Development, Health and Environment

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.

Associated Faculty


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Ellie Abdi

TLRN Adjunct, Teaching and Learning

Email
abdie@montclair.edu
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Vidya Atal

Professor, Economics

Phone
973-655-7403
Email
atalv@montclair.edu
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David Axelrod

Instructional Specialist, Economics

Phone
973-655-3762
Email
axelrodd@montclair.edu
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Cortni Borgerson

Associate Professor, Anthropology

Email
borgersonc@montclair.edu
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Antonella Calarota-Ninman

Instructional Specialist, Spanish and Latino Studies

Email
calarotaa@montclair.edu
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Elenice De Souza Oliveira

Associate Professor, Justice Studies

Email
desouzaolive@montclair.edu
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Elizabeth Emery

Professor, World Languages and Cultures

Phone
973-655-4452
Email
emerye@montclair.edu
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Jerise Fogel

Adjunct, Classics and General Humanities

Email
fogelj@montclair.edu
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Stuart Ginsberg

Adjunct Faculty, School of Communication and Media

Email
ginsbergs@montclair.edu
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Timothy Gorman

Assistant Professor, Sociology

Email
gormant@montclair.edu
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Pankaj Lal

Professor, Earth and Environmental Studies

Phone
973-655-3137
Email
lalp@montclair.edu
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Minji Lee

Assistant Professor, Religion

Email
leemin@montclair.edu
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Lisa Lieberman

Chairperson, Public Health

Phone
973-655-5179
Email
liebermanl@montclair.edu

Carlee Denholtz

Adjunct, Nutrition and Food Studies

Phone
973-655-4154
Email
malkowskic@montclair.edu
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Manveer Mann

Associate Professor, Marketing

Email
mannm@montclair.edu
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Daniel Mengara

Professor, World Languages and Cultures

Phone
973-655-5143
Email
mengarad@montclair.edu
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Bryan Murdock

Associate Vice President for Community Partnerships, Office of the President

Phone
973-655-6831
Email
murdockb@montclair.edu
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Sangeeta Parashar

Associate Professor, Sociology

Phone
973-655-7168
Email
parashars@montclair.edu
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Shelagh Patterson

Instructional Specialist, Writing Studies

Phone
973-655-3066
Email
pattersonsh@montclair.edu
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Luis Portes

Professor, Economics

Phone
973-655-2126
Email
portesl@montclair.edu

Alison Price-Rom

Adjunct, Educational Foundations

Email
priceroma@montclair.edu
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Vikash Singh

Associate Professor, Sociology

Email
singhv@montclair.edu

Meghann Smith

Assistant Professor, Earth and Environmental Studies

Phone
973-655-3123
Email
smithmeg@montclair.edu
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Tony Spanakos

Professor, Political Science and Law

Phone
973-655-7575
Email
spanakost@montclair.edu
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Michael Viega

Associate Professor, Cali School of Music

Email
viegam@montclair.edu

Mireya Vilar-Compte

Associate Professor, Public Health

Email
vilarcomptem@montclair.edu