Yasmeen Shorish

Head of Scholarly Communications & Special Advisor to the Dean for Equity Initiatives, Associate Professor

About me

In my role as Head of Scholarly Communications, I provide leadership for holistic support of scholarly communications across the organization, including the development of inclusive and equitable practices related to publishing model support. I also support data services on campus, with a focus on data ethics and privacy and the emerging data science curricular development needs of the campus.

 

In my role as Special Advisor to the Dean on Equity Initiatives, I advise on ways that the JMU Libraries may best leverage existing structures and groups focused on creating more equitable and anti-oppressive policies, frameworks, and opportunities. This includes providing counsel on how best to create an encouraging learning environment, open to engagement by all members of the Libraries, while promoting a culture of accountability, anti-racist action, and organizational change.

 

My research interests are in changing models in scholarly communication, data privacy and ethics, and issues related to representation within the profession.

Personal Home Page: https://sites.lib.jmu.edu/yasmeen/
Liaison to:

Data Services

About Libraries Administration

The dean’s suite is located on the first floor of Carrier Library. Dean Bethany Nowviskie and her leadership team coordinate library and educational technology resources, spaces, services, and expertise, in alignment with JMU Libraries’ guiding statements.

About Research & Education Services

To further the teaching, learning , and scholarship mission of JMU through our work as educators, researchers, and collection managers. This is the home of the Liaison Librarian Program as well as additional expertise, such as data services, instruction and educational resources, and copyright.

About Scholarly Communications

The Scholarly Communications Team provides holistic support of scholarly communication across the organization, including the development of inclusive and equitable practices related to publishing model support. We provide expertise in copyright, author rights, open educational resources, open publishing, and open infrastructure initiatives.