Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
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:
- Foster an inclusive climate that values, supports, and encourages all community members and provides a strong sense of belonging
- Attract diverse applicants for undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as for staff and faculty positions
- 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
- Recruit, retain and recognize diverse students, staff, and faculty
- Support the development of each member of the community to reach their potential
To foster the success of all members of our community and to welcome a broader diversity of people is our responsibility as an institution and also offers an opportunity to strengthen our department as a whole. We are continuously assessing and looking for ways to improve all aspects of our program, from undergraduate and graduate education to faculty development and alumni engagement.
- Delia Milliron, department chair
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) — This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- 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)
- UT Austin Overview: Supreme Court decision Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
