Spotlight on New Faculty Research: Meredeth Turshen
Professor Meredeth Turshen discusses her research regarding child poverty in Africa and her recent article published in the Review of African Political Economy Read More | Visit Faculty Page | View Article
April 2009
Spotlight on New Faculty Research: Julia Sass Rubin
Assistant Professor Julia Sass Rubin discusses her research regarding community development loan funds and her recent article published in the Journal of Urban Affairs. Read More | Visit Faculty Page | View Article
March 2009
Spotlight on New Faculty Research: Stephanie Curenton
Spotlight on New Faculty Research: Stephanie M. Curenton
Assistant Professor Curenton discusses her research work related to child maltreatment and her upcoming article in Families in Society Read More | Visit Faculty Page
February 2009
Spotlight on New Faculty Research: Michael Greenberg
Professor Greenberg discusses his research work related to nuclear power and the disposal of spent fuel, nuclear weapons and chemical weapons Read More | Visit Faculty Page
January 2009
Spotlight on New Faculty Research: Kathe Newman
Kathe Newman discusses her research work related to the mortgage foreclosure crisis Read More | Visit Faculty Page
November2008
Spotlight on New Faculty Research: Stuart Shapiro
Stuart Shapiro reflects on "Regulation from Clinton to Obama," and his recent published article in the Journal of Law & Politics
Spotlight on New Faculty Research: Jocelyn Elise Crowley
Jocelyn Crowley discusses her forthcoming book, Defiant Dads: Fathers’ Rights Activists In America Read More | Visit Faculty Page
October 2009
IEEE Honors Clint Andrews with Social Implications of Technology Award
Professor Clinton J. Andrews has received the 2009 Brian M. O'Connell Distinguished Service Award by IEEE's Society on Social Implications of Technology. Known originally as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE honored Andrews for serving as "a voice of the Society in areas of public policy." A former SSIT president, Andrews serves as the "Policy Perspective" columnist for IEEE Technology and Society Magazine.
May 2009
Jerome Rose Teaching Excellence Awards Presented for 2009
The 2009 Jerome Rose Teaching Excellence awards were presented to Professor Meredeth Turshen (Faculty), Andrew Davis (Part-time Lecturer) and Stephan Mend (Teaching Assistant.) Professor Turshen has taught a wide variety of both graduate and undergraduate courses at Rutgers including those in public health, planning and public policy and women’s studies. She was cited for being "consistently innovative in both the content and methods of teaching. She has a reputation as a 'demanding' teacher – one who elicits the best work of which a student is capable, but also as a helpful person who devotes time and attention to individual students." The student who nominated Meredeth calls her “the most inspiractional teacher I have encountered at Rutgers.”
Davis, a vice president with Paulus, Sokolowski & Sartor, LLC, has been an instructor for the MCRP program for over a decade. He teaches courses once taught by Jerry Rose – Principles of Planning Law and Environmental Law and receives strong evaluations from students. He brings insights from his legal practice to the classroom and regularly contributes articles to the New Jersey Law Journal. His nominator noted that his courses are “immensely valuable” for students enrolled in the Bloustein School's professional degree programs, and that he “expresses concern about his students’ welfare and takes time to help them with their individual, sometimes personal challenges.”
As a Teaching Assistant, Mend is relatively new to teaching, but has earned accolades from his students for the clarity of his explanations and his devotion to helping students. In winning the award, Mend was cited for teaching a difficult graduate course in Methods, and for going "well beyond what is officially required in terms of availability in office hours, lab sessions and extra help for struggling students." The student who nominated Mend wrote, “I cannot think of another TA, either in my graduate studies or as an undergraduate student, who managed to cover his duties with the expertise, commitment, and grace that he exhibited on a regular basis.”
March 2009
Bill Rodgers Tapped by Obama Administration, NBC News
Professor William M. Rodgers III helped advise the incoming Obama administration's transition team on labor issues, and appeared as an expert panelist on NBC's Meet the Press and CNBC's Squawk Box. The chief economist with the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Rodgers advised the incoming labor secretary during the transition on how the stressed economy was impacting workers. He also conducted internal and external reviews of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a part of the U.S. Department of Labor where Rodgers served as chief economist from 2000 to 2001. Rodgers commented on President Obama’s trip to Europe during his appearance on Meet the Press.
