The IDEA Institute recognized those who made and continue to make significant contributions to towards the advancement of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Grainger College of Engineering through the GIANT program. The GIANT Diversity Leadership Award recipients include students and postdocs (past and present) who were/are instrumental to the success of their respective GIANT project initiatives, which has ultimately helped to foster a more inclusive community of engineers, community stakeholders, and IDEA Institute partners. The honorees include:
Graduate Orientation for Women (GrOW): Rupal Nigam, Aadhy Sundarajan Parthasarathy, Aanchal Gupta, Tove Elizabeth Kopperstad, Ani Pirosmanishvili
HUG Initiative: Research Career Roadmap for Historically Marginalized or Underrepresented Genders: Mei-Yun Lin, Hsinju Chen, Mayura Kulkarni, Alyssa Huang, Erin Raftery, Leah Espenhahn, Matilde Figueroa-Carrillo
ASL Aspire: A Game-Based Vocabulary Platform for Deaf Students: Mona Jawad, Ethan Gaughan, and Amy Lee
Allies in STEM: Jazmin Aguilar-Romero, Samantha Rubeck, Anita Wo, Federico Cifuentes-Urtubey, Shion Watabe, Rory Lusebrink, Mia Renna, Lingyun, Xu, Emily Lawson-Bulten, Paul Ruess, Whitney Sinclair, Edzna Garcia Ramirez, Renalka Khan, Kathleen Oolman
Three-pronged Approach for Retention of Underrepresented Minority Students (RISE-UP): Jamie Clark, Lonna Edwards, Mickeal Key, Sasha Yamada, Vongai Tizora, Eliza Wright, Linda Nguessan, Teagan Mathur, Jaden Edwards-Jones Gladden, Abdulgafar Sulaiman
Decreasing Barriers for Underrepresented Groups by Clarifying Expectations in Graduate School: Vidushi Ojha, Beleicia Bullock, Raul Platero
Peer Mentorship in a Virtual University Setting: Federico Cifuentes-Urtubey, Julie Lorenzo, Paola Baldaguez Medina
Using Study Partners to Broaden Participation: Renato F. L. Azevedo, PhD