Associate Vice President
Professor Joan W. Bennett is a fungal geneticist whose research specialty is mold toxins. She is a past vice president of the British Mycological Society, past president of both the American Society for Microbiology and the Society for Industrial Microbiology, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

After 35 years on the faculty of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, Joan joined Rutgers University in 2006 as associate vice president for academic affairs, charged with developing a new campuswide effort to support women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Joan is known internationally for her work promoting women entering these fields.

Joan W. Bennett’s curriculum vitae [PDF]

 

Associate Director
Dr. Natalie Batmanian is a Rutgers Alumn, having received her Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from Rutgers University in 2003. Before attaining a position in the Stony Brook University Linguistics Department, she was a post-doctoral fellow at Hunter College, conducting research funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Please help us in welcoming Natalie by e-mailing her at natalie.batmanian "at" rutgers.edu.

 

 

 

Program Coordinator
Christina Leshko is a recent Rutgers University graduate with a degree in Psychology. She has worked in the Office for the past year as an Assistant, interviewing professors for the 'My Story' portion of the website; she is excited to be on the the team in the capacity of Program Coordinator. In addition, she has co-published and presented an academic poster at the annual WEPAN conference in St.Louis, MO and at the ASEE meetings in Hoboken, NJ and looks forward to fostering future events that promote women in science at Rutgers.

 

 

 

Program Coordinator
Carey Murray started at Rutgers in 2004 with the Office of Research and Scholarships at Douglass Residential College. She joined the Office for the Promotion of Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics in 2007 as a program coordinator. Carey received business education in England; she is currently continuing her education at Rutgers University. She can be reached at careymur "at" rci.rutgers.edu or at 732-932-9711 ext. 136

 

 

Contact Us
Office for the Promotion of Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
640 Bartholomew Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Phone: 732-445-1244 and 732-932-9375 x 136.
Email us at sciwomen@rci.rutgers.edu or use our online form!