Universities of Wisconsin honor Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award recipients for 2023

MADISON, Wis.—The Universities of Wisconsin have announced the 13 recipients of the 2023 Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award, an annual honor given to faculty, staff, students, or community members to recognize their achievements in advancing equity and inclusion for people of color within the Universities of Wisconsin as well as communities across the state...

...The 2023 Outstanding Women of Color in Education honorees are:

• Nga-Wing Anjela Wong, Professor, Department of Education for Equity and Justice, UW-Eau Claire
  
  
• Crystal Lepscier (W?qsep??hket?kiw), Associate Lecturer and former First Nations Student Success Coordinator, UW-Green Bay
  
  
• Michelle Satram Sylvester, Senior Equity Advisor and Recruiter, School of Education, UW-La Crosse
  
  
• Maichou Lor, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, UW-Madison
  
  
• Crystal D. Carter, Clinical Associate Professor/Field Liaison, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, UW?Milwaukee
  
  
• Reneé Simpson, Academic Advisor, Undergraduate Advising Resource Center, UW Oshkosh
  
  
• Madhumita (Mita) Banerjee, Associate Professor, Sociology Department, UW-Parkside
  
  
• Carla Lee-Wages, Multicultural Student Advisor, Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, UW-Platteville
  
  
• Youngmi Kim, Associate Professor, Agricultural Engineering and Engineering Technology, UW-River Falls
  
  
• Pratima Gandhi, Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs and Chief Business Officer, UW-Stevens Point
  
  
• Mai Khou Xiong, Executive Director of Student Inclusion and Belonging, Multicultural Student Services, UW?Stout
  
  
• Heaven Waasiikwe Fleming, Teacher education major, UW-Superior
  
  
• Prajukti (juk) Bhattacharyya, Professor, Department of Geography, Geology, and Environmental Science, UW?Whitewater