kudos: a selection of recent awards and honors received by Rutgers University-Newark faculty, alumni, and staff

Farid Alizadeh,

professor,

management

science and

information

systems,

Rutgers

Business School,

was awarded

the 2014

Optimization Society Farkas Prize by the

Institute for Operations Research and

Management Science. more

Vijay Atluri, professor, management

science and information systems, Rutgers

Business School, received the Outstanding

Research Contributions Award from the

IFIP WG11.3 Working Group on Data and

Applications Security and Privacy (“IFIP”

stands for International Federation for

Information Processing and “WG” stands

for Working Group). She also co-authored

“Security Analysis of Temporal RBAC

under an Administrative Model,” published

in the Journal of Computers & Security (Vol.

46, 2014).

Carlos Ball, professor, School of Law–

Newark, co-authored Cases and Materials on

Sexual Orientation and the Law (5th edition)

(West, 2014).

Gregory Ball, alumnus, Graduate School–

Newark, and his spouse, Margaret

McCarthy, alumna, Graduate School–

Newark, gave Rutgers University–Newark

a $50,000 gift to establish the Colin Beer and

Barry Komisaruk Endowed Fellowship at

the Graduate School-Newark for doctoral

students studying behavioral neuroscience,

psychology, or biology. Ball also was

appointed dean of the College of Behavioral

and Social Sciences at the University of

Maryland in June 2014.

April Benasich,

professor,

Center for

Molecular and

Behavioral

Neuroscience,

co-authored

“Plasticity in

Developing Brain: Active Auditory

Exposure Impacts Prelinguistic Acoustic

Mapping,” published in The Journal of

Neuroscience (Vol. 34, No. 40, 2014).

Fran Bouchoux, alumna and senior

associate dean, School of Law–Newark, was

named interim senior vice president and

chief enterprise risk management, ethics,

and compliance officer of Rutgers

University.

Anthony Braga,

professor,

School of

Criminal Justice,

received the

Joan McCord

Award from the

American

Society of

Criminology’s

Academy of

Experimental

Criminology. more

John Cantwell, professor, management and

global business, Rutgers Business School,

co-authored “Historical Changes in the

Determinants of the Composition of

Innovative Activity in MNC Subunits,”

published in Industrial and Corporate Change

(Vol. 23, No. 3, 2014).

Joel Caplan,

associate

professor, School

of Criminal

Justice, received

the Outstanding

Young

Experimental

Criminologist

Award from the

American

Society of

Criminology’s Academy of Experimental

Criminology. more

Christopher Capone, alumnus, School of

Law–Newark, was named one of New Jersey

Law Journal’s 2014 New Leaders of the Bar.

more

Ronald Clarke,

University

Professor, School

of Criminal

Justice, received

the Stockholm

Prize in

Criminology.

Clarke shares the

award with

fellow

criminologist

Patricia Mayhew, officer of the Most

Excellent Order of the British Empire, for

developing the innovative theory of

situational crime prevention. more

Laura Cohen,

clinical

professor, School

of Law–Newark,

served on the

legal team that

won the release

of a wrongfully

convicted man

who spent 29

years in prison. She also authored

“Extending the Guiding Hand: Incarcerated

Youth, Law School Clinics, and Expanding

Access to Counsel,” published in the

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and

Social Change (17 U. Pa. J. L. & Soc. Change

401, 2014).

Jean-Marc

Coicaud,

professor,

School of

Law–

Newark,

and

director,

Division of

Global

Affairs,

authored or co-authored the following

articles and chapters: “International

Legitimacy and the Building Blocks of the

International Rule of Law,” published in

Institutional Supports for the International Rule

of Law (London, Routledge, 2014); “The

Weak International Support for Human

Security in Countries in Crisis: The Cases of

Humanitarian Interventions, Development,

and the Environment,” published in Human

Rights, Human Security, and State Security:

The Intersection (Praeger Publishers, 2014);

“International Humanitarian Interventions,

Conflicts of Legitimacy and the Question of

International Solidarity,” published in

Lessons from Intervention in the 21st Century:

Legality, Legitimacy and Feasibility (Global

Policy E-book, 2014); “Emotions and

Passions in the Discipline of International

Relations,” in Japanese Journal of Political

Science (Vol. 15, Issue 3, 2014); and “Toward

an Integrated Theory of Emotions/Passions,

Values and Rights in International Politics,”

published in the Japanese Journal of Political

Science (Vol.15, Issue 4, 2014).

