Diversity Committee

There are numerous ways to get involved in diversity at the iSchool! Through outreach, recruitment, and retention, the iSchool Diversity Committee works to foster a diverse, inclusive, engaging, and supportive social and intellectual learning environment that is open to diverse beliefs, values and perspectives. The Diversity Committee has four primary areas of function: Recruitment; Diversity Month; Diversity Summit; and Diversity Climate Survey.

In addition to our signature events and programming, the 2017-18 Diversity Committee will focus on:

Completing the Race & Equity Initiative (REI) Grant iSchool programming.
Implementing and utilizing the iSchool Climate Survey (Cynthia del Rosario & Matthew Saxton, co-leads).
Developing communication and professional development strategies, including updates to the iSchool Diversity Statement, social media, brochures, bulletin board messaging.

Apply to be a member of the iSchool Diversity Committee! Early in fall quarter, you will receive an email invitation to apply for various iSchool committees. The Student Leadership Council reviews the applications and selects committee representatives.

iSchool Diversity Committee Members, 2018-19

Cynthia del Rosario, Chair, cyn@uw.edu

Executive Committee members:
Faculty & staff:
Victor Aque
Martin Criminale
Anna Hoffmann
James Perez
Meena Selvakumar
Alicia Supernavage

Students:
Samantha Buechler, ALISS Online Diversity Officer
Dovi Patino, ALISS Residential Diversity Officer
Emily Yan, AIMS Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Yvette Ramirez Iribe, DSA Representative
Katie Goulding, IUGA, Director of Diversity Efforts
Joan Hua, SAA-UW, Diversity Officer

At-Large Diversity Committee members:
Laura Lillard, UW Libraries Diversity Officer
Matthew Saxton, Climate Survey Co-lead
Anton Zheng, IUGA Treasurer

News

Friedman, Wobbrock among 3 UW faculty to earn top honor in HCI

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Three University of Washington professors, including two from the Information School, have been inducted into the CHI Academy – recognized as the highest honor in the field of human-computer interaction. iSchool faculty members Batya...

Panel: Systemic risk applies far beyond financial sector

Thursday, February 7, 2019

Systemic risk has long been a factor in the financial world, where problems at a large enough firm can threaten the entire system. A prime example is the 2008 housing bubble that triggered a recession and nearly brought down the entire...