Jacquelyn Burkell was appointed to a five-year term as Associate Vice-President (Research), effective July 1, 2021. She holds a PhD in Psychology (Cognitive Science) from Western and is a professor in the Faculty of Information & Media Studies. Jacquelyn served as the faculty’s Assistant Dean of Research for seven years and chaired the Associate Deans (Research) group from 2016-2018. Throughout her career, Jacquelyn has served on a wide variety of academic committees, including the 2016 URB Task Force Steering Committee – Support for Research in Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities at Western. A highly collaborative scholar, Jacquelyn has been a co-investigator on two SSHRC partnership grants – one examining artificial intelligence in the context of justice, the other focused on youth equality and privacy online. Her current research focuses on the Individual Informed Consent model for the collection and use of personal information. More broadly, her research focuses on the social impact of technology and examines how technological mediation changes social interaction and information behaviour.