Director of Student Programs
Ana Dison is the inaugural Program Director for Women in STEM (WiSTEM), a university-wide initiative she founded in partnership with Tricia Berry in November of 2021.
Dison earned her bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from The University of Texas at Austin and her master’s degree in College Student Services Administration from Oregon State University. After working for two years at the University of Maryland in Recreation Services, Dison returned to UT Austin and served as Assistant Director in the Division of Recreational Sports, coordinating membership services and satellite facilities. After two more years in the College of Liberal Arts Economics Department as an Advising Coordinator, Ana served for twenty-one years in the Cockrell School of Engineering in a variety of roles, including as Assistant Director for the Women in Engineering Program for fifteen years.
Dison has served on numerous committees across campus and served for three years in the inaugural group of the UT Staff Council. Dison co-chaired the Provost’s Council on Student Advocacy for three years and has served two terms as President of the Academic Counselors Association. She continues to be active in the UT Austin community, working with peer and professional mentoring programs. She has presented to numerous groups on various leadership and career-focused topics. She received the university’s Outstanding Staff Award in 2012 and the Cockrell School of Engineering Staff Excellence Award and the Eyes of Texas Award in 2011. A member of the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) since 2006, Dison completed a two-year appointment to the WEPAN Board of Directors as communications director in 2015.
After 20 seasons as a high school volleyball official in the central Texas area, Dison retired from the Texas Association of Sports Officials in 2011. Since 2003, she has been designing and creating custom jewelry and loves to golf in her spare time.