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kudos: a selection of recent awards and honors received by Rutgers-Newark faculty and staff
Roland V. Anglin has
been appointed director
of the Joseph C.
Cornwall Center for
Metropolitan Studies,
School of Public Affairs
and Administration.
Anglin comes to the
Cornwall Center from
the Edward J. Bloustein
School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers-
New Brunswick where he was Faculty Fellow
since 2000. For seven years he served as the
executive director of Bloustein’s Initiative for
Regional and Community Transformation.
Katalin Balog, associate
professor, philosophy,
Faculty of Arts and Sciences,
has received a Fulbright
grant to conduct research at
Collegium Budapest in
Hungary.
Edna Y. Baugh, assistant director, Clinical
Administration, School of Law-Newark, was
selected as the recipient of the Oranges and
Maplewood NAACP 2012 President’s Award for
her contributions to promoting diversity, civil
rights and social justice.
April Benasich,
professor,
Center for
Molecular and
Behavioral
Neuroscience,
is co-editor
(with R. Holly
Fitch) of Developmental Dyslexia: Early Precursors,
Neurobehaviorial Markers, and Biological
Substrates (Brookes Publishing Co., March 2012).
She also was one of three scientists to speak at
the United Nations on World Autism
Awareness Day, April 2, 2012.
Frances Bouchoux,
senior associate
dean, School of Law-
Newark, was
appointed 2011-2012
chair of the Amicus
Committee of the
National
Association of
Women Judges.
Anthony Braga, professor, School of Criminal
Justice, has been elected to serve as executive
counselor of the Division of Experimental
Criminology of the American Society of
Criminology. Also the Boston Police
Department’s Safe Street Teams hot spots
policing program, which Braga helped design,
monitor and evaluate, received the Community
Policing Award and the Excellence in Law
Enforcement Research Award from the
International Association of Chiefs of Police.
György Buzsaki, Rutgers Board of Governors
Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience, Center
for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, was
noted in the 2011-2012 winter issue of Inside New
Jersey, The Star-Ledger magazine, as one of New
Jersey’s 20 “brainiest” for his exceptional
intellect and accomplishments.
Edna Cadmus, clinical
professor, College of
Nursing, has been
selected to be inducted
as a Fellow of the
American Academy of
Nursing.
John Cantwell, professor, Rutgers Business
School, is the editor of the Journal of International
Business Studies, which has been ranked in the
Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports as one
of the top three journals in the business category
for citation impact.
Joel Caplan, assistant
professor, School of
Criminal Justice,
received the Academy of
Criminal Justice Sciences
Donal MacNamara
Award for Outstanding
Journal Publication,
“Risk Terrain
Modeling: Brokering
Criminological Theory and GIS Methods for
Crime Forecasting” (Justice Quarterly 2011, Vol.
28, No. 2), which he co-authored with Leslie
Kennedy and Joel Miller. Caplan also received
the Advancing Victim-Centered Knowledge
Scholarly Paper Award from the National
Center for Victims of Crime.
Kornel Chang, assistant professor, history,
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, is the recipient of a
Charles Warren Fellowship to study “The
Politics of Knowledge in Universities and in the
State” at the Charles Warren Center for Studies
in American History at Harvard University.
Ariane Chebel
d’Appollonia,
associate professor,
School of Public
Affairs and
Administration, is the
author of Frontiers of
Fear: Immigration and
Insecurity in the United
States and Europe
(Cornell University
Press, March 2012).
Ronald V. Clarke, professor, School of Criminal
Justice, was honored with a Festschrift, The
Reasoning Criminologist: Essays in Honour of
Ronald V. Clarke (Routledge, 2011).
Steven J. Diner,
immediate past
chancellor of
Rutgers-Newark,
was appointed
University
Professor in
December 2011.
Jon Dubin, professor and associate dean for
clinical education, School of Law-Newark, was
selected to be a member of the Administrative
Conference of the United States Social Security
Disability Adjudication Project Working Group.
Kyle Farmbry, associate professor, School Public
Affairs and Administration, was named one of
six Louis O. Kelso Fellows for the 2012-2013
academic year. He will be studying broad-based
employee ownership plans and their use in
poverty alleviation and community-wealth
creation.
John Farmer Jr., dean,
School of Law-
Newark, has been
selected to receive the
2012 William J.
Brennan Award from
the Association of the
Federal Bar of New
Jersey.
Alexander Gates, vice chancellor for research
and professor, earth and environmental science,
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, was recognized for
Encyclopedia of Pollution, which he co-authored
with Robert
Blauvelt.
