The role of the DEI committee is to draw attention to and make changes that support diversity, equity, and inclusion considerations. 

This includes critically examining and revising our teaching to be more inclusive, improving mentoring to enhance student success and retention, updating recruitment and admissions practices to be more holistic and inclusive and other policies and processes to build a stronger connection between faculty, students and staff.  

The DEI committee is comprised of a Chair, faculty members who are also on the Graduate and Undergraduate Program Committees, a Graduate Student representative and an Undergraduate Student representative. This composition is designed to provide ways for all members of the departmental community to have representation on the committee, for direct feedback mechanisms from the committee to other groups making policy decisions and for rotations in people over time that allow for fresh ideas and perspectives.