SIG-KM Officer Profiles
2025-2026 Past Chair/2024-2025 Chair/2023-2024 Chair Elect/2020-2021 Past Publication Secretary
Darra Hofman
San Jose State University
Dr. Darra Hofman is an Assistant Professor at San Jose State University in San Jose, California. Hofman received her Ph.D. in library, archival, and information science from The University of British Columbia in 2020. She completed her M.L.I.S. from the University of Kentucky and her J.D. and B.A. (honors) from Arizona State University. Her research examining the intersection of archives, technology, and law has been published in a number of journals, conference proceedings, and edited collections. In particular, she is interested in privacy, block chain technologies, and health records.
2024-2025 Past Chair/2023-2024 Chair/2022-2023 Chair Elect/2020-2021 Communications
Jeff Allen
University Of North Texas
Dr. Jeff M. Allen is a leading scholar in the area of workforce innovation for the knowledge economy. He serves as a Regents Professor of Information Science and Director of the Center for Knowledge Solutions in the College of Information at the University of North Texas. At the national level, he has provided leadership as a Board member of the Academy of Human Resource Development, Past Editor-in-Chief of Performance Improvement Quarterly, and Past Editor of Career and Technical Education Research, and Founding-Editor of Learning and Performance Quarterly. Currently, he serves as President of the Knowledge & Information Professional Association (KIPA).
2022-2023 Past Chair/2021-2022 Chair/2020-2021 Chair Elect
Lu An
Wuhan University
Lu An, Chair-Elect of SIG-KM, is Professor and Deputy Director of the Department of Information Management as well as Director of the Research Office of Data Management and Knowledge Service at the Center for Studies of Information Resources (CSIR) of Wuhan University. She serves as a director of International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO) and Scientific and Technological Information Society of China.
2021-2020 Past Chair/2020-2021 Chair
Md. Anwarul Islam
University of Dhaka
Md. Anwarul Islam is Associate Professor in the Department of Information Science and Library Management, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has been an ASIS&T member since 2015 and has served in various roles. He did serve twice as a member of Membership Committee, SIG-III as treasurer and now serving as Chair and Co-Chair-Elect of the SIG-KM and SIG-III. He was the founder Co-Chair and immediate past chair of South Asia Chapter.
2019-2020 Past Chair
Alton Chua
Nanyang Technological University
Alton Chua is Associate Chair (Research and Innovation) and the Department Lead for Information and Knowledge Analytics at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. An ASIS&T member since 2017, he was involved in the Leadership Committee. He was Chair, SIG-KM from 2019-2020.
2018-2019 Past Chair
Dr. Nithyanandam (Mathi) Mathiyazhagan
Business Consultant, Boston, MA USA
Dr. Mathi is a scholar-practitioner and business consultant, providing technical program management services in Greater Boston Area, Massachusetts, USA. He has managed several strategic programs for business growth and effectiveness outcomes, leveraging his expertise and passion for knowledge management. He has successfully led multi-year enterprise-level cross-functional programs and software product solutions including Cloud platforms and Software as a Service (SaaS). He holds a PhD in Knowledge Management from Walden University and published a phenomenological study dissertation: “An Exploration of Baby Boomer Mass Retirement Effects on Information Systems Organizations”.
2021-2022 Secretary/2020-2021 Secretary
Heather Pfeiffer
The Research and Analysis Center (TRAC), U.S Army
Dr. Pfeiffer has been involved with SIG-KM since 2006. She has held multiple offices including chair, chair-elect, past chair, treasurer, and webmaster. During her time in SIG-KM she has presented posters and workshops, participated in panels, and held open happy hours at the Annual Meetings. Dr. Pfeiffer is a Civilian employee for U.S. Army at The Research and Analysis Center (TRAC). She is the Knowledge Management Deputy Officer (KMDO), runs the KM Working Group (KMWG) and does KM for TRAC.
2020-2021 Webmaster
Jay Bowling
University of London
Jay Bowling, Webmaster of SIG-KM, lives in Cambridge, MA with his dog Dani. He is the founder and principal consultant of the Jay Allen Group, a technical product consulting firm specializing in enterprise knowledge management systems including knowledge bases, recommender systems and other intelligent content delivery software. Jay completed his MS where he researched computationally efficient information system design for ML applications. He also enjoyed his teaching fellowship in the CS department and racing for the graduate school dragon boat team. Jay holds visiting faculty appointments with Nichols College and the University of London.
2020-2021 Social Media Officer
Naimat Shah
Islamia University
Naimat Shah, Social Media Officer of SIG-KM and a PhD Scholar at Islamia University Bahawalpur Pakistan. He is conducting research in the area of digital data sets management and working as a Library officer at Higher Education Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He has been involved with ASIS&T since 2019. His hobbies are books readings and spending time with birds, flowers, and trees of his garden.
2021-2022 Communications
Malak Khader
University of North Texas
Malak Khader is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of North Texas, where her field of study is broadly Information literacy, in collaboration with cultural and religious literacies. She has also done research with Information Behavior, Information Seeking, and Data Ethics. She works with the University of North Texas as a Teaching Fellow, where she has assisted with and taught several courses including Project Management in Information Systems and Quantitative Research Methods courses. Malak is also a member of the SageResearch Tribe where she collaborates with university peers and faculty to produce research on a variety of topics within Information Science.
2021-2022 Communications
Stanislava Gardasevic
University of Hawaii at Mānoa
2021-2022 Webmaster
Md. Monirul Islam
Army Medical College Chattogram
Md. Monirul Islam is Librarian in Army Medical College Chattogram as well as contributing editor of The Librarian Times (TLT). He completed graduation in Information Science and Library Management from the University of Dhaka. Subsequently he awarded M. Phil degree from the same University. He has been an ASIS&T member since 2020. He is actively involved with web development and library automation activities. He participated seminars and workshops including India and Malaysia getting funding grant. His research interest includes Knowledge Leadership.
2021-2022 Social Media Officer
Chen Yijin
Social Media Officer
South China Normal University
Chen Yijin is Associate Professor at the School of Economics and Management, South China Normal University, China. She serves as a member of International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO), and member of Information Behavior Research Committee, China Society for Scientific and Technical Information (CSSTI).
2021-2022 Special Project Officer
Dr. Darin Freeburg
University of South Carolina
Dr. Darin Freeburg is an associate professor in the iSchool at the University of South Carolina. He focuses his research and writing in the areas of knowledge management and information behavior, most recently focusing on library work, library leadership, and library education. His research has appeared in the Journal of Documentation, Journal of Information Science, and Journal of Library and Information Science—among others. He is a past chair of SIG-KM and past chair of the annual meeting of the International Council on Knowledge Management.