Director
John Willinsky
John (Khosla Family Professor of Education, Stanford University) started PKP in 1998 at the University of British Columbia in an effort to create greater public and global access to research and scholarship through the use of new publishing technologies. He is the author of, among other books, Empire of Words: The Reign of the OED (Princeton, 1994); Learning to Divide the World: Education at Empire’s End (Minnesota, 1998); Technologies of Knowing (Beacon 2000); and The Access Principle: The Case for Open Access to Research and Scholarship (MIT Press, 2006).
Managing Director (Interim)
James MacGregor
Kingston, ON, Canada – James joined PKP in 2007. Since then he’s worked in documentation, development, support, and outreach. His recent focus is on infrastructure building, in particular around the Coalition Publica national infrastructure project, and working with other international projects and platforms.
Associate Directors
Juan Pablo Alperin
Associate Director of Research
Vancouver, BC, Canada – Juan is an Assistant Professor in the Publishing Program at SFU. Follow Juan on Twitter at @juancommander and see his latest publications and presentations at http://alperin.ca.
Alec Smecher
Associate Director of Development
BC, Canada – Alec is the lead developer for all PKP software and the PKP Web Application Library. When not developing software, he conducts workshops, runs marathons, and plays the drums.
Amanda Stevens
Associate Director of Publishing Services
Halifax, NS, Canada – Amanda Stevens joined PKP in 2017 as a Publication Support Specialist and now manages PKP’s fee-based hosting and support service and community support services, such as documentation and the Forum. She has a Master of Library and Information Studies degree and has done a variety of non-traditional library work, including book indexing and alternative subject thesaurus development. Outside of work, she loves to DJ, make zines, swim, and garden.
Operations Management Team
Michael Felczak
Systems and Development Coordinator
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Nate Wright
Head of Platform Experience
Edinburgh, Scotland
Nathalie Vallières
Communications Manager
Canada, USA
Lin Zhang
Budget Coordinator
Canada
PKP Team
Vitaliy Bezsheiko
Software Developer
Kyiv, Ukraine
Bozana Bokan
Software Developer
Germany
Kurt Bolko
System Administrator
Canada
Dimitris Efstathiou
Software Developer
Athens, Greece
Alex Garnett
System Developer
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Roger Gillis
Publication Support Specialist
Halifax, NS, Canada
Gian Jaskulski
Senior Systems Administrator
Josh Noronha
Systems Administrator
Erik Hanson
Software Developer
Canada
Mark Jordan
Associate Dean of Libraries, Digital Strategy (SFU Library)
Canada
Mariya Maistrovskaya
Publication Support Specialist
Toronto, ON, Canada
Patricia Mangahis
Publication Support Specialist
Canada
Michael Nason
Publication Support Specialist/Metadata and Crossref Liaison
Fredericton, NB, Canada
Jason Nugent
Senior System Administrator
Fredericton, NB, Canada
Andrea Pritt
Publication Support Specialist
Harrisburg, PA, United States
Henrique Ramos
Software Developer
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Janio Sarmento
System Administrator
Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Kate Shuttleworth
Publication Support Specialist
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Jonas Raoni Soares da Silva
Software Developer
Moscow, Russia
Emma Uhl
Publication Support Specialist
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Alejandra Casas Niño de Rivera
Publication Support Specialist
Mexico
Jon Ball
Student Research Associate, Stanford University
California
Saurabh Khanna
Student Research Associate, Stanford University
California
Catherine Baron
Student Research Associate, Stanford University
California
Daniel R Pimentel
Student Research Associate, Stanford University
California
Miroslav Ivan Suzara
Student Research Associate, Stanford University
California
Famira Racy
Social Media Assistant, Communications
Alberta, Canada
PKP Advisory Committee
- Allan Bell, Chair
Associate University Librarian, Digital Programs and Services
University of British Columbia - Gwen Bird
Dean of Libraries
Simon Fraser University - Talia Chung
University Librarian and Vice-Provost (Knowledge Systems)
University of Ottawa / Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) - Aaron Brenner
Associate University Librarian for Digital Scholarship & Creation
University of Pittsburgh - Sonya Betz
Head, Library Publishing and Digital Production Services
University of Alberta - Geoffrey Harder
Associate University Librarian
University of Alberta - Kaitlin Newson
Digital Projects Librarian
Scholars Portal - Tanja Niemann
Executive Director
Érudit
PKP Community Leaders
- Sonya Betz
University of Alberta
PKP Technical Committee Chair - Clinton Graham
University of Pittsburgh
PKP Community Forum Leader - Kaitlin Newson
Scholars Portal
PKP Members Committee Chair/PKP Documentation Interest Group (DIG) Coordinator - Antti-Jussi Nygård
The Federation of Finnish Learned Societies - Bronwen Sprout
University of British Columbia
PKP Preservation Network (PN) Coordinator - Marco Tullney
German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) - Dulip Withanage
German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB)
Past Associates
- Bruno Beghelli, System Developer
- Lynn Copeland, University Librarian and Dean of Library Services, Simon Fraser University Library (Retired)
- Matt Crider, System Developer
- Charles Eckman, University Librarian and Dean of Library Services, Simon Fraser University Library (2010-2013)
- Samuel Smith Esseh, Researcher
- Florian Grandel, System Developer
- Kevin Jamieson, first OJS Lead Developer
- Chris MacDonald, System Developer
- Karen Meijer-Kline, Communications and Member Services Officer
- Brian Owen, PKP Managing Director
- MJ Suhonos, System Developer
- Michael Thessel, System Developer
- Israel Cefrin, System Administrator/UX Researcher for Accessibility
- Kevin Stranack, Membership Development & Community Education