2024-25 Cheryl Wall Faculty Fellowships

April 15, 2024

Members of the Rutgers Community:

I am pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024–25 Cheryl Wall Faculty Fellowships. These fellowships, in the form of a course release, recognize full-time faculty committed to addressing issues faced by the university’s diverse student population. The fellowships pay tribute to Dr. Cheryl Wall, who was a champion of these efforts, pioneered cluster hiring at Rutgers and helped guide various diversity projects, including the Rutgers AAUP-AFT's work on race and gender equity. These fellowships are available through a negotiated agreement between Rutgers University and the Rutgers AAUP-AFT. Faculty interested in applying for a future fellowship may do so in the next cohort to be named in 2025–26.

Please join me in congratulating this year's twelve fellows from across all four chancellor-led units for their exemplary representation of the university's commitment to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion.

2024-2025 Fellows

Kathleen Beebe, Orthopaedics, NJMS
Kendra D. Boyd, History, FASC
Jeffrey P. Friedman, Dance, MGSA
Haydee Herrera-Guzman, Mathematics, FASC
Maya Mikdashi, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, SAS
Tameika D. Minor, Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions, SHP
Tamara Nelson, Psychology, FASC
Arturo Osorio-Fernandez, Management and Global Business, RBS
Michal Raucher, Jewish Studies, SAS
Ramona Ross, Psychology, SASN
Ashaki Rouff, Earth and Environmental Sciences, SASN
Maribel Vazquez, Biomedical Engineering, SOE

Sincerely,

Prabhas V. Moghe, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Distinguished Professor