Professional Development
Douglas Behan
Associate Professor of Professional Practice.
Director of Continuing Education
School of Social Work
Key topics: What makes psychotherapy effective?, What to look for in a therapist, delivering client-centered health care; design and development of adult training programs.
Dr. Douglas Behan is the Director of the Office of Continuing Education and an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice. He has been at the Rutgers School of Social Work since 2007. He enjoys leading the nation’s largest university-based…
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Eugenia Etkina
Professor Emerita
Department of Learning and Teaching
Graduate School of Education
Key topics: physics and astronomy instruction at the middle school, high school, and university levels.
Eugenia Etkina is a Distinguished Professor at Rutgers, the State University Of New Jersey. She holds a PhD in physics education from Moscow State Pedagogical University and has more than 35 years of experience teaching physics. She is a…
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Colleen Georges
Part Time Lecturer II
Department of Educational Psychology
Graduate School of Education
Key topics: Positive psychology, career development, women's leadership
Dr. Colleen Georges is part-time lecturer in Educational Psychology and Women's & Gender Studies. She is a NJ Licensed Professional Counselor and holds over a dozen certifications in positive psychology, parenting with positive discipline,…
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Ralph Gigliotti
Assistant Vice President for Organizational Leadership
Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Key topics: Leadership; leadership development; Crisis leadership; Building high-performing teams; 0rganizational communication
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Salvador Mena
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Division of Student Affairs
Key topics: Leadership; Diversity and Inclusion; Team Development; LatinX Experience; College Students; Crisis Management
Born in Harlem, New York and raised by a single parent in the South Bronx, Dr. Salvador Mena is a graduate of the New York City public school system, and was the first in his family to attend college. Leaving New York City to attend the…
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Karen Hundert Novick
Associate Dean
School of Communication and Information
Key topics: Higher education management, faculty and staff development, distance education and online learning, grant proposal writing, and business writing.
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Marie Radford
Associate Professor, Library Consultant
Department of Library and Information Science
School of Communication, Information and Library Studies
Key topics: Interpersonal communication, traditional and virtual reference services, time management, customer service excellence, dealing with difficult people, communication skills for managers and leaders, public speaking, nonverbal communication, focus groups, qualitative research methods, mentoring, librarian stereotypes, and future of libraries.
Marie Radford, Ph.D., focuses her research on the study of interpersonal communication aspects of reference service, the evaluation of digital resources and services, qualitative methodologies, cultural studies, and media stereotypes of…
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