Charles M. Payne
Director
Charles M. Payne directs the Cornwall Center and is the Henry Rutgers Distinguished Professor of Africana Studies. His interests include urban education and school reform, social inequality, social change and...
View BioCharles M. Payne directs the Cornwall Center and is the Henry Rutgers Distinguished Professor of Africana Studies. His interests include urban education and school reform, social inequality, social change and...
View BioAhmad received his BA in Information Systems from Rutgers University and is currently pursuing an MBA in Analytics and Information Technology at Rutgers University. Ahmad has worked in Newark Public...
View BioAlyssa B. King has worked on the Rutgers University-Newark since November 2015. She began as a Clerical Assistant and was promoted to her current position as Business Assistant of the Joseph C. Cornwall...
View BioAmanda Jaeger is a Senior Research Analyst at the Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies. Her research projects include: analyzing course-taking patterns and postsecondary enrollment across New Jersey public...
View BioArturo E. Osorio is an Associate Professor of Practice – Entrepreneurship at Rutgers Business School. His work focuses on entrepreneurial activities’ (un)intended impact on local socio-economic processes. In concrete, he...
View BioCarlos Jordan Oquendo recently graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in History and a Certificate in Genealogy & Family History from William Paterson University. Carlos currently serves as a Project Director...
View BioConstance Clark is a qualitative research manager at the Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies. She received her PhD in Politics and Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her...
View BioGuzide Gulizar Ozalp, a Turkish Graduate Student, is a Research Assistant at the Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies. With a keen focus on communications, she plays a role...
View BioHeydi Zuniga is the Business Assistant at the Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies, Rutgers University–Newark. Ms. Zuniga has several years of experience in business administration functions and data analysis in various industries...
View BioIrene Welch is the Administrative Assistant for the Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies, Rutgers University-Newark. As the administrative assistant, she is a major part of the Cornwall Center’s...
View BioKimaada Sills is an Associate Director at the Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies. Ms. Sills has been with the Center since 2012 and has years of experience working...
View BioMarcus hails from Columbus, Ohio. He received a BA in Political Science from Miami University, earned a MA in Educational Leadership, Management, and Policy from Seton Hall University, and a...
View BioMargaret Goldman received her PhD in Criminology, Law & Society, with an emphasis in Race & Justice, from the University of California, Irvine. Her research explores the “entanglements” between schooling...
View BioMarquise Guzman serves as the Associate Director of Neighborhood Partnerships for the Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies. Prior to joining the Cornwall Center, Marquise served several different capacities...
View BioMengyuan received her Ph.D. degree in Comparative Human Development from the University of Chicago in 2024. She has rigorous training and rich experience on applying a wide range of advanced...
View BioNakeefa Cilicia Bernard is a Senior Program Director at the Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies at Rutgers University Newark. Prior to working at Rutgers-Newark, she served as a...
View BioVandeen Campbell is an Assistant Research Professor and Associate Director at the Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies and the Department of Urban Education at Rutgers University – Newark....
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