TGC – Our People

Director

Suzanne Piotrowski, PhD                                       
Associate Professor
School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA)
Rutgers University–Newark
spiotrow@newark.rutgers.edu

Associate Director

Gregory Porumbescu, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA)
Rutgers University–Newark
greg.porumbescu@rutgers.edu

Alexis Miller                                       
JD Candidate
Rutgers Law School–Newark
Rutgers University–Newark

Claire Newsome
JD Candidate
Rutgers Law School–Newark
Rutgers University–Newark

Marissa Van Ness
JD Candidate
Rutgers Law School–Newark
Rutgers University–Newark

Bernard Bell, JD
Professor of Law and Herbert Hannoch Scholar
Rutgers Law School
Rutgers University–Newark

Kyle Farmbry, PhD, JD
Dean, Graduate School–Newark
Professor
School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA)
Rutgers University–Newark

Robert Snyder
Associate Professor of Journalism and American Studies
Department of Arts, Culture, and Media
Rutgers University–Newark

Kayla Schwoerer 
Doctoral Student
School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA)
Rutgers University–Newark

Francisco Vargas
MPA Student
School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA)
Rutgers University–Newark

2019/2020 Academic Year

Erna Ruijer, PhD
Assistant Professor
Utrecht School of Governance, Netherlands

2018/2019 Academic Year

Alzira Angeli
PhD Candidate in Political Science
Federal University of Parana (UFPR), Brazil

Maria Cuccniello, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Public Policy and Management
Bocconi University, Italy

Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen, PhD
Assistant Professor
Utrecht School of Governance, Netherlands

2017/2018 Academic Year

Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen, PhD
Assistant Professor
Utrecht School of Governance, Netherlands

Maria Cuccniello, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Public Policy and Management
Bocconi University, Italy

2015/2016 Academic Year

Maria Paula Almada e Silva
PhD Candidate in Political Communication
Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA, Brazil

2014/2015 Academic Year

Rui Pedro Lourenço, PhD
Investigador do INESC Coimbra
Professor Auxiliar da Faculdade de Economia
Universidade de Coimbra , Portugal

2013/2014 Academic Year

Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen, PhD
Post-Doc
Utrecht School of Governance, Netherlands