Department Diversity Representatives
The goals of the Department Diversity Representatives are to:
- Help identify the major challenges facing the department, using whichever mechanisms of feedback are most useful (e.g. CALS climate survey, one-on-one conversations, small group discussions, consultations with leadership),
- Help facilitate department discussions, in concert with the department chair, involving initiatives to address priority items for the department (e.g. recruitment, TA training, graduate student mentoring, faculty/staff professional development),
- Become familiar with issues relating to diversity, climate, and inclusion through professional development activities (e.g. conference/workshop attendance, LCICE Workshops, reading group),
- Understand processes relating to equity and diversity, including whom to contact for issues such as grievances, hate and bias reporting,
- Serve as a resource within departments for communicating information regarding upcoming programs, workshops, or activities relating to diversity, climate, and inclusion,
- Introduce the Diversity Inventory Project (DIP – https://dip.diversity.wisc.edu/) to the rest of department members,
- Be a point of contact for programs seeking partnerships on diversity related activities (e.g. student group visits, outreach events)
Department | Representative | Email Address |
Agricultural and Applied Economics | Brad Barham | bradford.barham@wisc.edu |
Agronomy | Shawn Conley Lucia Gutierrez |
spconley@wisc.edu gutierrezcha@wisc.edu |
Animal Sciences | Victor Cabrera | vcabrera@wisc.edu |
Bacteriology | Jean-Michel Ane | jane@wisc.edu |
Biochemistry | Judi Simcox | jsimcox@wisc.edu |
Biological Systems Engineering | Paul Stoy | pcstoy@wisc.edu |
Community and Environmental Sociology | Katherine Curtis | kcurtis@ssc.wisc.edu |
Dairy Science | Victor Cabrera | vcabrera@wisc.edu |
Entomology | Shawn Steffan | steffan@entomology.wisc.edu |
Food Science | Brad Bolling | bwbolling@wisc.edu |
Forest and Wildlife Ecology | Volker Radeloff | radeloff@wisc.edu |
Genetics | Nicole Perna | ntperna@wisc.edu |
Horticulture | Yi Wang | wang52@wisc.edu |
Life Sciences Communication | Mike Xenos | xenos@wisc.edu |
Nutritional Sciences | Erika Anna | anna@wisc.edu |
Plant Pathology | Erin Silva | emsilva@wisc.edu |
Soil Science | Joel Pedersen | joelpedersen@wisc.edu |