Most academic and administrative units at Rutgers reflect the multinational and multicultural world in which we live. The departments, programs, centers, institutes, and offices listed below are those in which racial, ethnic, national, and gender diversity are reflected most prominently, but the list is by no means exhaustive. If you feel your department or program should be added to the list, please feel free to contact us at diversity@rutgers.edu.

Academic Centers and Institutes

• Center for African Studies
• Center for American Women and Politics
• Center for Middle Eastern Studies
• Center for Race and Ethnicity
• Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership
• Center for the Study of Jewish Life
• Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
• Center for Women and Work
• Center for Women's Global Leadership
• Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience
• Institute for Research on Women
• Institute for Women and Art
• Institute for Women's Leadership
• John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development

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Academic Departments and Programs

• Africana Studies
• Asian Languages and Cultures
• English
• Germanic, Russian, and East European Languages and Literatures
• History
• Italian
• Jewish Studies
• Labor Studies and Employment Relations
• Latin American Studies
• Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies
• Religion
• Rutgers Study Abroad
• SAS EOF Program
• SMLR Grad Certificate Program - Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
• Spanish and Portuguese
• Women's and Gender Studies

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Administrative Offices and Committees

• Committee to Advance Our Common Purposes
• Office of Career Services
• Office of Disability Services
• Office of Employment Equity
• Office of Faculty Diversity Initiatives
• Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity
• Center for International Faculty and Student Services
• Office of Multicultural Student Involvement
• Office for the Promotion of Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics
• Office of Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities
• Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs
• Office of the Vice President for Undergraduate Education
• President's Faculty Diversity Cluster Hiring Initiative
• RU-FAIR: ADVANCEing Women in Science, Engineering and Mathematics

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Cultural Centers

• Asian American Cultural Center
• Center for Latino Arts and Culture
• Paul Robeson Cultural Center

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Diversity Recruitment Information

• American Association of University Women
• Diversity, Inc.
• Diverse Issues in Higher Education

• Diversity Web
• The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education
• The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education

• The Minority Faculty Applicant Database
• NJ HERC
• Women in Higher Education

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Pipeline Programs

• Office for Diversity and Academic Success in the Sciences
• Douglass College: The Douglass Project
• Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships
• The Graduate School: Commitment to Enhancing Diversity
• National Girls Collaborative Project
• PhD Project
• Project L/EARN
• RISE Research Program for NSF Mentoring
• Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program
• Rutgers Future Scholars Program
• Sloan Foundation Minority PhD Program
• STEP Program
• TARGET: The Academy at Rutgers for Girls in Engineering and Technology
• Women INvesting in and Guiding Students (WINGS)

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Professional Organizations

• American Academy of Religion
• Status of Racial & Ethnic Minorities in the Profession
• Status of Women in the Profession
• Status of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex & Queer Persons

• American Anthropological Association
• Committee on Minority Issues in Anthropology
• Committee on the Status of Women in Anthropology
• Report - Women in Anthropology Continue to Face Barriers
• RACE Are We So Different?
• Minority Dissertation Fellowship

• American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
• Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession

• American Chemical Society
• Office of Diversity Programs
• Committee on Minority Affairs
• Women Chemists Committee
• Committee on Chemists with Disabilities

• American Economic Association
• Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession
• Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession
• Minority Job Market Candidates for Fall 2009

• American Education Research Association
• Affirmative Action Council
• Committee on Scholars of Color in Education
• Committee on Scholars and Advocates for Gender Equity in Education (SAGE)
• SAGE Awards for Scholars of Color

             

• American Historical Society
• Committee on Minority Historians
• Committee on Women Historians
• Reports from the 2008 Berkshire Conference on the History of Women
• Article - Finding Women in History
• Equity for Minority Historians in the Academic History Workplace: A Guide to Best Practices
• Gender Equity in the Academic History Workplace: A Guide to Best Practices
• Book - The Status of Women in the Historical Profession, 2005

• American Institute for Chemical Engineering
• Minority Affairs Committee
• Women's Initiatives Committee
• Minority Scholarship Awards for College Students

• American Mathematical Society
• Mathematics Research Communities
• Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize
• Schafer Prize for Excellence in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Woman
• Graduate Fellowships in the Physical Sciences
• The Junior Program, Center for Women in Mathematics, Smith College
• The Post-Baccalaureate Program, Center for Women in Mathematics, Smith College
• Travel grants for women researchers

• American Musicological Society
• Committee on Cultural Diversity
• Committee on the Status of Women
• Hispanic Study Group
• LGBTQ Study Group

• American Philological Association
• Minority Scholarship in Classics and Classical Archaeology

• American Philosophical Association
• Committee on Inclusiveness in the Profession
• Committee on the Status of Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and Philosophies
• Committee on Black Philosophers
• Committee on Hispanics
• Committee on the Status of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People in the Profession
• Committee on the Status of Women
• APA Prize in Latin American Thought

• American Philosophical Society
• Phillips Fund Grant for Native American Research

