2016 Ada Beth Cutler Faculty Fellows: Making an Impact on Communities through Public Scholarship

The Ada Beth Cutler Faculty Fellows Program is an opportunity for faculty members in the College of Education and Human Services to receive support for public scholarship projects that serve communities.  The program is named for Dr. Ada Beth Cutler, Dean of the College of Education and Human Services from 2001 through 2012.

The vision that guided Dr. Cutler’s tenure as Dean was to build a better educated, healthier, more just society. This fellowship program will support faculty as they seek innovative, research-based strategies and programs that will ensure that children, adolescents, and families can have successful, productive lives in our democratic society.  Cutler Fellows will receive funding to support research and projects on a variety of issues.

The 2016 Ada Beth Cutler Faculty Fellows are:

Dr. Amanda Baden
Counseling and Educational Leadership
Study of Hong Kong Adoptees

This project will contribute to the knowledge about an older and aging cohort of international and transracial adoptees, through better understanding of the experiences of this understudies group, including their experiences in returning to Hong Kong since adoption. The results will inform the practice of adoption on a larger scale so that the experiences and identities of older international adoptees will be better understood.

Dr. Ndidi Amutah
Public Health
Community-Campus Partners for Health

Dr. Amuta is a health-disparities focused community-based researcher.  Her current research focuses on the relationship and communication characteristics between daughters and their HIV+ mothers, as predictors of sexual behaviors and HIV in older adolescent daughters.  The results of this study have the potential for designing multi-level interventions to decrease the burden of HIV/AIDS in urban communities around the United States.

Dr. Tan Leng Goh
Exercise Science and Physical Education
Service Learning and Physical Activity in Schools

This project will implement service learning in schools, where college students will be involved in providing physical activity during the school day.  Delivery will be through the Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program (CSPAP) framework, which was initiated to support the nationwide Let’s move Active Schools campaign.  Montclair State students will learn the CSPAP framework and implement it thought hands-on experience in schools