Associate Professor of Journalism

Year Joined RCNJ: 2004

Contact Information

• Phone: (201) 684-7142
• Email: rclark@ramapo.edu
• Office: C-112A
• Office Hours: Thurs 10:30-12:00 PM (In-person) and Fri, 11:15-12:45 PM (Virtual)

Education:

• M.F.A. Fiction Writing, Sarah Lawrence College
• B.A. (double) Writing for Telecommunications and Spanish Language, Literature, Culture, Syracuse University

Courses Offered:

• Writing for Publication
• Creative Non-fiction
• Creative Writing
• Senior Project: Writing
• Writing for Social Media

Recent Scholarly and Professional Accomplishments:

• Presenter, “Facilitating communication activism pedagogy through the Black Lives Matter Colloquium” as part of “Activism, social justice and intersectionality: Critical pedagogical practices in the communication classroom” webinar (due to COVID-19), National Communication Association, AS&J, Spring 2021
• Presenter/Moderator, “Black Activism at Ramapo,” Black Lives Matter at Ramapo: A College Colloquium on Race, Social Justice, and Representation, RCNJ, Fall 2020
• Presenter, “Where Have All the Fathers Gone?: Perceptions and Misconceptions of Black Fatherhood,” State of the Africana Professoriate Conference, March 2007.
• Presenter, “Empowering Students to Learn: Experiential and Reflective Approaches,” Teaching Professor Conference, May 2007.
• Presenter, “No Place to be Somebody: The Literary Mirror of James Baldwin,” National Association of African American Studies Conference, February 2008.