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 outstanding and valuable contributions to EDI by PSD staff. 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 interseted in joining EDISC, please send a note of inquiry. Meetings are held monthly. Please review the EDISC Handbook if you are interseted.
Brent Barker
Teaching Support Manager for Undergraduate Labs, Astronomy & Astrophysics
bbarkeruchicago.edu
T: (773) 702-8323
Meg Bates
Senior Research and Evaluation Scientist and Director of Digital Teacher Learning Research, UChicago STEM Education
megbates@uchicago.edu
T: (773) 702-2115
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
Julia Brazas
Academic Affairs Administrator and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Astronomy and Astrophysics
julia@uchicago.edu
T: (773) 834-8401
Neli Fanning
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Director, Physical Sciences Division
nelifanning@uchicago.edu
T: (773) 834-3748
Susan Hearth
Divisional Administrator, Physical Sciences Division
skphearth@uchicago.edu
T: (773) 702-1832
Amy Keating
Assistant Director of Development, Physical Sciences Division
atkeating@uchicago.edu
T: (773) 834-1770
Maureen McMahon
Communications Specialist, Physical Sciences Division
farleymr@uchicago.edu
T: (773) 834-5501
Jamie Palmieri-Guy
Financial Administrator, Physical Sciences Division
bguy@uchicago.edu
T: (773) 702-9008
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
Chair: Neli Fanning
Sub-Committees
| Deputies | Events | Historian/ Communications | Marketing | Treasurer |
| Brent Barker | Cosmos Boekel | Julia Brazas | Meg Bates | Keisha Prowoznik |
| Trudy Beaubrun | Amy Keating | Susan Hearth | Maureen McMahon (website) | |
| Bill Palmieri-Guy | Laura Rigazzi | |||
| Shirley Proby | ||||
| Jennifer Smith |
