CRA Deans Council Elects New Leadership
The Computing Research Association (CRA) is pleased to announce the newly elected leadership of the Computing and Information Deans Council, which supports deans from emerging and established colleges and schools of computing and information worldwide. This leadership team, elected by the council’s membership, will serve two-year terms, guiding the council in fostering a collaborative community for institutions with a computing or information school structure reporting directly to the Provost or Chief Academic Officer.
The CRA Deans Council was established to provide direction and support for colleges and schools dedicated to computing and information disciplines. Today, it encompasses over 30 institutions, spanning multiple countries. In addition to its standing members, the council welcomes participation from institutions exploring the establishment of computing or information schools.
During the CRA Conference at Snowbird, the CRA Deans Council elected the following distinguished leaders:
Keith Marzullo, Chair
Keith Marzullo has served as Dean of the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland since 2016. Under his leadership, the college has experienced substantial growth in academic programs, faculty, and research areas. Marzullo’s strategic vision emphasizes technology’s role in serving society, fostering collaborations with academia, industry, and community partners.
A renowned expert in cybersecurity, privacy, and socio-technical systems, Marzullo is an ACM Fellow and serves on the advisory board for the National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering. Previously, he held prominent roles in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF).
Dennis Livesay, Vice Chair
Dennis Livesay is the Dave House Dean of Computing at Michigan Technological University, with expertise in computational biophysics and bioinformatics. His extensive background in interdisciplinary research has led to significant advancements in understanding physicochemical properties and their relationship to evolutionary biology.
Livesay’s academic career spans appointments in applied computing, bioinformatics, biomedical engineering, chemistry, and computer science. He previously held leadership roles at Wichita State University and UNC Charlotte, where he contributed to the development of academic programs and research initiatives. He has served on the editorial boards of several major scientific journals, including BMC Bioinformatics and PLOS Computational Biology.
Martha Garcia-Murillo, Secretary
Martha Garcia-Murillo is the Lee D. and Willa Seemann Distinguished Dean at the College of Information Science & Technology at the University of Nebraska Omaha. She has research expertise in ICT regulation and policy, with a focus on the societal impact of technology. Her work explores employment trends and policy implications in a tech-driven society.
Garcia-Murillo has provided consulting services to multiple United Nations agencies and led international training programs for regulators. She has held visiting appointments at institutions such as MIT and the University of British Columbia and has a distinguished academic background that includes degrees from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the University of Southern California.
Eunice Santos, Past Chair
Eunice E. Santos, Professor and Dean of the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, specializes in computational social science with applications in community resilience and disaster response. Santos’s research is known for bridging computational methods with social and behavioral science to address societal challenges.
She has received numerous honors, including the IEEE Big Data Security Woman of Achievement Award, and is a Fellow of both IEEE and the AAAS. Her career includes faculty roles at Illinois Institute of Technology and involvement in high-impact projects in cybersecurity and social network analysis.
Get Involved with the CRA Deans Council
For those interested in joining this dynamic council or learning more about its initiatives, please fill out this form. The CRA Deans Council welcomes institutions with a commitment to advancing computing and information education and research to participate in this collaborative effort to shape the future of the field.
