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.
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!
"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....
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!
Master of Public Policy student Brandon Boyer has started a new position as a Communications Analyst with the Bellevue Strategies. Bellevue Strategies uses its experience, relationships, and technology to plan, develop, and implement government relations strategies at the city and state level on specific legislative items. Congratulations, Brandon!
Professors Simon Hakim and Erwin Blackstone are coauthors (with Brian Meehan, Berry College) are coauthors of "No Child Left Behind in Foster Care," which appeared in the November 2021 volume of The Independent Review. They are also co-editors (with Robert M. Clark, EPA, ret.) of the Handbook on Public Private Partnerships in Transportation, Volume I, which was recently published by Springer.
The Temple University Ambler Library Building didn't escape the wrath of the EF2 tornado that ravaged campus on September 1, 2021. Ferocious winds and debris tore holes in the building's roof and blew out most of the large windows, threatening the collection of 130,000 books, periodicals, research material and historical archives inside."Our first concern was the care of the materials. That was paramount in our thinking — how to save what we had because we knew there was major damage to a number of books," said Sandi Thompson, Head of the Ambler Campus Library. "We...
The Temple Public Policy program is proud to partner with Rebuilding American Values, an organization led by Bob Wolper, to help place policy students in internships with trade unions across Pennsylvania. On November 15, 2021, current Master of Public Policy student Tyler Honschke testified before the PA Senate Democratic Policy Committee on the issue of worker misclassification and the future of work on behalf of IUPAT District Council 21. You can view a recording of the hearing here and read the testimony here.
Tyler and Master of Public Policy +1 student Cindy Yoo...
Master of Public Policy program alumnus Jack Inacker, CLA '21, recently published an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer titled "Lingering echoes of Jan. 6 underscore the need to pass the Freedom to Vote Act." Read Inacker's full Inquirer op-ed.
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!
