Call for Nominations: UW-Madison’s Outstanding Women of Color Awards 2014

 The UW-Madison Outstanding Women of Color Awards acknowledge and honor women of color among UW- Madison faculty, staff, students (undergraduate or post-baccalaureate) and the Greater Madison community, who have made outstanding contributions in one or more of the following areas:

• social justice, activism and advocacy on behalf of disadvantaged, marginalized populations;
•  community service;  scholarly research, writing, speaking and/or teaching on race, ethnicity and indigeneity in U.S. society; and
• community building on- or off campus, to create an inclusive and respectful environment for all.

How to nominate:

Prepare a nomination packet to include the following:

1.  A Letter of Nomination

2.  Two additional letters of support from the Nominee’s colleagues (student, staff, faculty and/or community member)

3.  The Nominee’s updated curriculum vitae

Send the nomination packet in print or electronic format (preferred) by  Friday, 2 May 2014 to:

Rex Loehe, Executive Assistant to the Vice Provost & Chief Diversity Officer, 109 Bascom Hall, 500 Lincoln Dr., Madison WI 53706, rloehe@cdo.wisc.edu

A selection committee comprising students, faculty and staff will review nominations for the awards. UW-Madison’s Outstanding Women of Color for 2014 will be announced on June 1st. A campus-wide reception in their honor will be held during the Fall Semester, hosted by the Office of the Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer.

The Selection Committee will nominate one, or up to two, of UW-Madison’s Outstanding Woman of Color for 2014 to receive the 19th Annual UW System Outstanding Woman of Color in Education Award. The recipient/s of the UW System Award will be invited to the System-wide recognition ceremony on Saturday, 18 October 2014, to be held on the UW-River Falls campus.

Qualifications: The recipient of the System award will have:

•  worked in the areas of women’s studies scholarship and activism, especially as she has served to improve the status and climate for women, particularly women of color;
•  advocated for women, particularly women of color;
• consistently demonstrated the ability to rally diverse forces together to advance the agenda of women, particularly that of women of color;
•  created positive changes at the institutional level, i.e., curriculum development and infusion, receiving grants, and mentoring women; and
•  demonstrated an understanding of the interplay of family and community and culture in the lives of women of color.

 Honors List of UW-Madison Outstanding Women of Color

2013

Desiree Alva, Assistant Director, Diversity Affairs Office, College of Engineering

Wilma Callaway, Assistant Director and Mentor Program Director, Center for Educational Opportunity

Karma Chávez, Assistant Professor of Communication Arts & Chican@ and Latin@ Studies Roberta Hill, Professor of English & American Indian Studies, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Li Chiao-Ping, Professor of Dance & Chair, Dance Department

Saemyi Park, PhD in Political Science

Carmen Valdez, Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology

 2012

Jacquelynn Dawn Arbuckle, Staff General Surgeon and Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine & Public Health

Tonya Lynn Brito; Professor of Law, Law School

Dawn Bryant Crim, Associate Dean for External Relations, School of Education

Rohany Nayan, Ph.D., and Senior Fellow, The Lubar Institute for the Study of Abrahamic Religions

2010-11

Leslie Bow, Professor of English and Asian American Studies, Department of English & Asian American Studies Program, College of Letters & Science

Erica Laughlin, Director, Information Technology Academy (ITA), Division of Information Technology

Cynthia Lin, Social Justice Education Specialist, Multicultural Student Center, Division of Student Life

Ana Martinez-Donate, Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine & Public Health

Nancy Marie Mithlo, Assistant (now Associate) Professor of Art History and American Indian Studies, Department of Art History & American Indian Studies Program, College of Letters & Science

Manuela Romero, Assistant Dean for Student Diversity and Academic Services, College of Engineering

 2009-10

Araceli Alonso, Faculty Associate & Lecturer, College of Letters & Science and School of Medicine & Public Health

Emuye Asfaw, Administrative Officer, Office of Human Resources

Diane Gooding, Professor of Psychology, College of Letters & Science; Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine & Public Health

Patty Loew, Associate Professor (now Professor), Life Sciences Communication, College of Agricultural & Life Sciences

Sandra Magaña, Associate Professor (now Professor) of Social Work and Director, Latino/Latina Chicano/Chicana Studies Program

Idella Yamben, PhD Candidate, Cellular & Molecular Biology, and Research Assistant in Anatomy, School of Medicine & Public Health

 2008-09

Peggy Choy, Lecturer & Sr. Outreach Specialist, Dance & Southeast Asian Studies; now Assistant Professor of Kinesiology and Dance

Le Ondra Clark, PhD candidate, Department of Counseling Psychology

Sheri Williams Pannell, MFA candidate, Department of Theatre and Drama

May Lee Moua-Vue, Student Services Coordinator, International Student Services

Janice Rice, Senior Academic Librarian, Library System

2007– 08

Jacqueline DeWalt, Director of PEOPLE (Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence)

Laura Klunder, Residence Hall Manager, Kronshage Hall-Holt Commons; in 2008 appointed Assistant Director of Campus Programs for Leadership and Social Justice at Macalester College, Minneapolis MN

Susana Lastarria-Cornhiel, Senior Scientist, Urban and Regional Planning, College of Letters and Science & College of Agricultural & Life Sciences

Mary Layoun, Professor of Comparative Literature, College of Letters and Science

Norma Saldivar, Professor of Theatre and Drama, also Chican@ and Latin@ Studies

Patricia A. Tellez-Girón, Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health

 UW System Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award — UW-Madison Recipients