New appointments

Richard Edwards is the new dean of the School of Social Work. Edwards served as dean at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill from 1992 to 2000. From 2000 to 2001, he served as interim provost at UNC-CH and then served as coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Nonprofit Leadership Certificate Program and Alumni Distinguished Professor there until coming to Rutgers in August 2005. From 1988 to 1992 he was dean of the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. Early in his career, Edwards worked as a social worker at Chicago State Hospital and Illinois State Psychiatric Institute. Edwards has also consulted with a range of nonprofit and public organizations. He received his social work master’s degree from the University of Chicago and his doctorate from SUNY-Albany’s Graduate School of Public Affairs.

David Finegold has been appointed the dean of the School of Management and Labor Relations. Finegold comes to Rutgers from the faculty of the Keck Graduate Institute for the Applied Life Sciences in Claremont, Calif. His research areas include bioscience business ethics, corporate governance, employment relationships and managing technical excellence. Finegold was a Rhodes Scholar, earning his doctorate from Oxford University. He has a bachelor’s degree in social studies from Harvard University. Finegold is co-author of the 2005 book “BioIndustry Ethics.”

The acting executive dean of the new School of Arts and Sciences in New Brunswick/Piscataway will be Ziva Galili. Galili is current chair of the history department. She served as chair of history and director of the Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis from 1994 to 1997; she took on both roles again from 2003 to the present. Galili was also vice dean of the Graduate School–New Brunswick from 1998 to 2002. Her research includes the social and political history of Russia in the early 20th century. Galili has a master’s degree and doctoral degree from Columbia University. The School of Arts and Sciences will admit its first class in 2007.

Jerome J. Kukor is the new dean of academic programs and research at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, formerly Cook College. Kukor will oversee undergraduate and graduate education and research programs at the school. He is an associate professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and at the Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment. Kukor has a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.

Courtney McAnuff has been appointed vice president for enrollment management, a key position recommended by the Task Force on Undergraduate Education and a reorganized post previously held by Corinne Webb, associate vice president for enrollment management. McAnuff, who started September 1, will oversee admissions, financial aid, and the registrar. He also will work on recruiting and enrollment with undergraduate admissions. McAnuff spent the past 26 years at Eastern Michigan University, where he started as a director of financial aid and rose through the ranks to become vice president for enrollment services. McAnuff also has worked at SUNY-Farmingdale. He has a bachelor’s degree from City College of New York and a master’s degree from Hofstra University.

Rosa Oppenheim has been appointed acting dean of Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick. She is a professor of management science and information systems, as well as associate dean for faculty and research at the business school, and previously served as acting dean in 1998. Oppenheim joined Rutgers in 1973, publishes in the area of quality management, and has done extensive business consulting. She received her bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from Polytechnic University, as well as a master of arts from Rutgers University.

Mark Robson has been named director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station and professor of entomology, effective September 1. Robson comes from the School of Public Health at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, where he served as chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and assistant dean of student affairs. He has a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. from Rutgers and a master’s of public health degree from UMDNJ. He is also a fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences. Robson’s research interests include pesticide use, policy and regulation, a main area of concern and research at the NJAES. Robson was born and raised on a New Jersey fruit and vegetable farm. NJAES has a presence in all of New Jersey’s 21 counties.