STRIDE Committee
The Committee is a team of Rutgers–New Brunswick senior faculty who aim to increase faculty diversity by leading interactive faculty discussions focused on understanding implicit biases in evaluation processes and offering evidence-based practices to promote inclusive faculty searches. The workshops are open to all schools on the New Brunswick campus.
The STRIDE Committee
Meet the faculty who work with the Senior Director for Faculty Diversity and Inclusion to promote inclusive hiring across Rutgers–New Brunswick.
STRIDE Committee Members
Nikol Alexander-Floyd
Nikol G. Alexander-Floyd is Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. A lawyer and political scientist, Dr. Alexander-Floyd has been actively engaged in a wide range of political and legal issues. Dr. Alexander-Floyd has been a featured speaker at fora and symposia at a number of colleges and universities, including Bryn Mawr College, CUNY Graduate Center, Northwestern University, Prairieview A&M University, Princeton University, and Syracuse University, among others.
Paul McLean
Paul McLean (he, him, his) is a Professor of Sociology in the School of Arts and Sciences. His research has focused on exploring the connections between multiple kinds of social networks—marriage networks, economic networks, and political patronage networks chiefly—and describing the cultural practices and identities that actors adopt to move within and across them.
Kimberly Cook-Chennault
Dr. Kimberly Cook-Chennault is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at Rutgers University with graduate faculty roles in the Biomedical Engineering and Educational Psychology Departments. Dr. Cook-Chennault has been honored for her commitment to creating inclusive learning and working environments by the Rutgers’ Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in STEM Diversity and the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN).
Ellen Williams
Ellen Williams, Associate Professor in the 4-H Youth Development Department, is Expressive Arts 4-H Agent, providing state level training and programming in youth creative arts . A drama therapist, Ellen developed the Roleplaying for Real Life program which trains youth in improvisational theatre techniques to address personal and social justice issues.
Kristina Scharp
Kristina Scharp’s research meets at the intersection of interpersonal, family, and health communication with a particular focus on difficult family transitions and the process of marginalization. She most often examines marginalization in the contexts of relational/family distancing, complicated health diagnoses, and disenfranchised student populations.
Accordion Content
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Members of the STRIDE Committee learn about research on managing the damaging effects of implicit bias in faculty searches and use this knowledge to positively impact search committees by sharing creative solutions for the mitigation of bias. Learn more about the eligibility criteria below:
- Associate or Full/Distinguished Professors
- New Brunswick faculty appointments
- Interest in sharing novel and evidence-based approaches to diversify faculty searches
- Interest in facilitating workshops and consulting with faculty search committees
- Expertise in and/or commitment to diversifying faculty, translating scholarship to practice
Accordion Content
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- Initial one year appointment that is renewable
- Attend monthly STRIDE steering committee meetings (during the academic year)
- Facilitate 2-3 STRIDE workshops a semester
- Consider methods to adapt STRIDE hiring workshops for graduate student selection
- Serve as a resource as needed drawing on STRIDE workshop materials to advise on the following topic areas: Developing Active Recruitment Plans, Diversifying Applicant Pools, Formulating Shared Evaluation Criteria, Interview Question Feedback, Mentoring Plan Development, etc.