2019-2020 RLA Fellows Capstone Projects
| Fellow | Project Title | Mentor(s) | Sponsor Title/Dept. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diane Ambrose | SPACE: The Final Frontier—Building Effective Education Programs for Research Administration | David Kimball & Jose Roman | Senior Vice President for Research and Economic Development/ORED (Kimball) Vice President for Research Administration/OREDa (Roman) |
| Azima Ashraf | Movement Therapy to Enhance Health Awareness, Mindfulness, and Coping Skills for Mentally Ill Patients | Manda Gatto | Director for Inpatient Services, Rutgers Behavioral Health Care |
| Sahar Aziz | Expanding Interdisciplinary Connections: Rutgers Law Professor Guest Lecturer Program in New Brunswick | David Lopez, Nancy Cantor, Barbara Lee | Rutgers Law Co-Dean in Newark (Lopez), Chancellor of Rutgers-Newark (Cantor), Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs (Lee) |
| Sanjib Bhuyan | How to Improve Enrollment in the Graduate Program in Food and Business Economics | Courtney McAnuff | Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management, Rutgers-New Brunswick |
| Michael Brown | Creating a Pipeline for URM Engineering Students | Ilene Rosen | Associate Dean Student Services |
| Helen Brown-Liburd | Professional Licensure: Creating Student Awareness and Preparation | Dan Palmon | Department Chair, Accounting Information Systems Department |
| Tynisha Coleman | Improving Staff Development at RBHS | Karen Shapiro | Chief Administrative Officer, School of Health Professions |
| Adam Day | Finance Rotational Program | Mike Gower | Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration & University Treasurer |
| Mehtap Ferrazzano | Developing School of Nursing Student Services Co-curricular Competencies to Effectively Communicate, Plan, and Implement Services | Kyle Warren | Vice Dean for Administration & Student Services for School of Nursing |
| Robyn Ginese | Bridging the Workforce Development Gap through Experiential Learning: Operationalizing the NACE Competencies | Rick Hearin & Rick Dool | Executive Director for Career Exploration & Success (Hearin); Director and Professor, Masters in Communication & Media SCI (Dool) |
| Yvonne Gonzalez | Creating a Culture of Mentoring, Growth, and Inclusion | Karen Stubaus | Vice President for Academic Affairs, Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs |
| Roxanne Huertas | Developing an Onboarding “Experience” for new RU-Camden Employees | Loree Jones | Chief of Staff, Camden Chancellor’s Office |
| Myron Jordan | Building an effective educational platform for mental health awareness for Law Enforcement | Carmelo Huertas | Chief, Public Safety Newark Division |
| Jacqueline Kozloski | Engaging Internal Culture around Rutgers Health | Jennifer Hollingshead | Vice Chancellor, Communications and Marketing, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences |
| Eldo Kuzhikandathil | Research Intensive Post-baccalaureate Education in Neuroscience (RIPEN) at Rutgers | Gary Aston-Jones | Director, Brain Health Institute |
| Rick Lee | The Global Asias Initiative: Mapping a Collaboration between Rutgers Global and the School of Arts and Sciences | Michelle Stephens | Dean of Humanities, School of Arts and Sciences |
| Mingwei Liu | Developing an Online Master of Human Resource Management Program for China’s Market | Adrienne Eaton | Dean, School of Management and Labor Relations |
| Nell Maloney Patel | Creating a ‘Female Faculty Spotlight’ to Highlight the Diversity and Excellence of our Faculty | Sangeeta Lamba | Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion, RBHS |
| Jenna Marcus | Implementation of a Hospital-Wide Surgical Safety Pre-Operative Huddle | Mark Einstein | Chair, Department of OB/GYN Rutgers NJMS; Interim CMO University Hospital |
| Francesca Maresca | Strategies for Integrating Wellness into Class Curriculum: Student & Faculty Benefits | Sharon Bzostek | Associate Professor & Undergraduate Director, Sociology, Core Faculty, Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy & Aging Research, Research Associate, Princeton University Center for Research on Child Well-Being |
| Theresa McCutcheon | Community Engagement within the RCM Environment | Cathy Potter | Dean, School of Social Work |
| Scott Mellender | Anesthesia Leadership in Today’s Changing Medical Climate | Keith Lewis | Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
| Lisa Mulé | Analyzing RBHS School-Wide Review Initiatives:Best Implementation Strategies for Maximum Impact at Pharmacy | Joseph Barone | Dean and Professor II, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy |
| Holly Nelson | Building Institutional Support for Cook-Douglass Campus Living Labs | Laura Lawson | Dean of Academic Programs, SEBS |
| Ajeenah Nurridin-Little | Developing Support Programs for Nontraditional Students | Jason Rivera | Vice Chancellor for Student Academic Success, Rutgers-Camden |
| Maria Pellerano | Improving Service-Learning in the Medical Professions: Meeting the Needs of Communities and Students | Eric Jahn & Carol Terregino | Senior Associate Dean for Community Health (Jahn); Senior Associate Dean for Education and Academic Affairs (Terregino) |
| Ines Rauschenbach | Improving Alumni Relations in Our Microbiology Undergraduate Program | Max Häggblom | Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology School of Environmental and Biological Sciences |
| Emily Sabato | Developing Honors Programs in Dental Medicine | Kim Fenesy | Vice Dean, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine |
| Huzaifa Shakir | Cardiac Surgery Postoperative Care Model | Justin Sambol | Dean of Clinical Affairs, Chief CT Surgery |
| Eric Singer | Participation in a Multi-Institutional Urologic Oncology Quality Improvement Collaborative | Kimyatta Washington | Vice President and Director—Clinical Operations, Oncology Services, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and RWJBarnabas Health |
| Sharon Stoerger | A Holistic Approach to Teaching Excellence: The TIE Model | Dafna Lemish | Distinguished Professor; Associate Dean for Programs |
| Bianca Thompson-Owen | Redefining the Objectives of the High School Careers Academy (HSC) Program with a Key Goal of Developing into a Pipeline Initiative for SHP and Rutgers University | Barbara Gladson | Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Rutgers School of Health Professions |
| Marc Weiner | Qualitative Exploration of Undergraduates’ Misunderstanding of Factors Contributing to Time-to-Degree Completion Delay | Ben Sifuentes-Jauregui | Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Professor of American Studies and Comparative Literature |