College Committees 2012-2013

Diversity Committee

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Type

Departmental Representative

Purpose

The Diversity Committee is responsible for developing innovative strategies to increase and maintain diversity in the College; disseminating diversity-related information and policies to departmental faculty; facilitating diversity-related activities in the departments; and participating in the execution of plans for integrating diversity into the basic functions of the College.

Committee Composition and Operations

The Diversity Committee has one voting faculty member from each department. The committee also includes one student member. All representatives serve potentially renewable one-year terms. The College Coordinator for Diversity and the College's Multicultural Liaison Officer serve as ex-officio members.

Members

• Aurelio Curbelo, acurbelo@iastate.edu, (chair)
• Sunday Tim, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
• Awoke Dollisso, Agriculutral Education and Studies
• Andrew Manu, Agronomy
• Joan Cunnick, Animal Science
• Linda Ambrosio, Biochemestry, Biopphysics & Molecular Biology
• Brent Danielson, Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
• John Beghin, Economics
• Greg Courtney, Entomology
• Diane Birt, Food Science & Human Nutrition
• Clark Coffman, Genetics, Development & Cell Biology
• Rajeev Arora, Horticulture
• Sue Fairbanks, Natural Resource Ecology & Management
• Alison Robertson, Plant Pathology
• Sharon Bird, Sociology
• Heike Hofmann, Statistics
• David Acker, administration liaison
• Aurelio Curbelo, multicultural liaison
• Selma Sims, MANRRS president