
Committee on Institutional Equity and Diversity
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is committed to making diversity a way of University life, where all members of the University community feel welcome, valued and respected.
Committee on Institutional Equity and Diversity
The Committee on Institutional Equity and Diversity (CIED) provides support to Rutgers University–Camden's commitment to achieving and advancing the principles of diversity and equity. In addition, the office serves as a focus of information about curricular and co-curricular programs and activities related to diversity and equity.
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The CIED is charged with:
- Advocating with various campus constituencies to ensure active discussions about and focus on issues of diversity;
- Advising the Chancellor on ways to improve the level of faculty diversity on the campus;
- Engaging in research to determine how the level of diversity on our campus compares to other Rutgers campuses and to our peer institutions; and
- Acting as a resource for faculty search committees as they seek to create diverse applicant pools and hire candidates from a wide range of backgrounds.
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CIED is itself a diverse collection of faculty members from across Rutgers–Camden.
- Dr. Courtenay Cavanaugh, Associate Professor of Psychology
- Dr. Marie Chevrier, Professor of Public Policy
- Dr. Keith Green, Associate Professor of English
- Prof. Joanne Gottesman, Clinical Professor of Law
- Dr. Stacy Hawkins, Professor of Law
- Dr. Oscar Holmes IV, Associate Professor of Management
- Dr. Carol Singley, Professor of English
- Dr. Nyeema Watson, Co-Chair 2020-22, Senior Vice Chancellor for Strategy, Diversity and Community Engagement
- Dr. Bill Whitlow, Professor of Psychology
- Dr. Wanda Williams, Co-Chair 2020-22, Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing
Promoting a Diverse Faculty
The CIED actively identifies opportunities to enrich the intellectual climate at Rutgers University–Camden by attracting scholars with diverse perspectives, experiences, and research.

National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity
Rutgers University–Camden is an institutional member of the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD).

CIED Faculty Support Grants
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Dr. Ji-Young An, Assistant Professor of Nursing
Proposal: The Effect of An Augmented Reality Game, Pokeman GO, on Physical Activity: Comparison Between the U.S. and South KoreaDr. Akon Ekpo, Assistant Professor in the School of Business
Proposal: Tales from the Resilient Consumer: Discourses of DisabilityDr. Stacy Hawkins, Professor in the School of Law
Proposal: Op Ed Project’s Write To Change the World Core SeminarDr. Oscar Holmes IV, Assistant Professor in the School of Business
Proposal: The Emperor Still Has No Clothes: Sexuality Blindness and the Need to Rewrite Sexuality into OrganizationsDr. Ana Laguna, Associate Professor in World Languages and Literatures
Proposal: Funds used to complete a book project, Modernity, The Impossible Dream: Cervantes and 20th Century SpainDr. Chinghsin Wu, Instructor of Art History
Proposal: Funds used to complete a book on the representation of gender in modern art, especially the art of Asia.Dr. Keith Green, Associate Professor of English
Proposal: Funds used to support a conference presentation at the Caribbean Studies AssociationDr. LiQin Tan, Professor of Fine Arts
Proposal: Funds used to support a book Singularity: Subversive Bio Art -
Dr. Cynthia Ayres, Associate Professor of Nursing
Proposal: Substance Use Prevention Among Adolescents: Understanding Social and Situational Contexts to Avoid UseDr. Brandi Blessett, Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Proposal: Travel to ASPA, SELC, and PATNet Research ConferencesDr. Akon Ekpo, Assistant Professor of Marketing
Proposal: Travel to Consumer Culture Theory ConferenceDr. Oscar Holmes IV, Assistant Professor of Management
Proposal: Travel to Africa Academy of Management Biennial Conference and European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management ConferenceDr. David Salas-de la Cruz, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Proposal: A Multiscale Approach for Designing, Optimizing, Processing, and Testing a Low-Cost Lead (Pb) Detection and Remediation System Using a Natural Based BiomaterialDr. Chinghsin Wu, Assistant Professor of Art
Proposal: Support for Research and Teaching on the Representation of Female Images in Modern Asia -
Dr. Brandi Blessett, Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Proposal: Cross Sectoral Capacity-building in South AfricaDr. Akon Ekpo, Assistant Professor of Marketing
Proposal: Participation in the Faculty Success Program of the National Center for Faculty Development and DiversityDr. Oscar Holmes IV, Assistant Professor of Management
Proposal: Investigating LGBT Label PerceptionsDr. Ana Laguna, Associate Professor of Spanish
Proposal: Cervantes and Generation Q: On the Spanish NeobaroqueDr. Wanda Williams, Assistant Professor of Nursing
Proposal: Participation in the Sixteenth Annual OBSSR/NHLBI Summer Institute on Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials in Warrenton, VA