About the CS-IDEA committee

Our mission

To attract and retain diverse students, staff, and faculty in computer science and engineering and help all students, staff, and faculty thrive within the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Minnesota.

Committee meetings

The CS-IDEA holds open weekly meetings during the academic year. If you are interested in how we can together make the CS&E department and the field of computer science in general more inclusive, diverse, and equitable, then please join us via zoom!

Learn more about the 2024-25 CS-IDEA Committee!

Eman Ramadan

CS-IDEA Committee Chair/Lecturer and Research Associate (she/her)

Nuredin Ali

Graduate Student (he/him)

John Bartucz

Teaching Specialist (he/him)

Marissa Blaeser

Staff (she/her)

Favonia

Assistant Professor (he/him)

Mattia Fazzini

Assistant Professor (he/him)

Maria Gini

Professor (she/her)

Elizabeth Jensen

Faculty (she/her)

Gourab Paul

Undergraduate Student (he/him)

Ebasa Temesgen

Graduate Student (he/him)

2023-24 committee members:

Eman Ramadan (chair), Isayas Adhanom, Elizabeth Jensen, Harmanpreet Kaur, Min Namgung, Marissa Pederson

Learn more about the 2023-24 committee members

2022-23 committee members:

Mohamed Mokbel (chair), Dametrius Coleman, Dan Knights, Min Namgung, Marissa Pederson, Lana Yarosh

2021-22 committee members:

Dan Keefe (chair), Debarati Das, Sean Dorr, Favonia, Mohamed Mokbel, Luc Nelson, Eman Ramadan, Morgan Turner

Learn more about the 2021-22 committee members

2020-21 committee members:

Dan Keefe (chair), Debarati Das, Favonia, Maria Gini, Crystal King, Luc Nelson, Eman Ramadan, Ashmita Sharma, Allison Small, Loren Terveen, Morgan Turner

2019-20 committee members:

Dan Keefe (chair), Klarisse Andre De St Amant, Alisa Dean, Favonia, Victoria Interrante, Eman Ramadan, Ancy Tom, Shana Watters