Center for Race and Ethnicity at Rutgers University
Roland Anglin, Executive Director
Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Roland Anglin is currently Executive Director of the Center for Race and Ethnicity, a university-wide center devoted to facilitating research and enriching education on matters of race and ethnicity in contemporary life in America, New Jersey and the world and the Director of the Initiative for Regional and Community Transformation (IRCT) at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University. The IRCT is a national initiative funded by philanthropy to strengthen the organization’s unique mission is to support the transformation of marginalized communities and people through the production of relevant knowledge and strategies (both public policies and public and nonprofit management capacity–building strategies) that will help lead to their equitable inclusion in regional, national, and world economies.
Dr. Anglin spent eight years at the Ford Foundation, where he served first as the program officer responsible for community development. Subsequently, he was asked to become Deputy Director for Community and Resource Development which is part of the Asset Building and Community Development Division at the Ford Foundation. At the Foundation, Anglin was given major responsibility for grant making enhancing the capacity of community-based organizations involved in economic and community revitalization. Dr. Anglin also conceived the Sustainable Metropolitan Development Initiative, a multi-pronged effort seeking to promote compact, transportation-friendly communities that are sensitive to racial and income equity.
After leaving Ford, Dr. Anglin went to the Structured Employment Economic Development Corporation, a national community development intermediary. At Seedco, Dr. Anglin was the Senior Vice President responsible for building the capacity of community-based housing organizations in 23 cities partnering with Seedco.
On returning to academia, Dr. Anglin has pursued a full research agenda, examining the training and capacity building needs of community-based housing organizations. Recently Dr. Anglin’s edited study, Building the Organizations that Build Communities was published by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (http://www.huduser.org/publications/commdevl/buildOrgComms.html). This seminal work establishes a clear need for an expansive look at categorizing and assessing existing training programs used by housing intermediaries and locally-based housing organizations.
Prior to the Ford Foundation, Dr. Anglin was on the faculty in the department of Political Science at Rutgers University where he taught courses on public policy, public management, and community development.
Roland Anglin received a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. His graduate work and dissertation focused on economic development in poor communities in the United States.
Dr. Anglin current projects include a national research effort looking at how to build capacity of community-based development organizations in the United States. Roland Anglin sits on the boards of numerous journals and professional associations.732-932-3133, ext 599
