Yasmeen Shorish
Associate Dean for Research & Scholarly Communications, Professor
- email: shorisyl@jmu.edu
- phone: (540) 568-4288
- orcid: 0000-0002-4155-8241
Building: Rose LibraryOffice: 2309MSC: 4601
Departments: Dean's Office, Research & Scholarly Communications Unit, Scholarly Communications Team
Pronouns: She / Her / Hers
About me
I help support a vision of more inclusive and equitable knowledge sharing. I can help answer questions related to open access, author rights, data services, AI ethics and use in the research enterprise, and the scholarly publishing landscape.
My research interests are in changing models in scholarly communication, data privacy and ethics, responsible AI, and issues related to representation within the profession.
About Dean's Office
The office of the Dean of Libraries includes associate deans for the four major divisions of the JMU Libraries (AE, DATech, LID, and Admin) as well as an executive assistant and senior professionals leading strategic initiatives.
About Research & Scholarly Communications Unit
We provide holistic support for scholarly communications across JMU, including the development of inclusive and equitable practices related to publishing model and research infrastructure support. We provide expertise in copyright and IP, author rights, data and AI literacy and ethics, data services, internal Libraries reporting, open education, open publishing, and open infrastructure initiatives.
About Scholarly Communications Team
We provide expertise in copyright and IP, author rights, open education, open publishing, publishing models, and open infrastructure initiatives. We manage JMU Scholarly Commons and Aviary, the university’s institutional repositories, and provide consultations to the university community on their use. We can help answer questions about publishing models, retaining copyright, licensing, and how to make course materials open and accessible.