The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) will host its 88th Annual Meeting November 14–18, 2025, at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City near Washington, D.C., with a virtual satellite meeting December 11–12. This year’s theme, “Difficult Conversations: The Role of Information Science in the Age of Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence,” invites the field to grapple with the social, ethical, and human implications of AI.

Keynote Spotlight

The meeting opens on Sunday, November 16, with a keynote by John Symons, professor of Philosophy and courtesy professor of Computer Science at the University of Kansas and director of the Center for Cyber Social Research. His talk, “Artificially Intelligent Agents, Domain Specificity and Inquiry,” will examine how domain contexts shape the design and oversight of AI agents.

SC&I Presenters

SC&I’s Library and Information Science and Communication faculty and doctoral students will share new research through panels, papers, and posters across the in-person and virtual programs.

Faculty: Amelia Acker (Associate Professor of Library and Information Science), SIG USE Diversity Award winner; Denise Agosto (Professor of Library and Information Science); Tawfiq Ammari (Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science); Jessica Yi-Yun Cheng (Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science); Kiran Garimella (Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science); Alex Lu (Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science); Britt Paris (Associate Professor of Library and Information Science); Rebecca Reynolds (Chair and Associate Professor of Library and Information Science); Yonaira Rivera (Assistant Professor of Communication); and Vivek Singh (Associate Professor of Library and Information Science).

Doctoral Students: Meilun Chen, Neil D. Grimes, Saubhagya Joshi, Emma May, Julia Maxwell, Juliana Mestre, M.J. Salas, Serita Sargent, and S.M. Mehedi Zaman.

SC&I is proud to see our community contributing to conversations at the intersection of people, information, and AI—exactly the “difficult conversations” this year’s meeting asks the field to engage. View the full ASIS&T Annual Meeting agenda and a detailed schedule of SC&I presentations. 

Visit the Rutgers SC&I website for more information on our Library and Information Science and Communication departments and our Ph.D. program in Communication, Information, and Media.