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.
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Temple's Master of Public Policy (MPP) program hosted expert panelists on April 6th to discuss the intersection between racial equity and environmental policy. The panelists focused on the ways in which race has, and continues to, shape our environmental policy. They highlighted the long history of environmental racism in the United States and discussed the environmental justice movement.The event was moderated by two current MPP students: Alex de Mucha Pino and Dae'Shawn Nixon. They were joined by four esteemed panelists: Raul Garcia (Senior Legislative Counsel...
We asked MPP alumni Jessica Maneely to describe her current job, reflect on her time in the MPP program, and offer advice to current MPP students. Keep reading to learn about Jessica's insights!
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The American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) is a bipartisan, nonprofit membership organization representing state and local health and human service agencies through their top-level leadership. Through our member network, APHSA seeks to influence modern policies and practices that support the health and well-being...
PPL Faculty Fellow Dr. Nyron Crawford was recently awarded a Russell Sage Foundation-Gates Foundation Pipeline Grant for Emerging Scholars. Congratulations Nyron!
Rhiannon Jerch, Viviane Sanfelice, Dimitrios Diamantaras, and Michael Leeds participated in a panel discussion on Income Inequality in America as part of the College of Liberal Arts History Department's Dissent in America Teach-In series. A recording of the program can be found here.
"How Bad Is Crime for Business? Evidence from Consumer Behavior," a paper by Viviane Sanfelice and Hao Fe (San Diego State University) has just been published by the Journal of Urban Economics. A copy of the paper can be found here.
Professor Shreyasee Das was quoted by the Temple News in an article about pay transparency and the gender wage gap. Read the full article in Temple News titled Women deserve pay transparency in the workplace.
Bucha Bio and Simply Good Jars want to change the way we dress, design, manufacture and eat. The two companies are pushing the boundaries of biotech and culinary
The United States is one of only a handful of countries that does not have a paid family leave policy. Currently, women are only able to take paid time off work after a
Afrouz Azadikhah Jahromi has been awarded a Washington Center for Equitable Growth (WCEG) summer fellowship. The WCEG is a non-profit organization "dedicated to advancing evidence-backed ideas and policies that promote strong, stable, and broad-based economic growth. Afrouz completed her Ph.D. in Economics at Temple in 2019 and is currently an Assistant Professor of Economics at Widener University.
On March 15th 2022, Temple's Master of Public Policy program and the College of Education and Human Development hosted panelists and students for a discussion on education policy and advocacy. The forum allowed students to ask esteemed panelists about their career paths and the state of the American education system. Temple University was delighted to welcome Keshema Davidson, Ben Herold, Catie Wolfgang, Tara Woody, Dr. Sarah Cordes, and Kasey Meehan as panelists to discuss their work related to education policy and advocacy. You can view a recording of the discussion here....
