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Leadership

Co-Chairs

Deborah Tuerkheimer

Deborah Tuerkheimer

Class of 1967 James B. Haddad Professor of Law

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Lisa Del Torto

Associate Professor of Instruction, The Cook Family Writing Program

Yarrow Axford

Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, WCAS

Past Co-Chairs

About the Steering Committee

Our Steering Committee seeks representation that spans schools and faculty ranks. Every year members of our steering committee rotate off, and we try to replace outgoing members in a way that ensures representation.  If you are interested in joining the steering committee, please write to the OWF co-chairs.

Steering Committee 2020-2021

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Elsa Alvaro

Director of Academic Engagement at Northwestern University Libraries

Ludmila Aristilde

Ludmila Aristilde

Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, McCormick

Megan Bang

Megan Bang

Professor of Learning Sciences, SESP; Director Center for Native American and Indigenous Research, WCAS

Katharine Breen

Katharine Breen

Associate Professor of English, Department of English; Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Stephanie Edgerly

Stephanie Edgerly

Associate Professor and Director of Research, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications

Laurel Harbridge-Yong

Laurel Harbridge-Yong

Associate Professor of Political Science, WCAS

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Janice Mejia

Associate Professor of Instruction of Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences

Ann Shola Orloff

Ann Shola Orloff

Professor of Sociology and Board of Lady Managers of the Columbian Exposition Chair, Department of Sociology, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

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Detra Payne

Assistant Professor of Instruction, Theater

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Doreen Weisenhaus

Senior Lecturer, Pritzker School of Law

Doreen Weisenhaus

Senior Lecturer and Director, Media Law and Policy Initiative

Janice Mejia

Associate Professor of Instruction of Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences

Past Steering Committee Members

Susan Mango Curtis, Term 2016-2019

Bryna Kra, Term 2017-2020

Shana Bernstein, Term 2016-2019

Christine Percheski, Term 2016-2018, 2018-2020

Jillana Enteen, Term 2016-2019

Lauren Rivera, Term 2016-2018

Miriam Sherin, Term 2016-2018 

Kim Yuracko, Term 2016-2017

Emma DeCosta

Emma Adam