Diversity as a catalyst for innovation

Office of Institutional Diversity
and Inclusion
annual
Diversity
forum
Diversity as a catalyst for innovation
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
8:30 am – 4:00 pm
University Inn and Conference Center
Douglass Campus, New Brunswick
Welcome Remarks
President Robert Barchi
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Robert L. Barchi
Dr. Richard L. Edwards
“Disparity and Discrimination: Obstacles to Our Quest
for Diversity and Inclusion”
Denise V. Rodgers is Vice Chancellor for Interprofessional Programs at Rutgers
Biomedical and Health Sciences, Director of the Rutgers Urban Health and Wellness Institute,
and the Hunterdon Endowed Chair in Interprofessional Education at Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School.
roundtable conversations led by Rutgers faculty:
Dr. Lily Young - Advancing Faculty Excellence Through Diversity
Dr. Denise V. Rodgers - Equity and the Impact of Race: An Innovative Framework for Diversity &
Inclusion in Health and Healthcare
Dr. Edward Ramsamy - Advancing Diversity: Culture and the Politics of Knowledge
Dr. Peter Guarnaccia - Access, Acculturation and Success for Immigrant Students: An Innovative
Anthropological Study
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Dr. Denise V. Rodgers
The forum is dedicated to the memory of dr. Clement A. Price
Dr. Price was Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor of History and Founding
Director of the Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience at Rutgers-Newark.
commemorative Poem and Reading In honor of the late Dr. Price
Dr. Cheryl clarke is an award winning poet and author of four books of poetry:
Narratives: Poems In The Tradition Of Black Women (1982), Living As A Lesbian (1986),
Humid Pitch (1989), and Experimental Love (1993). Her book, After Mecca: Women Poets and
the Black Arts Movement was published by Rutgers University Press in 2005.
Photo Credit: Ann E. Chapman
Dr. Cheryl Clarke
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Center for Graduate Recruitment, Retention and Diversity (GR aD )
Research Poster Display: Meet doctoral scholars and learn about their research.
Registration is required please visit: oidi.rutgers.edu
For more information, please contact: Sonia Espinet at: oidi@rutgers.edu, or 848 932 4391
Forum is organized by the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion (OIDI).
Forum sponsors: Chancellor’s Offices, RU-NB, RU-RBHS, RU-N, RU-C. Additional co-sponsors: National Science
Foundation Innovation through Institutional Integration (I3) grant to the Graduate School-NB, School of Engineering, The Corella
and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation, The Corporation for National & Community Service, AmeriCorps, and Johnson & Johnson.