Student Belonging at Montclair: Results of the 2024 Student Needs & Sense of Belonging Survey In-Person
Research shows that learning environments that foster a strong sense of belonging are crucial for student persistence and success. What does sense of belonging look like at Montclair? How do students manage competing demands from work and family? How do challenges like food and housing insecurity and mental health create barriers to belonging? Join Christopher Donoghue and Eunice Park as they share the undergraduate results of the 2024 Student Needs & Sense of Belonging Survey. Learn about the survey results that will support the University’s efforts to develop targeted interventions and support structures to enhance student success. (Graduate student results will be shared later this semester.)
This study was commissioned by Provost Junius Gonzales to provide insights to all Montclair faculty and staff in their work ensuring student success. Understanding the insights gained from this survey will be helpful as we craft and hone our programming and work in and outside of classrooms.
All members of the Montclair community are welcome. Light refreshments will be provided.
- Date:
- Wednesday, February 5, 2025
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 3:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Dickson 177
- Audience:
- Community Faculty Leaders Instructors
Christopher Donoghue is a Professor of Sociology. He also directs the Master's in Social Research and Analysis, and the Certificates in Customer and User Experience Research (CX/UX Research) and Data Collection & Management.
He is the editor of The Sociology of Bullying: Power, Status and Aggression Among Adolescents (2022, NYU Press) and the co-author of Statistics: A Tool for Social Research and Data Analysis, 11th Edition with Joseph Healey (2020, Cengage).
Donoghue's research on social psychological topics in education has been published in Journal of Adolescence, Sex Education, Sociological Studies of Children & Youth, Children and Schools, Qualitative Research in Education, Sociological Forum, The Social Science Journal, Multicultural Education and The Journal of Emotional Education.
Eunice Park is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Public Health in the College for Community Health at Montclair State University. Her academic research and interests have been centered upon understanding the multiple factors that influence population health. Her areas of interest also include social cohesion, sense of belonging, measurement, health equity and health justice, systems thinking, social financing, development, North Korean refugees, and global governance.
Dr. Park is also passionate about teaching as research. She is committed to building a learning community as an inclusive educator. She incorporates Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in her teaching as much as possible and produces studies that improve teaching.
Catherine Keohane is Associate Director for the Office for Faculty. She has a Ph.D. in English from Rutgers University and supports faculty of all ranks in their career development.