Encyclopedia of
Pollution was
named one of
two runners-up
in the Nonfiction
category of the 2012 Green Book Festival’s
annual competition “honoring books that
contribute to greater understanding, respect for
and positive action on the changing worldwide
environment.” The publication also was selected
as a Library Journal “Best Reference Source.”
Deanna Gray-Miceli, assistant professor,
College of Nursing, has been selected to be
inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy
of Nursing.
Anjum Gupta, assistant professor, School of
Law-Newark, and director, Immigration Rights
Clinic, was elected to the national Board of
Directors of the Clinical Legal Education
Association for a three-year term.
William L.
Holzemer, dean,
College of
Nursing, was
honored with
Japan’s Order of
the Rising Sun,
Gold Rays with
Neck Ribbon, for his outstanding contributions
to the development of nursing science and the
education of nursing professionals in Japan. He
also was inducted into the 2012 International
Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame.
Marc Holzer, dean,
School of Public
Affairs and
Administration,
was named the
2012 Messick
Fellow at the
School of Public
Policy and
Administration –
University of Delaware. He also has been
honored as a Fellow of the National Academy of
Public Administration and is the co-author of
“Restating the Relevance of Comparative Public
Administration.” published in the Public
Administration Review (2011).
Lucille A. Joel,
professor, College
of Nursing,
received the
Distinguished
Alumni Award
from the Alumni
Association of the
Teachers College
of Columbia
University. She
also was awarded the Bergen Regional Medical
Center Benefactor Award for her outstanding
accomplishments and dedication to the patients
and residents of Bergen Regional Medical
Center. Moreover, Joel’s book, Advanced Practice
Nursing: Essentials for Role Development (F. A.
Davis Company, 2009), has been nominated for
inclusion on the list of the Top 50 Must-Read
Books for Nurses in 2012.
John P. Joergensen, professor, School of Law-
Newark, has been appointed director of the law
library.
Tayari Jones,
associate
professor,
English and
Master of Fine
Arts in
Creative
Writing
Program,
Faculty of Arts
and Sciences, is a recipient of the 2011-2012
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Fellowship at Harvard University where she
will focus on writing a new novel, Dear History.
Richard Keevey, Distinguished Practitioner in
Residence, School of Public Affairs and
Administration, has been honored as a Fellow of
the National Academy of Public Administration.
Leslie Kennedy,
University Professor,
School of Criminal
Justice, received the
Academy of Criminal
Justice Sciences Donal
MacNamara Award
for Outstanding
Journal Publication,
“Risk Terrain Modeling: Brokering
Criminological Theory and GIS Methods for
Crime Forecasting” (Justice Quarterly 2011, Vol.
28, No. 2), which he co-authored with Joel
Caplan and Joel Miller.
Joel Miller, assistant
professor, School of
Criminal Justice, received
the Academy of Criminal
Justice Sciences Donal
MacNamara Award for
Outstanding Journal
Publication, “Risk Terrain
Modeling: Brokering
Criminological Theory
and GIS Methods for Crime Forecasting” (Justice
Quarterly 2011, Vol. 28, No. 2), which he co-
authored with Joel Caplan and Leslie Kennedy.
Larry Miller, assistant professor, School of
Public Affairs and Administration, has been
named a senior research affiliate by the Center
on Reinventing Public Education at the
University of Washington.
Eduardo Moncada,
assistant professor,
political science,
Faculty of Arts and
Sciences, is a Fellow of
the New York
University
Postdoctoral and
Transition Program for
Academic Diversity
at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School.
Dan Morgenstern, recently retired director of
the Institute of Jazz Studies, was awarded the
Rutgers University Award, one of the
university’s highest recognitions, for his
exceptional contributions to Rutgers. He also
was noted in the 2011-2012 winter issue of Inside
New Jersey, The Star-Ledger magazine, as one of
New Jersey’s 20 “brainiest” for his exceptional
intellect and accomplishments.
dt ogilvie, professor, Rutgers Business School,
and founding director, The Center for Urban
Entrepreneurship and Economic Development,
has been appointed dean of the E. Philip
Saunders College of Business at Rochester
Institute of Technology, effective August 1, 2012.
Thomas J. O’Reilly has
been appointed director
of The Police Institute,
School of Criminal
Justice. O’Reilly comes
to Rutgers from the
United States
Department of Justice
where he served as a
senior policy advisor
for the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of
Justice Programs, since 2006, and director of the
Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting
Initiative Program Management Office since
2010.
