PEER Leaders
PEER Leaders are a cadre of student leaders who are helping to improve the UW College of Engineering by creating positive change toward a more inclusive engineering environment.
PEER Leaders engage faculty, staff and fellow students through presentations that describe how the PEERs seminar, coupled with their own course work, prepare them for their future as engineering leaders.
The presentations highlight what the students have learned about diversity in science and engineering, the impact of unconscious bias, stereotypes, privilege, engaging the community and building allies to support all students succeeding in engineering.
Past presentations have ranged from brief introductory presentations to 90 minute workshops.
Bring PEER Leaders to Your Organization - PEER Leaders are available to present at student society meetings, faculty meetings, conferences, workshops, and a variety of other events. To schedule a PEER Leaders presentation, contact Joyce Yen at joyceyen@uw.edu.
Visit the PEERs Facebook page!
PEERs leaders created a Facebook page to encourage greater engagement with the PEERs program and dissemination of topics regarding diversity in science and engineering. Visit the page here!
View PEER Leader Presentations - Past PEER Leader presentations are available on-line.
Note: Presentations are offered in .pdf format. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view. If you require an alternate format, please e-mail us your request.
Become a PEER Leader - PEER Leaders must complete the Fall PEERs seminar to be eligible. If you are a student and are interested in becoming a PEER Leader, visit our course page to learn more about enrolling.
Our PEER Leaders program is modeled after Michigan's ADVANCE Science and Technology Recruiting to Improve Diversity and Excellence, or STRIDE.
2013 PEER Leaders
- Cezanne Camacho, Electrical Engineering
- Nuvala Fomban, Bioengineering
- Jennifer Kang, Computer Science & Engineering
- Serena Lam, Electrical Engineering
- Ahlmahz Negash, Electrical Engineering
- Elise Neroutsos, Pre-Engineering
- Christina Paz, Materials Science & Engineering
- Carmen Rodriguez, Pre-Engineering
- Rachel Rosenzweig, Pre-Engineering
- Megan Torkildson, Human Centered Design & Engineering
- Quoc-Anh Vu, Pre-Engineering
Past PEER Leaders
- Edison Amah, Aeronautics & Astronautics
- Shiri Azenkot, Computer Science & Engineering
- Leslie Cornaby, Bioengineering
- Anna Gillan, Industrial & Systems Engineering
- Abdulkadir Idris, Pre-Engineering
- Dale Jackson, Electrical Engineering
- Victoria Rodriguez, Bioengineering
- Kimberlee Sing, Chemical Engineering
- Tanner Smith, Pre-engineering
- Rafael Vertido, Pre-Engineering
Recent PEER Leader Presentations
June 7, 2013
PEERs Capacity Building Institute
April 26-27, 2013
Engineering Discovery Days
March 2, 2013
WiSE Conference
December 1, 2012
MESA's Saturday Academy
November 9, 2012
Disabilities 101 Class
October 24, 2012
Engineering for Society
September 26, 2012
Engineering for Society
September 10, 2012
STEM Bridge Program
August 3, 2012
ALVA Group
July 13, 2012
NSF's Research Experience and Mentoring (NSF-REM)
July 9, 2012
Math Academy
May 19, 2012
Attendance at College of Engineering's Community of Minority and Women Engineering Societies Leadership Retreat, Microsoft campus
May 18, 2012
Presentation to Chemical Engineering's Distinguished Young Scholars Selection Panel
May 2-11, 2012
Tabling at Red Square
All presentations are in .pdf format, which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you'd like to request an alternate format, please let us know.