Rutgers University, Newark, Experts Can Discuss Diverse Issues Impacting African Americans
The official celebration of Black History Month lasts only a few weeks, but the concerns and interests of blacks in America are ongoing. Several faculty members at Rutgers University, Newark, are available this month — and all year long — to discuss topics related to the black experience in America.
BELINDA EDMONDSON, Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Newark, specializes in both African and African American studies and literature. http://www.afam.rutgers.edu/edmondson.html; 973/353-1586; edmondsn@andromeda.rutgers.edu
JODY MILLER, School of Criminal Justice, researches how inequalities of gender, race, and class shape young women’s participation in crime and risks for victimization. http://www.rutgers-newark.rutgers.edu/rscj/faculty/jodymiller.html; 973/353-1303; jodymill@andromeda.rutgers.edu
JAMES POPE, School of Law-Newark, teaches and has written extensively about workers’ rights, constitutional law, and labor history; he can discuss the history of black unions, black workers and white unions, and efforts at cross-racial working class unity, as well as affirmative action. http://law.newark.rutgers.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/james-gray-pope; 973-353-5979; jpope@kinoy.rutgers.edu
CLEMENT PRICE, Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Newark, can discuss African American history and culture from the colonial period to the near present, and New Jersey African American history and race relations. http://www.afam.rutgers.edu/price.html; 973 353 5414; caprice@andromeda.rutgers.edu
BERYL SATTER, Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Newark,
has researched and written about housing discrimination and redlining in home sales. http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~history/index.php?content=deptmem&name=satter; 973/353-3900; satter@andromeda.rutgers.edu
PENNY VENETIS, School of Law-Newark, can discuss a broad range of civil rights law issues, including how the first civil rights lawsuit for damages was won in 1961 — 90 years after passage of the statute allowing for such suits. http://law.newark.rutgers.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/penny-m-venetis ; 973/353-5687; pennyv@kinoy.rutgers.edu
JEROME D. WILLIAMS, Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick, can discuss the multicultural marketing, consumer behavior within multicultural market segments, marketplace discrimination and retail redlining. http://www.business.rutgers.edu/faculty-research/directory/williams-jerome; 973-353-3682; jeromew@business.rutgers.edu
