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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Standing Committees

Meet the Team

Kimberly Cook-Chennault, Ph.D.

Engineering Building

Associate Dean, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Professor

Engineering Building

Committee Members

Melike Baykal-Gürsoy, Ph.D.

Computing Research & Education Building (CoRE)

Professor

Computing Research & Education Building (CoRE)

Nada N. Boustany, Ph.D.

Biomedical Engineering

Professor

Biomedical Engineering

Fuat E. Celik, Ph.D.

Engineering Building

Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director

Engineering Building

Nicole Fahrenfeld, Ph.D.

Richard Weeks Hall of Engineering

Associate Professor

Richard Weeks Hall of Engineering

Joseph Freeman, Ph.D.

Biomedical Engineering

Professor and Graduate Program Director

Biomedical Engineering

Jennifer Lynch, Ph.D.

Assistant Teaching Professor

Anand D. Sarwate, Ph.D.

Electrical and Computer Engineering Building

Associate Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering Building

Jerry Shan, Ph.D.

Engineering Building

Professor, Associate Department Chair

Engineering Building

Nina Shapley, Ph.D.

Engineering Building

Associate Professor and Undergraduate Director

Engineering Building

Staff Members

Michael Brown, EdD

Engineering Building

Assistant Dean, Access Programs Director, EOF/EOP Programs

Engineering Building

Candiece White

Engineering Building

Assistant Dean, EOF

Engineering Building

Advisory Board Members

Dunbar Birnie Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Helen M. Buettner Professor and Chair, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Lisa Klein Distinguished Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
 

Student Members

Gabriela Cortes, President, Society of Hispanic Engineers (SHE)
Shriya Chinthak, Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE)
Nnadozie Obi, President, Minority Engineering Educational Task/National Society of Black Engineers (MEET/NSBE)
Alisha Zhu, President, Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Jeremy Ubina, Out in STEM (OSTEM)
Muskan Jawed, President, SoE Engineering Governing Council (EGC)

Subcommittees

•    Cultural Awareness
•    Diversity Equity and Inclusion Training and Workshops
•    Community Engagement
•    Graduate Recruitment, Retention and Experience, Accountability
•    Climate Survey and Subcommittee Metrics
•    Faculty and Staff Recruitment and Retention
•    Communications
•    Student DEI Board