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...
by Department of Africology and African American Studies
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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...
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...
Earlier this week, a draft opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito that would overturn Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court case that established the right to abortion nearly
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!
Professor Ralph Young will be teaching a guest seminar this May on Dissent in America at Charles University in Prague. This is also in conjunction with an international academic conference sponsored by Charles University and the US Embassy in the Czech Republic. The conference is titled "Dissent in Transatlantic Perspective", Ralph has been booked to give the Keynote Address on May 12th. To learn more about the conference, please visit the Dissent in Transatlantic Perspective webpage.
Congratulations to Kate Brelje, who won second place in Temple University's Three-Minute Thesis Competition. Doctoral candidates presented succinct, three-minute summaries of their dissertation projects. Well done!
In addition to its Philadelphia roots, R1 research status, diverse student body and successful alumni, Temple is known for its distinguished faculty members—including
Temple/Carleton Consortium on Women, Marriage and the Household from Antiquity presents An Interdisciplinary, Global Conference
Please join us for the Third Annual Conference: Women and Ritual Acts. The conference will be held at out Temple University Rome campus, but virtual participation available via Zoom. Visit the Third Annual Conference: Women and Ritual Acts website to get full conference details, the program schedule and registration/in-person attendance details.
Co-Directors - Karen Klaiber Hersch and Jaclyn Neel
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