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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Community Committee
Building a diverse, equitable and inclusive community
We are a standing, representative body with several functions focused on the goal of building a diverse, equitable and inclusive community within Duke's Pratt School of Engineering.
Contact the committee by email at pratt_diversity@duke.edu
This committee:
- Recognizes the importance of diversity, equity and inclusivity to our community
- Sees diversity, equity, inclusion and community as both processes and outcomes
- Understands that changes must be customized to their community
- Desires that we all commit to change together
- Is dedicated to the idea that you are not alone—we are here for one another
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Charge
- Provide ongoing revisions to the strategic plan for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) with measurable outcomes as a function of time with a rolling five-year plan
- Help implement the strategic DEI plan
- Assess the outcomes of the strategic DEI plan yearly
- Support the efforts of the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Engineering
- Serve as a liaison among department chairs, other departmental leaders, school leadership and the entire community
- Serve as a resource for communication between individuals and groups in the Pratt community and the Pratt administration
- Support departments and other groups on actions and programs that build diversity, equity, inclusion, and community in the school
Co-Chairs
Nan Jokerst
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Community Engagement
Karis Boyd-Sinkler
Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Engineering
Subcommittee Members
Faculty
- Shani Daily (ECE)*
- Henri Gavin (CEE)
- Cameron Kim (BME)
- Guillermo Sapiro (ECE)
- Junjie Yao (BME)
- Becky Simmons (MEMS)
- Stefan Zauscher (MEMS)
*Chair
Staff and Post-Doctoral Researchers
- Angus Bowers (Engineering Master's Programs)*
- Ben Cooke (At-Large)
- Angela Chanh (ECE)
- Crystal Chapman (MEMS)*
- Alexandria Da Ponte
(Centers & Institutes) - Philip Duhart (Dean’s Office)
- Cherisa Williams (CEE)
- Ian Williamson (BME Post-Doc)
*Co-chairs
Graduate Students
- Hala El-Nahal (At-Large PhD, BME)*
- Shreyas Hegde (MEMS PhD)*
- Vardhman Kumar (At-Large PhD, BME)
- Hengming Li (ECE PhD)
- Katrina Wilson (BME PhD)
*Co-chairs
Undergraduate Students
- Alexandra Bussey (CEE)
- Ava Ganeshan (MEMS)*
- Mayari Merchant (BME)
- Elijah Vail (MEMS)
- Jamie Kay Wang (ECE)
*Chair
Liaisons
BME
- Cameron Kim, lead
- Junjie Yao
- Ian Williamson
- Hala El-Nahal
- Vardhman Kumar
- Katrina Wilson
- Mayari Merchant
CEE
- Cherisa Williams, lead
- Henri Gavin
- Alexandra Bussey
ECE
- Angela Chanh, lead
- Shani Daily
- Guillermo Sapiro
- Hengming Li
- Jamie Kay Wang
MEMS
- Becky Simmons, lead
- Stefan Zauscher
- Crystal Chapman
- Shreyas Hegde
- Ava Ganeshan
- Elijah Vail
Dean’s Office
- Philip Duhart, lead
- Angus Bowers
- Ben Cooke
- Alexandria Da Ponte
How the Committee Works
Executive Committee
- Made up of the committee co-chairs, who meet twice each month
- Meets at least once a semester with student affinity groups, including NSBE, SHPE, SWE and oSTEM
- Meets with Engineering Faculty Council and Engineering Staff Council
- Hosts a school-wide DEIC Town Hall once each semester
Subcommittees
- Representative of departments and units, and of the diversity of faculty, staff, post-docs and students
- Meet twice each month
- Members serve one to three years, with a six-year limit
- 75 percent of effort focused on issues diversity, equity and inclusion; 25 percent on community-building
Department and Unit Liasions
- Serve as resource and partners for information, activities and development of customized strategic plans
- Meet at least twice each semester with department/unit leaders and student leadership