A historian and National Book Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author, Ibram X. Kendi, CLA '07, '10, is one of the country's most influential scholars, whose
This fall, Temple welcomed four new associate professors into the Department of Africology and African American Studies in the College of Liberal Arts. The department
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...
Professors Rhiannon Jerch and Viviane Sanfelice were recently awarded CLARA grants by the College of Liberal Arts to support their research project, "Do Electrical Blackouts Create Crime." Congratulations!
Economics PhD Thanh Lu, currently a post-doc at Cornell Medical College presented "Office-Based Mental Healthcare and Juvenile Arrests," coauthored with Economics Professor Catherine Maclean and Monica Deza (CUNY) at the Fall 2021 NBER Health Economics Fall Institute.
Samuel Titus (undergraduate Sociology major) for his paper "The Effects of Skin Color on Educational Attainment and Household Income in Contemporary Mexico" and Tyler Burgese (Sociology PhD student) for his paper "Fellas, Is It Gay to Sell Nudes? Sexual Storytelling and the Straight Men of OnlyFans" both won awards for their paper presentations at the 2021 meeting of the Pennsylvania Sociological Society in November. Visit this page to read about their papers in detail!
Professor Michael Leeds was interviewed by Inside HigherEd for an article on the skyrocketing salaries of college football coaches. Huge coaching contracts—unjustifiable or business as usual? Read the full article in Inside HigherEd titled "What Blockbuster Coaching Contracts Mean for Higher Ed".
On November 6, 2021, the Master of Public Policy (MPP) Program welcomed professionals, several of them MPP alumni, on campus for its Careers in Public Service Workshop. The workshop gave MPP students the opportunity to network and learn about careers in government, lobbying, advocacy and policy analysis. The keynote was delivered by Philadelphia City Commissioner Al Schmidt, who reflected on the many challenges that public servants face today.
Continue reading for six key takeaways and tips from two of the MPP students who attended the workshop.
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James Peterman was an eager sports fan. Katherine Keleman loved nature and animals. Matthew Melendez excelled at lacrosse. April Rochester was free-spirited and magnetic.
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.
It seems fitting that Temple alumni Daniel Mina, EDU '14, and Justin Hall, CLA '08, were hired together as principal and assistant principal of nearby Paul L. Dunbar
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.
Evergrande is one of the largest companies in China, a sprawling corporation with interests in everything from real estate to electric cars and investors all over the
For author, public servant, entrepreneur and philanthropist Ronnyjane Goldsmith, CLA '68, '70, '82, one of her proudest accomplishments in life is being one of the first
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...
