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MAILING ADDRESS Center for Children and Childhood Studies
Rutgers University - Camden
325 Cooper Street

Camden, NJ 08102
PHONE 856-225-6741
FAX 856-225-2775


Center Staff
The Center has moved from 405-7 Cooper Street to 325 Cooper Street.
Dan Hart, Ed.D
Distinguished Professor of Psychology, CCCS Director,
and Chair, Department of Childhood Studies

405-7 Cooper Street, Room 303
225-6741
Nyeema C. Watson, M.S.Ed
Associate Director
325 Cooper Street, Rm. 204
225-6738
Angela and her children
Angela Connor-Morris, LCSW/MPA
Senior Program Director
Service and Outreach
325 Cooper Street, Rm. 202
225-6739

Ingrid Campbell, MAT
Early Childhood Education Training Specialist

325 Cooper Street, Rm. 201
225-6739

Ingrid Campbell
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CCCS Secretary
405-7 Cooper Street, Room 302
225-6741

Dan Hart, Ed.D.
Director of the Center for Children and Childhood Studies
Distinguished Professor of Psychology 
 
daniel.hart@rutgers.edu
856-225-6741

Dr. Daniel Hart is interested in the study of human development, particularly, the intersection of personality with adaptation and development. He tries to understand what the components of personality are, the ways in which personality influences successful adjustment to different social contexts, and how the components of personality are acquired over the course of development. He has written or edited five books, including Colby & Hart, Character and Competence: Developmental Pathways and Killen & Hart, Morality in everyday life: Developmental Perspectives  (and for one of the books he received the Outstanding Book Award for 1996 from the American Educational Research Association, Moral Development and Education Special Interest Group).

Dr. Hart is currently involved in a study of the development of civic competence in adolescence.
The William T. Grant Foundation funded "The Development of Civic Competence in Adolescence,” a joint 2-year project between research teams at the Catholic University of America and at Rutgers University. More...


Nyeema C. Watson, MS.Ed.
Associate Director
 
ncwatson@camden.rutgers.edu
856-225-6738
or 225-6741
Nyeema C. Watson is the Associate Director for the Center of Children and Childhood Studies. Nyeema graduated from Rutgers University–Camden with a BA in Afro-American Studies and Psychology, and from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education with an M.S.Ed in Psychological Studies. Nyeema began her career as a counselor at the University of Pennsylvania and then shifted her career focus to education policy at the New Jersey Department of Education. At the Department, Nyeema was responsible for state and federal grants and program management, research and policy analysis. She also acted as the program officer who oversaw the implementation of the 21 st Century Community Learning Centers Program, a $12.75 million dollar funded program through the No Child Left Behind Act, that provides funds throughout the country to support expanded academic enrichment opportunities during out-of-school time hours for children attending low-performing schools.
In February 2005, Ms. Watson was appointed to the Camden City Board of Education by Acting Governor Richard Codey and then re-appointed to the Board by Governor Jon Corzine (April 2006 - April 2009). She was elected as Vice-President of the Board and currently serves as the Curriculum Committee Chair.

Angela Connor-Morris, LCSW/MPA
Senior Program Director
 
ibconnor@camden.rutgers.edu
856-225-2305

Angela serves as the Senior Program Director for the Rutgers Center for Children and Childhood Studies. She is the founder of the Camden Campaign for Children’s Literacy and the Camden Blueprint for Children’s Health and Well-Being. As part of her tenure at the Center, Angela has overseen the management of 1.5 million dollars of grants from foundations that include the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Schumann Fund for New Jersey and the William Penn Foundation.

Angela’s current projects include: the Professional Development Pathways Initiative for Early Childhood Educators; Effective Communication with Diverse Patient Populations: A Physician and Clinician Education Model; the Development of Technology Health Access Centers in Camden; and the Implementation of a Serve and Learn Model as part of service programming at the Center. She was the recent recipient of the Literacy Volunteers of America’s Community Literacy Awareness Award and the Respond Inc. Excellence in Education Award. Angela also serves as a PTL for the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice.

 
Ingrid Campbell, MAT
Early Childhood Education Training Specialist

 
ingridc@camden.rutgers.edu
856-225-6739

Ingrid E. Campbell is the Early Childhood Training Specialist for the Center of Children and Childhood Studies. Ingrid has over 25 years of diverse teaching experience that spans center and family-based child care, public education, and adult education. In her role as a teacher and parent advocate for special education, Ingrid created a parent support group in her local school district in 1992 to promote positive inclusion practices. She subsequently served as a member of the Pemberton board of education from 1994-1997, and from 1999 to 2004, Ingrid served as board vice president and five consecutive terms as president.

Ingrid is a certified ITERS, ECERS and Arnett rater and serves on the Camden County Early Childhood Conference committee. She has been a private consultant since 1985, conducting state-wide trainings in early childhood, leadership, diversity and exceptional learning issues. Prior to her role at RUCCCS, she served as the New Jersey Professional Development Center’s Camden Site Director from 2003-2007.



CCCS Secretary
 
cccs@camden.rutgers.edu

856-225-6741
or
225-6185
 


Monika D. Wood, MA
Webmaster

 
deppen@camden.rutgers.edu
Monika D. Wood (BA, CCAS '88; MA, UPenn '91) developed and administered educational programs for over 15 years. She edited a newsletter at the Wharton School, assisted in educational program development at the University of Pennsylvania's Institute on Aging and served as Project Director for a 4-yr NIH funded research project on aging and disability at the Polisher Research Institute of the Philadelphia Geriatric Center. She was Project Manager for Web Development at the Office of International Programs and the Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence at the School of Nursing at Penn. At Rutgers-Camden, she is a PTL for the Sociology Department and maintains a number of websites, including the Center for Children and Childhood Studies' website.

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