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Student Advocacy Advisory Team

Under the leadership of the Division of Student Affairs, the Student Advocacy Advisory Team is responsible for educating and supporting student activists on- and off-campus, coordinating the appropriate level of response for different events, and serve as the primary liaisons between administrators, law enforcement, and students. The team develops initial response strategies and approaches activist students with customized intervention plans prior to controversial demonstrations, including but not limited to:

  • Connecting with event organizers, protesters and counter-protesters,
  • Identify trusted faculty and staff to aid in facilitating conversations, and
  • Provide support for logistics and de-escalations tactics.

The team also provides “just-in-time” guidance in the event of spontaneous demonstrations or those that are unknown to the team including:

  • Referring event organizers, protesters and counter-protesters to the campus webpage on activism, found here
  • Provide printed resources with emergency contact information, found here

Student Advocacy Advisory Team Leadership

Co-Chair

Crystel Maldonado, Ed.D.

Associate VP of Diversity & Inclusion

Co-Chair

Jordan Draper, Ed.D.

Dean of Students

SAAT General Membership

Michael Canavan canavanm@tcnj.edu General Counsel
Sean Stallings stalling@tcnj.edu Vice President for Student Affairs
Tacquice Wiggan Davis davistac@tcnj.edu Vice President for Inclusive Excellence
Timothy Grant tgrant@tcnj.edu Chief, CPD
Jared Williams willij11@tcnj.edu Executive Vice President, Student Government
AnnMarie Ekladious ekladia1@tcnj.edu Student Trustee
Kate Zydor zydork1@tcnj.edu First Year Class Vice President of Public Relations
Avani Rana ranaa@tcnj.edu Director of Leadership
Chelsea Jacoby jacobyc@tcnj.edu Title IX Coordinator
Christopher Nitti nittic@tcnj.edu Captain, CPD
Anitra Das dasa@tcnj.edu Associate General Counsel
Marissa Bellino bellinom@tcnj.edu Associate Professor, Education
Jonathan Davis davisj@tcnj.edu Associate Professor, Education
Kelly Hennessy hennessk@tcnj.edu Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs
Audrey Perrotti perrotti@tcnj.edu Director of Brower Student Center
Elizabeth Gallus galluse@tcnj.edu Associate Dean of Students
Jamal Johnson jjohnson@tcnj.edu Associate Director for the Office of Mentoring, Retention, and Success Programs
Jordan Richman richmanj@tcnj.edu Director of Student Conduct and Off-Campus Services
Jordan Shyi shyij@tcnj.edu Director of Intercultural Affairs
Katherine Miller millerk9@tcnj.edu Student Events Coordinator
Kevin McCullough kmccull@tcnj.edu Lieutenant, CPD
Luke Sacks sacksl@tcnj.edu Head Media Relations Officer
Melissa Andreas andreasm@tcnj.edu Assistant Director of Student Conduct
Alex Holzman holzmaa1@tcnj.edu Business Manager, Division of Inclusive Excellence

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