Douglass Residential College, located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, is a part of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. It is a non-degree-granting organization which succeeded the liberal arts Douglass College (originally New Jersey College for Women) when it was merged with the other undergraduate liberal arts colleges at Rutgersâ€"New Brunswick to form the School of Arts and Sciences in 2007.
Female students enrolled at academic undergraduate schools at Rutgersâ€"New Brunswick, including the School of Arts and Sciences, School of Engineering, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Mason Gross School of the Arts, etc., may participate in Douglass Residential College, at which they must satisfy additional requirements specific to the college.
Notable alumnae
- Alice Aycock DC'68: Sculptor
- Catherine H. Bailey: horticulturist
- Julia Baxter Bates NJC'38: first African-American student at NJC, prominent civil rights researcher
- Leonie Brinkema DC'65: Judge, U.S. District Court, E.D. Va.
- Elise M. Boulding NJCW'40: Peace activist
- Carol T. Christ DC'66: President, Smith College
- Janet Evanovich DC'65: author
- Jeanne Fox DC'74: President, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
- Jean Griswold NJCW'52: Founder, Griswold Home Care
- Elizabeth Cavanna Harrison NJCW'29: Noted author as Betty Cavanna and under the pen names Elizabeth Headley and Betsy Allen.
- Jaynee LaVecchia DC'76: New Jersey Supreme Court Justice
- Linda Lindroth DC'68: American artist, photographer, and writer
- Janet L. Norwood DC'45: economist, US Commissioner of Labor Statistics (1979â€"1991).
- Freda L. Wolfson DC'76: Judge, U.S. District Court, D. N.J.
- Joanne Yatvin, NJCW'52: President of the National Council of Teachers of English (2006â€"2007). Author of books and articles for teachers.
Deans
- Mabel Smith Douglass (1918â€"1932): A graduate of Barnard College, Mabel Smith Douglass was a leader of the New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs.
- Margaret Trumbull Corwin (1934â€"1955): A graduate of Bryn Mawr with a master's degree from Yale. It was during Dean Corwin’s tenure that the New Jersey College for Women became Douglass College.
- Mary Bunting (1955â€"1960): A graduate of Vassar with advanced degrees in microbiology from the University of Wisconsin. She resigned to become president of Radcliffe.
- Ruth Marie Adams (1960â€"1966): An Adelphi graduate with a doctorate in English from Radcliffe. She resigned to become president of Wellesley.
- Margery Somers Foster (1967â€"1975): A graduate of Wellesley with a doctorate in economics from Radcliffe.
- Jewel Plummer Cobb (1976â€"1981): A graduate of Talladega College in Alabama with advanced degrees in cell biology from New York University. She resigned to become president of California State University at Fullerton.
- Mary S. Hartman (1982â€"1994): A graduate of Swarthmore with an M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University in history, Mary S. Hartman became a member of the Douglass History Department in 1968 (Institute for Women’s Leadership, 2004, p. 1). She served as director of the Women’s Studies Institute from 1975 to 1977, was named acting dean in 1981, and dean in 1982. She resigned to become director of the Institute for Women’s Leadership at Rutgers University.
- Barbara A. Shailor (1996â€"2001): A graduate of Wilson College with a master's degree and doctorate in classics from the University of Cincinnati. She resigned to become Director of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. She was appointed the Deputy Provost for the Arts at Yale University in 2003.
- Carmen Twillie Ambar (2002â€"2008): A graduate of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, Carmen Twillie Ambar earned a law degree from Columbia School of Law and a master’s in public affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. In 2008, Ambar resigned to become president of Cedar Crest College in Allentown, PA.
- Jacquelyn Litt (2010â€"present): A graduate of William Smith College with an M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology from University of Pennsylvania.
References
External links
- Official Website
