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)