In January 2016, Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie appointed the Bicentennial Steering Committee to study potential Bicentennial projects and events. The committee drafted a report that President McRobbie and the Indiana University Board of Trustees accepted as the guiding document for the Bicentennial.
View the Steering Committee ReportIU Bicentennial Steering Committee
Steering Committee members
- Kathy Johnson, Professor of Psychology and Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer, IUPUI (co-chair)
- Stephen Watt, Provost Professor of English and Associate Dean of the School of Art and Design, College of Arts and Sciences, IU Bloomington (co-chair)
- Simon Atkinson, Chancellor’s Professor of Biology and Interim Vice Chancellor for Research, IUPUI
- Kelly Bomba, Senior Assistant Athletic Director for External Operations/Director of Principal Gifts, IU Athletics
- Doug Booher, Director of University Events
- Katy Börner, Distinguished Professor and Victor H. Yngve Professor of Information Systems, IU Bloomington
- David Brenneman, Director, Eskenazi Museum of Art
- James Capshew, University Historian and Professor of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine (ex-officio)
- Rebecca Carl, Associate Vice President and Chief of Staff, Office of the Vice President for Engagement
- Janet S. Carpenter, Distinguished Professor of Nursing, IUPUI
- Lillian Casillas, Director, La Casa/Latino Cultural Center, IU Bloomington
- Niki DaSilva, undergraduate student, IUPUI
- Richard Dupree, Executive Vice President for Development, IU Foundation
- Valerie Eickmeier, Dean, Herron School of Art and Design, IUPUI
- Janice Lin Farlow, M.D./Ph.D. student and former member of the IU Board of Trustees
- J T. Forbes, Chief Executive Officer, IU Alumni Association
- Dennis Groth, Associate Professor of Informatics and Computing and Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, IU Bloomington
- Richard Gunderman, Chancellor’s Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education, Philosophy, Liberal Arts, Philanthropy, and Medical Humanities and Health Studies, IUPUI
- Kelly Kish, Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the President and Director, IU Bicentennial (ex-officio)
- Tralicia Lewis, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, IUPUI
- James Madison, Thomas and Kathryn Miller Professor Emeritus, Department of History, IU Bloomington
- Michael Martin, Professor of Communication and Culture, Professor of American Studies, and Director, Black Film Center/Archive, IU Bloomington
- Shawn Reynolds, Associate Vice President for International Partnerships, Office of the Vice President for International Affairs
- Gwyn Richards, Dean, Jacobs School of Music, IU Bloomington
- Jim Sherman, Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus of Psychological and Brain Sciences, IU Bloomington
- Jack Tharp, former Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, IU Kokomo
- Adam Thies, Assistant Vice President, Capital Planning and Facilities, Office of the Vice President for Capital Planning and Facilities
- Carolyn Walters, Associate Librarian and Ruth Lilly Dean of University Libraries
- Jalen Watkins, undergraduate student, IU Bloomington
- James Wimbush, Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Multicultural Affairs and Dean, University Graduate School
- Marianne Wokeck, Chancellor’s Professor of History, IUPUI