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Category: Research

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Tara Conley Awarded Stanford University Race and Technology Fellowship

Montclair State professor will develop digital toolkit to support young people’s advocacy campaigns for racial justice education in public schools

In January 2020, New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy spoke at the third annual NJ Maternal Health Day at Montclair State University.

Nurturing More Equitable Maternal Health in New Jersey

University supports NJ First Lady’s effort to eliminate racial disparities in maternal and infant mortality

Graduate students in Montclair State’s Social Research and Analysis program, including Sara Johnston ’20 MA (top left), meet over Zoom.

Work in Social Research and Analysis Speaks Volumes

Program’s first degree recipients are prepared to tackle the world of consumer data

Jennifer Brown Urban (left) and Miriam Linver, professors of Family Science and Human Development, and co-directors of the Institute for Research on Youth Thriving and Evaluation (RYTE Institute).

Character Matters

Research institute studies how to help youth develop mindfulness, gratitude, empathy, character and more

James Woodard

James Woodard Book Named Outstanding Academic Title of 2020

“Brazil’s Revolution in Commerce” earns designation from American Library Association

Teresa Fiore

Italian Professor Receives NEH Faculty Award Grant

Project will create repository of materials, oral histories and an advanced course for Hispanic students

Research team “Reclaiming: ME (Muslim Educator),” top from left, Mayida Zaal, Amir Billups, Maheen Ahmad, Chedia Ayari; bottom from left, Nagla Bedir, Manar Hussein, Nushrat Hoque

Need for Representation Shapes Research on Muslim Educators

University researchers conduct nation’s first study on diversity, retention of Muslim-American teachers

Lisa Lieberman and Eva Goldfarb

Experts: Sex Education Should Begin in Kindergarten

First-of-its-kind research shows sex education yields positive outcomes beyond STD and pregnancy prevention

Researchers are using insects as a way to offset malnutrition in some areas of the world. This plate of grasshoppers (chapulines) is from Tolache, a Mexican restaurant in New York City. Photo by Mike Peters. Madagascar photos courtesy of Cortni Borgerson.

Bugs! They’re What’s For Dinner

Montclair State anthropologist’s research suggests nutritious insects hold the key to food security and saving endangered lemurs in Madagascar

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Researchers Study Impact of Coronavirus on Latinx Communities

Montclair State receives grant to advance research on health disparities, community structures and educational processes

female biology student looking into binocular microscope while wearing face mask.

University Sees Record-Breaking Year in Grant Funding

Across disciplines, faculty have received more than $22M in grants to further programs and research

NIH Grant Provides $3.55M for Memory Disorder Treatment Research

Chemistry professor’s research could one day make a difference for those suffering from memory loss