Dr. Isola Ajiferuke is Assistant Dean, Research and Professor in the Faculty of Information & Media Studies at Western University. He teaches courses in statistics, knowledge management, and information retrieval, and his research spans bibliometrics, informetrics, and information science. Dr. Ajiferuke has led and contributed to international collaborations, including a Queen Elizabeth Scholars program in West Africa and curriculum development at the Africa Regional Centre for Information Science. He plays a key role in advancing interdisciplinary research and supporting faculty scholarship at Western, with a strong commitment to global partnerships and the future of information studies.