ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2022 — Brigid Callahan Harrison
Brigid Callahan Harrison
Chair, political science and law; founding director, policy studies program
Montclair State University
She has brought national attention to school through her frequent appearances as a political analyst — and her textbook remains the...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2022 — Jeffrey Boscamp
Jeffrey Boscamp
Interim dean
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Emotional spot for Boscamp, as the former co-chief academic officer and senior vice president of medical school development and integration took over the top job following the passing...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2022 — Kathleen Boozang
Kathleen Boozang
Dean, Seton Hall Law
Seton Hall University
Seton Hall Law had more graduates on the recent ROI Influencers: Law list than any other law school in the state. Boozang, who came to Seton Hall in...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2022 — Ben Dworkin
Ben Dworkin
Founding director, Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship
Rowan University
The widely respected Dworkin, who came to Rowan in 2018 to create a leading institute for public policy that mentors the next generation of public...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2022 — Atam Dhawan
Atam Dhawan
Senior provost, research
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Heads school’s efforts in real-world innovation in science, computing, engineering and business, which is supported by nearly $165 million in funding annually.
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ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2022 — Lauren Bergey
Lauren Bergey
Dean, School of Natural, Health, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Centenary University
She is establishing Centenary as a leader in the sciences with undergraduate research. Four of her students placed in the Top 10 at an...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2022 — Andrew Christ
Andrew Christ
Senior vice president, real estate development and capital operations
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Led NJIT’s $400 million campus transformation (including the building of the WEC and Makerspace). He also is key to NJIT...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2022 — Jean Zu
Jean Zu
Dean, School of Engineering and Science
Stevens Institute of Technology
Under her leadership, the school received a record-breaking $34.4 million in research grants in 2021 — funding innovation in artificial intelligence, quantum science, biomedical engineering,...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2022 — Ashley Koning
Ashley Koning
Director, Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling; assistant research professor
Rutgers University
As the director — and only woman academic pollster currently in New Jersey — she runs and is the face of the Rutgers-Eagleton...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2022 — Gregory Prastacos
Gregory Prastacos
Dean, School of Business
Stevens Institute of Technology
When you want to reimagine business education led by technological advances, you go to people such as Prastacos. That’s what the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of...
