Committees

Communications Committee

Co-chaired by Jennifer Olsen (USA), and Justice Walker (USA), the Communications Committee helps direct the Society’s communications decisions.

Additional members of this committee are:

  • Elizabeth Charles Canada
  • Jilliane Code Canada
  • Chandan Dasgupta India
  • Catherine Dornfeld-Tissenbaum USA
  • Feng Lin Singapore
  • Jennifer Olsen USA
  • Melanie Peffer USA
  • Kshitij Sharma Switzerland
  • Naomi Thompson USA
  • Anouschka van Leeuwen Netherlands
  • Christiana Varda (ILSSA representative) Cyprus
  • Tanner Vea USA
  • Christopher Williams Germany
  • Jason Yip USA
  • Justice Walker USA

Conference Committee

Chaired by Yotam Hod (Israel), the Conference Committee sets policies for the ISLS Annual Meeting, selects future venues, and helps recruit and appoint conference chairs.

Additional members of this committee are:
  • Tugce Aldemir USA
  • Wenli Chen Singapore
  • Bram de Wever Belgium
  • Melissa Gresalfi USA
  • Thomas Hillman Sweden
  • Teo Keifert USA
  • Oskar Lindwall Sweden
  • Kris Lund France
  • Jun Oshima Japan
  • Lisa Siciliano (ILSSA representative) USA

CSCL Community Committee

Co-chaired by Michelle Lui (Canada) and Carol Chan (China), the CSCL Community Committee works to strengthen the international CSCL community as part of ISLS, working with the ISLS board and the other committees on CSCL affairs, including the CSCL program at the ISLS Annual Meeting and the ijCSCL journal.

Additional members of this committee are:
  • Christa Asterhan Israel
  • Tamara Clegg USA
  • Davinia Hernández-Leo Spain
  • Omid Noroozi Netherlands
  • Pantelis M. Papadopoulos Netherlands
  • Annelies Raes Belgium
  • Matias Rojas Chile
  • Lenka SchnaubertUK
  • Rolf SteierNorway
  • Freydis Vogel Germany
More information can be found on the CSCL Community page.

Education Committee

Co-chaired by Crina Damsa (Norway) and Julia Eberle (Germany), the Education Committee helps create and develop outreach and educational activities for the society. NAPLeS, a sub-committee of the Education Committee, is directed by Freydis Vogel (Germany).

Additional members of this committee are:
  • Na’ama Av-Shalom USA
  • Sarah Bichler USA
  • Marcela Borge USA
  • Pryce Davis UK
  • Paul Flynn Ireland
  • Samaa Haniya USA
  • Monica Ko USA
  • Robb Lindgren USA/Namibia
  • Marcia Linn USA
  • Andrew Manches UK
  • Lina Markauskaite Australia
  • Danielle Murphy USA
  • David Shaffer USA
  • Daniel Sommerhoff Germany
  • Mike Tissenbaum USA
  • Canan Ece Turkmen (ILSSA representative) Turkey
  • Tom Underwood USA
  • Suraj Uttamchandani USA
  • Keisha Varma USA

Equity & Justice Committee

Co-chaired by Miwa Aoki Takeuchi (Canada) and Sherice Clarke (USA), the Equity & Justice Committee will assist ISLS in fulfilling its commitment to a justice orientation, supporting the Society in all engagements with the scholars, communities and broader publics with whom ISLS works. The Committee will work with all other ISLS Committees to identify and address specific issues related to diverse representation, the systemic marginalization or erasure of particular voices, and justice-oriented scholarship. The composition of the committee sought broad representation, in terms of theoretical and methodological perspectives, geography, and racial, ethnic, gendered, and social identities.

