Rutgers SPAA Centers & Institutes

Centers and institutes at Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA) study contemporary issues facing public service and tackle problems from multiple angles.

Center for Applied Appreciative Inquiry (CAAI)

Director: James Davy
CAAI assists community organizations and groups with strategic planning, reorganization, and community engagement initiatives toward facilitating positive change.

Center for Experimental and Behavioral Public Administration (CEBPA)

Director: Gregg Van Ryzin
CEBPA works to support and develop experimental and behavioral approaches to public administration research and practice.

Center for Health Excellence and Community Engagement (CHECE)

Director: Diane Hill
Co-Director: Charles Menifield
CHECE supports public, nonprofit and private sector entities to effectively engage underrepresented urban constituencies in health research, scholarship, policy and decision-making, service delivery, community engagement and assessment. 

Center for Nonprofit Leadership and Development (CNLD)

Director: Lindsey McDougle
CNLD is committed to serving the New Jersey nonprofit sector by educating leaders, sharing research, engaging philanthropy, and encouraging voluntarism to strengthen the ability of nonprofit practitioners to meet the needs of the community.

Rutgers Institute on Anti-Corruption Studies (RIACS)

Director: Yahong Zhang
RIACS conducts research on private and public corruption and devises ways to reduce it.

Transparency and Governance Center (TGC)

Director: Suzanne Piotrowski
TGC focuses on programming, research, and projects related to public sector transparency and governance.