Michael Cole, assistant professor, Center

for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience,

co-authored the following publications:

“Intrinsic and Task-Evoked Network

Architectures of the Human Brain,”

published in Neuron (Vol. 83, Issue 1, 2014);

“The Frontoparietal Control System: A

Central Role in Mental Health,” published

in The Neuroscientist (Vol. 20, No. 6, 2014);

and “Altered Global Brain Signal in

Schizophrenia,” published in Proceedings

of the National Academy of Sciences of the

United States of America (Vol. 111, No. 20,

2014).

Farok J. Contractor, professor, management

and global business, Rutgers Business

School, co-authored “Structuring and

Governing Alliances: New Directions for

Research,” published in the Global Strategy

Journal (Vol. 4, Issue 4, 2014), and

“Institutional, Cultural and Industry

Related Determinants of Ownership

Choices in Emerging Market FDI

Acquisitions,” published in the International

Business Review (Vol. 23, Issue 5, 2014).

Nancy

DiTomaso,

professor and

vice dean for

faculty and

research,

management and

global business,

Rutgers Business

School, won the

C. Wright Mills

Award for her

book, The

American Non-Dilemma: Racial Inequality

Without Racism. She also won an

Outstanding Book Award from the

American Sociological Association and was

a runner-up for the George R. Terry Award.

DiTomaso also published research in the

Handbook of the Social Psychology of Inequality

(Springer, 2014).

Jon Dubin,

professor and

associate dean

for clinical

education,

School of Law–

Newark, co-

authored Social

Security

Disability Law

and Procedure in

Federal Court , 2014 ed. (Thomson

Reuters/West Publishing Co., 2014).

Jonathan Eckstein, professor, management

science and information systems, Rutgers

Business School, was inducted as a Fellow

of the Institute for Operations Research and

Management Science (INFORMS). more

Ruth Feldstein,

associate

professor,

history and

American

studies, Faculty

of Arts and

Sciences, was

named the co-

winner of the

2013 Benjamin

L. Hooks

National Book

Award for How It Feels to Be Free: Black

Women Entertainers and the Civil Rights

Movement (Oxford University Press, 2013).

more

Lora Fong, alumna, School of Law–Newark,

accepted an appointment as a member of

the Rutgers University–Camden Board of

Directors. Fong also is a member of the

Rutgers University Board of Governors.

Christine Gannon, alumna, School of Law–

Newark, was named one of New Jersey Law

Journal’s 2014 New Leaders of the Bar. more

Janet Garcia,

doctoral

student,

School of

Criminal

Justice, was

selected as an

American

Society of

Criminology

Minority Fellow. Garcia’s research interests

include prisoner reentry, communities and

crime, race, gender, and inequality.

Ajai Gaur, assistant professor, management

and global business, Rutgers Business

School, won the best paper award at the

Academy of International Business

Conference for “Strategic Location in the

Global Value Chain and Foreign Subsidiary

Performance: Evidence from 105 Countries."

He also was appointed as a senior editor for

the Journal of World Business and the Asia

Pacific Journal of Management.

Steve Gold,

professor,

School of Law–

Newark, co-

authored “Toxic

Torts,”

published in

Encyclopedia of

Toxicology

(Elsevier Inc.,

Academic Press,

2014).

Rigoberto González, professor, English and

MFA in Creative Writing Program, Faculty

of Arts and Sciences, received the Lenore

Marshall Poetry Prize from the Academy of

American Poets for his book Unpeopled Eden

(Four Way Books, 2013). more

Shigeo Iwamiya, director of residence life,

Office of Housing and Residence Life,

received the 2014 Judy Spain Award from

the Association of College and University

Housing Officers – International for his

contribution to the LGBTQA community

through activities that promote positive

growth, development, and education.

Rick Jones, alumnus, School of Law–

Newark, was sworn in as second vice

president of the National Association of

Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL). Jones

also received NACDL’s Champion of Justice

Award.

Donita Judge,

alumna, School

of Law–Newark,

received the

Oliver Randolph

Award from the

Garden State Bar

Association “For

Commitment to

the Fight for

Freedom,

Equality and a

Just Democracy for All.” more

Laurajane Kastner, alumna, School of Law–

Newark, was named one of New Jersey Law

Journal’s 2014 New Leaders of the Bar. more

Due Process, the award-winning public

television series on law and justice that is

produced in partnership with Rutgers

School of Law–Newark, received its 25th

regional Emmy Award. Sandra King,

producer and host of the show, is an

alumna of Newark College of Arts and

Sciences. more

Bart Krekelberg,

associate director

and associate

professor, Center

for Molecular and

Behavioral

Neuroscience, co-

authored

“Transcranial

Direct Current

Stimulation over

Posterior Parietal

Cortex Modulates Visuospatial

Localization,” published in the Journal of

Vision (Vol. 14, No. 9, 2014), and

“Transcranial Alternating Current

Stimulation Attenuates Visual Motion

Adaptation,” published in The Journal of

Neuroscience (Vol. 34, No. 21, 2014).

