RADHIKA SANTHANAGOPALAN
2022 Diversity Leadership Award
UC Psychology
D&I Committee
Annual university award recognizing a graduate student who displayed leadership in advancing social justice and fostering diversity and inclusion.
Brainstormed and executed initiatives to foster inclusion in the Psychology department.
Rising Scholars Conference
Invited to give opening remarks on diversity.
Booth Climate Committee
8-member student and faculty team working on addressing Booth PhD climate issues.
Graduate Student Council Executive
Elected by the graduate community to the 13-person executive board of the graduate student government. Led 7 university-wide D&I initiatives.
Dean's Advisory
Council
Student representative providing input to Dean to improve student life.
Receiving the 2022 Diversity Leadership Award from UChicago President Alivisatos
Graduate Course Evaluation Committee
Selected by Vice Provost to represent graduate students on a designated committee to create standardised course evaluations. Pitched questions on inclusion that were implemented university-wide.
Diversity Chair for the Psychology Department
Led the first D&I graduate committee in the Cornell Psychology department.
Advocacy & Behavioral Science perspective
Perspective piece on the role of research scientists on advocacy in behavioral science.
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Inaugural Juneteenth 2021 initiative
Conceived and led the inaugural university-wide UChicago Juneteenth initiative.