Race and Ethnicity
Patricia Akhimie
Associate Professor
English
School of Arts and Sciences
Key topics: Shakespeare and race, premodern literary history of race, women's travel and travel writing, comics and graphic novels
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Ann Bagchi
Associate Professor of Professional Practice
Supply Chain Management
Rutgers Business School
Key topics: Health equity, structural determinants of health, health-related stigma, routine HIV screening in primary care, health policy, telehealth for underserved communities.
Dr. Ann Bagchi is an…
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Charles A. Brown
Assistant Dean for Diversity Programs
RBS Office of the Dean - Student Development Center
Rutgers Business School–Newark and New Brunswick
Key topics: Diversity and diversity programs, community engagement, underrepresented student populations, business education partnerships, black male achievement
Charles A. Brown oversees a portfolio of programs that helps with the recruitment, development, and retention of underrepresented students populations. With a passionate, dynamic, and relevant style, Charles is able to engage diverse audiences in…
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Maurice Elias
Professor
Department of Psychology
School of Arts and Sciences
Key topics: Social-emotional learning, character development, meaning, purpose, and significance, parenting, emotional intelligence, education reform, the achievement gap, prevention of bullying, violence, substance abuse, and related problem behaviors, impact of media on children, Jewish education and Jewish identity.
Maurice J. Elias, Ph.D., is Professor, Psychology Department at Rutgers University, Director, Social-Emotional and Character Development Lab ([http://…
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Nurgul Fitzgerald
Assistant Extension Specialist in Health Promotion and Behavior
Department of Nutritional Sciences
Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension
Key topics: Type 2 diabetes among Hispanics and other populations, health disparities, nutrition, obesity, physical activity, acculturation, food insecurity and other socioeconomic factors in relationship to diabetes prevention and control.
Nurgul Fitzgerald, Ph.D., is an assistant professor/extension specialist at the Family and Community Health Sciences Department and the Department of Nutritional Sciences; she is also a registered dietitian.
Dr. Fitzgerald's expertise…
Nydia Flores
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Education
Key topics: Sociolinguistics, Spanish in the U.S., bilingualism, Spanish pragmatics, teaching English language learners, second language acquisition, and changing perspectives in the teaching of Spanish in the U.S.
Nydia Flores' line of inquiry explores two interrelated avenues in the field of sociolinguistics: the use of Spanish in society and Spanish language education. She prepares pre- and in-service language teachers and future linguists to understand…
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Brittany Friedman
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
School of Arts and Sciences
Key topics: The carceral state; Law enforcement use-of-force; Conditions in jails and prisons; Black political movements against the carceral state
Brittany Friedman is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Faculty Affiliate of the Program in Criminal Justice and the Center for Security, Race, and Rights. She is predominantly interested in critical approaches to power, domination, and…
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Jeffrey Friedman
Professor of Dance Studies
Dance Department
Mason Gross School of the Arts
Key topics: TOPIC SET 1: Dance history topics on a variety of historical eras and geographic locations such as pre-historic dance, Greek/Roman dance, Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque dance; The Romantic and Russian Classical Ballet; Sergei Diaghilev and the avant garde Russian Ballet. Isadora Duncan and the foremothers of modern dance such as Martha Graham/Doris Humphrey/Charles Weidman/Jose Limon and Alwin Nikolai. German modern dance and its influence on American modern dance; Jewish women's Leftist Dance in the 1930s. Avant garde post-modern dance in the 1960s and 70s. African and African diasporic dance, especialy focusing on dance by enslaved Africans in the American South; the development of Haitian voudun (often called "voodoo") and Afro-Brazilian capoeira and sacred orixa dances of candomble. Asian dance forms, especially in regards to the effects of colonialisims, including Balinese, Filipino, Korean and Japanese dance (including Noh and Kabuki dance-theater); Middle-eastern belly dance, the Turkish Whirling Dervish dance, and the effects of Orientalist ideologies; Hawai'ian hula (sacred, touristic and politically-resistant forms) and New Zealand Maoir indigenous dance forms.
TOPIC SET 2: Jeff also specializes in oral history interviews with dancers and has a 30-to-45 -minute lecture that includes a short dance-theater performance of his oral histories called "Muscle Memory." For more adult audiences, he also performs a more advanced version of this lecture titled "The Eros of Oral History," discussing his innovative approach to oral history AS an embodied performance, citing cognitive linguistics.
TOPIC SET 3: Jeff has also branched out to include lecture topics on dance and disability, speaking to issues of aging and chronic illness, with a particular focus on Parkinson's disease and dance; as well as theories and discussion on why dance performance is ideal for "normalizing" the disabled body. This lecture can include a very short 10-minute "mini-dance class" that focuses on increasing brain plasticity through shorted seated movement sequences.
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Part Time Lecturer
Labor Studies and Employment Relations
School of Management and Labor Relations -
Key topics: Diversity and Inclusion; Intercultural Sensitivity; Sexual Harassment Prevention; Workplace Issues; Legal Compliance; Topics can be customized to meet client needs.
Debbie L. Hines is an adjunct Professor in the School of Labor Studies and Employment Relations at Rutgers University.
She regularly teaches courses in workplace issues and diversity and inclusion. In addition, she does corporate…
Deepa Kumar
Professor
Department of Journalism and Media Studies
School of Communication and Information
Key topics: Race, class, and gender with a focus on Islamophobia or anti-Muslim racism, empire, neoliberalism, organized labor, and representations in culture and the media.
Deepa Kumar is a critical media studies scholar whose work is driven by an active engagement with the complex issues that characterize our era of globalization and war. Her first book, "…
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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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Patricia O'Brien-Richardson
Associate Professor
Public Health/Health Administration
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Key topics: Cultural competency; Cultural health (Black women and adolescent girls); Hair Discrimination; Urban public health disparities; Education policy; Social justice; Race, class, and gender policies
Dr. Patricia O’Brien-Richardson is an Associate Professor of Teaching at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. For the past ten years, she has been the CEO and Founder of Move it Nation, Inc., a public health non-profit…
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Arturo Osorio-Fernandez
Associate Professor
Management and Global Business
Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick
Key topics: Entrepreneurship, (social entrepreneurship, urban entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship & under-served populations, entrepreneurship base socioeconomic development), Managing Growing Ventures, Business Resilience, Management Skills, Socioeconomic renaissance, Urban revitalization, Business & communities, Minority Own Business, Hispanic & Latino minorities
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Michael Rockland
Professor Emeritus of American Studies
Department of American Studies (founder)
School of Arts and Sciences
Key topics: Popular culture, mobility, American ethnicity, American Jewish literature, issues in literature to film adaption, American foreign policy, individualism and communitarianism in American life, New Jersey and the state's 350th anniversary
Michael Aaron Rockland, Ph. D., is a professor and founder of the Department of American Studies and a keynoter for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. A graduate of Hunter College and University of Minnesota, he joined Rutgers in 1969…
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Abigail Williams-Butler
Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
Key topics: Child and adolescent development; the child welfare system; the juvenile justice system; racial disparities within the child welfare and juvenile justice systems; intersectionality within the child welfare and juvenile justice systems
Abigail Williams-Butler received her PhD from the University of Michigan in the Joint Social Work and Developmental Psychology program. Her research agenda is informed by her practice experience as a residential counselor for adolescents with…
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