[AWIS Chicago Listserve] Innovator and Motivator Award Winners

[AWIS Chicago Communications]

*Innovator Award*

It's our great pleasure to honor *Dr. Tanya Berger-Wolf*, Associate
Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of
Illinois at Chicago, where she heads the Computational Population Biology
Lab. Her research interests are in applications of computational techniques
to problems in ecology, from genetics to social interactions. Dr.
Berger-Wolf received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2002. After spending some time as a
postdoctoral fellow working in computational phylogenetics and doing
research in computational epidemiology, she returned to Illinois. She has
received numerous awards for her research and mentoring, including the US
National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2008 and the UIC Mentor of the
Year (2009) and Graduate Mentor (2012) awards.


*Motivator Award*


In addition, we will be honoring *Dr. Erin L. Thomas*, Gender Diversity
Specialist, at Argonne National Laboratory. In her role, she develops instit
utional approaches for enhancing gender diversity, inclusion, and equity in
STEM careers. Before her time at Argonne, Dr. Thomas consulted for Catalyst,
Inc., a leading non-­‐profit organization dedicated to advancing women at wo
rk, while conducting her doctoral research. Dr. Thomas' research program inf
orms her current role, as its overarching objectives are to: 1) ensure that
the unique experiences of minority women do not go overlooked in diversity &
inclusion initiatives and 2) develop interventions that disrupt gender-­‐
based assumptions and expectations. Her primary line of research examines t
he intersections of gender and race and the implications of multiple minorit
y statuses in workplace, economic, and social policy contexts. Dr. Thomas' r
esearch has received recognition and funding from numerous organizations li
ke the National Science Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the
American Psychological Association, and the Society for the Psychological St
udy of Social Issues. She received BAs in Psychology and International Studi
es and an MS, MPhil, and PhD in Social Psychology all from Yale University.


*Date and Location of Award Dinner TBA soon. Stay tuned!*


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