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Keep being optimistic and persisting because there are more good-hearted, caring people that have your back and are rooting for you to succeed (or be even more successful) than you’ll probably ever know.”

Dr. Denise Driscoll

Dr. Denise Driscoll

CISTAR Director of Diversity and Inclusion

Davidson School of Chemical Engineering

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences, College of Health and Human Sciences

I want to say in support: Keep being optimistic and persisting because there are more good-hearted, caring people that have your back and are rooting for you to succeed (or be even more successful) than you’ll probably ever know… some that I worked with almost 30 years ago now, who are long-gone from this campus but had a lasting impact…and some who are working hard now, every day, so that your experience here in the College of Engineering is a positive one.


And I'm happy to add my voice to what I hope is a loud chorus saying: I support and value our College of Engineering Black students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Your talents are needed and make this world a better place.

Biography

Dr. Driscoll is also a faculty affiliate with the Brock Wilson Center for Women in Management in the Krannert School of Management. She has been actively working on diversity and culture of inclusion issues since the early 1990s. Beginning in May 2019, Dr. Driscoll became the Director of Diversity and Inclusion for a National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center called CISTAR: Center for Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources. CISTAR is comprised of 5 universities, over 30 industrial (oil and gas) members, as well as several innovation partners and other stakeholders. Dr. Driscoll works in partnership with many others in CISTAR and in the College of Engineering who are committed to social justice to create a sustainable, inclusive center where diverse students, faculty, staff, and professionals innovate and solve problems together to build a bridge to a renewable future.

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