Rowan University's Statement on Diversity

Rowan University promotes a diverse community that begins with students, faculty, staff and administration who respect each other and value each other’s dignity. By identifying and removing barriers and fostering individual potential, Rowan will cultivate a community where all members can learn and grow. The Rowan University community is committed to a safe environment that encourages intellectual, academic, and social interaction and engagement across multiple intersections of identities. At Rowan University, creating and maintaining a caring community that embraces diversity in its broadest sense is among the highest priorities.

Award Recipients

Program for Inclusive Pedagogy and Educational Reform (PIPER)

• Mary K. Barillas, Stephen P. Fernandez, and Kaitlin Mallouk, “The Sky’s the Limit: Drones for Social Good.”
• James Coaxum III, JoAnn Manning, and Tyrone McCombs, “Reforming the Anchor Doctoral Course Curriculum to Prepare Inclusive and Social Justice Educational Leaders.”
• Adam J. Kolek, Debbie Martin, John T. Mills, Tiffany Samsel, Julie Malsbury, and Carmelo Callueng, Diversity and Inclusion Training Video
• Joy F. Xin, Rowan University and Amy Accardo, “Preparing Competent Teacher Candidates for Collaboration with Parents/Families.”
• Sharon E. McCann, Rowan University and Carolyn Gribbin, “Advancing Success in Minority Students in Human Services.”

• Eric Kohn, “Peptide-Assisted Supramolecular Polymerization of Photoelectrically-Active Porphyrins into J-Aggregates.”
• Busra Gocmez, “Lead Biosorption by Caulobacter crescentus.”
• Alex Lam, “Local/Global Anomaly Detection using Martingales on Evolving Graphs with Application to Spatiotemporal Domain.”
• Theresa Z. Slater, “Teaching the New Physics.”
• Tristin-Nyamekye Bonsu, “Novel Chemotherapeutics for Cancer Treatment.”

• Jennifer L. Kitson, and Mahbubur R. Meenar, “Listen. Record. Play. Equitable Placemaking and Environmental Park Design in Camden, NJ through Audio Storytelling.”
• Jonathan Olshefski, “Without Arrows: Amplifying Marginalized Voices through Documentary Film.”
• Brent Carson Elder, “Race and Special Education: Using Professional Development Schools (PDS) to Increase the Number of Students of Color in Inclusive Classrooms.”
• Tabbetha A. Dobbins, “REDI- Synchronizing Partners to Advance Research Characterization (REDI- SPARC) Tools for the Developing World.”
• Richard T. Cimino, Cheryl A. Bodnar, and Stephanie Farrell, “Implicit Bias and Ethical Decision-Making in a Freshman Engineering Clinic Course.”