Co-Chairs
Deborah Tuerkheimer
Class of 1967 James B. Haddad Professor of Law
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
Heather Colburn, Cristie Traina, Kim Yuracko, Karen Alter, Dana Hill, Leslie Harris.
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
Elsa Alvaro
Director of Academic Engagement at Northwestern University Libraries
Ludmila Aristilde
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, McCormick
Megan Bang
Professor of Learning Sciences, SESP; Director Center for Native American and Indigenous Research, WCAS
Katharine Breen
Associate Professor of English, Department of English; Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Stephanie Edgerly
Associate Professor and Director of Research, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications
Laurel Harbridge-Yong
Associate Professor of Political Science, WCAS
Janice Mejia
Associate Professor of Instruction of Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences
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
Detra Payne
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Theater
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