About
The Diversity Catalyst Committee (DCC) champions a long-term diversity and inclusion agenda for ESS with goals, metrics, timelines, implementation activities, and continuity of practice with a rolling three-year plan. The DCC engages in topics of diversity in research leadership across the Land-grant university system, provides ideas and actions for consideration, and supplements institutional, regional and national diversity and inclusion efforts. The focus is primarily on enhancing the diversity among the Experiment Station Directors, Research Directors, and their associates and assistants.
Upcoming Events
No Upcoming Meetings
Resources
Files
- National agInnovation Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award 2024 Call for Nominations
- Diversity Catalyst Committee Plan of Work 2023-2026
- DCC Call to Action 2021
- ESS Meeting Opening Session Synthesis Report (09/28/2020)
- DCC Rules of Operation (03/07/2018)
- DCC Intercultural Development Inventory Group Report
- DCC Book Resource Suggestions (Shannon Archibeque-Engle)
- National Data for the ESCOP Diversity in Leadership Task Force
- ESCOP Diversity in Research Leadership Task Force Report
- Faculty Diversity at 1862 and 1890 Institutions
- Diversity Data for Deans and Administrative Heads in Research Colleges
- Diversity in Research Leadership Across the Land-Grants (Karen Plaut)
Past Events
Members
| Name | Committee Position | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nina Lyon Bennett | Chair | APS and ARD | bennettn@uapb.edu |
| Alton Thompson | Member | ARD | athompson1@ncat.edu |
| Ricardo Mata-Gonzalez | Member | APS | ricardo.matagonzalez@oregonstate.edu |
| Brian Raison | Member | ECOP | raison.1@osu.edu |
| Jamie Larson | Member | SAAESD | JLarson@ads.msstate.edu |
| David Monks | Member | SAAESD | dwm@ncsu.edu |
| Jodie Anderson | Member | WAAESD | jmanderson@alaska.edu |
| Gene Kelly | Member | WAAESD | eugene.kelly@colostate.edu |
| Shawn Donkin | Member | WAAESD | shawn.donkin@oregonstate.edu |
| Bret Hess | Member | WAAESD | bhess@unr.edu |
| Tala Awada | Member | agInnovation North Central | tawada2@unl.edu |
| Jeanette Thurston | Member | agInnovation North Central | jthurston@ksu.edu |
| Douglas D. LaVergne | Member | ARD | LavergneD@lincolnU.edu |
| Anna Katharine Mansfield | Member | NERA | akm87@cornell.edu |
| Shannon Archibeque-Engle | Member | Professional | shannon.archibeque-engle@colostate.edu |
| Drenda Williams | Member | NIFA | drenda.williams@usda.gov |
| Rick Rhodes | Executive Vice-Chair | NERA | rcrhodes@uri.edu |
| David Leibovitz | Assistant Vice-Chair | NERA | david_leibovitz@uri.edu |