Insider NJ has named two Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA) alumni from Rutgers–Camden – Dena Mottola Jaborska and Jigna Rao – to its 2025 Powerful Women of NJ list. In a featured story introducing this year’s honorees, New Jersey Assemblywoman Shavonda E. Sumter describes the list as a “carefully curated group of remarkable women”… continue reading
Debates over censorship, curriculum, and literary value continue to shape how certain texts are taught in U.S. classrooms. This work examined why The Bluest Eye remains both contested and essential, focusing on how its narrative structure and thematic complexity invite deeper engagement with race, class, and gender rather than justifying its exclusion. The analysis was… continue reading
After returning from service with the Peace Corps in Fiji, Hanan Allen sought a graduate program that aligned with her commitment to community development, international public service, and social impact. That search, prompted by a question posed by Public Affairs doctoral candidate Giovi Romero Sarubbi about how her Peace Corps experience shaped her next steps,… continue reading
Opening January 10, 2026, Feminist Revolutions debuts at the Alice Paul Center for Gender Justice during Alice Paul’s Birthday Celebration. The temporary exhibit, which includes research and curatorial contributions from Olivia Errico, History MA alum, examines how ideas about equality have been contested and revised over time, particularly in response to women’s exclusion from the… continue reading
From the EMPA classroom to the State Board table, James C. Williams is putting public administration into practice. A former student in the Executive Master of Public Administration program, Williams has been appointed to the New Jersey State Board of Education by Governor Phil Murphy, serving on the 13-member body responsible for adopting the administrative… continue reading
When stories about place are repeated often enough, they harden into “truth” – even when they are incomplete, flattened, or wrong. Angel Perez, an alum of the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program and a current student in the Emerging Media (MA) program, is working to interrupt that cycle. At the First-Generation, Lower-Income (FGLI) Consortium… continue reading
