Many congratulations to Dr. Katherina Kinzel, Fulbright Postdoc in the Philosophy Department this past fall, who was just hired as an assistant professor at Utrecht, the Netherlands. We hope that Katharina will stay in touch with the department at Temple and be back before too long!
George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Rayshard Brooks.
These are just three of the most recent black Americans killed by police, three in a list of names that is almost incomprehensibly long. Today at 1 p.m., the Department of Africology and African American Studies will host a virtual seminar addressing that issue titled Race, Racism and Anti-Racism: Redefining the Social Contract. Department Chair Molefi Kete Asante will moderate the event, which will welcome speakers from across the College of Liberal Arts and Temple University at large as well as from schools such as...
Professor Mark Leuchter discusses the issues of white privilege, white supremacy, the intersection of these issues with the practice of religion in the USA, and the way these play out on social and in commercial media. You can listen to the latest episode featuring Professor Nyasha Junior: Better Than Nothing Episode 3: Nyasha Junior.
We are very happy to welcome César Cabezas to the Philosophy Department! César will be joining us in August as the American Council of Learned Society Fellow in Philosophy of Race.
We, the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University, are outraged and dismayed by the recent murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and the countless others who have died before them and after them, at the hands of law enforcement and others acting in purported support of law and order. As members of a diverse and eclectic community of scholars of criminology and criminal justice, we join together to emphatically condemn racial oppression and demand that the killing and violence end immediately. The list of names...
Professor Ralph Young was featured on The Flashpoint: When protest & rebellion turn to riots, Brown Shoprite rebuilds, & race convo starters with Cherri Gregg.
Host and KYW Newsradio Community Affairs reporter Cherri Gregg takes a look at the rage behind the destruction that erupted in Philadelphia and beyond alongside protests for justice for George Floyd. She asks burning questions about the nation's history of dissent and how the latest round of protests is sparking change. Pennsylvania Commission on Human Relations Executive...
The Department of Greek and Roman Classics is endorsing an anti-racism statement by our professional association, the Society for Classical Studies. The faculty here believes that Black Lives Matter and endorse the recent statement of the Society for Classical Studies. Please read the full public statement.
By: Nick Santangelo
This past semester, Political Science students in Joseph P. McLaughlin Jr.'s American Federalism: Will It Save or Sunder Our Fractured Republic capstone course were given a choice.
"After decades in the shadows of American discourse, federalism was emerging as a more relevant field of study than it had been in my lifetime. That was before COVID-19 pushed issues of federalism at the top of the public agenda," explains Dr. McLaughlin. "Students in my course had to write a paper about topics of their choosing, but once the pandemic hit, I allowed them to...
By: Nick Santangelo
Temple University College of Liberal (CLA) arts students and educators know as well as anyone how much and how rapidly education changed this spring because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But while our spring semester has ended, most primary school children are still attending Zoom classes from home.
For most teachers, students and parents, this is a unique way to learn that presents many new challenges. CLA Psychology Professor Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek, a developmental psychology and child development expert, has written about strategies for keeping kids...
By: Nick Santangelo
Every spring, Temple University's College of Liberal Arts recognizes some of our outstanding students with our annual Baccalaureate Awards. These awards are bestowed upon students who excel academically across the college's various disciplines. Although CLA wasn't able to confer the awards during an in-person ceremony this year, the college is as proud of our winners as ever and is recognizing them for their achievements here.
Below, you'll find a comprehensive list of 2020's winners. And while the number of winners unfortunately prevents us from...
By: Nick Santangelo
The College of Liberal Arts (CLA) is extremely proud of how our entire community came together to create amazing learning and research environments this academic year despite the circumstances. Last week, we recognized some of our best and brightest undergrad and graduate students from the Class of 2020. This week, we're recognizing some of our professors who went above and beyond in educating our students.
As with nearly everything else in 2020, CLA's Teaching Awards took on a different format this year than in past years. But the mood was...
Congratulations to all of our master's and doctoral students joining Temple University's College of Liberal Arts' (CLA) Class of 2020! We know your final days with us weren't what you (or any of us) were expecting, but we couldn't be prouder of you for displaying the resolve necessary to finish your graduate studies under these conditions. Please join us in celebrating your entire class of graduate students and your amazing accomplishments by highlight a few of your fellow grads!Kristina Dale | Psychological Research MS Jillian Eidson | Criminal Justice PhD CiAuna Heard |...
Congratulations, Class of 2020! You did it! It wasn't the way you (or us) envisioned your final semester at Temple University's College of Liberal Arts (CLA), but we're so proud of you for pressing on and crossing the finish line. Please join us in celebrating the entire class's amazing accomplishments by spotlighting a few of your fellow graduates!
Erin Curry | Environmental Studies and Geography and Urban Studies Double Major
Ariana Davis | Psychology Major
Ankit Deshmukh | Global Studies Major
Kate Freni | English and Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies ...
Congratulations to Diana Gavrykh, who has been named a 2020-2021 Phi Beta Kappa Key into Public Service Scholar! Thank you to Professor Matt Wray, head of our PBK chapter, who got the regional PBK organization to put a shout out to Diana on their website! Read the full post and description of the scholarship on the The Phi Beta Kappa Society Delaware Valley Association website!
The Neuroendocrinology & Behavior Laboratory, lead by Dr. Debra Bangasser, recently published "Stress regulation of sustained attention and the cholinergic attention system" in Biological Psychiatry.
How stress regulates attention is underexplored. Here we found that variable stress impairs sustained attention in male and female rats. Stress affected the attention circuit by altering the morphology of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons and their release of acetylcholine. We also identified transcriptional changes that could mediate the effect of stress on cholinergic...
By: Nick Santangelo
Taking online courses and/or working from home may feel dull and inconvenient, but Temple University and the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) moved online because it's safer. It's safer for students, safer for faculty, safer for staff—safer for everyone. But some work simply can't be done remotely.
As an occupational therapist for the Lehigh Valley Health Network, Hannah Simko, CLA '14, needs to be in contact with other people to perform her job. Doing so during the COVID-19 pandemic means Simko has to pull on personal protective equipment (PPE) to...
By: Nick Santangelo
With Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf hoping to begin gradually reopening parts of the state starting May 8, understanding COVID-19's spread is of crucial importance right now. The City of Philadelphia has created a website to show city residents how that spread has developed in Philly, and Julia Wolanski, CST '16 and CLA '17, is one of the professionals formulating the data.
After completing her Environmental Science bachelor's degree and her Geographic Information Systems master's degree in successive years, Wolanski worked as a...
By: Nick Santangelo
Those working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic—doctors, nurses, retail employees, couriers, warehouse workers, etc.—are putting their lives at risk for everyone's benefit right now. But, while they may be enjoying the safety of working from home, another group of people is also doing vital work during the pandemic.
Vicki Cram, CLA '19, and Jon Hood, CLA '11 are two such people. Cram, who earned a Master of Public Policy at Temple University's College of Liberal Arts (CLA), is Chief of Staff for Pennsylvania State Representative Kevin...
By: Nick Santangelo
Sometimes, seizing an unexpected opportunity is all someone needs to succeed. As a student, Paul Hodges, CLA '13, discovered as much when looking for a one-semester housing sub-lease that would allow him to study abroad in his junior year. Luckily for the Political Science major and History minor, he found a Craigslist post from Chris Clark, CST '12, that presented such an opportunity.
The two one-time strangers immediately hit it off. After graduating from college, they formed the nonprofit Solar for Academics, which then spun off into their...
