José-Marie Griffiths

José-Marie Griffiths (born 31 March 1952) is an English academic administrator and currently the chancellor of Dakota State University in the United States. She also serves as an independent director at Daktronics, Inc. and formerly held the role of vice president of Academic Affairs at Bryant University.

Early life and education Griffiths was born on 31 March 1952 in Isleworth, Middlesex.

She holds a Bachelor of Science degree (BSc) in Physics with Honours (1973) and a PhD in Information Science from University College, London (1977). She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Computer Science and Statistics at University College, London,

Career Griffiths (right) alongside former United States Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Kristi Noem (left) in 2025. In 1992, Griffiths was appointed director of the School of Information Sciences at the University of Tennessee. In 1994, she additionally assumed the role of vice chancellor for Computing & Telecommunications/Informations Infrastructure at the same institution, a position she held until 1996.

Griffiths has served on various national committees and advisory bodies in the United States. She was a member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science between 1996 and 2003, a position that she was appointed to by the President of the United States. She received a further two presidential appointments: serving on the Information Technology Advisory Committee in 2005 and the National Science Board from 2006 until 2012.

From 2010 to 2015, Griffiths was vice president for Academic Affairs and professor at Bryant University in Rhode Island,

Griffiths was a member of the Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and National Security at the Center for a New American Security (CNSA), and contributed to the Education Summit (1996–2001) and the White House Cyber Workforce initiative.

Griffiths was appointed to the board of directors at Daktronics on 2 September 2020.

In June 2021, Griffiths participated in a panel on responsible AI hosted by the Women's Foreign Policy Group (WFPG) to discuss the recent report of the NSCAI. The commission concluded its work in October 2021 after it released its final report. Also in 2021, she became an expert advisor to the Special Competitive Studies Projects (SCSP) which continues aspects of the NSCAI's work.

Griffiths is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is also the author or co-author of nine books and numerous other publications.

Personal life She was married to the late Donald King, a statistician and pioneer in information science, who died in 2019. She has one daughter and five stepdaughters.

Books

New Directions for Library and Information Science Education (1986) Perspectives in Information Management Vol. 1 (1990) co-written by Charles L. Citreon & Charles Oppenheim Final Report, Public Library Development Plan for Michigan 1990-1995 (1990) co-written by Donald W. King & King Research, Inc. A Manual on the Evaluation of Information Centers and Services (1991) co-written by Donald W. King Perspectives in Information Management Vol. 2 (1991) co-written by Charles L. Citreon & Charles Oppenheim The Use and Value of Special Libraries (1991) co-written Donald W. King Special Libraries: Increasing the Information Edge (1993) co-written by Donald W. King Cost-Finding for Records Management Activities: (A Guide to Unit Costing for the Records Manager) (1996) co-written by Donald W. King, edited by Elizabeth Atwood-Gailey A Strong Future for Public Library Use and Employment (2011) co-written by Donald W. Griffiths

Awards Griffiths (right) alongside Kristi Noem (left) at the 2025 RSAC Conference. Award of Merit, American Society for Information Science and Technology Friend of SBS Award, 2023 USA Today Women of the Year for South Dakota, 2024