AAIT Steering Committee
The Academic AI Task Force is led by a steering committee, including a chair and co-chair, and is organized into working groups aligned with four pillars. Membership is university‑wide and interdisciplinary.
Lauren Klein (Pillar 1 Chair)
Winship Distinguished Research Professor of English and Quantitative Methods, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Lauren Klein's Bio
Rajiv Garg (Pillar 2 Chair)
Associate Professor of Information Systems and Operations Management, Goizueta Business School
Rajiv Garg's Bio
Judy Gichoya (Pillar 3 Chair)
Associate Professor, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory School of Medicine
Judy Gichoya's Bio
Valeda Dent (Pillar 4 Chair)
Vice Provost, Libraries, Michael C. Carlos Museum, and Center for Digital Scholarship
Valeda Dent's Bio
Cliff Carrubba
Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor and Department Chair, Data and Decision Sciences, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Cliff Carrubba's Bio
Melissa Daly
Associate Vice Provost for Academic Operations and Strategy, Office of the Provost
David Jordan
Vice Provost for Academic Planning, Office of the Provost
Melanie Lawrence
Senior Vice Provost for Academic Finance and Operations, Office of the Provost
Melanie Lawrence's Bio
Anant Madabhushi
Robert Woodruff Professor of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine
Anant Madabhushi's Bio
Nabile Safdar
Interim Chief AI Officer and Professor, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, School of Medicine
Nabile Safdar's Bio
Vaidy Sunderam
Computer Science Department Chair and Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Computer Science, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Vaidy Sunderam's Bio
Pillar Subcommittees
- Natalia Bayona Vasquez, Assistant Professor, Biology, Oxford College
- Kevin Bonney, Associate Professor of Hematology and Medical Oncology, School of Medicine
- Christina Crawford, Associate Professor, Art History, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
- Maria Davis, Teaching Professor, Spanish, Oxford College
- Miranda Hawks, Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
- Juliette Hulgan, Associate Professor, Mathematics, Oxford College
- Azra Ismail, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine
- Shaun Jamieson, Director of Global Safety and Security, Emory Global Engagement
- David Jordan, Vice Provost, Academic Planning
- Lauren Klein, Winship Distinguished Research Professor of English and Data and Decision Sciences, English and Data and Decision Sciences, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
- Wes Longhofer, Senior Director, Center for Faculty Development and Excellence; Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs; and Associate Professor of Organization and Management, Goizueta Business School
- Stefano Maranzana, Assistant Teaching Professor, Italian, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
- Kevin McAlister, Assistant Teaching Professor, Data and Decision Sciences, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
- Valerie Molyneaux, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Oxford College
- Jen Ngetich, Educational Analyst, Oxford College Information Technology
- Matthew Reyna, Vice Chair for Education and Training, Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine
- Vaidy Sunderam, Computer Science Department Chair and Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Computer Science, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
- Joe Sutherland, Director, Center for AI Learning
- Donna Troka, Director of Teaching and Learning, Center for Faculty Development and Excellence (CFDE)
- Blaire Wilson, Director, Honor Council and Deputy Title IX Coordinator, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
- Liesl Wuest, Director of Learning Design and Technology, Center for Faculty Development and Excellence (CFDE)
- Steve Bransford, Senior Producer, Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS)
- Ashlee Gardner, Assistant Director of Strategic Communications, Office of the Provost
- Rajiv Garg (Chair), Associate Professor of Information Systems and Operations Management, Goizueta Business School
- Scott Garner, Instructor, Film and Media Department, Emory College of Arts and Sciences and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology and Film and Media, Oxford College
- Rosalyn Metz, Chief Technology Officer, Emory Libraries and Museum
- Benjamin Reiss, Professor, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of English, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
- Jennifer Romig, Professor of Practice, Emory Law School
- Joe Sutherland, Director, Center for AI Learning
- Judy Gichoya (Chair), Associate Professor, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory School of Medicine
- Madhu Behera, Chief Research Informatics Officer, Emory University
- Deepika Bhatia, Associate Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Research Administration
- Stephanie Brown, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, School of Medicine
- Cliff Carrubba, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor and Department Chair, Data and Decision Sciences, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
- Alex Fedorov, Assistant Research Professor, Center for Data Science, School of Nursing
- Ashley Naimi, Professor, Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health
- Simba Nkomo, Associate Professor, Chemistry, Oxford College
- Sara Palmer, Digital Text Specialist, Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS)
- Tony Pan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine
- Abeed Sarker, Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine
- Roy Simpson, Professor and Assistant Dean for Data Science Education, School of Nursing
- Satish Viswanath, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
- Lisa Wilson, Assistant Vice President, Research Administration, Office of Strategic Optimization and Training (OSOT) and Senior Director, Strategic Operations & Training (SOT) Office of Research Administration (ORA)
- Valeda Dent (Chair), Vice Provost, Libraries, Michael C. Carlos Museum, and Center for Digital Scholarship
- Stephanie Adams, Sr. Associate Director of Academic Affairs & Instructional Design, Goizueta Business School
- Bruce Covey, Enterprise Peoplesoft Analyst II, University Registrar
- Kevin Harrell, Desktop Consultant, Oxford College Information Technology
- Smriti Ingrole, Lead Institutional Research and Decision Support Analyst, Institutional Research and Decision Support (IRDS)
- Luca Magnanini, Sr. Director of Enrollment Marketing and Innovation, Office of Undergraduate Admission
- Shoba Mallik, Director, Strategic RPA, Emory Finance
- Jim Nagy, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor and Mathematics Department Chair, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
- Elizabeth Russey Roke, Archival Technology Program Manager, Emory Libraries
- Pedro Sant'Anna, Associate Professor, Economics, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
- David Schulman, Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine
- Marybeth Smith, Director for Student Success Experiences, Office of the Provost