Dr. Betsy Erbaugh is a sociologist specializing in community-based health equity research with women, LGBTQ+ communities, pregnant people and families. She was Lead Investigator of Atlantic County’s first Report on the Status of Women and of LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum implementation across New Jersey. Currently Associate Professor of Sociology, Chair of Sociology and Anthropology, and Coordinator of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Stockton University, she has taught sociology, gender studies, public health, and American studies courses at universities in New Jersey, Indiana, Iowa and New Mexico. Her experience includes economic justice organizing in Boston, policy analysis with community health centers in Minnesota and Massachusetts, NIH-funded HIV research in Indianapolis, and CDC-funded research with Latina-headed families in Cumberland County, NJ. Dr. Erbaugh holds a PhD and MA in Sociology from the University of New Mexico, an MA in International Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame, and a BA from Tufts University. Her work appears in interdisciplinary journals and edited volumes including Social Science Research; Race, Gender and Class; the Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education; Practical Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology; and Gender Violence: Interdisciplinary Perspectives.

Dr. Jackson is a scholar-activist and Associate Professor of Sociology at Stockton University in New Jersey. She specializes in urban sociology, storytelling and inequality from an interdisciplinary perspective. Dr. Jackson is also a community facilitator and consultant having worked with numerous community partners and community arts groups around anti-violence, gentrification, housing, food justice, and racial justice. In 2021, she produced the documentary, “The Philadelphia Clef Club: A Continuing Legacy” with Scribe Media Center. Dr. Jackson was a Stockton Faculty Community Engagement Award recipient in 2017. She co-published Black in America: The Paradox of the Color Line, Embodied Difference: Divergent Bodies in Public Discourse and numerous articles and book chapters. Dr. Jackson graduated from Temple University, received her PhD from University of California Santa Barbara in Sociology and completed her postdoctoral studies in Africana Studies. You can follow her work at @drjacksoncollaborates and at her website, www.christinarjackson.com.

Dr. Mastrangelo is a physical therapist and Exercise Physiology. She is a Professor of Physical Therapy at Stockton University and a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. She is a clinically practicing physical therapist in outpatient sports physical therapy and general orthopedics. Her research on the collective impact of health equity was funded by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the New Jersey Developmental Disabilities Council. Her research experience includes community-based research on health promotion and wellness in New Jersey with interprofessional collaborations. 

Dr. Prakash is a clinical epidemiologist and health science researcher. She is currently working as Assistant Professor in Health Science at Stockton University. Her research work collaborates with the community on a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) grant work related to Drug Use and Misuse in adolescents and young adults on prevention strategies. The Geriatrics workforce Enhancement Project (GWEP) with Rowan University is a community based interprofessional service initiative for students at affordable housing to improve wellness for older adults. At the state level she is the president-elect for New Jersey Public Health and the chair for Healthy NJ2030 Behavioral Health action committee and on the Science Board of American Public Health Association (APHA) at the national level.

Jennifer Dunkle is an associate professor of social work in the MSW program at Stockton University. She received her PhD in social work from Fordham University in New York. Her areas of interest are health equity, community health and wellbeing, and social welfare policy.