Additional members of this committee are:
  • Sakinah Alhadad Australia – Standing Member
  • Leema Berland USA – Wallace Foundation Committee
  • Ali Blake (ILSSA representative) USA – ILSSA
  • Paulo Blikstein Brazil – Brazil Affiliate
  • Joshua Danish USA – ISLS Past President
  • Ravit Duncan USA – ISLS President
  • Melissa Gresalfi USA – Barriers to Participation Subcommittee
  • Aireale Joi Rodgers USA – Publications
  • Rita Kizito South Africa – Membership
  • Ung-Sang Lee USA – Publications
  • Preeti Raman Canada – Technology
  • José Ramón Lizárraga USA – ISLS 2023 Virtual Social Event Planning Committee
  • Jasmine Ma USA – ISLS Board of Directors, ISLS President-Elect
  • Christopher Ostrowdun UK – Publications
  • Dylan Paré Canada – Standing Member
  • Nisumba Soodhani India – ILSSA
  • Naomi Thompson USA – Communications
  • Suraj Uttamchandani USA – Education

International Learning Sciences Students Association (ILSSA) Committee

Co-chaired by Lisa Siciliano (USA) and Canan Ece Turkmen (Turkey), the International Learning Sciences Students Association (ILSSA) works to support and develop the intellectual, social, and professional development of graduate and undergraduate students in the field of Learning Sciences.

Additional ILSSA steering committee members are:
  • Ali Blake: Communications USA
  • Lora Cawelti: Secretary USA
  • Early Sol Gadong: Treasurer Philippines
  • Finn Goehrig: Annual Meeting Representative USA
  • María Susana González de Benítez Codas: Central and South America Regional Representative Paraguay
  • Sebastian Simon: Europe/UK Regional Representative France
  • Nisumba Soodhani K: Asia-Pacific Regional Representative India
  • Xintian Tu: Membership and Outreach USA 
  • Grace Xing: Annual Meeting Representative USA

Membership Committee

Co-chaired by Dimitra Tsovaltzi (Germany), Jun Oshima (Japan) and Toshio Mochizuki (Japan), the Membership Committee helps disseminate the Society’s work and invites new members into the Society.

Additional members of this committee are:

  • Bodong ChenUSA
  • Tessy Cerratto ParmanSweden
  • Caro Williams-PierceUSA
  • Jennifer AdamsCanada
  • Andrew Joyce-GibbonsUK
  • Tugce AldemirUSA
  • Jimmy Zambrano R.Ecuador
  • Chandan DasguptaIndia
  • Rita KizitoNetherland
  • Vanessa SvihlaUSA
  • Eric HamiltonUSA
  • Ayano Ohsaki Japan
  • Yara ShabanUSA
  • Anuli NdubuisiCanada
  • Ramkumar RajendranIndia
  • Anveshna SrivastavaIndia
  • Sarah C RadkeUSA
  • Tutaleni I. AsinoUSA
  • Rishi KrishnamoorthyUSA
  • Noora Fatima NoushadUSA

Publications Committee

Co-chaired by Anna Keune (Germany) and David Stroupe (USA), the Publications Committee develops editorial and publications policies.

Additional members of this committee are:

  • Jamie Gravell USA
  • Gahgene Gweon South Korea
  • Ariel Han USA
  • Jennifer Kahn USA
  • Ung-Sang Lee USA
  • Valentina Nachtigall Germany
  • Santiago Ojeda-Ramirez USA
  • Chris Ostrowdun UK
  • Ashlyn Pierson USA
  • Aireale J. Rodgers USA
  • Pooja Saxena USA
  • Molly Shea USA
  • Wanli Xing USA
  • Nikki Yankova USA

Advisors:

  • Christopher Hoadley USA
  • D. Teo Kiefert USA

ISLS-Affiliated Journal Contacts/Advisory Members:

The Publications Committee maintains the ISLS Publications FAQ. Please contact Anna Keune or David Stroupe, the co-chairs of the Committee, to obtain a copyright permission to use portions of your ISLS conference proceedings in other scholarly publications.

Technology Committee

Chaired by Mike Tissenbaum (USA) and Shiyan Jiang (USA), the Technology Committee is charged with developing technology policies for the Society and providing recommendations to the Board regarding the development, evaluation and updating of the Society’s Strategic Technology Plan.

Additional members of this committee are:
  • Vishesh Kumar USA
  • Preeti Raman Canada
  • Joel Wiebe Canada