The Scholarly Kitchen: Staffing Up For Research Integrity

The SSP webinar program delivers a series of highly informative, thought-provoking webinars designed to challenge and stimulate discussion. Covering timely topics and offered regularly throughout the year, our one-hour webinars are available for viewing 180 days after the live broadcast.

Amanda Sulicz is the Publishing Ethics Specialist for IEEE. In this role, Amanda is responsible for upholding the integrity of the scholarly record by assisting with policy development, implementation, and resolution of ethics and plagiarism concerns. Prior to joining IEEE in 2023, Amanda started her publishing career in 2019 at AIP Publishing. Initially, she was as an in-house Associate Editor for Applied Physics Reviews. In 2021, Amanda began transitioning into the role of Journal Manager for AIP Advances. Throughout Amanda’s roles at AIPP, she worked to expand the journal portfolio through the launch of 5 new journals, including 3 Gold Open Access journals. Amanda is passionate about contributing to the scientific and publishing communities. She was a founding member of AIPP’s DEI Committee and continues to serve on IEEE’s DEI Committee. Amanda also serves as a mentor and guest speaker to students at her previous alma maters. Before starting her career in publishing, Amanda worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the lab of Dr. Kirk S. Schanze upon the completion of her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Case Western Reserve University in 2017.

A proud member of the academic publishing industry for nearly 20 years, Kim has worked in editorial roles across many disciplines, most recently specializing in issues around peer review, DEI and research integrity with IOP Publishing (IOPP). Kim is a COPE Council member, a founding member of the Joint Commitment for action on inclusion and diversity in publishing, and participates in many cross-functional working groups including the STM integrity hub. In 2023 Kim was selected as one of the inaugural “People of Publishing” by the Publishers Association and collected the new ALPSP Impact Award 2023 on behalf of IOPP for their work combining double anonymous and transparent peer review.

Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe is Professor/Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction in the University Library and affiliate faculty in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. As the 2010-11 ACRL President, she led the launch the ACRL Value of Academic Libraries Initiative. Lisa is currently Editor of Library Trends, a “chef” of The Scholarly Kitchen, and Chair of the IFLA Information Literacy Section. Other service includes positions in DLF, NISO, ARL, ALA, ILA, and LOEX. Lisa has consulted, presented, and published widely on the value of libraries, strategic planning, organizational innovation, emerging technologies, program evaluation, library assessment, privacy, inclusion and equity, information literacy, and teaching and learning.

I am an art director and publications professional with more than 25 years of design and management experience, including publication development in the STM space. I have spent more than 20 years in scholarly publishing and communication, including as Art Director for the Science family of journals. I have extensive experience with journals, magazines, and books in print and online, and expertise in content ranging from general daily news to highly technical academic research.