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Clara M. Chu, PhD (she/her/hers)

Director and Mortenson Distinguished Professor
Mortenson Center for International Library Programs

Dr. Clara M. Chu is Director of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs and Mortenson Distinguished Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. A leading voice in international and multicultural library and information science (LIS) education, research and practice, she publishes, presents, and consults in English and Spanish on LIS education; diversity, equity and inclusion; strategic planning; and emerging technologies and trends; among other topics. She is a Research Associate in the Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria and Coeditor-in-Chief of Library Trends.

An active association leader, she is Past-President of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) and the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), was an American Library Association (ALA) representative on the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, and co-chairs, with Professor Jaya Raju, the IFLA Building Strong LIS Education (BSLISE) working group. She is the recipient of numerous honors and awards in research, education, and professional contributions, including the 2018 ALA Beta Phi Mu Award for distinguished service to education for librarianship.

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