Cable, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Noreen McDonald, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Elizabeth Engelhardt, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Andrew Chin, School of Law
  • Timothy Elston, School of Medicine
  • Jeffrey Greene, School of Education
  • Matthew Jansen, UNC Libraries
  • Saif Khairat, School of Nursing
  • Brent Lamm, UNC Health
  • Justin Lessler, Gillings School of Global Public Health
  • Arcot Rajasekar, School of Information and Library Science
  • Kathleen Thomas, Eshelman School of Pharmacy
  • Ryan Thornburg, Hussman School of Journalism and Media
  • Ashley Tittemore, Adams School of Dentistry
  • Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, The Graduate School
  • Emily Putnam-Hornstein, School of Social Work
  • Christian Lundblad, Kenan-Flagler Business School
  • Bradley Staats, Kenan-Flagler Business School

Research Advisory Council

This group is advising on strategic research issues, program allocations, core facilities, and research program infrastructure. They are developing faculty research programs within SDSS and between schools, the College, and research centers and institutes at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Current Members:

  • Santiago Olivella (Chair), Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences; School of Data Science and Society
  • David Adalsteinsson, Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences; School of Data Science and Society
  • Daniel Anderson, English and Comparative Literature, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Spencer Ryan Barnes, Hussman School of Journalism and Media
  • Elizabeth Frankenberg, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
  • David Gotz, School of Information and Library Science
  • Michael Kosorok, Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health
  • Ashok Krishnamurthy, RENCI
  • J. Steve Marron, Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health; Statistics and Operations Research, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Emily Pfaff, Endocrinology and Metabolism, School of Medicine
  • Jack Snoeyink, Computer Science, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Jay Swaminathan, Kenan-Flagler Business School
  • Joyce Tan, Interim Director of the Office of Cross-Sector Partnerships, School of Data Science and Society
  • Alex Tropsha, Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Ex-Officio Members

  • Leigh Ann Samsa, Director of the Office of Research Strategy, School of Data Science and Society
  • Jocelyn Tsai, Project Manager, School of Data Science and Society

Industry Working Group

Current members:

  • Matt Carbonara, Citi Ventures
  • Derek Chiang, Bayer
  • Elaina Wheeldon, Lowe’s
  • Jeff Frazier, Snowflake
  • Raja Kota, Syngenta
  • Steve Reeves, Ipsos
  • Rafa Salas, Microsoft
  • Vince Stuntebeck
  • Rachael Tucker
  • Chetan Yavasani, Moody’s Analytics