Information Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

42 faculty and 40 courses in Information Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Faculty

• Bertram Ludascher, Professor and Director, Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship h-index 40
  Notable: “Scientific workflow management and the Kepler system” (2005) · 1,696 citations
• J. Stephen Downie, Professor, Executive Associate Dean and Co-Director HathiTrust Research Center h-index 32
  Notable: “Music information retrieval” (2003) · 376 citations
• Halil Kilicoglu, Associate Professor h-index 30
  Notable: “SemMedDB: a PubMed-scale repository of biomedical semantic predications” (2012) · 392 citations
• Nigel Bosch, Associate Professor h-index 29
• Yaoyao Liu, Assistant Professor h-index 24
• Jessie Chin, Associate Professor h-index 19
• Jiangping Chen, Professor h-index 18
  Notable: “A comparative study of automated legal text classification using random forests and deep learning” (2021) · 229 citations
• Catherine Blake, Professor h-index 17
  Notable: “UCI Repository of machine learning databases” (1998) · 10,548 citations
• Catherine Lesley Blake, Professor h-index 17
  Notable: “UCI Repository of machine learning databases” (1998) · 10,548 citations
• Masooda Bashir, Associate Professor h-index 16
• Masooda N. Bashir, Associate Professor h-index 16
• Ismini Lourentzou, Assistant Professor h-index 16
• Christopher Lueg, Professor h-index 16
  Notable: “Information, knowledge, and networked minds” (2001) · 93 citations
• Rachel Adler, Associate Professor h-index 14
  Notable: “Juggling on a high wire: Multitasking effects on performance” (2011) · 201 citations
• Peter Darch, Associate Professor h-index 14
• David Dubin, Teaching Associate Professor h-index 13
• Kyungwon Koh, Associate Professor and Interim Associate Dean for Community, Culture, and Engagement h-index 11
• Ryan Cordell, Associate Professor h-index 10
• Sarah Park Dahlen, Associate Professor h-index 10
• Rachel M. Magee, Assistant Professor and Interim Undergraduate Program Director h-index 10
• Kahyun Choi, Assistant Professor h-index 10
• Kate McDowell, Professor h-index 10
• Maria Bonn, Associate Professor h-index 9
• Emily Knox, Interim Dean and Professor h-index 8
• Emily Maemura, Assistant Professor h-index 7
• Nicola Carboni, Assistant Professor h-index 6
  Notable: “Towards a conceptual foundation for documenting tangible and intangible elements of a cultural object” (2016) · 46 citations
• David Mussulman, Lecturer h-index 5
• Bonnie Mak, Associate Professor h-index 4
• Renee Hendricks, Teaching Assistant Professor h-index 4
• Zoe LeBlanc, Assistant Professor h-index 4
• Sharon Comstock, Teaching Assistant Professor h-index 4
• Craig Evans, Lecturer h-index 3
• Yildiz Esener, Teaching Assistant Professor h-index 2
• Anita Say Chan, Professor
• Brandon Batzloff, Teaching Assistant Professor and Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
• David Charles, Teaching Assistant Professor
• Elizabeth Hoiem, Associate Professor
• Jiaqi Ma, Assistant Professor
• Jingrui He, Professor and MSIM Program Director
• Yonghan Jung, Assistant Professor
• Yue Guo, Assistant Professor
• Yun Huang, Associate Professor

Courses

• Exploring the iSchool with a Human-Centered Lens IS 100
• Introduction to Information Sciences IS 101
• Data Science Discovery IS 107
• Social History of Games and Gaming IS 142
• Mapping Inequalities IS 145
• Independent Study IS 189
• Undergraduate Open Seminar IS 199
• Professional Skills in Information Science IS 200
• Social Aspects of Information Technology IS 202
• Analytical Foundations for Information Problems IS 203
• Research Design for Information Sciences IS 204
• Programming for Information Problems IS 205
• Introduction to Database Concepts and Applications IS 206
• Introduction to HCI IS 226
• Web Design Fundamentals IS 229
• Introduction to Risk and Cybersecurity IS 234
• User Research and Evaluation IS 236
• BSIS Practicum IS 249
• Innovation Illinois: From Accessible Design to Supercomputing Cultures IS 265
• Community Innovation IS 266
• BSIS Internship IS 269
• Information Science Study Abroad IS 299
• Advanced Research Design IS 304
• Programming for Information Problems II IS 305
• Race, Gender, and Information Technology IS 308
• Computers and Culture IS 309
• Computing in the Humanities IS 310
• History and Foundations of the Information Society IS 311
• Reading and Writing Data IS 312
• The Design of Usable Information Interfaces IS 316
• Social Network Analysis IS 324
• Concepts of Machine Learning IS 327
• Usable Privacy and Security IS 334
• Project Management IS 340
• Introduction to Data Storytelling IS 357
• Privacy and Information Technology IS 364
• Youth Community Engagement IS 368
• Concepts of Information Behavior Theory IS 370
• Information Technology Services for Youth IS 378
• Consulting for Information Professionals IS 380

Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.