Torsheika Maddox

Dr. Torsheika Maddox is the senior operations officer and chief of staff to the interim deputy vice chancellor for Diversity & Climate and chief diversity officer in the Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement (DDEEA) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

In her role, Dr. Maddox applies her skills as a trained sociologist (demographer), organizational and project manager, and higher education leader to enhance the strategy and operational areas of the division while working to strengthen the institutional impact of the chief diversity officer’s campus-wide scope of responsibilities. After receiving her bachelor’s degree at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Dr. Maddox earned two master’s degrees and a PhD in sociology from UW–Madison. She joined the DDEEA’s staff in 2015.