Professor & Director, School of Information Sciences, CCI Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

Pronouns: He/Him/His

arorissa@utk.edu

865-974-9003

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Rorissa is a professor and director of the School of Information Sciences and a former associate dean for faculty affairs at the College of Communication and Information, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Before his current position, he worked as an educator, researcher, administrator, and practitioner in the United States, Ethiopia, Lesotho, and Namibia. He served as a consultant for academic institutions, national governments, and international organizations on various topics and projects. He has published extensively in leading international information science journals such as the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIS&T), Information Processing & Management, and Government Information Quarterly. He is the immediate Past President and was a member of the Board of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) and its Executive Committee. He received the ASIS&T Watson Davis Award for Service, Distinguished Member, and SIG Member of the Year Awards and an Outstanding Alumni Award from the Department of Information Science, University of North Texas.