Ledford Named Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Ayana Ledford has been named the college’s first full-time associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). She brings her incredible energy and deep commitment to community engagement to help build a more diverse, equitable and inclusive culture at the Dietrich College. Under Ledford’s previous role as part-time director of DEI, the college released its first Strategic Plan for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in 2020. She has been instrumental in developing, supporting and enhancing programming that makes the college more accessible to low-income, first- generation and/or underrepresented students. Many of these programs have been developed in partnership with faculty and staff from within the college and around the university.
Alessandro Rinaldo Named Associate Dean for Research
Alessandro Rinaldo , a professor in the Department of Statistics & Data Science, was named associate dean for research. Rinaldo takes over from David Creswell, who served as the college’s associate dean for research from fall 2019 to summer 2021. Rinaldo’s research focuses on the theoretical properties of statistical and machine learning models for high-dimensional data under various structural assumptions, such as sparsity or intrinsic low dimensionality.
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