Scholars and resources for study of the City of Newark
Rutgers University has a long history in the city of Newark. A number of scholars are experts on the city’s past, present and future. These experts can provide background and comment for journalists and writers seeking to gain insight into the city’s cultural, social and economic history as well as current developments.

Faculty Experts on Newark
Please call the individual experts below, or contact the Rutgers-Newark Office of Communications (occ@andromeda.rutgers.edu or 973.353.5262) to reach these faculty experts.

Steven J. Diner, History Bio urban history and immigration trends; higher education in Newark and other urban centers Office: 9732/353-5541	dt ogilvie, Business Bio Newark businesses and economic development Office: 973/353-1288/1650 E-mail: dt@business.rutgers.edu
Clement A. Price, History Bio Newark and NJ history and social movements; education; politics; race and ethnicity; arts, humanities and cultural issues. Office: 973/353-5410, ext. 28	Kim Da Costa Holton, Portuguese/Lusophone Studies Bio Newark's "Ironbound" Portuguese community Office: 973/353-5494/5498 E-mail: kholton@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Robert Snyder, Journalism and Media Studies, American Studies Bio Newark media; coverage of Newark in mass media Phone: 212/861-9880 E-mail: rwsnyder@andromeda.rutgers.edu

Centers & Institutes and Other Rutgers University Resources on Newark

• Institute for Ethnicity, Culture and the Modern Experience
• The Once and Future Newark documentary film
• Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies
• Professor Max Herman’s 1967 riots website
• Newark Metro: Student writing about the city and environs
• History of Rutgers University in Newark

• NJ Historical Society, 973.733.7784
• Newark Public Library, 973.733.7784
• WNET: documentary film “Revolution ‘67”