FACULTY

The GSLIS faculty is made up of 8 full-time faculty and 24 part-time adjuncts selected from the highest echelons of New York’s library information communities. Combining academic talents and working professionals ensures that a GSLIS education is as boundary-breaking as it is engaging and practical.

Core Faculty

James Lowry, Associate Professor, Chair & Director 

Ping Li, Associate Professor, Vice Chair

Brandon Jeffries, Director of Student Affairs

Emily Drabinski, Associate Professor 

S.E. Hackney, Assistant Professor 

Nerve V. Macaspac, Assistant Professor 

Kwong Bor Ng, Professor 

Joe Sanchez, Associate Professor 

Nafiz Zaman Shuva, Assistant Professor 

Vikki Terrile, Assistant Professor 

Johnathan Thayer, Assistant Professor

Shuheng Wu, Associate Professor 


Retired Faculty

Elizabeth T Basileo, Retired faculty  

Virgil Blake, Professor Emeritus 

Roberta Brody,  Professor Emeritus

Mary K. Chelton, Professor Emeritus 

Colleen Cool, Professor Emeritus 

Linda Cooper, Professor Emeritus 

Marianne Cooper, Chair Emerita 

Christel Haesicke, Retired faculty  

Harry Kibirige, Professor Emeritus

James W. Marcum, Retired faculty 

Claudia A. Perry, Associate Professor Emerita

Karen Smith, Professor Emeritus 

Thomas Surprenant, Professor Emeritus