Dr. Diana Sachmpazidi (she/her) is an Assistant Professor at the School of Physics and Astronomy at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Diana received her Ph.D. in Science Education/Physics at Western Michigan University in 2021 and held a postdoctoral research assistant position at the University of Maryland, College Park between 2021-2024. In her dissertation, Diana focused on the long-standing challenges in graduate education in physics by focusing on the departmental context that students experience. In her postdoc, she researched the APS Effective Practices for Physics Programs (EP3) initiative by focusing on the culture of physics programs around assessment and educational change. She received over $700k in external funding for two research awards through APS and NSF. Specifically, through the APS Innovation Fund Award project, she designs a survey instrument to enable researchers and physics disciplinary organizations to assess the physics community’s progress toward cultural change around inclusivity and approach to educational change. Moreover, through the NSF Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) project, she aims to support 14 R1 physics programs to advance the culture around supporting marginalized graduate students. Diana is trained in and has experience in qualitative, quantitative, and instrument development methods.