Speaker
James Yonker
Director of the Office of Strategic Diversity Planning and Research at UW–Madison
James Yonker, Ph.D., M.P.H., serves as the director of the Office of Strategic Diversity Planning and Research for the Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement, where he leads data analytics and equity, diversity and inclusion research for the division, as well as some university-wide diversity projects. Dr. Yonker is a scholar of health and well-being whose work focuses on how to measure and improve the social climate in higher education. He is an expert in survey research, methodology and statistical analysis and has published in a variety of disciplines, including demography and population studies, sociology, public health, medicine and social work. He earned his Ph.D. in sociology, master of public health and bachelor’s degrees in psychology, sociology and statistics from UW–Madison.
Speaking in
Using Data to Inform Our Decisions: The 2021 Campus Climate Survey Task Force
UW–Madison launched the second iteration of the student Campus Climate Survey in 2021, which sought to understand students’ experiences with and perceptions of campus climate and diversity, including how people of different backgrounds and identities experience life at UW–Madison. Though the 2021 survey data was generally comparable to the 2016 data, the university found some noteworthy differences. In this session, members of the Campus Climate Survey Task Force will give an overview of the 2021 survey findings and comment on them through the lens of their role at the university.