Charles Payne of the Cornwall Center at Rutgers–Newark Named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
April 29, 2025
Pioneering sociologist Charles Payne, director of the Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies at Rutgers-Newark, was named this year to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Payne’s research has broken new ground in the study of both the civil rights movement and urban education.
Within the past three years, the Cornwall Center has produced several reports on urban education in New Jersey, with a focus on the effects of segregation, resource disparities, and creating stronger pathways to adulthood for children from underserved communities. The center’ work has begun to affect policy at state and local levels.