by Department of Africology and African American Studies
May 10
Rasheed J. Atwater, a doctoral student in Africology, has been awarded the 2022 SAGE Molefi Kete Asante Award, the top graduate prize in Africology at Temple University. Created in honor of Molefi Kete Asante, the founder of the Journal of Black Studies, by SAGE Publishing, one of the nation's largest social science publishers, the prize is made possible by a $100,000 endowment to the College of Liberal Arts for the Department of Africology and African American Studies. Dr. Asante says, "The SAGE Molefi Kete Asante Award recognizes the top student in the department based on...
Osimiri Sprowal, a Temple University College of Liberal Arts alum (CLA '20) whose life work is at the intersection of homeless rights activism, policy, and poetry has been named a 2022 Marshall Scholar. A Germantown, Philadelphia native, the Africology and African American Studies major will pursue a master's in Human Rights and Politics at the London School of Economics, as well as a master's in Applied Theatre: Art, Action, Change at the University of Warwick.
Sprowal sits among 40 peers to receive the 2022 Marshall Scholarship, including alum from 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...
Come each spring, feelings of pride, joy and accomplishment float in abundance through the air for all to feel as our graduating College of Liberal Arts Owls prepare to spread their wings and take flight.
For a select handful of graduates, there's an extra cause for celebration during this time.
Every year, prior to spring Commencement, the College of Liberal Arts announces the year's Baccalaureate Award winners and a ceremony is held in their honor. Separate from Latin Honors, a strictly GPA-based distinction, Baccalaureate Awards are CLA's highest honors given to...
Please describe your new position. What does your day-to day look like?I recently joined LISC Philadelphia as the Program Officer for Equitable Neighborhoods three weeks ago! Since I am still relatively new, my day-to-day looks like learning about my portfolio of work which includes initiatives aimed at addressing safety and justice, placemaking and placekeeping, and capacity building. LISC functions as an intermediary so my role is to partner with community leaders to ensure they have the resources they need to address intersectional issues impacting neighborhoods and...
This year, the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) was excited to celebrate our Teaching Award recipients in person for the first time since 2019. Last month, CLA faculty and graduate student awardees gathered in Shusterman Hall where their awards were conferred and celebrated."The CLA excellence in teaching awards are presented annually to outstanding instructors who positively impact students through innovative courses and supportive practices, inside and outside of the classroom", said Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Hiram Aldarondo."This year's winners have...
Kaitlin Zinn is a Psychology major with a minor in Cognitive Neuroscience. The summer after her sophomore year, she became a Research Assistant in Dr. Lauren Ellman's laboratory, examining genetic and environmental factors that contribute to the development of schizophrenia and related disorders. As part of her work in the lab, Kaitlin studied research articles, participated in weekly lab meetings, and recruited participants for two studies aimed at developing new mental health screening measures. More recently, Kaitlin joined the Temple University Eating Disorders program (...
Temple's Psychology and Neuroscience Program and Youth Education and Maternal Support Association (YEMSA) Co-Host Brain Awareness Week 2022 In-person Brain Awareness Week is a national campaign in March of every year that has the goal of promoting public interest in neuroscience. Events occur worldwide and bring together researchers, educators, and students who host interactive lectures and activities across a variety of venues, including K-12 classrooms, museums, and libraries. This year, the Youth Education and Maternal Support Association (YEMSA; a student organization at...
Gina Williams graduated from Temple University in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. For the past 5 years she has been working at Vanguard, a large investment management firm based in Malvern, PA. She became interested in applying her Psychology background to the business industry after interning as a Recruiter at PeopleShare during her junior year. Gina had little financial knowledge prior to starting at Vanguard, but her new employer was willing to help her build her financial acumen from the ground up. After obtaining the appropriate licenses, Gina started her...
Professor Sue Sullivan, who teaches courses in the Departments of Criminal Justice and Political Science, was featured on TRT World discussing the leak of the Supreme Court's draft opinion related to abortion rights. Professor Sullivan addressed what the "likely" decision would mean to women across the country including the possibility of abortion being a criminal offense. Watch the TV clip from TRT World.
Temple Infant and Child Laboratory Imagine an ordinary bus stop that has morphed into a community playful learning space where families engage in puzzle making and word games while they wait. Or imagine a SEPTA bus pulling up to the stop, wrapped from the outside as a "Reading Express Bus" and decorated with reading games on the inside. These Playful Learning Landscapes are now a reality thanks to the work of Drs. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Golinkoff (University of Delaware) who thought the science of learning could be baked into public spaces where families and children...
Please describe your organization and its mission.The Library of Congress is the largest library in the World. With its main location in Washington D.C. and a few branches around the world, the Library serves as the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home to the US Copyright Office. The Library preserves and houses millions of books, recordings, newspapers, manuscripts, maps, photographs, and more.Please describe your position and what your day-to-day work looks like.I am a Congressional Service Analyst in the Congressional Research Section. The Research section is...
The end of the school year is always an important milestone, and as the spring semester ends, it is normal to reflect on the year gone by. For students and faculty alike, each semester finished is another step towards academic and professional goals. Some students may be rejoicing as they celebrate their hard-earned graduation, while other students may be just getting started as they mark the end of their very first year. Still others may be getting ready to start all over again during the summer semesters. As a faculty member, my annual spring ritual involves reviewing which...
Professor Shreyasee Das co-authored (with Seth Gitter from Towson University) "A Guide for Non-Tenure Track Faculty" in the April newsletter of the American Economic Association's Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession.
Master of Public Policy student Tony Michael was recently hired as an Advocacy Associate with The Trevor Project, a suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization which serves lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, and questioning youth. Tony will be supporting advocacy efforts across the country in furtherance of Trevor's mission to end LGBTQ youth suicide. Congratulations, Tony!
