Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)

McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering

DEI Goals and Commitments

Through a sustained effort to strengthen diversity, provide equitable opportunities, and develop an inclusive environment within the Texas ChE community, we strive toward the following through our actions, communications, policies, and processes:

1. Foster an inclusive climate that values, supports, and encourages all community members and provides a strong sense of belonging
2. Attract diverse applicants for undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as for staff and faculty positions
3. Increase our community’s awareness of the value diversity brings to our educational and research missions and the challenges faced by students, staff, and faculty from different backgrounds and life experiences
4. Recruit, retain and recognize diverse students, staff, and faculty
5. Support the development of each member of the community to reach their potential

 

Have an idea or a concern regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion in the department? Reach out to the department leadership team.

 

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Resources

• Cockrell School of Engineering: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• The University of Texas at Austin: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• The University of Texas at Austin: Office for Inclusion and Equity
• The University of Texas at Austin: Division of Diversity and Community Engagement
• Title IX: Information, resources and incident reporting
• Compliance and Ethics Hotline

 

Student Organizations and Programs

• Graduates for Underrepresented Minorities (GUM)
• Graduate Chemical Engineering Leadership Council
• Women in Engineering Program (WEP)
• Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Womxn (UChEW)
• First-Gen Longhorns
• Equal Opportunity in Engineering Program
• Association for Women in Science at UT Austin
• Black Women in STEM (BWIS) — email for information
• Cockrell School Cares Committee (in the Student Engineering Council)
• Discipline-Specific Women Student Orgs — view the list
• Graduate Society of Women Engineers (SWE – Graduate)
• LGBTQ+ Engineering (LGBQT-ies)
• National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
• oSTEM (LGBTQ+ STEM students)
• Pi Sigma Pi (PSP — Minority Academic Engineering Society)
• Re-sonate (women in tech)
• Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE)
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Señoritas (SHPE – Señoritas)
• Society of Women Engineers at UT Austin (SWE)