Strategies to Diversify Faculty and Staff Ranks
Denice D. Denton
Monday, 22 Sep 2003 at 10:00 am – Campanile Room, Memorial Union
Dr. Denice D. Denton is the Dean of Engineering and a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington. She held previous positions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. Dr. Denton works extensively on engineering education reform and co-directed the National Institute for Science Education in 1995-1996. She currently directs the University of Washington's NSF ADVANCE program and works actively to encourage women and underrepresented minorities to consider careers in Science and Engineering. She was instrumental is developing the UW Faculty Recruitment Toolkit which integrates issues specific to faculty recruitment of women and minority faculty within the general document.
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