Workshops
WISELI offers a variety of workshops and conducts research on their effectiveness. These include workshops for faculty search committees, workshops to understand and minimize the influence of unconscious or implicit bias, and workshops to improve department climate.
Courses & Lectures
WISELI affiliates offer courses related to our goals of faculty diversity, equity and inclusion. In addition, we may be available to provide lectures describing our workshops and research.
Bookstore & Resources
Order printed versions of helpful WISELI publications from the Bookstore, or download PDFs of these resources instantly. Links to our extensive research library and other resources can be found here.
Research & Data
WISELI is continually researching the effectiveness of our workshops and programming, as well as conducting original research on a variety of topics relating to the advancement of persons underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Medicine (STEMM).
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Celebrating Women and Gender Diversity in Science & Engineering Grant Program
A collaboration between WISELI and the College of Agricultural & Life Sciences, College of Engineering, College of Letters & Science, Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, School of Pharmacy, School of Medicine & Public Health, and School of Veterinary Medicine.
The Vilas Life Cycle Professorship Program
Provides funds to faculty and non-emeritus permanent PIs at UW–Madison who are at critical junctures in their professional careers and whose research productivity has been directly affected by personal life events (e.g., illness of a dependent, parent, spouse/partner, or oneself; complications from childbirth; combination of major life events).
WISELI in the news
Amy Wendt awarded the 2024 EDGE in Tech Athena Award for Academic Leadership
WISELI co-Director Prof. Amy Wendt received an EDGE in Tech Athena Award in the Academic Leadership Category from the University of California and CITRIS and the Banatao Institute. Wendt was chosen from a highly competitive …
Erika Marin-Spiotta named inaugural director of the Wisconsin Sloan Center for Systemic Change
With support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the University of Wisconsin–Madison will establish a new hub called the Wisconsin Sloan Center for Systemic Change, or WiSC2, to transform graduate education in science, technology, engineering, …
Shout-Outs: Associate Vice Chancellor for Research in the Physical Sciences Amy Wendt
Amy Wendt, professor of electrical and computer engineering and the associate vice chancellor for research in the physical sciences (AVC), has been awarded the 2024 WEPAN University Change Agent Award, for her work promoting DEI both through …
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Related events
A special panel discussion and screening of ‘Stranger at the Gate’
From executive producer Malala Yousafzai and director Joshua Seftel, ‘Stranger at the Gate’ tells one story of how an act of compassion can stop an act of hate. An Afghan refugee named Bibi Bahrami — …
Career Advice for Women & Gender Minorities Panel
This panel discussion aims to address the challenges women and other gender minorities face in STEMM (science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine), especially in the context of advancing their academic career, and will provide tools …
Chasing the Stars: Women Computers at Washburn Observatory
Erika Blumenfeld’s Tracing Luminaries series takes inspiration from the “Harvard Computers,” a group of women in the late 1800s who were prevented from participating in traditional academia. Through their study and cataloging of thousands of …
Equity Issues around Disability and Aging
In this webinar, we will hear from Lauren Bishop about her research on aging adults with autism, Judy Goldberg Dey about diversity in caregiving needs and networks, and Gina Green-Harris about her work with the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute and the importance …
IDS Seminar: Chris Rider on “Equity Analytics”
Equity Analytics: A Framework for Identifying and Addressing Disparity-Generating Mechanisms This talk elaborates on the “Equity Challenge” of organizational leadership: how to achieve a widely valued objective (i.e., equity) that is rooted in individual notions …