"Treatment Effects in Interactive Fixed Effects Models" a paper coauthored by Sonia Karami (Temple Ph.D., 2021), an Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, and Brant Callaway has been accepted for publication by The Journal of Econometrics. An abstract of the paper is available here.
Professor Shreyasee Das has presented her research at several recent conferences:
"Women's Inheritance Rights and Fertility Decisions: Evidence from India" at the 16th Annual Conference on Economics Development and Growth (Virtual) in December 2021 https://www.isid.ac.in/~epu/acegd2021/program.html
"Marriage Market Responses in the event of a Natural Disaster" at the 2022 Sustainable Development Conference in January 2022. https://pheedloop.com/sdc2022/site/home
"Marriage Market Responses in the event of a Natural Disaster" in a poster session at...
Zain Abdullah was selected to be the guest editor for a special issue, Black Muslim Portraiture in the Modern Atlantic, of The Muslim World journal (2020), which was founded in 1911. His design of the cover, with an image of an 1868 painting of a Black Muslim soldier from the Ottoman Empire made history for the Journal and Hartford International University acknowledged the historic moment on their website. It is the first time they ever featured any human image on their cover (not to mention one of a Black subject) since its founding over 100 years ago.
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Professor Joshua Mask has been selected to present his dissertation research at the Northeast Labor Symposium for Early Career Economists (NLS-E) at Princeton University.
If you turn on the television, open a newspaper or visit a news site, it is hard to avoid the sobering statistics around gun violence. Take 2021 in Philadelphia, for
Everyone can recall some positive and negative interactions with peers while growing up. In the Peer Social Networks Lab, directed by Dr. Hongling Xie, we use both quantitative and qualitative methods to study adolescents' peer relationships, including bullying, victimization, popularity, friendships, and social media engagement. For instance, we examined how an adolescent's position in the peer hierarchy (e.g., popularity, likability) may enable them to use different forms of aggression and how peer relationships such as prosocial support may help a victim adjust. A recent...
Andre Toussaint is a doctoral student in the Cognition and Neuroscience Program working in the Memory, Epigenetics, and Addiction Laboratory. Under the guidance of Dr. Mathieu Wimmer, this lab explores neural and molecular underpinnings of addiction-related behaviors and memory formation. Andre studies the long-term consequences of addiction on behavior and physiology across multiple generations. He uses a rodent model to investigate whether paternal morphine exposure could alter addiction vulnerability and opioid pain relief in offspring. Prior to arriving at Temple, Andre...
2021 was the inaugural year for the Mid-Atlantic Neuroscience Diversity Scholars (MiNDS) Program. This program is funded by the National Institutes of Health with the goal of increasing diversity within the neuroscience academic pipeline and building a foundation for URM students to succeed in graduate school and beyond. For the first cohort of students, Temple partnered with Lincoln University, the University of Maryland, and Drexel University to give eight undergraduate students an enhanced research experience. Throughout the summer of 2021, MiNDS scholars worked full-time...
Psychological Science in the Public Interest: An Editorial PerspectiveDr. Nora S. Newcombe took on the Editorship of Psychological Science in the Public Interest (PSPI) in 2019 and has thus just completed the third year as editor. The Association for Psychological Science (APS) publishes this unique journal, which commissions three reports per year, on topics chosen to provide comprehensive and compelling reviews of issues that are of direct relevance to the public. Blue-ribbon teams of specialists representing a range of viewpoints write the reports and aim to assess the...
Kaeley Wadlington is a Junior Psychology major who aspires to a career in clinical psychology. During the Fall 2021 semester, Kaeley completed an internship with Central Division Victim Services (CDVS). This organization aims to advocate for victims and witnesses of crimes, as well as creating a safer community by connecting victims of crime to resources. At her internship site, Kaeley was responsible for analyzing police reports from the 6th police district in Philadelphia and contacting people who could benefit from CDVS programming. The services offered include compensation...
The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) has identified professionalism as one of eight "career readiness" competencies that broadly prepares the college educated for success in the workplace and lifelong career management. In a recent study conducted by NACE, employers who hire college graduates were asked which professional competencies were essential to workplace success. Professionalism was at the top of the list with 97.5% of respondents classifying it as either "absolutely essential" or "essential" for an employee's success.
But what...
Temple Classics Major Tiye Williamson joins undergraduates from other universities in a special panel to discuss what draws them to ancient cultures, why the past matters, and what we can learn from it today. This interview was conducted for the new galleries of Ancient Greek, Roman, and Byzantine art located in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Check out Tiye's interview on the College Students Speak about the Importance of Ancient Cultures interview series page!
The College of Liberal Arts recently announced the launch of the Sonkin-Weisman Scholars Program, an invitation-only scholarship intended to attract elite students to
"Office-Based Mental Healthcare and Juvenile Arrests" co-authored by Catherine Maclean and Economics PhD Thanh Lu, was recently featured by the National Bureau of Economics Research on its Research Spotlight.
Professor's Auerhahn's new book, titled "Collision Course: Economic Change, Criminal Justice Reform, and Work in America" takes a critical look at whether 21st century labor market trends can meet the needs of strategic criminal justice reform efforts designed to reduce the burden of mass incarceration. The book is available now at Rutgers University Press (January 2022).
Demetrius Lee was a Neuroscience Major in the College of Liberal Arts and graduated in 2019. He is currently a Research Technician at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
What is your current position like?
I am currently a technician in a neurogenetics that aims to find treatment for a variety of different pediatric epilepsies brought on by mutations in specific ion channels. What I like the most about my job is that I learn something new every day whether it be about organization or the intricacies or the developing brain.
Describe your career path....
Osimiri Sprowal, CLA '20, has been named a 2022 Marshall Scholar. Sprowal is one of 41 recipients of this year's Marshall Scholarship, including alumni from the
Master of Public Policy student Amara O'Connell has been promoted to the role Director of Food Services with the Office of Homeless Services for the City of Philadelphia. The mission of the Office of Homeless Services is to provide the leadership, coordination, planning and mobilization of resources to make housing insecurities rare, brief and non-recurring in the City of Philadelphia. Congratulations, Amara!
Last month, state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, KLN '12, awarded Temple University a $1.3 million grant for the construction of its Center for Anti-racism Research.
