Earning a college degree is an incredible accomplishment under any circumstances, but some students have more challenges to overcome than others.
For Amanda Summers, those challenges involved earning two degrees in her 30s while working full time and raising her daughter. As Summers was accepting her master's degree in 2018, her daughter was graduating high school.
"if you have a goal that you want, then you work hard and you get there"
Neither mother nor daughter stopped their learning there. With her daughter now at Temple University's Lew Klein...
If there's one thing the COVID-19 pandemic has shown many of us, it's how much we rely on the internet. It's crucial to how we work, learn and communicate, yet for some communities in North Philadelphia, it's become harder to access just when they need it most.
Philly Community Wireless (PCW)—a group of community organizers, technologists and researchers who are all volunteers—has stepped up to help, building community-owned infrastructure and working to provide free, net-neutral Wi-Fi to residents in North Philadelphia. It's internet access for the community, by the...
Timothy Welbeck's extensive and diverse group of professional pursuits center around the core value of advocating for the rights of marginalized people. Whether working as an attorney, professor, scholar or hip-hop artist, his goal is the same: helping people fight oppression.
After a decade of teaching at the university, Welbeck was chosen to lead Temple's newest research facility—the Center for Anti-racism Research. The new center, to be housed on the roof deck between Anderson and Gladfelter Halls, is scheduled to break ground this fall and will open in the spring of 2022...
College of Liberal Arts Psychology alumnus Leonard Mazur, CLA '68, FOX '75, and his wife, Helena, are strong believers in the power of education and opportunity. A generous $5 million gift from the current Board of Visitors member and his wife will provide scholarships, stipends for completing internships and other valuable opportunities for College of Liberal Arts students, now and in the future.
In honor of Leonard and Helena Mazur's dedication to the College of Liberal Arts and its student body, Anderson Hall will soon become Leonard and Helena Mazur Hall.
"Broad"-ened...
In honor of Africology and African American Studies (AAAS) Chair and Professor Molefi Asante's 50th anniversary as Journal of Black Studies editor, publisher SAGE Publishing is endowing the College of Liberal Arts with a $100,000 AAAS graduate research scholarship.
"The SAGE Asante Award will become a standard by which we evaluate graduate student scholarship in the discipline of Africology," says Dr. Asante. "SAGE's audacious move in this direction captures the journal's visionary spirit.
"The Africology and African American Studies Department is thrilled by SAGE's...
Chelsey Lowe, CLA '14, has always been passionate about improving Black lives and supporting Black businesses and communities. Now, she applies her passion for equitable development with her political science knowledge and is a champion for Black lives, mental health and social change around the world.
Finding her Passion
Originally from Pittsburgh, Lowe grew up in a space where education and community engagement were a priority. After watching her family address social issues present in the community, she decided to get involved herself and worked with her sister, a...
In Heath Fogg Davis' most recent book, Beyond Trans: Does Gender Matter?, he provides guidance for organizations to become more inclusive by teaching them to question and remove gender and identity barriers. A professor of political science, Davis uses he/him or they/them pronouns, and has expertise in antidiscrimination law, transgender civil rights, political theory, and race, gender, and sexuality studies. For the past three years, Davis served as the director of the Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies department, and is now moving into the role of director of the...
On November 9th, Professor Roman was a featured panelist in UPenn's annual Norman Glickman Lecture in Urban Studies, with this year's topic focusing on the Ecology of Homicide: Race, Place & Space in Postwar Philadelphia. Dr. Roman discussed how the historical and political context of the urban landscape creates hurdles for effective policymaking around gun violence. The entire lecture, including her comments, can be found on the The Ecology of Homicide Panel at Penn blog.
Elizabeth Wheaton (Ph.D. '06) was awarded the Southern Economic Association's Kenneth G. Elzinga Distinguished Teaching Award at the SEA's annual conference this November.
I am very pleased to announce the promotion of Samantha Apgar from Assistant to Associate Director of the Public Policy Program. Samantha has played a critical role in carrying out virtually every phase of the program, from recruitment to advising to helping match our students with internships and jobs. If not for her effectiveness and efficiency the program would not run as smoothly or as successfully as it does. Beyond this, however, she has provided us with important insights and perspectives on many critical issues facing the program. Congratulations, Sam!
