The University of Wisconsin System established the Institute on Race and Ethnicity in 1987
at its current site at UW-Milwaukee. Its creation was the result of a merger between the UW
System American Ethnic Studies Coordinating Committee and the UWM Center for the Study of
Minorities and the Disadvantaged.
Created to serve as a catalyst for scholarly research and curricular innovation in racial
and ethnic studies across the UW System, the IRE issues support grants to encourage
curricular activities, research, and programs, develops a network of faculty, staff, and
students, and sponsors conferences, seminars, and workshops.
The IRE's support grants categories in the past have been: A (Research), B (Curriculum
Development), C (Campus Activities), Faculty Diversity Research Awards, Minority Faculty
Research Awards (MFRA), Faculty Research Scholar/Public Lecture Awards.
In 2011, the Institute for Race and Ethnicity was dissolved and its granting functions
merged into the UW-System Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
Directors of the Institute
| 1987 |
Winston A. Van Horne (Acting)
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| 1988-1994 |
Winston A. Van Horne
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| 1994-1996 |
Adrian Chan (Interim)
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| 1997-2000 |
Adrian Chan
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| 2000-2009 |
Joyce F. Kirk
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| 2009-2010 |
Tom Tonnesen (Interim)
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