Academics & Research
Dan Crofts, professor emeritus of history, talks Civil War and “compromise” with The Washington Post
Rafiatu Nawuridam studies in Jordan, thanks to Boren Scholarship
TCNJ junior Rafiatu Nawuridam is spending the 2017–18 academic year in Jordan, thanks to a $20,000 Boren Scholarship. Nawuridam, an international studies major with a specialization in Middle East studies and a minor in Arabic, is studying Arabic—both Modern Standard Arabic and Ammiya, the Levantine Arabic dialect spoken among Jordanians, Syrians, Palestinians and Lebanese—at the…
History faculty publish new book based on late colleague’s scholarship
TCNJ history faculty members Christopher Fisher and Robert McGreevey have completed a book, Global America: The United States in the Twentieth Century, recently published by Oxford University Press. The book explores how Americans were “swept up in the swift-moving currents of twentieth-century world history,” according to Oxford, and is based largely on the scholarship of…
TCNJ launches Master’s of Public Health program
TCNJ’s School of Nursing, Health, and Exercise Science announced today the creation of a dynamic Master’s of Public Health program aimed at addressing the lack of proficient public health facilitators worldwide. The program will begin next fall, pending state approval. The MPH program, which was approved by the Board of Trustees in July, is a…
TCNJ cuts ribbon on state-of-the-art STEM Complex
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Ewing Mayor Bert Steinmann, and TCNJ President R. Barbara Gitenstein took part in a ribbon cutting ceremony today to officially open the college’s new, state-of-the-art STEM building, Chemistry addition, and Forum. The cost of the project, which broke ground in July 2015, was $76,211,000 including $40 million provided through the…
Dr. Rachel Pearson to shed light on nation’s healthcare shortcomings at TCNJ talk
On Wednesday, September 27, Dr. Rachel Pearson, author of No Apparent Distress: A Doctor’s Coming-Of-Age on the Front Lines of American Medicine, will share her insights into how America’s current political climate affects the future of healthcare, and what that means for poor and underprivileged citizens seeking medical treatment. Her lecture, which is hosted by…
What to expect … when you’re a baby
TCNJ’s Cognitive Development Lab opened its doors in spring 2017 and welcomed the campus’ newest arrivals: babies, as young as 10 months. Located in the Social Sciences Building, the new lab is run by Aimee E. Stahl, assistant professor of psychology, whose research focuses on the learning and memory of infants and children. The facility—which…