January 2009
Jane Miller Becomes Co-Director of Project L/EARN
Professor Jane Miller has become Faculty Director and a co-director of Project L/EARN, a graduate education program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Project L/EARN is designed to increase the number of students from underrepresented groups in the fields of health, mental health, and health policy research. The program is associated with the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research where Miller serves as a research professor.
October 2008
Newman Addresses NJ Legislature, Brown University Conference on Urban Housing Issues
Assistant Professor Kathe Newman's ongoing research into urban gentrification and the nation's mortgage foreclosure crisis resulted in two outside speaking invitations. On October 6, Newman was asked to testify before a joint hearing of the New Jersey Assembly's Financial Institutions and Insurance, and Housing and Local Government committees on "Foreclosures in New Jersey." On October 14, Newman delivered an invited talk at Brown University's 9th Annual Thomas J. Anton/Frederick Lippitt Conference, which addressed urban gentrification. Her presentation was “Liquidity Crisis: Capital Flows and Urban Change.”
September 2008
Bloustein School Welcomes Four New Faculty
The Bloustein School in 2008 completed one of the largest hirings in its history, adding four new faculty members. They include professors Robert Noland, previously of Imperial College London, and Harold Salzman, formerly of the University of Massachusetts; and assistant professors Gabriela Carolini, who recently received her PhD in urban planning from Columbia University, and Stephanie Curenton, previously at Florida State University. To learn more, click here
July 2008
Dona Schneider Appointed Associate Dean for Academic Programs
Professor Dona Schneider has been appointed the Bloustein School’s Associate Dean for Academic Programs, responsible for such functions as student financial support, faculty support, on-line and continuing education, and instructional technology. In addition, she will work with Dean James W. Hughes, the other two associate deans, and the program directors as part of a leadership team on school-wide issues that are critical for the Bloustein School’s development, academic programs, and capital campaign.
The associate dean position had been vacant for nearly two years – during the illness of Donald Krueckeberg, and then after his passing. Don had served with distinction for six years as Associate Dean for Masters and Professional Programs. During the vacancy, Associate Dean of the Faculty Michael Greenberg took on the position responsibilities.
In making the appointment, Dean Hughes cited Professor Schneider's “distinguished scholarly research, and teaching accomplishments, her effective leadership skills—especially of the Undergraduate Programs where she greatly increased tuition income and improved the school's financial position—her extensive experience serving on many university-wide committees, and her long-term commitment to advancing the school.”
July 2008
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Awards Project L/EARN $2.95 Million Grant, Miller to Become Co-Director
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded Project L/EARN a $2.95 million, three-year grant to support its eforts to increase diversity in the health research field. With the grant, EJB Professor Jane Miller will become Faculty Director, serving as the program's co-director starting next year. To learn more, click here
June 2008
Listokin, Senick Take Part in America-Israel Green Buildings Conference
Professor David Listokin moderated a panel on "The Meadowlands-Going Green" during the June 4 America-Israel Green Buildings Conference held at the Meadowlands Environment Center. Jennifer Senick, the founder and executive director of the Rutgers Center for Green Building at the Bloustein School, served on the panel with Meadowlands Commission Executive Director Robert Ceberio and James Kirkos, president of the Meadowlands Regional Chamber of Commerce.
April 2008
Vazquez Delivers Presentations at APA National Conference
Leonardo Vazquez, director of the Professional Development Institute and a co-founder of The Leading Institute, delivered a series of presentations on leadership that attracted about 400 planners and other professionals at the American Planning Association annual conference in Las Vegas. Vazquez helped facilitate a three-hour workshop on leading high-performing teams, and spoke on the detrimental effects of poor leadership on planning performance. The workshop and presentation were both based on Vazquez's "Leading from the Middle" model of leadership for planning, development and policy professionals. The APA national conference is the nation's largest conference for urban planners. His book, Leading from the Middle, is scheduled to be published in July by the Center for Government Services.
