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Dr. Chet Spell Advances Community Health and Workplace Research

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Over the past couple years, Dr. Chet Spell has served as Lead for the Employment Learning Table within Rutgers University’s REACH initiative, a collaborative effort aimed at improving community health outcomes in Camden, New Brunswick, and Newark. This initiative engages faculty and community-based organizations to address social determinants of health, with a particular focus on reducing barriers to employment and enhancing access to housing, nutrition, and essential services. A university-wide conference held last spring highlighted these interdisciplinary efforts.

Ongoing Research Collaboration

Dr. Spell is currently engaged in an early-stage study with Xuanzhou Du, a doctoral candidate in the Prevention Science program. The research investigates differential treatment experiences across demographic groups within substance use disorder programs. Preliminary findings are expected to be presented at a national conference in Washington, D.C., in the coming spring.

Recent and Forthcoming Publications

Organizational Diversity Training Programs: Published in Current Opinion in Psychology, this article offers an evidence-based assessment of diversity training and its future directions.

Bezrukova, K., Spell, C., & Yang, H., & Perry, J. (2024). Organizational Diversity Training Programs. Current Opinion in Psychology, 60:101907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101907

Diversity Programs in Practice: A forthcoming book chapter critiques common misconceptions surrounding diversity and inclusion initiatives in the workplace.

Bezrukova, K., Spell, C., & Yang, H. (2025). What happens if we kick you out? Diversity programs as a misunderstood cousin in the family of best practices. Forthcoming chapter in “Call to Action for Policymakers: Defending and Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)” Research on Social Issues in Management. (E. King, Q. Roberson, & M. Hebl, Eds)

Team Chemistry and Performance Pressure: This in-press chapter utilizes National Basketball Association (NBA) lineup data to examine how performance pressure across a season influences team dynamics and collaboration.

Bezrukova, K., Spell, C.S. & Lindsey, A. Team chemistry, performance pressure, and when things matter. Research Handbook of Group Decision Making. (B. Bonner & M. Baumann, Eds).

Artificial Intelligence and Group Collaboration: Published in Group & Organization Management, this study explores how individual attitudes toward AI and the degree of discretion in its use impact collaborative outcomes in the workplace.

Bezrukova, K., Griffith, T., Spell, C.S., Rice, V., & Yang, H.E. (2023). Artificial intelligence and groups: Effects of attitudes and discretion on collaboration. Group & Organization Management, 48(2), 629–670. DOI: 10.1177/10596011231160574

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BLDP Executive Shadowing Application v2

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If I am chosen and matched with an executive, I will follow through and prepare a one-page report giving honest feedback about the experience. The written summary is due by the start of the next semester. By typing my name in the box to the right I am offering my digital signature in lieu of my handwritten signature.

After the shadowing event, I will write a personal thank you letter to the executive and copy Dr. Kaufman-Scarborough and Ms. Bridget Britton for their records. By typing my name in the box to the right I am offering my digital signature in lieu of my handwritten signature.

After notified of a match, students are responsible for providing personal information to the matched executive (e.g., current resume and cover letter with information on career ambitions). The information on this application is for internal use only, for us to match you as well as possible with and executive from among our alumni database.

BLDP Application

The Spring 2023 Application is now open! 

Priority will be given to applications received by November 18. Applications are accepted until all seats are filled. Space is limited, so apply early!

The seminar application process is our gateway for entry into the program. Upon acceptance into BLDP, students will be emailed their acceptance letter plus a special permission number allowing registration for the BLDP seminar.

Requirements

Seminar applications are solicited each semester and require the following:

  1. Completed application form (at the bottom of this page),
  2. For students with GPA 3.0 – 3.49, two (2) letters of recommendation (one academic; one other)

Rutgers-Camden students are invited to apply to apply for enrollment in the BLDP seminar. All applicants are expected to meet both of the following selection criteria:  (1) have sophomore standing or above and (2) have an overall GPA of 3.0 or above. First-semester transfer students will be evaluated based on their GPA earned at Rutgers. Students who fail to meet these admission criteria may still be allowed to apply for (and possibly enroll in) the BLDP seminar, but they will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

The director balances evaluations to make final decisions on people accepted for the seminar (up to a maximum of 15-20 each semester).

Students who are admitted to the BDLP are required to adopt the BLDP Code of Conduct. A signed contract is required from each student.

Students may count activities toward “leadership units” that were initiated prior to taking a seminar, as long as those activities occured primarily during their enrollment in their academic program.

Application for Admission to BLDP Seminar

Applications for the BLDP Seminar will be ongoing until class is filled.

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