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The Ramapo College of New Jersey Institutional Review Board (IRB) is made up of peer researchers and external members of the larger community and charged with providing an initial and continuing review of research proposals involving human subjects. The IRB assures that the rights of determination, privacy, and confidentiality are maintained through its procedures, and it strives to protect subjects from undue harm by upholding the minimum risk requirement. The IRB will review applications for the use of human subjects and it will evaluate each within the guidelines of the Ramapo College Human Subjects Policy. The committee must review and approve the proposed human research project giving consideration to:

  • Sensitivity to students’ ability to give informed consent within faculty research while they are enrolled in that faculty member’s course(s).
  • The degree of risk and whether the benefits outweigh the risks.
  • Protecting human rights and welfare.
  • Obtaining voluntary informed consent.
  • Providing debriefing about protocol and contact information for possible complaints, as appropriate.
  • Whether researchers are competent and qualified.
  • The overarching considerations stipulated by the Belmont report and the Common Rule: Respect for persons, beneficence, and justice.

Board Members

Members of the Ramapo College IRB are appointed by the Provost. The chair and co-chair of the committee serve 2 year terms.

Colleen Martinez, PhD – Chair
Assistant Professor of Social Work
E-mail: cmarti13@ramapo.edu

Shaziela Ishak, PhD – Co-Chair
Professor of Psychology
E-mail: sishak@ramapo.edu

IRB Committee Members

  • Rikki Abzug, ASB
  • Atieh Babakhani, SSSW
  • Carol Bowman, AHE/TE
  • Desislava Budeva, ASB
  • Kathy Burke, SNH/Nursing
  • Erick Castellanos, SSSW
  • Joseph Cataliotti, SSSW
  • Joy de los Reyes, ASB
  • Bernadette Connors, Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs/Office of the Provost
  • Madeline Gale, Community
  • Timothy Haase, ASB
  • Shirin Irani, Community
  • Shaziela Ishak, SSSW
  • Kristin Kenneavy, SSSW
  • Gurvinder Khaneja, Institutional Research
  • YongBum Kim, ASB
  • Changhee Lee, ASB
  • Emily Leskinen, SSSW
  • Colleen Martinez, SSSW – Chair
  • Patrick Mattis, SNH/Nursing
  • Brian McSherry, AHE
  • Nathaniel Otjen, SSSW
  • Lysandra Perez-Strumolo, SSSW
  • Maya Poran, SSSW
  • Christian Reich, SSSW
  • Robin Segal-Gonzalez, SSSW
  • Ruma Sen, AHE
  • Mihaela Serban, SSSW
  • Marcia Sexton, Library
  • Mark Skowronski, ASB
  • Gardan Speights, SSSW
  • Joshua Stamos, TAS
  • Jeremy Teigen, SSSW
  • Jessica Terrizzi, SSSW
  • Micheal Unger, Office of the Provost
  • Inderani Walia, SNH/Nursing
  • Leah Warner, SSSW

IRB Procedure Manual

  • IRB Procedure Manual (2026 edition coming soon)

If you have specific questions about a particular review or general questions concerning research with human subjects at Ramapo College, please contact the IRB chair.

Applicants can also email questions or applications to irb@ramapo.edu.

IRB Application

Please email forms or questions to the IRB committee using this address: irb@ramapo.edu

The IRB will be accepting applications on a rolling basis until the last day of the Spring semester.
Applications received after that will be reviewed during the Fall semester.

Documents

Important Websites

  • CITI Training – To access the training, register for an account with the Organization Affiliation “Ramapo College of New Jersey” and use your Â鶹´«Ã½ email address.
  • National Science Foundation Link to Federal Policy “Common Rule”:
  • National Institutes of Health Office of Human Subjects Research:
  • United State Department of Education:
  • United State Department of Health and Human Services:
  • National Institute of Justice:
  • Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act:
  • American Psychological Association Code of Ethics:
  • Society for Research in Child Development:
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