IGU Advisory Council
Mission Statement
The Institute for Global Understanding promotes cultural literacy and citizenship through academic and arts programs, interdisciplinary research and events, community partnerships, and service at the local and global levels. The IGU fulfills Monmouth University’s broad mission of engaging students, faculty, and staff in fostering diversity, equality, global understanding, leadership, and social justice.
Contact
Minna Yu, Ph.D.
Director of the Institute for Global Understanding;
Professor
Advisory Council
Carson Clements, J.D., Ph.D.
Lecturer, Business Law
Email: cclement@monmouth.edu
Phone: 732-263-5161
Shannon Clifford
Acting Dean for the Marjorie K. Unterberg School of Nursing and Health Studies
Email: scliffor@monmouth.edu
Phone: 732-263-5191
Michael Cronin, Ph.D., LCSW
Associate Professor;
MSW Program Director;
Play Therapy Graduate Certificate Coordinator
Email: mcronin@monmouth.edu
Phone: 732-263-5683
Rekha Datta, Ph.D.
Professor;
Freed Endowed Chair in Social Sciences
Email: rdatta@monmouth.edu
Phone: 732-571-4438
Peter J. Jacques
Professor;
Rechnitz Family/UCI Endowed Chair in Marine & Environmental Law and Policy
Email: pjacques@monmouth.edu
Phone: 732-263-5172
Jiwon Kim, Ph.D.
Associate Professor;
Social Studies and Foundations of Education
Email: jkim@monmouth.edu
Phone: 732-263-5632
Tony MacDonald
Director Of The Urban Coast Institute
Email: amacdona@monmouth.edu
Phone: 732-263-5392
Mihaela Moscaliuc, Ph.D.
Professor;
Graduate Program Director;
Graduate Faculty
Email: mmoscali@monmouth.edu
Phone: 732-571-3621
Julia Riordan-Goncalves, Ph.D.
Associate Professor;
Chair, Department of World Languages and Cultures;
Director of Spanish for Business Minor
Email: jriordan@monmouth.edu
Phone: 732-263-5808
Jing Zhou, MFA
Professor;
Graphic and Interactive Design
Email: jzhou@monmouth.edu
Phone: 732-923-4762
IGU Graduate Research Assistant
Fall 2024 and Spring 2025
Eva Lee
Graduate Student
Master of Business Administration
IGU Graduate Intern
Anna Gwiazda
Graduate Student
Master’s degree program in Social Work
IGU Undergraduate Interns
Spring 2022
Grace Joyce
Senior
B.A. History/Political Science with Minor in Legal Studies
Fall 2021
Kyra Velock
Senior
B.S. Health Promotion degree program
