In February 2020, the Department of Psychology collaborated with the Joyce K. Salzberg Center for Professional Development in the College of Liberal Arts for the inaugural Psychology Lunch and Learn Series. We invited four professionals working in various subfields of psychology to meet with groups of undergraduate students. Each speaker hosted an intimate lunch in Weiss Hall, during which the students were able to converse with the professionals about their career trajectory and life's work. Eric Schlesinger,[PM1] Lisa Simon, Julia Parish-Morris, and Natasha...
By: Peter J. Marshall
One of the key strengths of the Psychology program at Temple University is the synergy between teaching and research. Temple has the status of a "Research 1" university, meaning that we are part of a select group of institutions of higher education across the United States with very high levels of research productivity. At the same time, we serve a very large number of students at the undergraduate level. How are these two aspects of the university related to each other?
The synergy between research and undergraduate teaching at Temple is...
By: PSC Staff
The Psychological Services Center (PSC) is a training clinic for doctoral students in the Clinical Psychology Program in the Department of Psychology at Temple University. The PSC has been providing comprehensive psychological services to both Temple and the local communities since the early 1970s. Staffed by doctoral students under the supervision of licensed clinical faculty, the PSC provides a wide range of affordable services, including adult, child, family, and couples psychotherapy. Therapy services address a variety of possible...
Laurence Steinberg, Principal Investigator
Michelle Harmon, Project Coordinator
One of the areas of research expertise in the Department of Psychology is adolescent development, with several faculty and research groups investigating the changes in cognition, brain, and behavior that occur over the teenage years. Dr. Laurence Steinberg is an internationally renowned expert in this area of research who has applied his extensive expertise in developmental psychology to questions related to juvenile justice. For the last decade, Dr. Steinberg and his lab group, led by...
By: Nick Santangelo
College isn't just for 18-22-year-olds. Many nontraditional, working adult learners have experienced the benefits of completing a liberal arts education. And one of our programs is designed specifically for adult learners.
Even before COVID-19 disrupted everyone's lives, CLA's Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies (BA in Liberal Studies) was available fully online or as a mix of online and in-person (including evening) courses. The online program also accepts up to 78 transfer credits and up to six additional credits for professional experience....
On Thursday, October 8th, 2020, our own Dr. Nyasha Junior (Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality, Women's Studies, Biblical Studies, the Hebrew Bible, and African American Religions) will join Dr. Catherine Brekus (Charles Warren Professor of the History of Religion in America) to discuss the Protestant icon Jarena Lee. The event is hosted by the Harvard Divinity School and will be entirely online.
Please register to join.
Criminal Justice graduate student Alyssa Mendlein's paper, "Justice System Size and Punishment Across Nations: The Relationship between Incarceration and Police, Prosecution, and Judicial Personnel in Forty-Seven Countries" has just received the second-place award in the graduate student paper competition of ASC Division of International Criminology. The award committee found her paper "compelling, novel and most deserving of this award." Congratulations!
Jackie Golden is a current Political Science and Master of Public Policy +1 program student in the College of Liberal Arts. In her role as a Policy Intern for Philadelphia City Council Member Isaiah, Jackie recently led an informative teach-in on voting by mail in Pennsylvania. You can watch the presentation and learn what you need to know about voting in 2020. Congratulations on a great job, Jackie!
We are thrilled to share that MPP student Kareem Groomes was selected as one of the inaugural recipients of PIDC's D'Alessio Scholarships for Urban Development!
Walt D'Alessio has committed more than 46 years to PIDC as its chief executive and Chairman. He embodies the core principles of the PIDC partnership—dedication, integrity, and an unwavering commitment to supporting growth throughout Philadelphia. As part of PIDC's 60th Anniversary and in recognition of Walt's decades of commitment and leadership at PIDC, his many years of service to Philadelphia's...
