education, and study abroad), undergraduate learning center (academic enhancement and tutoring) and diversity affairs (K-12 outreach, recruitment, retention of underrepresented populations in engineering). She also serves as the Principal Investigator for the Pre-Engineering Education Collaborative, which is a partnership with the College of Menominee Nation; and Co-Principal Investigator of Wisconsin Alliance for Minority Participation. Romero serves on numerous boards and chairs or co-chairs various campus-wide committees. Dr. Romero is an applied organizational sociologist with expertise in quantitative and qualitative meth- ods. Her academic expertise focuses on guiding organizational policies and practices to help