Cheng-Few Lee,

professor, finance

and economics,

Rutgers Business

School, co-

authored “Are

Multiple

Directorships

Beneficial in East

Asia?” published

in Accounting and Finance (Vol. 54, Issue, 3,

2014), and is co-editor of the Handbook of

Financial Econometrics and Statistics

(Springer, 2014). He also received the

Dean's Meritorious Award for Lifetime

Achievement in Research.

Neuman “Larry” Leverett, alumnus, School

of Law–Newark, was appointed to the

Executive Committee of the Federal Bar

Association’s Criminal Law Committee,

Philadelphia Chapter.

Margaret McCarthy, alumna, Graduate

School–Newark, and her spouse, Gregory

Ball, alumnus, Graduate School–Newark,

gave Rutgers University–Newark a $50,000

gift to establish the Colin Beer and Barry

Komisaruk Endowed Fellowship at the

Graduate School-Newark for doctoral

students studying behavioral neuroscience,

psychology, or biology.

Jody Miller,

professor, School

of Criminal

Justice, was

named an

American

Society of

Criminology

Fellow for her

outstanding

scholarly

contributions to

the field of criminology.

Alokparna (Sonia) Monga, professor,

marketing, Rutgers Business School, has

been named co-chair of the Brand

Management and Corporate Reputation

Track for the 2015 American Marketing

Association Conference.

Ashwani Monga,

professor and

chair, marketing,

Rutgers Business

School, was re-

appointed as an

associate editor of

the Journal of

Consumer

Psychology.

Tendai Ndoro, regional director, New

Jersey Small Business Development Center,

was named by DiversityPlus Magazine one of

2014’s Top 25 Women in Power Impacting

Diversity for her economic development

and community engagement contributions.

more

Madeleine Novich, doctoral student,

School of Criminal Justice, received from

the Darald and Julie Libby Foundation the

2014 Larry J. Siegel Graduate Fellowship for

her research entitled “The Impact of

Gendered Policing on Gang Members’

Perceptions of Police Legitimacy and

Procedural Justice.”

Uzaomaka

Okoye, alumna,

School of Law–

Newark, was

named one of

New Jersey Law

Journal’s 2014

New Leaders of

the Bar. more

Chrystin Ondersma, associate professor,

School of Law–Newark, was appointed to

the Board of Directors of Coalition for

Debtor Education. more

Brandon Paradise,

associate

professor, School

of Law–Newark,

authored “How

Critical Race

Theory

Marginalizes the

African-American

Christian

Tradition,”

published in the

Michigan Journal of Race & Law (20 Mich. J.

Race & Law 1, 2014).

Denis Paré, director and professor, Center

for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience,

co-authored the following articles:

“Amygdala Microcircuits Controlling

Learned Fear,” published in Neuron (Vol.

82, Issue 5, 2014); “High-frequency

oscillations are prominent in the extended

amygdala,” published in the Journal of

Neurophysiology (Vol. 112, No. 1, 2014); and

“Cortical Inputs Innervate Calbindin-

immunoreactive Interneurons of the Rat

Basolateral Amygdaloid Complex,”

published in The Journal of Comparative

Neurology (Vol. 522, Issue 8, 2014).

Rajiv Parikh,

alumnus,

School of Law–

Newark, was

named one of

New Jersey Law

Journal’s 2014

New Leaders of

the Bar. more

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, alumna,

Newark College of Arts and Sciences,

authored The 30-Day Vegan Challenge: The

Ultimate Guide to Eating Healthfully and

Living Compassionately (Montali Press, 2014).

Zahid Quraishi, alumnus, School of Law–

Newark, was named one of New Jersey Law

Journal’s 2014 New Leaders of the Bar. more

Simon Reich, professor, Division of Global

Affairs, co-authored Good-bye Hegemony!

Power and Influence in the Global System

(Princeton University Press, 2014).

Ashaki Rouff,

assistant

professor,

earth &

environmental

sciences,

Faculty of Arts

and Sciences,

received a 2014

Excellence in Review Award from

Environment Science & Technology. more

Robert Snyder, professor, arts, culture and

media, Faculty of Arts and Sciences,

authored Crossing Broadway: Washington

Heights and the Promise of New York City

(Cornell University Press, 2014), a history of

the Washington Heights neighborhood in

New York City.