Sanjay K. Pandey, professor, School of Public
Affairs and Administration, is the co-author of
four articles: “Setting the Table: How
Transformational Leadership Fosters
Performance Information Use” published in the
Journal of Public Administration Research and
Theory (Vol. 22, No. 1), “Understanding
Affective
Organization
Commitment: The
Importance of
Institutional Context”
published in the
American Review of
Public Administration
(Vol. 41, No. 6),
“Further Dissecting
the Black Box of
Citizen Participation: When Does Citizen
Involvement Lead to Good Outcomes?”
published in the Public Administration Review
(Vol. 71, No. 6), and “Pulling the Levers:
Transformational Leadership, Public Service
Motivation and Mission Valence” published in
the Public Administration Review (Vol. 72, No. 2).
Jayne Anne Phillips, director, Master of Fine
Arts in Creative Writing Program, received
Rutgers’ Faculty Scholar-Teacher Award.
Norma Riccucci,
professor and director
of the PhD program,
School of Public
Affairs and
Administration, has
been honored as a
Fellow of the National
Academy of Public
Administration. Also,
her book, Public Administration: Traditions of
Inquiry and Philosophies of Knowledge, was the
winner of the 2012 Best Book Award from the
Section on Public Administration Research of
the American Society for Public Administration.
Dale Rogers, professor, Rutgers Business
School, and co-director, Center for Supply Chain
Management, received the 2012 Distinguished
Service Award from the International
Warehouse Logistics Association.
Alan Shark,
assistant professor,
School of Public
Affairs and
Administration,
received the 2012
National Champion
Award from the
National
Association for State
Chief Information
Officers and has been honored as a Fellow of the
National Academy of Public Administration.
Shark also was the keynote speaker of
“Partnerships for Change: Domestic Violence,
Sexual Abuse and Stalking,” co-sponsored by
the Oklahoma Coalition Against Domestic
Violence and the Oklahoma Office of the
Attorney General, and “Responding to Domestic
Violent,” co-sponsored by the Attorney General
and New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic
Violence.
Maggie Shiffrar,
professor,
psychology, Faculty
of Arts and Sciences,
has been appointed
dean of the
Graduate School—
Newark.
Shirley Smoyak, professor, College of Nursing,
has been named a recipient of the Lifetime
Achievement Award given by the Network for
Psychiatric Nurse Researchers, a division of the
Royal College of Nursing in London, England.
She also received an honorary doctor of humane
letters from Kingston University and St.
George’s University, University of London.
Moreover, Smoyak received an honorary
fellowship from the Royal College of Nursing,
Liverpool, England.
Paula Tallal, co-
director, Center for
Molecular and
Behavioral
Neuroscience, was
noted in the 2011-2012
winter issue of Inside
New Jersey, The Star-
Ledger magazine, as
one of New Jersey’s 20
“brainiest” for her
exceptional intellect
and accomplishments.
George C. Thomas,
Board of Governors
Professor of Law
and Judge
Alexander P. Waugh
Sr. Distinguished
Scholar, School of
Law-Newark,
received the Rutgers
School of Law-
Newark Alumni Association 2012 Distinguished
Service Award.
Frank Thompson,
professor, School of
Public Affairs and
Administration,
received the 2012
Donald C. Stone
Distinguished Scholar
Award from the Section
on Intergovernmental
Administration and Management of the
American Society for Public Administration. He
also has been honored as a Fellow of the
National Academy of Public Administration and
chaired the Mosher Award Committee to select
the best article written by an academician for the
2011 volume of the Public Administration Review.
Joseph Voccaturo, assistant director, Physical
Plant, accepted a Platinum Award from
Meadowlink on behalf of Rutgers Newark
Commuter Transit and Parking Services for its
successful efforts to reduce the number of single
occupancy vehicles on the roads.
Jerome Williams,
Prudential Chair in
Business, Rutgers
Business School, and
research director of The
Center for Urban
Entrepreneurship and
Economic
Development, was
elected chair of the
Board of Trustees of the American Marketing
Association Foundation for a two-year term.
Junius Williams, director, Abbott Leadership
Institute, received the Call to Service Award
from President Barack Obama’s Council on
Service and Civic Engagement.
Allan Wolper, professor, arts, culture and
media, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, garnered
first place for best Public Affairs/Radio Category
from the New York Association of Black
Journalists for his interview of former Harlem
drug king Frank Lucas.
Yahong Zhang,
assistant professor,
School of Public
Affairs and
Administration, was
selected to receive
the 2012 Julia J.
Henderson
International Award
by the Section for
Women on Public
Administration of the American Society for
Public Administration. She also has co-authored
two articles: “Participatory Budgeting in Local
Government” Evidence from New Jersey
Municipalities” published in the Public
Performance and Management Review (Vol. 35, No.
2), and “Knowledge and Skills for Policy-
Making: Stories from Local Public Managers in
Florida” published in the Journal of Public Affairs
Education (Vol. 18, No.1).
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