When a family loses someone to homicide, the last thing they should face is a system that questions their right to relief. Yet Daniel Semenza, associate professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice at Rutgers University–Camden and Director of Interpersonal Violence Research at the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center, has found… continue reading
In Finland, where the light fades quickly in autumn and the air carries both quiet and clarity, Ana Laguna is discovering how the smallest encounters can speak to the largest truths. As Graduate Program Director for the Spanish for Health Professions Certificate and a Fulbright scholar at the University of Oulu, she is adapting her… continue reading
The opening of a new electroencephalography (EEG) lab at Rutgers–Camden brought together three people — a professor beginning her faculty role, a student starting graduate school, and the program director for Psychological Sciences ready to volunteer as the first subject. Sean Duffy, Graduate Program Director for Psychological Sciences, marked the launch by taking the seat… continue reading
When Public Affairs doctoral candidate Giovi Romero Sarubbi asked Dr. Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn about his work, the Associate Professor of Public Policy in the Department of Public Policy and Administration described a career focused on happiness, and the role of place in shaping quality of life. His research brings together questions of subjective well-being, redistribution preferences,… continue reading
A sweeping new history of Philadelphia is arriving in bookstores this fall, and at its heart is work that began at Rutgers–Camden. Greater Philadelphia: A New History for the Twenty-First Century, a three-volume series from the University of Pennsylvania Press, traces the city and region across more than 250 years of transformation. The project grows… continue reading
Children’s and young adult literature is at the heart of current debates about race, justice, and education. This summer, Marilisa Jiménez García, Associate Professor of Children’s and Young Adult Literary Cultures in Rutgers University–Camden’s Department of Childhood Studies, published Ethnic Studies and Youth Literature: A Critical Reader (SUNY Press) with coeditor Sonia Alejandra Rodríguez of… continue reading
