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LEA P. STEWART Professor, Department of Communication/School of Communication and Information Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 4 Huntington Street/New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Office: (848) 932-7127 Email: [email protected] EDUCATION Ph.D., Purdue University, Interpersonal and Organizational Communication, 1979 Dissertation: The ethnography of a whistle blowing incident: Implications for organizational communication (Ralph Webb, Advisor) M.A., Purdue University, Communication Theory, 1977 Thesis: Speech anxiety and grammar: A descriptive study of anxious students’ attitudes toward grammar (Ralph Webb, Advisor) B.A., Allegheny College, cum laude with special honors in Psychology, 1973 ACADEMIC POSITIONS UAA (Undergraduate Academic AFFairs) Dean, 2016-2017. Developed opportunities for students to overcome barriers to success and promote educational access through high-impact services, programming, and resources. Fostered faculty and student engagement by producing unique academic experiences, research opportunities, and academic communities that engage students in meaningful, active learning. Livingston Campus Dean, 2007-2016. Coordinated educational programs and opportunities for approximately 4,000 undergraduate students living on campus. Worked with Livingston Campus Dean of Students to foster campus identity and support a culture of student engagement and activism. Provided support for educational enrichment activities throughout Rutgers-New Brunswick. School oF Arts and Sciences (SAS) AFFiliate Faculty, 2008-present Joint Faculty (Courtesy) Appointment, Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies, 2003-present Director and Co-Founder, Center for Communication and Health Issues, 1999-present. Facilitate a coalition of faculty members, health educators, clinicians, and students to develop, implement, and evaluate health communication campaigns and other funded research projects. Developed and designed the CHI Experiential Learning Laboratory. PI, Co-PI, or participant in external grants totaling over $10 million. ProFessor, Department of Communication, Rutgers University, 1993-present Director, Ph.D. Program in Communication, Information and Library Studies, 1993-1999 Administrative responsibility for interdisciplinary doctoral program with 45 faculty members from Departments of Communication, Journalism & Media Studies, and Library & Information Science; approximately 105 students, 25 teaching assistants and graduate fellows. Inaugural Research Fellow, Center for Teaching Excellence, Rutgers University, 1992-1993 Page 1 Fellow, Rutgers University Center for the Critical Analysis of Contemporary Culture (CCACC), 1991-1992 Chair, Department of Communication, Rutgers University, 1988-1991 Administrative responsibility for academic department with 21 full-time and 11 part-time faculty members, 5 teaching assistants, and over 1,000 undergraduate majors. Full Member oF the Graduate Faculty, Rutgers University, 1987-present Associate ProFessor, Department of Communication, Rutgers University, 1987-1993 Associate Member oF the Graduate Faculty, Rutgers University, 1984-1987 Assistant ProFessor, Department of Communication, Rutgers University, 1981-1987 Assistant ProFessor, Department of Communication, University of Hartford, 1979-1981 Teaching Assistant, Department of Communication, Purdue University, 1974-1979 Graduate Research Assistant, School of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, 1976-1979 GRANT FUNDING External Funding Principal Investigator (2018-2019), Rutgers Collegiate Recovery Program: A Comprehensive Approach to Sustaining and Enhancing Recovery Housing and Preventing and Reducing Substance Use On Campus, New Jersey Department of Health Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services, $999,991. Co-Investigator (2016-2019), Motivational and Contextual Influences on Patterns of Simultaneous Alcohol and Marijuana Use: A Daily Assessment Study, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA 1R01DA040880); K. Jackson (Brown University) & H. R. White (Rutgers), Co-PIs, $2,001,700. Principal Investigator (2014-18), Recovery @ Rutgers: Sustaining an Environment that Supports Recovery and Promotes Responsible Choices, New Jersey Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (15/16/17/18-715-ADA-0), $980,400. Principal Investigator (2012-14), Rutgers Coalition to Support Recovery and Environment Change, New Jersey Department of Human Services Division of Addiction Services (12/13/14-715-ADA-0), $725,619. Principal Investigator (2008-2011), Rutgers Coalition to Support Recovery and Environmental Change, New Jersey Department of Human Services Division of Addiction Services (09/10/11-715-ADA-0), $720,000. Principal Investigator (2006-2007), A Personal FeedbacK Intervention for Incoming College Students, American Association of Colleges and Universities (AACU) Bringing Theory to Practice Project (supported by the Charles Engelhard Foundation), $10,000. Principal Investigator and Project Director (2005-2007), Let’s TalK About It: Using Experiential Learning and Curriculum Infusion to Reduce College DrinKing, U.S. Department of Education Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities National Program (USDE Q184H050084), $425,000. Page 2 Principal Investigator (2004-2005), Changing the Culture of College DrinKing on the Rutgers Campus, New Jersey Higher Education Consortium on Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention and Education, Extension Grant, $12,000. Co-Principal Investigator (2003-2008), The Rutgers Transdisciplinary Prevention Research Center (RTPRC), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA P20 DA017552), Collaborative Project with the Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies, R. Pandina, PI, $6,000,000. Principal Investigator (2003-2004), Changing the Culture of College DrinKing on the Rutgers Campus, New Jersey Higher Education Consortium on Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention and Education funded by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Extension Grant, $15,000. Faculty Consultant (2002-2005), Developing a Productive, Civic Society through Social Activity, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, $300,000. Principal Investigator (2002-2003), Changing the Culture of College DrinKing on the Rutgers Campus, New Jersey Higher Education Consortium on Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention and Education funded by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Extension Grant, $10,000. Principal Investigator (2002-2003), RU SmoKing? Empowering College Students to Combat Nicotine Addiction, New Jersey Higher Education Consortium on Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention and Education funded by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, $15,000. Principal Investigator (2002-2003), Know It: Using a Social Norms Approach to Communicate Campus Norms of Tobacco Use, New Jersey Higher Education Consortium on Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention and Education funded by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, $10,000. Principal Investigator (2002-2003), Involving College Students in an Anti-SmoKing Campaign, New Jersey Rebel, $6,500. Principal Investigator (Spring 2002), Connecting Students and SmoKing Cessation Programs. Middlesex County Communities Against Tobacco (CAT) Coalition and the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) of Middlesex County, $6,000. Principal Investigator (2001-2002), Changing the Culture of College DrinKing on the Rutgers Campus, New Jersey Higher Education Consortium on Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention and Education funded by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Extension Grant, $15,000. Principal Investigator (2001-2002), Know It: Nicotine Reduction and Social Norms, New Jersey Higher Education Consortium on Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention and Education funded by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, $40,000. Principal Investigator (2001-2002), Social Norms Addiction Reduction Simulation Project, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, $15,000. Invited Participant (2001), USAID-funded Technical Assistance Seminar on Service Learning, University of Balamand, Tripoli, Lebanon, $3,000. Page 3 Principal Investigator (2000-2001), Model Program Grant: RU SURE? A Dangerous DrinKing Prevention Program, U.S. Department of Education Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program (USDE S184N00006), $98,000. Principal Investigator (2000-2001), Changing the Culture of College DrinKing on the Rutgers Campus, New Jersey Higher Education Consortium on Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention and Education funded by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Extension Grant, $15,000. Principal Investigator (Fall 2000), Explorations into College Students’ Use of Tobacco: A Qualitative Study Using the Socially Situated Experiential Learning (SSEL) Model, Middlesex County Communities Against Tobacco (CAT) Coalition and the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) of Middlesex County, $10,000. Principal Investigator (1999-2000), Changing the Culture of College Drinking on the Rutgers Campus, New Jersey Higher Education Consortium on Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention and Education funded by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Extension Grant, $15,000. Principal Investigator (1998-2000), RU SURE?: Changing the Culture of College DrinKing by Correcting Student Misperceptions of College DrinKing Norms through Mediated and Interpersonally-based Interventions, U.S. Department of Education Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program (USDE S184H980005),