The United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals are an ambitious call for action to improve the livelihood of human beings across our planet and to protect it from environmental degradation. While the UN focuses on the state-level to engage countries, rich and poor, change is also driven at the grassroots level. Montclair State researchers collaborating on global poverty, climate change, social injustice and public health, among others, come from a variety of disciplines and fields to tackle regional and transnational issues and provide holistic approaches that fuel sustainable policy strategies for change in this area.


Professor, Economics
- Phone
- 973-655-7403
- atalv@montclair.edu
- Location
- Feliciano School of Business, 534

Adjunct Instructor, Writing Studies
- axelrodd@montclair.edu
- Location
- Conrad J. Schmitt Hall


Director, Center for Latine and Spanish Academic Success and Excellence (CLASE), Spanish and Latino Studies
- calarotaa@montclair.edu
- Location
- Conrad J. Schmitt Hall, 138

Associate Professor, Justice Studies
- desouzaolive@montclair.edu
- Location
- Dickson Hall, 321

Professor, World Languages and Cultures
- Phone
- 973-655-4452
- emerye@montclair.edu
- Location
- Conrad J. Schmitt Hall, 241J

Adjunct Professor, Classics and General Humanities
- fogelj@montclair.edu
- Location
- Dickson Hall



Professor, English
- Phone
- 973-655-7309
- khanf@montclair.edu
- Location
- Dickson Hall, 454

Professor, Earth and Environmental Studies
- Phone
- 973-655-3137
- lalp@montclair.edu
- Location
- Center for Environmental & Life Sciences, 426


Chairperson, Public Health
- Phone
- 973-655-5179
- liebermanl@montclair.edu
- Location
- University Hall, 4161
Adjunct Professor, Nutrition and Food Studies
- Phone
- 973-655-4154
- malkowskic@montclair.edu

Associate Professor, Marketing
- mannm@montclair.edu
- Location
- Feliciano School of Business, 583

Professor, Anthropology
- Phone
- 973-655-7560
- mccaffreyk@montclair.edu
- Location
- Dickson Hall, 138

Professor, World Languages and Cultures
- Phone
- 973-655-5143
- mengarad@montclair.edu
- Location
- Conrad J. Schmitt Hall, 241G

Associate Vice President for Community Partnerships, Office of the President
- Phone
- 973-655-6831
- murdockb@montclair.edu
- Location
- Sprague Library, 140A

Chairperson, Sociology
- Phone
- 973-655-7168
- parashars@montclair.edu
- Location
- Dickson Hall, 310

Professor, Economics
- Phone
- 973-655-2126
- portesl@montclair.edu
- Location
- Feliciano School of Business, 557





Assistant Professor, Earth and Environmental Studies
- Phone
- 973-655-3123
- smithmeg@montclair.edu
- Location
- Center for Environmental & Life Sciences, 412

Professor, Political Science and Law
- Phone
- 973-655-7575
- spanakost@montclair.edu
- Location
- Dickson Hall, 203

Professor, Family Science and Human Development
- Phone
- 973-655-6884
- urbanj@montclair.edu
- Location
- University Hall, 4205

Professor, Mathematics
- Phone
- 973-655-2139
- vaidyaa@montclair.edu
- Location
- Center for Computing and Information Science, 425D


Associate Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Phone
- 973-655-4031
- wambacqi@montclair.edu
- Location
- 1515 Broad Street, 2186


Associate Professor, Social Work and Child Advocacy
- zeitlinw@montclair.edu
- Location
- Dickson Hall, 363