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Geri L. Dickson, PHD, RN - Dr. Dickson is
a member of the faculty at Rutgers College of Nursing and
the Center for State Health Policy. At the College, she
is Project Director of New Jersey Colleagues in Caring,
one of the 20 nationally funded program sites addressing
nursing workforce issues.
Colleagues in Caring is funded by The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation and members of the New Jersey nursing community.
It is a collaborative effort that brings together the "movers
and shakers" for the common purpose of addressing such
issues as nursing shortage, John dissatisfaction, and then
pending shortage of nursing.
For more information about nursing and nursing issues,
please call 973-363-1307, extension 615, or visit the Rutgers
College of Nursing website at www.nursing.rutgers.edu
Phyllis J. Peterman, DSW, LCSW - Dr.
Peterman is the Chair of the Rutgers University Social Work
Department-Campus at Newark. She teaches courses in social
work practice and direct practice sequences, as well as
multicultural and diversity issues. In recognition of her
outstanding teaching, she has been awarded the Teacher of
the Year award by the Rutgers University Newark College
of Arts and Sciences. In 2001, Dr. Peterman won the Warren
I. Sussman Excellence in Teaching Award.
A professional social worker, Dr. Peterman has been very
involved in many aspects of community service. She serves
as a trustee of the South Orange-Maplewood Community Coalition
on Race, which works to promote dialogue regarding issues
of diversity and integration. She has also been active in
a variety of social projects and workshops in the Essex
County area, including the Wise Women's Center the Essex
County College, where she developed curriculum for their
Parenting Project.
Dr. Peterman received her BA from Howard University, the
Master of Social Work degree from Rutgers-New Brunswick,
and her Doctorate of Social Welfare from the Columbia University
School of Social Work.
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