Director

Judi Franz (949) 824-4500 269B Humanities Hall Email: judi.franz@uci.edu

Judi has worked at HIRC since 1988. She was Operations Manager from 1988-1999, Acting Director in 1999-2000 and has been Director since June of 2000. She has a BA in French and an MA in Educational Technology, and is hosting the biennial conference of the International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT) on June 21-25, 2011. She is responsible for the direction and supervision of HIRC's administrative operations. This includes overseeing acquisition and utilization of department resources, development and revision of policies and procedures, and working closely with Humanities Computing to manage the computer labs.

Operations Manager

Laura Swendson (949) 824-6344 269C Humanities Hall Email: laura.s@uci.edu

Laura is responsible for the HIRC's day-to-day operations: scheduling the labs, maintaining and updating all online audio and video content, coordinating use of AV equipment, supervising our student staff, and handling all video conversion and dvd production projects.