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Our Faculty

Rutgers–New Brunswick faculty are here because they have a passion for discovery, have records of high scholarly achievement, and care deeply about the undergraduate and graduate students they teach, mentor, and advise. Their work, their research, their teaching, their publications, and their scholarly influence make Rutgers–New Brunswick an academic tour de force.

World's Best Philosophy Faculty

The top three philosophy faculties in the English-speaking world are found at NYU, Oxford, and Rutgers–New Brunswick.

The National Academies

Rutgers–New Brunswick’s 29 faculty who are members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine are among America’s top experts on critical national issues. These same faculty are accessible professors who teach classes, nurture undergraduate researchers, and mentor graduate students. Learn more.

Watch Faculty Interviews on YouTube

The Office of Instructional and Research Technology brings you interviews with various Rutgers faculty. Faculty discuss their involvement in research through the university. Presented in HD video. Learn more.

Poet Mark Doty

National Book Award Winner Is English Faculty Member

Mark Doty

His book Dog Years: A Memoir was a New York Times best seller, his poetry collection Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2008, and in 2011 he was named a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. Now Mark Doty shares his celebrated mind and work at the Rutgers–New Brunswick Department of English. Rutgers Magazine recently asked Doty how to get the most out of reading poetry.

The Game-Changers

Among current Rutgers–New Brunswick faculty are men and women who have been acknowledged as true pioneers who changed what we know and think about the world. Here are just a few of the game-changers.

  • Charlotte Bunch: White House Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights
  • Frederick Grassle: Franklin Institute Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Science
  • Fred Roberts: The National Science Foundation Science and Technology Centers Pioneer Award
  • Wise Young: TIME magazine, America’s Best; Esquire magazine, Best and Brightest

Faculty Diversity

Several universitywide initiatives seek to increase the diversity of faculty at Rutgers.

Valuing Great Teaching

Valuing Great Teaching

The transmission of knowledge to the next generation is the most important objective of any institution of higher learning, and in this enterprise, nothing can top the irrepressible enthusiasm of a great teacher. Here is a sampling of Rutgers–New Brunswick faculty who were recognized for their teaching excellence.

  • Ousseina D. Alidou: 2011 Warren I. Susman Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Nancy A. Hewitt: 2010-2011 Rutgers Faculty Scholar-Teacher Award
  • Saurabh Jha: 2011 Outstanding Teacher Award from the Rutgers Society of Physics Students
  • Michael L. Littman: 2011 Warren I. Susman Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • James Luxhoj: 2010-2011 Rutgers Engineering Governing Council Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Kim S. McKim: 2010-2011 Rutgers Faculty Scholar-Teacher Award
  • Bozena Michniak-Kohn: 2011 Aresty Faculty Mentor of the Year Award
  • Timothy C. Power: 2010-2011 Presidential Fellowship for Teaching Excellence
  • Daniel Seidel: 2010-2011 Presidential Fellowship for Teaching Excellence
  • Evie Shockley: 2010-2011 Presidential Fellowship for Teaching Excellence
  • Roy D. Yates: 2010-2011 Rutgers Faculty Scholar-Teacher Award
  • Eight faculty members: 2011 School of Arts and Sciences Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Education

“For me, good teaching—the ability to excite students about the material and provoke them to go beyond classroom presentations, and to think and read beyond the syllabus—is central to the undergraduate’s experience of a research university.”

Barry Qualls, Professor of English

Watch a video featuring cognitive scientists Rochel Gelman—a National Academy of Sciences member—and Kimberly Brenneman, whose Preschool Pathways to Science research is behind the hit PBS children’s program, Sid the Science Kid.

Celebrated Achievements

Rutgers–New Brunswick faculty win many distinguished awards. They have been elected to the most prestigious scholarly societies and are sought-after advisers to governments, businesses, nonprofit organizations and agencies, communities, and the public in New Jersey, the nation, and around the globe. Here is a small sampling of distinguished faculty and their honors.

Respected by Their Peers

When they are not teaching, conducting research, or writing grants and papers, Rutgers–New Brunswick faculty are out among their peers, sharing their insights, discoveries, and talents with the world as conference chairs, keynote speakers, journal editors, and more. The following is a small sampling of Rutgers–New Brunswick professors making their marks in their disciplines.

  • Rosanne Altshuler, School of Arts and Sciences, Economics
    • Rosanne Altshuler gave the keynote address, “The Prospects for Corporate Tax Reform,” at the National Association of Manufacturers Tax Committee meeting in June 2011.
  • Joseph Blasi, School of Management and Labor Relations
    • Joseph Blasi was one of the keynote speakers at the 2011 Employee Ownership Conference held in Denver, Colorado, in April 2011.
  • Anthony Broccoli, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
  • Paul J. Hirschfield, School of Arts and Sciences, Sociology
    • Paul J. Hirschfield presented “Taking Sides: How Do Urban and Suburban Schools Respond to the Bullying and Harassment of Vulnerable or Marginalized Students?” at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in August 2011.
  • Cindy Hmelo-Silver, Graduate School of Education
    • Cindy Hmelo-Silver gave a keynote address, “Scaffolding, Achievement, and Technology in Problem-based Learning,” at the FACiLiTATE Conference on Problem-based Learning in Dublin, Ireland, in June 2011.
  • Joan Marter, School of Arts and Sciences, Art History
  • Manus I. Midlarsky, School of Arts and Sciences, Political Science
    • Manus I. Midlarsky chaired a panel titled “The Politics of Terrorist and Militant Groups” at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in Seattle, Washington, in September 2011.
  • Bruce Mizrach, School of Arts and Sciences, Economics
  • N. Andrew Peterson, School of Social Work
    • N. Andrew Peterson co-chaired a session, “Youth Empowerment: Theory, Research and Practice,” at the 13th Biennial Conference of the Society for Community Research and Action in Chicago in June 2011.