By Rutgers University Equity and Inclusion

SC&I Professor of Journalism and Media Studies Deepa Kumar has been named a recipient of the Rutgers 2024 Torchbearer Award.

The Torchbearer Award honors leaders in promoting diversity, inclusion, equity, and access at Rutgers through their academic research, teaching, community engagement, and/or workplace engagement, program development, and leadership. This award replaces the Leaders of Faculty Diversity Award and purposefully seeks to recognize the achievements of staff and faculty. 

Recipients of the Torchbearer Award will have met at least two of the following criteria:

• Addressed issues of equity in the workplace and/or community.
• Utilized their academic research, teaching, or other forms of engagement (program development or leadership) to promote diversity, inclusion, equity, and access. 
• Built effective and meaningful coalitions across differences to move work forward and hold space for divergent points of view.
• Made a difference in the lives of the residents of the cities and towns where Rutgers resides, bridging equity gaps and serving the most vulnerable populations.

The complete list of the 2024 Torchbearer awardees is here.

This story was originally posted to Rutgers Today on November 19, 2024. 

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