Wisconsin Evolution is housed in the Department of Genetics in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at UW-Madison. It receives additional support from the College of Letters and Science, the Nelson Institute, and the Graduate School.
The Evolution Coordinating Committee (ECC) oversees institute activities and is chaired by the Director, John Pool. Anyone at UW interested in getting involved in the institute is welcome to contact the director.
Within the ECC, 3 standing committees help to actualize the institute’s efforts:
Community Committee: Engages the university evolution committee and facilitates interaction across it, including by planning events such as those associated with Darwin Day. Chaired by Emile Gluck-Thaler.
Outreach Committee: Helps broaden the understanding of evolutionary ideas beyond our campus community, especially to K-12 audiences. Chaired by Myron Child.
Seminar Committee: Organizes the Evolution Seminar Series (ESS), which features speakers from across campus and beyond. Chaired by Emily Ubbelohde.
There are also 3 individual leadership roles that advance institute priorities:
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator: Engages with each standing committee and with the ECC to share and advance ideas to help our community and field live our principles with regard to DEI. Aaron Ragsdale.
Ecology and Evolution Graduate Program Representative: Serves on the steering committee of this graduate program to represent the UW evolution community. Chris Hittinger.
Evolutionary Biology Major Option Representatives: Serve on the Biology Major Program Committee, coordinating the Evolutionary Biology named option within the undergraduate Biology Major. Nathaniel Sharp and Brittany Magrady.
Bylaws
The bylaws of Wisconsin Evolution are available in PDF format here.