The CU Boulder Ombuds Office is pleased to announce Professor Emerita Yem Fong has been hired as a faculty ombuds.
Fong joins CU Boulder Faculty Ombuds Lee Potts and Jerry Hauser in providing confidential consultation services, including informal coaching and assistance in the resolution of conflicts, complaints and disputes involving persons affiliated with CU Boulder. Having joined CU as a faculty member in 1989, Fong brings to the position 29 years of CU Boulder experience.
鈥淲e are thrilled to welcome Yem to our team. She brings a fresh perspective to the work we do, and her training and experience enrich the services we provide,鈥� said Ombuds Office Director Kirsi Aulin.
Fong has taught and held positions at CU Boulder, as a director of departments in the libraries and liaison to Ethnic Studies and Women & Gender Studies. She has served on numerous committees, including the Vice Chancellor鈥檚 Advisory Committee, the Graduate School Executive Advisory Council, the Research Cabinet听and the Chancellor鈥檚 Committee on Women.
She also is a founding member of the national Center for Asian Pacific American Women and its signature leadership program, the Asian and Pacific American Women鈥檚 Leadership Institute.听She is a graduate of University of Colorado听Colorado Springs, the University of California, Berkeley;听and the Japan America Institute of Management Science. Her scholarship focuses on scholarly publishing models and diversity and leadership issues for women.