April 2008
Norman J. Glickman named Thomas Hartmann Policy Fellow
New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) has created the "Thomas Hartmann Policy Fellow" and named Norman J. Glickman, University Professor at Rutgers University, to the position. Dr. Glickman will contribute his expertise to NJPP over the course of the next year, expanding NJPP's capabilities in such areas as labor market analysis, income inequality and economic development. One of his projects will be The State of Working New Jersey, an examination of the situation working men and women face in the state today. NJPP's new position is named for Thomas B. Hartmann, who served as a member of its Board of Trustees from the organization's founding in 1997 until his death in November 2007. Tom was a professor of Journalism and Mass Media at Rutgers University's Livingston College after helping to found the college. In 1992, Rutgers gave him the Presidential Award for Distinguished Public Service.
February 2008
Robert Curvin Joins EJB as Distinguished Senior Policy Fellow
A world-renowned expert on urban politics, economic development and social policy, Dr. Robert Curvin joined the Bloustein School in February as a Distinguished Senior Policy Fellow. He will present major lectures and take part in regularly scheduled graduate and undergraduate courses and seminars, sharing his vast experience and knowledge on public policy issues and concerns, especially in urban issues, issues of quality and equity, and philanthropy.
His first public lectures were part of a series of events this year at the Bloustein School reflecting back upon the 1967 Newark Disturbances and the resulting Governor’s Select Commission on Civil Disorders, better known as the Lilley Commission. As a Newark community activist at the time, Dr. Curvin worked to restore calm and became a forceful witness for the city's minority population before the Lilley Commission. He was a key organizer in fashioning the coalition that successfully campaigned for the election of Kenneth Gibson, the first African American mayor of Newark. He went on to join the Editorial Board of The New York Times.
Dr. Curvin graduated from Rutgers and received his MSW from the University's Graduate School of Social Work. He received his Ph.D. in politics from Princeton University. Dr. Curvin was most recently president of the Greentree Foundation; director of the Ford Foundation's Urban Poverty Program; dean of the Graduate School of Management and Urban Professions, at the New School for Social Research; associate professor of political science at Brooklyn College; community development specialist at Rutgers University; director of the Rutgers Community Action Training Program; director of the Harlem Leadership Training Institute; and a caseworker and supervisor for the Essex County Welfare Board.
In addition, he currently serves as board chair of the Fund for the City of New York, and is a member of the board of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. He has previously served on the boards of Channel 13, Princeton University, the RAND Corporation, the NJ Performing Arts Center, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, and Broad National Bank. Prior to attending college, he served as an officer in the 101st Airborne Artillery. He is married to Patricia Hall Curvin, a retired high school English teacher. They have two children and two grandchildren.
February 2008
Meck Takes Part in Princeton Symposium Marking Mt. Laurel Decision
Faculty Fellow Stuart Meck took part in a symposium at Princeton University marking the 25th anniversary of the New Jersey Supreme Court's Mt. Laurel ruling regarding municipal obligations to provide affordable housing. In addition, the Journal of Planning History published a paper Meck co-authored with Auburn University Assistant Professor Rebecca Retzlaff regarding a landmark New York state court decision that helped launch smart growth policy.
January 2008
Brownfields Center Welcomes Dr. Judy Shaw
Dr. Judy Shaw has joined the National Center for Brownfield and Neighborhood Redevelopment lead its program to develop sustainable neighborhood revitalization and encourage the innovative reuse of brownfields. Dr. Shaw worked previously with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Community Affairs, and is a certified member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and a licensed Professional Planner in New Jersey.
Professor Meredeth Turshen discusses her research regarding child poverty in Africa and her recent article published in the Review of African Political Economy 
Assistant Professor Julia Sass Rubin discusses her research regarding community development loan funds and her recent article published in the Journal of Urban Affairs.
Professor Greenberg discusses his research work related to nuclear power and the disposal of spent fuel, nuclear weapons and chemical weapons
Kathe Newman discusses her research work related to the mortgage foreclosure crisis 
Stuart Shapiro reflects on "Regulation from Clinton to Obama," and his recent published article in the Journal of Law & Politics
Jocelyn Crowley discusses her forthcoming book, Defiant Dads: Fathers’ Rights Activists In America 
eider Appointed Associate Dean for Academic Programs
A world-renowned expert on urban politics, economic development and social policy, Dr. Robert Curvin joined the Bloustein School in February as a Distinguished Senior Policy Fellow. He will present major lectures and take part in regularly scheduled graduate and undergraduate courses and seminars, sharing his vast experience and knowledge on public policy issues and concerns, especially in urban issues, issues of quality and equity, and philanthropy.
enter Welcomes Dr. Judy Shaw