The Office of Research and Innovation’s Diversity Planning Team is composed of staff from R&I, University of Nebraska Press and University of Nebraska State Museum. This group has been charged with crafting a strategy for ensuring organizational culture and practices are aligned with the university’s commitment to diversity and inclusive excellence, and to make manifest the belief that at Nebraska, every person and every interaction matters.
The external subcommittee is focusing on how R&I can better support the faculty, staff and students it serves and how it interacts with other partners. The internal subcommittee’s aim is to examine the culture and processes that directly impact R&I staff. Nathan Meier, assistant vice chancellor for research, and Laurie Sampson, learning and development coordinator, are serving as the team’s facilitators.
External Subcommittee
Ryan Anderson, Industry Relations
Rick Bevins, Vice Chancellor’s Office
Jeewan Jyot, NUtech Ventures
Kacey Nelkin Pedersen, Sponsored Programs
Jen Nelson, Vice Chancellor’s Office
Ashley Washburn, Research Communications
Susan Weller, University of Nebraska State Museum
Internal Subcommittee
Ann Baker, University of Nebraska Press
Matthew Dwyer, Proposal Development
Adam Eakin, University of Nebraska State Museum
Megan Ebbers, Institutional Animal Care Program
Tiffany Lee, Research Communications
Elijah Luebbe, Sponsored Programs
Ember Welsch, Vice Chancellor’s Office
