Action Team for Graduate Students and Postdocs
Our goal is to promote a welcoming, supportive, safe, and inclusive environment for every graduate student and postdoctoral scholar at Iowa State.
Work timeline
| Timeframe | Activities |
|---|---|
| Fall 2018 | Action team meetings throughout semester Focus group session with postdoctoral scholars |
| Spring 2019 | Focus group sessions with graduate scholars (4 sessions exploring a different issue in each) Development and implementation of actionable items from focus groups Authoring of final report submitted to President Wintersteen and the chairs of the other Campus Climate Workgroups by the end of March |
| Beyond Spring 2019 | Assessment of impact |
Group members
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Bill Graves (chair) | Dean of the Graduate College |
| Norin Chaudhry | President of the Graduate and Professional Student Senate |
| Kristi Darr (consultant) | Interim Vice President for University Human Resources |
| Carolyn Lawrence-Dill | Director of Graduate Education for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
| Guru Rao | Associate Vice President for Research |
| Tasaporn Sattasathuchana | President of the Postdoctoral Association |
| Beate Schmittmann | Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |