Professional Staff

Megan Williams, PhD

Interim Assistant Director, Center for Student Involvement
Coordinator, Women’s Center & LGBTQ+ Services

Pronouns: she/her
Email: mwilli22@ramapo.edu
Phone: (201) 684-7136
Office: C-217

Dr. Megan Williams earned her MA and PhD in American Studies and a Graduate Certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from the University of Kansas. To her position as Coordinator of Ramapo’s Women’s Center & LGBTQ+ Services, Megan brings eight years of experience with the Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity as well as over a decade of undergraduate teaching experience in the fields of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; American Studies; and Sociology. She has published a number of academic book reviews, journal articles, and scholarly essays that explore issues of gender, race, sexuality, and class. Megan is committed to fostering feminist consciousness raising as well as community building practices rooted in vulnerability, authenticity, and love. She is passionate about sharing music and teaching zine making as ways of encouraging self-expression, practicing feminism, and creating community.

Interns

Julia Hillje Dardia

Julia (she/her) is our Masters of Social Work Intern. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Russell Sage College for Women and is a dedicated community volunteer, Girl Scout leader, mother to two teenagers, and avid women’s hockey fan. Julia enjoys using her background in community building and the creative arts to help people connect, and she is excited to create empowering, authentic spaces at the Women’s Center & LGBTQ+ Services.

El Sharo

El (they/them) is our Bachelors of Social Work Intern. Their internship will focus on expanding the Center’s commitment to distributing free health, wellness, and harm reduction supplies to students through community care kits. A junior at Ramapo, El also works at J. Lee’s, serves as a Resident Assistant, and performs with Chorale.

Undergraduate Student Staff

Brooke Newland

Brooke (she/her) is our Student Coordinator of Intersectional Wellness Initiatives. She develops programs and collaborations focused on self-care, body acceptance, disability justice, reproductive justice, mental health, and holistic well-being. Brooke facilitates Crystal Queer Tarot, an ongoing program exploring tarot as a wellness ritual — a creative, mindfulness practice and tool for fostering self-discovery, self-care, and community building. A senior majoring in Psychology and minoring in Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies and Philosophy, she is also a Violence Intervention Peer (VIP) with the Office of Violence Prevention and a Wellness Is Now (WIN) Peer Educator with Health Promotion.

Ty Boehler

Ty (they/them & he/him) is our Student Coordinator of Queer and Trans Outreach. They lead community-building, peer support, and educational programming. In this role, they are looking forward to meeting new people, planning fun events, as well as better ensuring safety and support for the QT+ community at Ramapo College. Ty is also our Student Coordinator of Creating Community Programs. In this position, he develops and facilitates hands-on crafting and zine-making initiatives like Crafting Community and Zines & Za that affirm creativity as a feminist practice of self-expression, care, and community creation. They are a junior majoring in Management and minoring in Music.

Maria Manniello

Maria (she/her & they/them) is our Student Librarian. In addition to managing our Lending Library of more than 200 books, she facilitates QT+ Book Club, Feminist Book Club, and Quiet Together — a weekly Silent Book Club and shared quiet space where students can read, study, work, rest, or simply be. They are majoring in Psychology with minors in Sociology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

CJ Villavicencio

CJ (she/her) is a junior majoring in Biology with an interest in trauma medicine. She loves music and traveling. CJ hopes everyone who visits the Center feels welcomed and unafraid to be themselves.