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Meet the 2021 JEDI Champions

Stanford Postdoc JEDI Champion Awards are a recognition of current Stanford University postdoctoral scholars who have championed initiatives, activities, or efforts that advance justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion at Stanford and beyond.

  • Shahzad Khan

    Faculty Mentor: Suzanne Pfeffer
    Biochemistry

    Throughout my training in the biomedical sciences I’ve tried to “pay forward” the countless mentoring and support I’ve received. I arrived at Stanford in 2018 and shortly thereafter became involved in DEI initiatives lead by the Stanford University Postdoctoral Association (SURPAS). In the past I served as co-chair for the SURPAS JEDI committee, SURPAS advocacy coordinator, and postdoctoral representative for the School of Medicine’s Diversity Cabinet. I’m most proud of my contributions to the Diversity Perspectives Seminar Series and OPA’s postdoctoral recruitment initiative (PRISM).

  • Zhouxuan (Fanny) Li

    Faculty Mentor: Charles Eesley

    Management Science and Engineering
    I am myself an Asian female, and I changed my academic major from the engineering field to the management field, so I have full empathy when seeing younger researchers, especially international students and female students feel lost, frustrated and weak when pursuing their academic dreams. I just feel obligated to offer help, to help people like me, just like how I received help from other people in my growth.
    I am proud that I still have the courage and strength, to fight for something I believe is right and fair. My research work focuses on understanding entrepreneurship in developing countries and crowd-based entrepreneurship tools. I like my research as I can see how it does help the world to become more diverse and more equal.
    I am passionate about entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship itself. For me, creating itself is a process stressing equality and diversity.

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