Vision
To elevate and amplify staff voices across the PSD units, build community, and help cultivate a sense of belonging for staff and other PSD constituents.
Mission
To create long-lasting and sustainable infrastructure to address staff needs in the PSD that will exist and operate beyond the tenure of appointed PSD leadership.
Goals
EDISC supports PSD EDI goals to: create opportunities for staff recognition, ensure transparency in leadership communications, and support equitable treatment and opportunities for staff members. Additional efforts involve promoting and supporting the needs of various communities and affinity groups.
Programs
Programming fosters a Division where people feel supported, valued, and respected as individuals with diverse beliefs and perspectives.
- Quarterly Staff Coffee Hours facilitate connections among staff members
- An all-staff, division-wide holiday lunch contributes to community building among staff across units
- The annual Staff Awards ceremony recognizes and appreciates staff members for outstanding and valuable contributions to the PSD as nominated by colleagues, peers, and students. Awards celebrate contributions to the effectiveness and climate of their unit and the PSD made by new members, seasoned veterans, and EDI champions
- Members also mobilize PSD wellness initiatives. During the Spring 2020 stay-at-home orders, EDISC members contributed to: staff and student wellness check-ins, Zoom social hours, blog posts for wellness strategies, phone check-ins between staff and students, and advocacy for compassionate leadership on campus and the South Side
Join
If you are a PSD staff member who is interested in joining EDISC, please send a note of inquiry.
Contact
Email the PSD EDI Staff Committee, psdstaffedi@uchicago.edu.
Brent Barker
Teaching Support Manager for Undergraduate Labs, Astronomy & Astrophysics
bbarkeruchicago.edu
T: (773) 702-8323
Trudy Beaubrun
Department Manager, Chemistry
tbeaubrun@uchicago.edu
T: (773) 834-1106
Cosmos Ray Boekell
Director of Computer Science Instructional Laboratory (CSIL), Computer Science
cboekell@uchicago.edu
T: (773) 834-1947
Alicia Brown
Human Resources Coordinator
aliciab@uchicago.edu
T: (773) 834-8829
Amy Keating
Assistant Director of Development, Physical Sciences Division
atkeating@uchicago.edu
T: (773) 834-1770
Sarah Lippert
Student Affairs Administrator, Department of the Geophysical Sciences
sarah8@uchicago.edu
T: (773) 702-8180
Maureen McMahon
Communications Specialist, Physical Sciences Division
farleymr@uchicago.edu
T: (773) 834-5501
Shirley Proby
Associate Dean of Students for Registration & Financial Aid, Physical Sciences Division
sproby@uchicago.edu
T: (773) 702-8789
Keisha Prowoznik
Admissions & Student Affairs Specialist, Statistics
kprowoznik@galton.uchicago.edu
T: (773) 702-0541
Laura Rigazzi
Associate Dean of Students for Recruitment & Admissions, Physical Sciences Division
lrigazzi@uchicago.edu
T: (773) 702-9708
Jennifer Smith
Department Administrator, Astronomy and Astrophysics
jmsmith@astro.uchicago.edu
T: (773) 834-0393
Interim Chair: Cosmos Boekell
Sub-Committees
| Deputies | Events | Historian/ Communications | Marketing | Treasurer |
| Brent Barker | Cosmos Boekell | Laura Rigazzi | Maureen McMahon (website) | Keisha Prowoznik |
| Trudy Beaubrun | Amy Keating | |||
| Cosmos Boekell | Sarah Lippert | |||
| Shirley Proby | ||||
| Jennifer Smith | ||||
| Alicia Brown | ||||
