The Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology (DEPP) is dedicated to providing education, research, extension, and professional development for all of its students, staff, faculty, and other stakeholders. DEPP acknowledges and values all dimensions of diversity. We welcome, support, and encourage the participation of all individuals regardless of age, gender, gender identity, race, cultural background, religion, physical ability, sexual orientation, professional status, geographic location, and all other characteristics that make people unique.

Members of DEPP will actively promote inclusion, recruitment, and retention in every aspect of our department and activities – including but not limited to student training, leadership, committees, and staff. We will strive for a culture built on mentorship, encouragement, tolerance, and mutual respect. Members of DEPP are committed to proactively rejecting, denouncing, and intervening whenever prejudice, stereotyping, or intolerance are encountered.