Commission on the Status of Women

Function

  • To advise the president and executive vice president, to gather data, and to make policy recommendations on all issues relevant to women, including but not limited to:
    • Matters pertaining to all women at the University, including but not limited to, advancement and leadership, safety, childcare, and anti-discrimination/harassment practices.
    • Matters pertaining to women employees such as job opportunities, hiring practices, career advancement, salary equity, appointments to key committees in leadership roles, family medical leave, and other benefits.
    • Matters pertaining to women graduate, professional, and undergraduate students such as admission practices, awarding of financial aid, graduation rates, fellowships and assistantships, advising practices, and housing.
  • To establish close working relationships with other groups on campus and in the community working in areas related to the status of women to include, but not limited to the Office for Equal Opportunity, Associated Students of WSU, Association for Faculty Women, the Faculty Senate, Coalition for Women Students, Commission on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation, Graduate and Professional Student Association, Graduate School, Human Resource Services, the Office of Equity and Diversity, Gender Identity/Expression and Sexual Orientation Resource Center, Governor’s Interagency Committee of State Employed Women, Office of Student Affairs and Enrollment, Women’s Resource Center, and Commission on Campus Climate
  • To prepare and disseminate an annual report every summer, to be disseminated no later than June 30, advising the president and executive vice president of the current year’s accomplishments, recommendations, and data collected. This annual report is compiled by each Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) subcommittee and provided to the chair by June 15 of each year. After presentation to the president and executive vice president CSW publishes the report online to advise the WSU community.
  • To recommend to the president and executive vice president courses of appropriate action to enhance the status of women and to address inequities in outcomes and/or opportunities for women

Composition and tenure

The president appoints the WSU Commission on the Status of Women voting body. The commission recommends nominees for membership to the president in April of each year. The membership consists of a total of 27 voting members, with a minimum of 18 from the Pullman campus, 1 from the Tri-Cities campus, 1 from the Vancouver campus, 1 from the Spokane campus, 1 from any non-Pullman campus and the remainder from any of the previously mentioned constituencies, and/or learning centers, extension offices, or any other WSU locations–and non-voting, ex officio members representing other WSU constituencies


Committee membership

Hoard, Season

Pullman-CAHNRS/CAS
Chair
Co-Chair Women of Distinction
Co-Chair Institutional Climate
Committee term end: 2023

Matthews, Allison

Tri-Cities, Psychology
Co-Chair Institutional Climate
Committee term end: 2024

Nandagopal, Radha

Spokane-College of Medicine
Committee term end: 2024

Bassett, Melissa

Vancouver-Development and Alumni Relations
Employee & Student Family
Committee term end: 2024

Christofferson, Rachel

Pullman-PPPA
Committee term end: 2023

Barnes, Jen

Pullman-CAS
Committee term end: 2024

Freeman, Dawn

Vancouver, CAS
Public-Relations
Budget
Committee term end: 2024

Oliver, Cheryl

Pullman, Carson College of Business
Budget Co-Chair, Mentoring and Professional Development
Committee term end: 2024

Senter, Angela

Pullman, Carson College of Business
Committee term end: 2023

Cuttler, Carrie

Pullman, CAS
Membership Coordinator
Institutional Climate
Committee term end: 2024

Pattinson, Marcela

Pullman, Multicultural Student Services
Committee term end: 2023

Forsythe, Katie

Pullman, Human Development
Budget Co-Chair
Committee term end: 2024

Crespi, Erica

Pullman, CAS
Chair-Elect
Committee term end: 2024

Erikson, Chloe

Pullman, CVM
Committee term end: 2023

Iniguez, Anaderi

Pullman, CAS
Committee term end: 2023

Curtis, Grace

Pullman, CAS
Employee & Student Family, Mentoring & Professional Development, Women of Distinction
Committee term end: 2023

James, Lois

Spokane, College of Nursing
Committee term end: 2024

Mouradian, Hannah

Pullman, CAS
Committee term end: 2023

Bowman, Jamie

Spokane-College of Medicine
Committee term end: 2024

Henricks, Angela

Pullman, Psychology
Employee & Student Family
Committee term end: 2024

Cukier, Emily

Pullman, Libraries
Recorder/Historian
Institutional Climate
Committee term end: 2024

Drapela, Laurie

Vancouver-Public Affairs
Committee term end: 2024

Qualls-Creekmore, Emily

Pullman, CVM
Chair Employee & Student Family
Committee term end: 2023

Sheppard, Leah

Pullman, Carson College of Business
Budget
Committee term end: 2023

Fuchs-Lokensgard, Rita

Pullman, CVM
Committee term end: 2023

Sullivan, Tara

Pullman, Agriculture
Committee term end: 2024

Saulnier Lange, Jen

Pullman, Libraries
Employee & Student Family, Women of Distinction
Committee term end: 2023