The summer provides an opportunity for Rutgers students to spread their wings and explore new places away from campus. Two Department of Human Ecology Professors traveled with students abroad this summer. Dr. Jack Harris ran his first summer course titled “Castles, Communities and Sustainability” while Dr. Victoria Ramenzoni participated in Climate Corps Summer School 2025 program hosted by Korea University (KU) with students.
Matt Bruno began his journey into the legal world during his time at Rutgers, but his passion for law began even before that. Matt explained that his uncle, who is an environmental lawyer, initially inspired him to consider law as a profession. Once he committed to Rutgers, he “wanted to pick a curriculum that kind of matched or complimented where [he] was hoping to go.” This helped him to choose a double-major in Environmental Policy, Institutions and Behavior (EPIB) and Political Science, where he would select coursework that aligned with his interests in law.
The Department of Human Ecology is excited to have many great researchers and teachers joining us this fall semester. We welcome Dr. Jenny Isaacs to her new role as Assistant Teaching Professor, Dr. Kasia Klasa as an Assistant Professor, and lecturers Dave Howland, Ed Potosnak, Meishka Mitchell, and Samuel Tabory.
Article Credit: Bella Fowler Vanessa Thomas is an Environmental Justice Organizer at the community based organization Ironbound Community Corporation (ICC). After transferring from University of Maryland Baltimore, Vanessa pursued her degree in Environmental Policy, Institutions, and Behavior at Rutgers University, graduating in May of 2023. Vanessa first encountered ICC as part of the class Careers […]
Article Credit: Lindsey Wiessner Johnny’s career development began at Rutgers, with a for-credit internship through his Environmental Policy Institutions and Behavior (EPIB) major with the Edison Wetlands Association, a local New Jersey nonprofit organization focused on the“advocacy and the holistic remediation of superfund sites.” When connecting outreach, policy, and the technical side of remediation in […]
Dr. Harris recently received a Rutgers Global Engagement Grant to build a new study abroad program on Scottish Sustainability! It will be a three-week course led by Professor Harris and launch in the Summer of 2025. He will travel to Scotland in June this summer to meet potential academic and community partners and assess travel, […]
Over the past two years, two Human Ecology professors have spent a lot of time inside meeting rooms in exotic destinations translating their unique expert knowledge into policy. Dr. Pamela McElwee is one of three co-chairs leading the IPBES assessment of the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food and health – coined the ‘Nexus Assessment’. Dr. Cymie […]
Dr. Cara Cuite, Associate Extension Specialist/Professor in the Department of Human Ecology, is usually very busy teaching Research Methods in Human Ecology or researching student food insecurity. But this past December Dr. Cuite was busy attending, not one, but two award ceremonies recognizing the achievements of her teaching, service and research. Dr. Cuite won the […]
Dr. Victoria Ramenzoni, part of The Megalopolitan Coastal Transformation Hub at Rutgers, was selected by NSF and the Kaleta A. Doolin Foundation to serve as NSF-KADF Ocean Decade Champions.
Professors Pamela McElwee and Rachael Shwom of the Department of Human Ecology have been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to plan a Center on Sustainability and Governance in the Anthropocene.