• American Physical Society
• Best Practices for Recruiting and Retaining Women in Physics
• Women in Physics
• Minorities in Physics
• Roster of Women and Minorities in Physics

• American Political Science Association
• Committee on Status of Asian Pacific Americans in Political Science
• Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession
• Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession
• Committee on Status of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and the Transgendered (LGBT)
• Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession
• Educational, Professional, and Minority Initiatives
• Women and Politics Research Section
• Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Section
• Report of Task Force on Inequality and American Democracy (2004)
• Survey of African American Portrayal in Introductory Textbooks in American Government/Politics
• Report of the Committee on Status of Women in the Profession (2001)
• Report on Women's Advancement in Political Science (2005)
• Discussion List for the Latino Caucus
• Discussion List for Section on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics

• American Psychological Association
• Minority Fellowship Program
• Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns
• Women's Programs Office
• Society for the Psychology of Women
• Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues
• Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues
• Information for Students with Diverse Backgrounds
• Discussion Groups (Ethnic Minority Issues; Disability Issues; International Students; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues; Women)
• APA publications/brochures related to diversity issues

• American Society of Criminology
• Directory of Minority PhD Criminologists
• Division on People of Color and Crime
• Division on Women and Crime
• Undergraduate Student Minority/Mentor Research Grant
• Graduate Fellowships for Ethnic Minorities

• American Society for Engineering Education
• Denise P. Denton Best Paper Award
• Helen T. Carr Fellowship Program
• Women in Engineering Division

• American Society of Hispanic Economists
• ASHE Web Site

• American Sociological Association
• Committee on Status of Persons with Disabilities in Sociology
• Committee on Status of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Persons in Sociology
• Committee on Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Sociology
• Committee on Status of Women in Sociology
• Jessie Bernard Award
• Discussion Group: Race, Gender, and Class
• Discussion Group: Sex and Gender

• American Statistical Association
• Committee on Gay and Lesbian Concerns in Statistics
• Committee on Minorities in Statistics
• Committee on Statistics and Disability
• Committee on Women in Statistics
• Directory of Minority Statisticians
• Gertrude M. Cox Scholarship
• Gates Millennium Scholars
• AT&T Labs Fellowship Program

• American Studies Association
• Ethnic Studies Committee
• Minority Scholars Committee
• Women's Committee
• The Queer Caucus

• Association of American Law Schools
• Report - Perspectives on Diversity: AALS Special Commission on Meeting the Challenges of Diversity in an Academic Democracy
• Report - The Racial Gap in the Promotion to Tenure of Law Professors
• Women and Minority Deans' Databanks

• Association for Women in Mathematics
• AWM Web Site

• Association for Women in Science
• AWIS Web Site

• Center for Black Music Research
• CBMR Web Site

• College Art Association
• Committee on Diversity Practices
• Committee on Women in the Arts

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Women in Engineering

• Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
• Forum on Women
• Minority Issues Forum
• Award for the Advancement of Women
• AT&T Labs Fellowship Program

• International Association for Feminist Economics
• IAFFE Web Site

• Linguistic Society of America
• Ethnic Diversity in Linguistics Committee
• Status of Women in Linguistics Committee

• Materials Research Society
• Women in Materials Science & Engineering

• Mathematical Association of America
• Strengthening Underrepresented Minority Mathematics Achievement (SUMMA)
• Grants for Tensor-SUMMA Program: Strengthening Underrepresented Minority Mathematics Achievement
• Women and Mathematics Network
• Underrepresented Groups

• Modern Language Association
• Disability and Hiring: Guidelines for Departmental Search Committees
• Committee on Disability Issues in the Profession
• Committee on the Literatures of People of Color in the United States and Canada
• Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession
• MLA Prize in United States Latina and Latino and Chicana and Chicano Literary and Cultural Studies

• National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering
• NACME Web Site

• National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies
• NACCS Web Site

• National Communication Association
• Communicating Common Ground

• National Council of Teachers of English
• Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English

• National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology, and Science
• IWITTS Web Site

• National Society of Black Engineers
• NSBE Web Site

• National Society of Black Physicists
• NSBP Web Site

• Organization of American Historians
• National Collaborative for Women's History Sites

• Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
• SACNAS Web Site

• Society of Architectural Historians
• Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation Dissertation Fellowship

• Society of Biblical Literature
• Status of Women in the Profession Committee
• Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession Committee

• Society for Cinema and Media Studies
• Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in Media

• Society of Dance History Scholars
• Ethnicity and Dance Working Group

• Society for Ethnomusicology
• Gender and Sexualities Taskforce
• Section on the Status of Women

• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
• SHPE Home Page

• Society for the History of Technology
• Women in Technological History

• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
• Diversity Advisory Committee

• Society for Music Theory
• Committee on the Status of Women
• Committee on Diversity
• Disability and Music Interest Group

• Society of Women Engineers
• SWE Home Page
• Rutgers Section of SWE

• Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute
• Diversity at SAMSI
• Blackwell-Tapia Conference
• Postdoctoral Positions for 2010-11
• New Researcher Fellowship Opportunities for 2010-11

 

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