Ben Sopranzetti, associate professor,

finance and economics, Rutgers Business

School, co-authored “Liquidity, Leverage,

and Lehman: A Structural Analysis of

Financial Institutions in Crisis,” published

in the Journal of Banking & Finance (Vol. 45,

Aug. 2014).

Anna Maria

Tejada, alumna,

School of Law–

Newark, was

selected

“Attorney of the

Year” by the

Statewide

Hispanic

Chamber of

Commerce of

New Jersey. more

Peter J. Toricollo, alumnus, School of Law–

Newark, received the Stivale D’Italia Award

of Excellence from the Italian Voice

newspaper. more

Jennifer Rosen Valverde, clinical professor,

School of Law–Newark, authored “A Poor

IDEA: Statute of Limitations Decisions

Cement Second-Class Remedial Scheme for

Low-Income Children with Disabilities in

the Third Circuit,” published in the Fordham

Urban Law Journal (41 Fordham Urb. L.J.

599, 2014).

Penny Venetis,

clinical professor,

School of Law–

Newark, authored

“Enforcing

Human Rights in

the United States:

Which Tribunals

Are Best Suited to

Adjudicate Treaty-

Based Human Rights Claims?” published in

the Southern California Review of Law and

Social Justice (23 S. Cal. Rev. L. & Soc. Just.

121, 2014).

Justin

Walder,

alumnus,

School of

Law–

Newark,

received the

2014 Daniel

J. O’Hern

Award from

the New

Jersey State Bar Association for outstanding

character and commitment to the highest

ideals of professionalism. more

Reid Weisbord, professor, School of Law–

Newark, authored “Charitable Insolvency

and Corporate Governance in Bankruptcy

Reorganization,” published in the U.C.

Berkeley Business Law Journal (10 Berkeley

Bus. L.J. 305, 2014).

Jerome Williams,

professor and

Prudential Chair in

Business,

marketing, Rutgers

Business School,

was inducted into

the Hall of Fame of

the PhD Project. He

also co-authored

“Rejected, Shackled,

and Alone: The Impact of Systemic

Restricted Choice on Minority Consumers’

Construction of Self,” published in the

Journal of Consumer Research (Vol. 41, No. 2,

2014).

Yangru Wu,

professor, finance

and economics, co-

authored

“Heterogeneous

Background Risks

and Portfolio Choice:

Evidence from Micro-

level Data,”

published in the Journal of Money, Credit and

Banking (Vol. 46, No. 8, 2014), and “Optimal

Portfolio Choice for Investors with

Industry-specific Labor Income Risks,”

published in the Finance Research Letters

(Vol. 11, No. 4, 2014).

Hui Xiong, professor, management science

and information systems, Rutgers Business

School, was named a 2014 Association for

Computing Machinery Distinguished

Scientist.

Caroline Young, reference librarian, School

of Law–Newark, was elected chair of the

Computing Services Special Interest Section

of the American Association of Law

Libraries. more

Laszlo

Zaborszky,

professor,

Center for

Molecular and

Behavioral

Neuroscience,

co-authored “Comparison of Human Septal

Nuclei MRI Measurements Using

Automated Segmentation and a New

Manual Protocol Based on Histology,”

published in NeuroImage (Vol. 97, Aug.

2014), and “Resting State Functional

Connectivity of the Basal Nucleus of

Meynert in Humans: In Comparison to the

Ventral Striatum and the Effects of Age,”

published in NeuroImage (Vol. 97, Aug.

2014).

Yao Zhao, associate professor, supply chain

management and marketing sciences,

Rutgers Business School, won first place in

the 2014 Case Writing Competition by the

Institute for Operations Research and

Management Science.

In Memoriam:

Bob Busse,

alumnus,

Rutgers

Business

School, died

on April 12,

2014. Prior to

his death,

Busse was

believed to

have been the oldest among RU-N’s living

alumni. more

Michael Gershowitz, assistant professor

and director of the Writing Center, School

of Public Affairs and Administration

(SPAA), died on Dec. 21, 2014. He

contributed to SPAA as a writer of federal

grant applications, a curricular innovator,

and a mentor to students, staff, and faculty.

more

Clement Price,

Board of

Governors

Distinguished

Service

Professor of

History and

founding

director of the

Institute on

Ethnicity,

Culture, and the Modern Experience,

passed away on Nov. 5, 2014. A professor at

Rutgers University—Newark since 1969,

Price’s roles at RU-N were many: teacher,

mentor, advisor, director, colleague, and

friend. more

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