NOMINATIONS DUE DATE – Monday, April 15, 2013.
The UW-Madison 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 US 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 Monday, 15 April 2013 to Deiadra Gardner, Communications Specialist in the Office of the Vice Provost & Chief Diversity Officer, 352 Bascom Hall, 500 Lincoln Dr., Madison WI, 53706, dgardner@cdo.wisc.edu
The UW System Award:
The Selection Committee will nominate one of UW-Madison’s Outstanding Woman of Color for 2013 to receive the 18th Annual UW System Outstanding Woman of Color in Education Award. 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.
The recipients of the UW-Madison 2013 Outstanding Women of Color will be announced on June 3rd.
Honors List of UW-Madison Outstanding Women of Color
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 & The 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; now 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, Associate Professor (now Professor) of Theatre and Drama, also Chican@ and Latin@ Studies; Patricia A. Tellez-Girón, Clinical Assistant (now Associate) Professor of Family Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health.
UW System Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award — UW-Madison Recipients
2012: Tonya Lynn Brito, Professor of Law, Law School; and Jacquelynn Dawn Arbuckle, Staff General Surgeon and Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine & Public Health.
2010: Leslie Bow, Professor of English & Asian American Studies; and Ana Martinez-Donate, Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences
2009: Patty Loew, Associate Professor (now Professor), Life Science Communication, College of Agricultural & Life Sciences
2008: Janice Rice, Senior Academic Librarian in College Library
2007: Linda Greene, Evjue Bascom Professor of Law, Law School (now University of California at San Diego’s first vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion (VC-EDI)
2006: Alberta Gloria, Professor of Counseling Psychology, School of Education
2005: Gloria Ladson-Billings, Kellner Family Chair in Urban Education and Professor of Curriculum & Instruction, School of Education
2004: Linda Denise Oakley, Professor, School of Nursing & Joann Pritchett, Director of Diversity, School of Pharmacy
2003: Hazel Symonette, Senior Policy Planning Analyst
2002: Seema Kapani, Director of Diversity Programs & Learning Communities
2001: Ada Deer, Senior Lecturer in Social Work
2000: Gloria Hawkins, Assistant Dean, School of Medicine & Public Health
1999: Amy Ling, Professor & Director, Asian American Studies (Deceased)
1998: Lucille Badger, Community Leader (Deceased); Stanlie James, Professor, Afro- American Studies Department, and Nancy Rodriguez, Student
1997: Linda Stitt, Program Director, Wisconsin Union
1996: Nellie McKay, Professor, Afro-American Studies Department (Deceased)
1995: Mercile Lee, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs