Tiffiny Butler

Tiffiny Butler Ph.D., ATC, is the interim vice chancellor for diversity, inclusion, and community engagement at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, leading efforts that advance and advocate for inclusion, diversity, and equity at the Rutgers University-New Brunswick campus. She comes to her role expanding her passion for education by working with the Chancellor’s Senior Leadership Team and academic leaders across campus to support faculty, staff, and students in the integrated work of the Academic Master Plan and the Diversity Strategic Plan, serving as the diversity lead in New Brunswick spearheading implementation efforts while stewarding the submission of the Carnegie re-classification and supporting reciprocal connections to community partners through the Collaborative Center for Community Engagement.

Dr. Butler comes to Rutgers University from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where she served in a dual role as the Director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) and teaching professor in the department of biomedical engineering. She earned her graduate degrees from Temple University in kinesiology – athletic training and kinesiology – integrative exercise physiology, respectively.