By: Nick Santangelo
This spring, Temple University's College of Liberal Arts (CLA) will become the first school in the U.S. to offer a Professional Science Master's and Graduate Certificate in Geospatial Data Science. These innovative graduate programs will train students in geospatial analysis, programming and advanced spatial analytical skills.
It's a skill set that's in high demand, with the career field growing and the median salary for data scientists sitting at $90,000.* That professional demand is matched by an academic one: in 2018, the University...
Hannah Engber Recently had her paper "Rose's Turn: How Women in Positions of Political Leadership Handle Terrorism on the Homefront published in the Journal of Management Policy and Practice. Hannah is expected to earn her MPP in 2021. Congratulations Hannah!
PPL Director Judith A. Levine spoke with the Philadelphia Inquirer about new poverty statistics for Philadelphia. Read the full article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Poverty in Philadelphia dipped in 2019, while income edged up slightly, before the coronavirus rearranged our lives.
Congratulations to Eli Alshanetsky for publishing "Thoughts into words" at Aeon magazine. Professor Alshanetsky discusses "the paradox of articulation: are you excavating existing ideas, or do your thoughts come into being as you speak?"
By: Nick Santangelo
Tomorrow, September 15, at 3:30 p.m., the College of Liberal Arts' (CLA) Center for Sustainable Communities will host a webinar called Envisioning an Anti-Racist Sustainable Philly. Moderated by Geography and Urban Studies PhD student Naida Elena Montes, the event features a panel of environment and sustainability experts and organizers. The panel will offer the CLA community insights into environmental justice sustainability efforts for communities of color in Philadelphia.
"We all have inequities, and some of our communities face more...
by Africology and African American Studies Department
September 14
Congratulations to Ibram Kendi, PhD graduate of Africology. Dr. Kendi is joining Boston University and launching its Center for Antiracist Research. The new center "will work to transform how racial research is done" and collaborate across the entire university. In addition to the initial gifts, Jack Dorsey of Twitter and Square has recently made a gift of $10 million, no strings attached, to Dr. Kendi's Center at Boston University. Read the full article. The Department of Africology and African American Studies congratulates Dr. Kendi for outstanding...
Tomorrow, September 15, at 3:30 p.m., the College of Liberal Arts'(CLA) Center for Sustainable Communities will host a webinar called Envisioning an Anti-Racist Sustainable Philly(link is external). Moderated by Geography and Urban Studies PhD student Naida Elena Montes, the event features a panel of environment and sustainability experts and organizers. The panel will offer the CLA community insights into environmental justice sustainability efforts for communities of color in Philadelphia."We all have inequities, and some of our communities face more inequities than others,"...
Criminal Justice student Juwan Bennett has been awarded for his paper entitled "A Multiple Group Cross-Lagged Analysis of Perceived Legitimacy, Perceived Opportunities, and Compliance with the Law." The Gene Carte Student Paper Award is given to recognize outstanding scholarly work of students. Entries are judged on criteria such as the quality of the conceptualization, significance of the topic, clarity and aptness of methods, quality of the writing, command of relevant work in the field, and contribution to criminology.
By: Nick Santangelo
In May, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) launched the Emerging Voice Fellowship program in response to the COVID-19 economy. ACLS awarded 45 scholars with $60,000 stipends, health insurance and $5,000 discretionary funds to teach, research and engage the public at prestigious universities.
Temple University College of Liberal Arts (CLA) Geography and Urban Studies PhD grad Rebecca Croog and Sociology PhD grad CiAuna Heard are among the 45 who began their fellowships this semester. The pair of CLA scholars have a history together, once...
The Public Policy Lab (PPL) is pleased to announce its cohort of fellows for the 2020-2021 academic year. PPL Fellows will develop their policy-oriented research projects in an interdisciplinary community of scholars. PPL solicited applicants for three different fellowships and received numerous submissions from across CLA.
"The applications for our second year of fellowships were exceptional. We are looking forward to another year of developing the exciting policy work being conducted in the college," PPL director Judith Levine said.
The Public Policy Lab's...
