• Created a departmental EDI Committee to promote anti-racism and better understand students’ experience.

2024 Update

• Surveyed faculty, staff, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows on their EDI experiences in the department.
  • Explored options with OVPAD to gather department-specific student demographics, looking forward to receiving comprehensive data through the university-wide census.

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2022 Update

• Hoping to gain access to equity data to inform recruitment and opportunity programs for Black students.

• See A2

• Conducted demographic survey of departmental employees, including questions about race and ethnicity.