Daniel Moriarity is a doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology program with a concentration in quantitative methods. He works in the Mood and Cognition Lab, under the guidance of Dr. Lauren Alloy. This lab studies the cognitive, psychosocial, developmental, and neurobiological factors which impact the onset and maintenance of mood disorders. More specifically, Daniel investigates an immunocognitive model of mood disorders, evaluating if cognitive vulnerabilities amplify risk for heightened inflammatory physiology in ways that confer risk for mood symptoms. He is also...
by Africology and African American Studies Department
February 04
Africology and African American Studies faculty member Timothy Welbeck gives his recommendations on media, films and books that represent the African American experience in honor of Black History. Read the full article, What to read, watch and see for Black History Month in Temple Now.
By: Nick Santangelo
Nisha Parekh, CLA '06, misses college. Maybe that's why she keeps on coming back. Well, part of why, at least. The former criminal justice major and psychology minor was on campus last September to recruit students for National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) internships and entry-level work roles and will return tomorrow, February 5, for another recruiting effort.
The Campus Recruitment Team Lead for NGA, Parekh sees a lot of reasons why College of Liberal Arts (CLA) students stand out in the job market. As a CLA alumna and a seasoned...
By: Jasmine Lamb
During summer 2019, I had the fantastic opportunity to intern as a Legislative Fellow for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. I worked for the Minority Chair of the House Finance Committee, Representative Jake Wheatley Jr., and had the chance to sit in on committee meetings, write bill analyses for the committee, draft co-sponsorship memoranda, and draft and propose an original bill. Below are my six top pieces of advice for students seeking an internship.
Don't Put All Your Eggs in One Basket
It's easy to fall in love with an internship...
As an undergraduate at Temple University, you are allowed to complete up to two GenEd courses through a single department. The Religion Department offers courses that fulfill FIVE different GenEd requirements: US Society, Human Behavior, Race and Diversity, Global/World Society, and Arts. Students were able to stop by our booth during Temple's first-ever GenEd Fair, held in the new Charles Library in October 2019. Students who stopped by learned more about the classes we offer and experienced a virtual tour of Hagia Sophia.
By: Nick Santangelo
What will you do after graduation? For most students, the answer is to put that degree to work and get a job. For others, the answer is to build on that degree by furthering their education with an advanced degree. But for still others, there's a way to build on what they've learned and put their degrees to work by giving back to society.
It's called a year of service, and Jillian Eller, CLA '18, will be part of a group that visits campus tomorrow, January 30, to talk about it with students from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Anderson Hall, Room 1221. An...
By: Nick Santangelo
It's not every day that someone releases a novel that gets compared to the work of writers like Tana French and Dennis Lehane and hailed as one of the most anticipated novels of 2020 by the media. But that's exactly what College of Liberal Arts English and Creative Writing Associate Professor Liz Moore accomplished earlier this month with Long Bright River.
Professor Moore's fourth novel, Long Bright River, received high praise from publications such as the New York Times, the Washington Post and O, the Oprah Magazine. Readers have also...
Isabelle Chang examines the relationship between executive function and reading comprehension outcomes throughout elementary school on Consortium for Policy Research in Education podcast. You can view and listen to the full podcast.
By: Nick Santangelo
Liberal arts students aren't content to settle. At Temple University's College of Liberal Arts (CLA), they pursue critical-thinking and problem-solving skills to help them launch careers that are as fulfilling as they are successful. That's why it's so important for our students to begin developing professionally before they leave campus.
Recognizing this, Alex Rocca, CLA '17, enrolled in Professional Development for History Majors during her final semester. The lessons Rocca learned in the course were strong enough that she landed an internship...
As we enter 2020, we're reminded to reflect on all of CLA's achievements from last year. Something we're especially proud of in 2019 is Temple's ever growing Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program, headquartered here at the College of Liberal Arts. This program—designed to bring together students and incarcerated individuals to learn inside of a prison or jail—has trained more than 1,000 educators from 47 states and 11 countries since 2004. Nearly 40,000 students from both sides of prison walls have experienced an education that prioritizes dialogue, humanization and civic...
The PA Department of Health, with funding from the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Universal Research Enhancement Program (CURE), has awarded Criminal Justice Professor Steven Belenko a four-year grant for research entitled, Enhancing Healthy Reintegration and Recovery for High-Risk Opioid Users. The project will test a new intervention to link people with opioid use disorders returning to Philadelphia from prison or jail to comprehensive treatment services at Temple University Health System. CLA affiliated Co-Investigators are Criminal Justice Professor Caterina Roman and...
It is with great sadness to announce the passing of Elmer Miller, Professor Emeritus and former Anthropology Department chair. You can read his full obituary in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
By: Nick Santangelo
Over 130 students participated in the Fox School of Business' 22nd annual Innovative Idea Competition this year, many of them business students from Fox. But senior economics major Zimri Hinshaw's Bucha Leather Company beat them all out for the right to have his idea germinated in Fox's innovation and entrepreneurship institute, the 1810 Accelerator. In winning, Hinshaw became the second College of Liberal Arts student to succeed in the entrepreneurial competition in as many years.
"Just because I'm a CLA student doesn't mean I'm not a...
The College of Liberal Arts is proud to announce that Africology and African American Studies Chair Molefi Kete Asante has won the National Communication Association's 2019 Distinguished Scholar Award! The award—the highest accolade given by the association—is given annually to honor a lifetime of scholarly achievement by a recipient in the field of human communication.
Calling Dr. Asante's work "spectacular" and "profound," the National Communication Association bestowed the award upon the professor at its annual convention in Baltimore. The department chair and...
Criminal Justice Professor Steven Belenko was recently quoted in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The article focuses on District Attorney Larry Krasner's new plan to drop low-level drug charges in favor of addiction treatment. Read the full article titled Inside Philly DA Larry Krasner's new plan to drop low-level drug charges in favor of addiction treatment.
Temple University's religion professors and graduate students attended the annual American Academy of Religion Conference, November 23-26, 2019. A number of them partook in the fun by presenting papers, presiding over panels and responding to other panelists. If you could not attend this year, stop by the 6th floor of Anderson Hall to ask your professors and TAs about their contributions at #AARSBL19!
Joyce K. Salzberg, CLA '69, SSW '79, an alumna with a long history of giving back to Temple University, is supporting a professional development center within the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) with a major naming gift.
To honor Salzberg's exceptional commitment to the college and its students, the center will be renamed the Joyce K. Salzberg Center for Professional Development. Currently located in Paley Hall, the center will move to a new space in Gladfelter Hall in fall 2020.
"Joyce Salzberg has been incredibly supportive of CLA for many years, and this...
By: Nick SantangeloThanksgiving is less than a week away! Are you and your family ready? The College of Liberal Arts wants all our students, alumni, future students, faculty and staff to enjoy a great holiday break. To help you do it, we're sharing a few of our Thanksgiving recipes. Give them a try and see if one of our favorite traditions becomes one of your family's favorites. Happy Thanksgiving!Richard Deeg | Dean, College of Liberal ArtsAlthough it's not necessarily the traditional German Thanksgiving dinner, at our house we have bratwurst (bought from Kamarzuk's Deli), hot...
On November 9, the Master of Public Policy Program welcomed professionals, several of them College of Liberal Arts alumni, on campus for its Careers in Public Service Workshop. The workshop gave students an idea of what different government, nonprofit and private careers are like while sharing advice on how they can launch their own careers after graduation. Continue reading for 10 lessons learned by four of the graduate students who attended the workshop.
Shannon Connell-Robichaud
Communication Is Key
While the skills you'll learn in the MPP Program (like how...
