

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Special Recognition
Recognizing DEI Contributions at Stanford Earth (2019-2021)
The Stanford Earth DEI office recognizes three categories of long-term contribution to inclusion and equity by members of our community. These include: Students and postdocs who have made outstanding individual contributions, leadership exemplified by organized groups, and the collective efforts of other individuals through a variety of initiatives across campus. We thank you all for your long-term dedication and leadership!
Recognition for outstanding individual DEI efforts:
- Lauren Abrahams (DIG instructor, DEI student/postdoc working group, SURGE evaluator, Stanford Earth recruiter)
- Folasade Ayoola (BEGSA, DEI student/postdoc working group, SERGE)
- Ayoade Balogun (EJ working group, Associated Students of Stanford University, Environmental Justice and Sustainability Committee)
- Callum Bobb (RiSE group)
- Emily Cardarelli (DIG class founder, Geokids, Stanford Earth Recruitment)
- Nancy Chang (EJ working group, Students for Environmental and Racial Justice, Stanford Food Recovery)
- Sami Chen (Stanford Earth recruiter, RiSE group, DEI student/postdoc working group)
- Cansu Culha (URGE pod leader)
- Cherie DeVore (URGE pod, Indigenous Frameworks event, DEI student/postdoc working group)
- Katerina Gonzales (DIG Class founder)
- David J.X. Gonzalez (Shades of Green, EJ Group, Nuestra Casa, DEI student/postdoc working group, SURGE mentor)
- Aria Hamann Duncan (Stanford Earth recruiter, URGE pod, SURGE application evaluator, Geokids)
- Heidi Hirsh (RiSE group, Stanford Earth recruiter)
- Elizabeth Johnston (RiSE group)
- Hannah Joy-Warren (RiSE group)
- Bennett J. Kapili (RiSE group)
- Colette Kelly (RiSE group, Geokids, Stanford Earth recruiter, faculty search student panel)
- Emily Lacroix (URGE pod leader, Geokids)
- Christopher LeBoa (EJ working group and EJ minor, Stanford Food Recovery)
- Amina Ly (BGSA, DEI student/postdoc working group, Assistant Director Search)
- Marisa Mayer (RiSE group)
- Karissa Pepin(Faculty Search, DEI student/postdoc working group)
- Anna Rasmussen (RiSE group and Faculty Search, Geokids)
- Bianca Santos (EJ group, DEI student leaders summer working group)
- Nasa Sinnott-Armstrong (DEI student/postdoc working group and Assistant Director Search)
- Aaron Steelquist (Stanford Earth recruiter, SURGE 2020 mentor, SURGE application evaluator, URGE pod)
- Chris Tan (EJ working group, Students for a Sustainable Stanford, Students for Environmental and Racial Justice)
- Bradley Tolar (Stanford Earth recruiter, Postdoc advisory committee, Geokids)
- Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila (Pertenecer, ConCiencia, Geokids, Stanford Earth Recruitment, Faculty Search, Assistant Director Search, DIG instructor, DEI student/postdoc working group)
Recognition for outstanding group DEI efforts:
- The Environmental Justice Working Group (EJWG). The EJWG at Stanford is an intergenerational collective working to embed environmental justice into our research, teaching, and community engagement at Stanford.
- The RiSE Group (Respect in Stanford Earth)
- The Stanford Earth URGE Pods (Unlearning Racism in Geoscience)
Recognition for collective action through the following programs:
- AGEP-NSF Research University Alliance
- Associate Chairs for Diversity and Inclusion committee
- Communications and Web Design
- Dean’s Graduate Scholars Committee
- DIG class and We DIG it group
- DEI student and postdoc working group
- ESYS DEI action plan and advisory group
- EJ Courses
- Geokids, Fieldwork and Outreach
- Graduate admissions and fee waivers
- High School Young Investigators
- IDEAL faculty council
- IDEAL recruitment and dashboard portal pilot program
- New school community focus group team
- Recruitment
- Respectful Community committee
- Stanford Earth Celebrates events
- Stanford Earth DEI action plan leadership committee
- Stanford Earth faculty search committee
- Stanford Earth postdoctoral fellowship committee
- SURGE program