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
Vancouver, 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 (Interim)
Halifax, NS, Canada –
Operations Management Team
Michael Felczak
Systems and Development Coordinator
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Marisa MacDonald
Communications Coordinator
Abbotsford, BC, Canada
Nate Wright
Head of Platform Experience
Edinburgh, Scotland
Lin Zhang
Budget Coordinator
Canada
PKP Team
Vitaliy Bezsheiko
Software Developer
Kyiv, Ukraine
Bozana Bokan (on leave)
Software Developer
Germany
Kurt Bolko
System Administrator
Canada
Israel Cefrin
Publication Support Specialist/System Administrator/UX Researcher
Canada
Dimitris Efstathiou
Software Developer
Athens, Greece
Alex Garnett
System Developer
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Roger Gillis
Publication Support Specialist
Halifax, NS, Canada
Eloisa Guerrero
Software Developer
Canada
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
System Administrator
Fredericton, NB, Canada
Sophy O.
UI/UX Designer
United Kingdom
Andrea Pritt
Publication Support Specialist
Harrisburg, PA, United States
Janio Saramento
System Administrator
Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Kate Shuttleworth
Publication Support Specialist
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Jonas Raoni Soares da Silva
Software Developer
Moscow, Russia
Kevin Stranack
Membership Development & Community Education
Prince George, BC, Canada
Emma Uhl
Publication Support Specialist
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) - Tim Deliyannides
Director, Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing and Head, Information Technology
University of Pittsburgh - Clinton Graham
Systems Developer
University of Pittsburgh - 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 - Clinton Graham
University of Pittsburgh
PKP Technical Committee Chair/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