Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering (ISE) Department values, supports and encourages diversity, equity, and inclusion, in the most essential and general ways. This is done by recognizing, respecting, and supporting all truly and effectively individual choices and preferences that, as such, cannot negatively affect any other member of our department and our society.

These characteristics are very broad and include, but are not limited to: age, belief system, caregiver status, cognitive style, culture, (dis)ability status, education, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, geographic background, job position and type, language, marital/partnered status, national origin, parental status, physical appearance, political affiliation, race, religious beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, theoretical perspective, and veteran status.

The ISE department also nurtures an atmosphere of mutual respect and understanding among its members’ very diverse professional preferences in order to attract, retain and promote outstanding educators, researchers, staff and students in all areas of industrial and systems engineering.