Promoting Deep Understanding

We challenge the Rutgers community to think about diversity in new ways and invite the public to draw on our resources and take part in our conversations on how to advance a more just society.

Becoming Anti-Racist

Commit to taking active steps now to become anti-racist. We have provided a few suggestions below to get you started.

1. Work independently through the Anti-Racist Resource List and commit to doing the ongoing work needed to facilitate true change.
2. Create a small/virtual group to work through and grapple with the resources together. Think collectively about how you can have an impact within your sphere of influence (ex: department, unit, grad student culture). 
3. Set aside 3 hours to review the resources in the "Understand How Race Shapes Experiences in Higher Education," reflect on your organizational position and identify concrete steps you can take to promote a more inclusive academic culture. 

Diversity and Inclusion in Academic Programs

Most academic and administrative units at Rutgers reflect the multinational and multicultural world in which we live. The departments, programs, centers, institutes, and offices listed below are those in which racial, ethnic, national, and gender diversity are reflected most prominently, but the list is by no means exhaustive. 

Academic Departments and Programs

• Africana Studies
• AMESALL: African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures
• Asian Languages and Cultures
• Critical Caribbean Studies
• Douglass Residential College
• English
• Germanic, Russian, and East European Languages and Literatures
• History
• Italian
• Jewish Studies
• Labor Studies and Employment Relations
• Latin American Studies
• Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies
• Office for Diversity Programs (Rutgers Business School)
• Religion
• Rutgers Study Abroad
• SMLR Grad Certificate Program - Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
• South Asian Studies Program (SASP)
• Spanish and Portuguese
• The Conversation Tree
• Women BUILD (Business Undergraduates in Leadership Development)
• Women's and Gender Studies
• Women's and Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Program
• Social Work (MA)
• Social Work Major (BA)

Academic Centers and Institutes

• Center for African Studies
• Center for American Women and Politics
• Center for Latin American Studies
• Center for Middle Eastern Studies
• Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (CNCR)
• The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life
• Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
• Center for Women and Work
• Center for Women in the Arts and Humanities
• Center for Women's Global Leadership
• Centers for Global Advancement and Academic Affairs
• The Herbert and Leonard Littman Families Holocaust Resource Center
• Institute for Research on Women
• Institute for Women's Leadership
• John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development
• Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series

Don't see your program on the list? Email diversity@rutgers.edu