Master of Public Policy alumnus Andre del Valle, CLA '18, was recently named to The 2021 Pennsylvania Forty Under 40 list from City & State Pennsylvania. City & State PA writes:
During the height of the pandemic, Andre Del Valle understood the housing instability crisis and the occasional struggles between landlords and tenants. Before joining the PAA in February, Del Valle previously worked as a Voting Access Campaign Manager for Pennsylvania Voice, where his work focused on voter protection efforts for communities of color. He also ran for state...
Master of Public Policy alumnus Patrick Kerr, CLA '18, recently published an article titled "Bennett Compost has scaled up its bicycle usage—and created good jobs in the process" which was the cover story for the November 2021 issue of Grid Magazine. Grid's mission is to "reflect the best of the Philadelphia region: our social entrepreneurs, food innovators and wellness advocates; our makers and doers, artists and activists."
Read Patrick's full article in Grid.
On November 5, Rachel Small '22, a Mathematical Economics major, presented "To What Extent Do City Location Factors Affect NBA Team Valuation?" at the College of Science and Technology's annual celebration of undergraduate research. Rachel wrote the paper in Michael Leeds's Economics of Sports class.
In September, Professor Caterina Roman was featured as a presenter in a webinar on community-centered evaluation as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's efforts to support Community Violence Intervention (CVI). In this webinar, Professor Roman and her colleagues discussed the relevance and importance of evaluation for community violence intervention. Topics included process and outcome evaluation and how to the build rigorous empirical evidence on program successes, ways to partner with community members in order to understand whether CVIs are working to reduce violence,...
Temple's Public Policy program is pleased to announce the appointment of David Thornburgh to the position or Professor of Practice.
David Thornburgh has served as President and CEO of the nonpartisan Committee of Seventy, the Philadelphia-based good government group. Under his leadership, Seventy launched a major initiative to push back on partisan redistricting called Draw the Lines, a citizen mapping project which will give any Pennsylvanian the data and software they can use to draw Congressional and legislative maps. Mr. Thornburgh has also served as the Executive...
In a recently published paper, Professor Viviane Sanfelice uses data from Brazilian birth records to show that higher rates of dengue exposure during the third trimester of pregnancy reduces the average birth weight by almost one gram. She also finds that exposure to dengue increases the probability of cesarean delivery and raises fetal and maternal mortality rates. Her research appears in the current issue of Health Economics.
Lori Partin currently serves as a Management and Program Analyst for the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), providing oversight, and supporting the development and operation of over fifteen state and tribal child welfare information systems. In her time as an instructor in the Master of Public Policy program, she has taught courses on Bureaucracy and Public Management and Project Management. Her new title of Placement Advisor acknowledges the work she has done supporting many policy students in launching their careers. The program is grateful for Ms. Partin's...
Hispanic. Latino. Latina. Latinx. Whatever your heritage and preferred term(s), the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) invites you to join our Hispanic Heritage celebration and reception.
Today (Wednesday, October 13), the Latin American Studies (LAS) program and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month 2021 with several events.
Latin Dance Class with Dr. Christina Baker | Anderson Hall Terrace | 2 - 2:50 p.m.
COVID and Latin America: Crisis, Politics, Democracy, panel discussion with Temple University professors Rebeca L...
Call for applications for five-year assistantships for doctoral program at Temple University
Department of Geography and Urban Studies
Temple University, Philadelphia PA
Applications due January 15, 2022
The Department of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is accepting applications for funded doctoral position beginning Fall 2022. The doctoral program focuses on geographic approaches to the study of urban and environmental processes and conditions in US and international settings. Our emphasis is on the themes...
Economics Professor Catherine Maclean will join professors Tom Buchmueller (University of Michigan) and Stacy Dickert-Conlin (Michigan State University) on a panel at the virtual fall meetings of the Association for Public Policy and Management. The panel will help explain the publication process to graduate students.Dr. Maclean is also co-organizer of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession Workshop, "Successfully Navigating Your Economics PhD: A Mentoring Workshop for Women/Non-Binary Economics PhD Students." This workshop will take place in Houston...
