SoHE RISE Recruitment Initiative
The School of Human Ecology has an extraordinary opportunity to advance the School's profile nationally and on campus as a hub-science to address grand challenge issues that have been identified via Wisconsin RISE Initiative. This page provides information about recruitment timeline, search process, and resources.
Recruitment Timeline
Pre-PVL Posting Planning
| Jan 15, 2025 | School-wide and Departmental Search committee charge |
| Feb 21, 2025 | (Meeting 1) PVL review, shared understanding, roles and responsibilities, recruitment strategies, timeline, etc. |
| Apr 11, 2025 | (Meeting 2) Shared evaluation criteria, pre-PVL posting communication campaign and recruitment strategies |
Resources
- Charge memo
- Prospective applicant interest form
- Recruitment efforts plan template
- Developing inclusive review criteria guidance
- WISELI Guide for Search Committees
- TRE Recruitment Toolkit
Communication & Recruitment
| May 2, 2025 | (Meeting 3) update and summer plans |
| July 2025 | PVL posted |
| May - Aug 2025 | Co-chairs and School Search Committee check-in communication |
Resources
Application Review Period
| Sept 2025 | (Meeting 4) Application review begins at School level and Departmental level |
| Sept-Oct 2025 | Online interviews (Meeting 5) Finalists selected |
| Oct-Nov 2025 | Campus interviews |
| Dec 2025 | (Meeting 6) Recommendation to the Dean |
Resources
- Application review resources
- Campus interview resources
Search Committee & Department Information
Search Committee Co-Chairs: Laura Papp & Nancy Wong
| Department | CSCS | CS | DS | HDFS |
| Sub-Search Committee Members | Jennifer Gaddis* Zoua Vang |
Melissa Bublitz* Katie Fitzpatrick |
Marianne Fairbanks* Kevin Ponto |
Janean Dilworth-Bart* Kristin Litzelman Robert Nix |
| PVL Links | (updated once PVL posted) | (updated once PVL posted) | (updated once PVL posted) | (updated once PVL posted) |
| Recruitment Efforts Plan (REP) | REP link | REP link | REP link | REP link |
*sub-committee chair
Resources
UW-Madison RISE hiring initiative
SoHE RISE recruitment website (forthcoming after PVLs are posted)