Jacquelyn Litt

Jacquelyn Litt is Dean of Douglass Residential College and the Douglass Campus and is Professor of Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Litt received her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. Her career and leadership have focused on advancing women in higher education, particularly through her leadership on promoting faculty women in STEM, enriching the Douglass curriculum and programs, and holding other academic leadership positions. Her research addresses poverty, racism, and motherhood and she has published two books and dozens of articles and presentations. Awards include "Outstanding Achievement in Scholarship" from the American Sociological Association, Women of Change award from AAUW/New Jersey, and “Leaders in Faculty Diversity” at Rutgers University. Litt was also honored with a Joint Legislative Resolution from the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, honoring her leadership of Douglass Residential College and her research on women’s issues that have made a positive impact on the lives of women and children.

• Women’s Leadership and Education at Rutgers with Jacquelyn Litt - Institute for Women's Leadership

• Big Ten conference focuses on uplifting women in STEM - NJ Spotlight News

• Women’s colleges play unique role in quest for equality - The Conversation

• Climate change 'impacts women more than men' - The BBC

• Together We Stand: The Vital Role of Social Networks among Displaced Low-Income Women - The "Research Counts" series for the Natural Hazards Center.

• 2021 Pride Month Message 

• A Message from Dean Litt on the Retirement of Rebecca Reynolds

• The Verdict of the Murder Trial of Derek Chauvin

• Diversity Strategic Plan

• Standing in Solidarity with our Asian Community

• Welcome Back Spring 2021

• A Message from Dean Litt on January 6, 2021

• 2020-2021 Mid-semester Message from Dean Litt

• Fall 2020 at Douglass

• A Message from Dean Litt Celebrating Pride 2020

• A Message from Dean Litt on Remote Instruction

• A Message from Dean Litt: Standing in Solidarity for Justice

• A Message from Dean Litt on Covid-19

• A Message from Dean Jacquelyn Litt on University Operating Status

• A Message from Dean Litt on March 10, 2020

• Welcome Back from Dean Litt - Spring 2020

• The Power of 100 Years Campaign: A Message from Dean Jacquelyn Litt

• Medicalized Motherhood: Perspectives from the Lives of African-American and Jewish Women by Jacquelyn S. Litt (2000). Rutgers University Press.
• Global Dimensions of Gender and Carework by Christine E. Bose, Jacquelyn S. Litt, and Mary K. Zimmerman (2006). Stanford Social Sciences.