About Us
About the Office of Inclusive Excellence
The Office of Inclusive Excellence at NJIT will intentionally think about and consider inclusion, equity, diversity, belonging, and student success, and work to address DEIB challenges and barriers.
The Office of Inclusive Excellence at NJIT will integrate DEIB and educational quality efforts into the institutions mission and institutional operations.
The Office of Inclusive Excellence at NJIT will take an active role and responsibility in dismantling systemic inequities that impact any member of the institution.
The Office of Inclusive Excellence at NJIT will partner with others across the institution to fully integrate DEIB at the institution where all members at the institution see themselves in being part of the change process.
The Office of Inclusive Excellence at NJIT will address DEIB across programs, curriculum, process, and procedure; grounded in research and measured with specific outcomes.
The Office of Inclusive Excellence at NJIT will:
- prioritize changing and redesigning systems,
- foster collaborations and partnerships,
- understand the value add for DEIB and how excellence across all areas of the university cannot be achieved without inclusion,
- recognize how the inclusion of individual and group cultural and social differences enhances the university.
Meet the Staff
Chief Diversity Officer
David.Jones@njit.edu
Biography: Reporting to the President of NJIT, Dr. David E. Jones serves as the university’s inaugural Chief Diversity Officer. In a collaborative and inclusive approach, he drives diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging institutional initiatives and priorities while providing direct leadership to the Office of Inclusive Excellence and the Murray Center for Women in Technology.
Dr. Jones received his Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership from Northeastern University, M.Ed. in College Student Affairs from the University of South Florida, and a B.S. in Communications from Eastern Connecticut State University. Appointed as NJIT’s Chief Diversity Officer in 2022, he cultivates healthy relationships with internal and external campus partners to advance institutional diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in the areas of curriculum development, training and learning development, policy, programming, organizational culture, community engagement, student engagement, and grant and sponsorship acquisitions.
He has been actively engaged in leading and supporting numerous campus initiatives including serving as Chair for the institutional Committee on Inclusive Excellence. Prior to joining NJIT, he served New Jersey public higher education for six years as Chief Diversity Officer at William Paterson University and Director of the Paul Robeson Cultural Center at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.
Associate Director of Student Diversity and Inclusion
Christopher.Won@njit.edu
Director of the Murray Center for Women in Technology
nancy.l.steffen@njit.edu
Special Program Manager
bkp42@njit.edu
Special Program Manager
mary.f.sears@njit.edu