Recent Criminal Justice PhD Graduate Cory Haberman has won the American Society of Criminology's Division of Policing's 2019 Early Career Award. The Early Career Award recognizes outstanding scholarly contributions to the field of policing by someone who has received his or her Ph.D. degree within the last five years.
Congratulations, Dr. Haberman!
By: Nick Santangelo
National Coming Out Week (NCOW) is here, and the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) is supporting LGBTQ students with a mix of student and college-run events:
• Queer Connect | Monday, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Student Center, 200B
• International Coffee | Tuesday, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Student Center, Underground
• Community Forum | Tuesday, 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. | Student Center, Underground
• NCOW Festival | Wednesday, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | 13th St. Between Cecil B. Moore and Montgomery Ave.
• Advocacy: Letter Writing and Social Media | 3:30 p.m. - 5 p...
By: Nick Santangelo
For the first time in Temple University's 135-year history, Temple Student Government's (TSG) executive leadership team is entirely female! And as if that wasn't impressive enough, two of the three women elected to lead TSG in 2019-2020 are also College of Liberal Arts (CLA) students.
CLA's Francesca Capozzi was elected president and Kaya Jones vice president of external affairs. Rounding out the leadership team is Laryssa Banks, who was elected vice president of services. Capozzi is a junior and an English and political science major while...
By: Charlotte Chun, Postdoctoral Fellow
The Ellman Lab, led by Dr. Lauren Ellman, aims to identify biological and environmental factors involved in the development of psychosis and related disorders.
Symptoms that we study include experiences such as strange ideas, suspiciousness, or seeing and hearing things that are not there. These can be frightening, can interfere with daily functioning, and put people at greater risk for developing a severe psychotic disorder. We aim to improve the identification of risk factors for psychosis and other forms of mental illness,...
This past July, the Youth Education and Maternal Support Association (YEMSA), with the support of the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Program at Temple University, hosted approximately 30 high school students from the Philadelphia region as part of Temple's College Bound Academy. This academy is a weeklong event that provides youth in the foster care system a chance to have an immersive college experience. The participants spend a week living at the dorms on campus, and spend each day at different departments on the Main Campus and the Health Sciences Campus to learn...
Dr. Zain Abdullah hosted a symposium about Yarrow Mamout at Temple University before leading those in attendance to the Philadelphia Art Museum to view the famous 1819 painting of Mamout. The talk focused on the connection of two prominent Philadelphians, the painter Charles Willson Peale, and Yarrow Mamout. The three guest speakers also addressed some major issues of our time: xenophobia and civility, religious violence and pluralism, exclusion and inclusion, immigration and the Muslim ban.
Timothy Bearl is a sophomore Psychology major with a minor in Criminal Justice. During the Fall 2019 semester, Tim is interning at the Penn Vet Working Dog Center. This center is involved in research studies around the topic of implementing training and development for detection dogs. Detection dogs work alongside government agencies to prevent crime, rescue victims of accidents and disasters and detect medical conditions. As an intern, Tim is responsible for the day-to-day care of the dogs, data collection, and training. His Psychology studies in research methods are...
Staci Weiss is a doctoral student in the Developmental Psychology area, working with Dr. Peter Marshall. Staci works in the Developmental Science Laboratory, which investigates how infants and children develop an understanding of the world around them. This lab studies children's development with a variety of measures, including behavioral tasks and measurements of children's brain activity using the electroencephalogram (EEG). Staci's research focuses on the brain and behavioral changes associated with anticipation or preparation for a predicted stimulus. She is currently...
Why do I need to take Stats? Psychology faculty explain why learning statistics is vital and not as scary as you think! Lauren McDuffie quizzed Professors Alison Baren, Melinda Mattingley and David Waxler about their approach to stats.
LM: What is the general approach to training our students in statistics?
AB: We train students that statistics is the way to solve problems objectively and methodically because statistics is a crucial component of the scientific process. We tackle this in our introductory Statistics for Psychology course. Given that the undergraduate...
Nora Newcombe interviews Kelly Fisher, who received her Ph.D. from the Developmental area of our Psychology doctoral program. Dr. Fisher is currently working as the Director for Policy at the Society for Research in Child Development.
Hi Kelly! Tell me about your current position and what it involves.
I am the Director for Policy at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD). SRCD is the leading professional society for the field of developmental science. Its mission is to advance developmental science and promote its use to improve human lives. As Director for...
By: Nick Santangelo
It's Wellness Week at Temple University! All week, the university is calling attention to the stresses and mental health risks that students have to adjust to now that they're all settled into campus and well into the fall semester. Today, Sept. 18, students are invited to stop by Room 200BC in the Student Center between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. to take advantage of a variety of wellness resources.
But since not every student has time to drop by, the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) is providing a few helpful reminders thanks to Psychology Assistant...
By: Nick Santangelo
On September 5, the College of Liberal Arts' Public Policy Lab (PPL) proudly hosted its inaugural symposium. The event featured a series of panels on contemporary policy issues and concluded with a keynote from Princeton University Professor Matthew Desmond.
Over 300 people from Temple University and the wider policy community—city and state government, nonprofit organizations, foundations and advocacy groups—turned out for the symposium.
In her opening remarks, PPL Director Judith Levine highlighted the new center's mission of bringing...
Gricelda "Gigi" Borja, CLA '16, was recently Profiled on Medium.com for her work at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office (DAO). Borja is currently a Paralegal in the DAO's Dangerous Drug Offender Unit (DDOU). The DDOU investigates and prosecutes drug dealers and their organizations. The unit works in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Agency and other federal agencies. The assistant district attorneys and paralegal assigned to this unit are specially trained for complicated, long-term investigations.
Read more about Borja's experience at the DAO's...
By: Nick Santangelo
Temple University's College of Liberal Arts (CLA) believes it's important for PhD students to gain practical experiences to help launch their careers while using the liberal arts to address everyday issues.
To that end, CLA is proud to reveal that two of our PhD students were awarded Mellon/ACLS fellowships in 2019! History PhD alumna Jess Bird was appointed Communications Project Manager at the Center for Court Innovation (CCI) and political science PhD alumna Caroline Tynan was appointed Research Manager at the Committee to Protect...
Fall is here! Summer may not officially be over for another three weeks, but Labor Day has come and gone, and the fall semester is in full swing. That means it's time for pumpkins, ghosts and harvesting. Throughout the fall, Temple University and The Food Trust will continue holding a weekly farmer's market on campus every Thursday through November 14.
Sustainability and Food Insecurity
And when students stop by the farmer's market, they may just bump into Autumn Lukomski-La Police, CLA '19. The former anthropology major who transferred to Temple her junior year...
Criminal Justice Professor and Public Policy Lab Fellow Dr. Caterina Roman was consulted by the Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial Board to provide her thoughts and advice to assist the mayor's choice for the next Police Commissioner. See recent commentary by 16 leaders and stakeholders.
Criminal Justice Associate Professor Daniel Silverman has been named the recipient of the Beccaria Award from the Philadelphia Bar Association. The Beccaria Award represents the highest honor that the Criminal Justice Section can give to any member of the Bar, whether or not a member of the Section, who exemplifies the ideals of the career of Cesare Beccaria, the 18th-century Italian scholar whose writings presaged the dawn of the modern penal system. The award is to recognize the distinguished achievement of a member of the Philadelphia Bar in the field of education in...
By: Nick Santangelo
Philadelphia's a big city with big opportunities. In fact, there are so many exciting opportunities, that it's impossible for any College of Liberal Arts (CLA) student to learn about each of them on his or her own. That's where Professional Development comes in.
During the spring semester, Professional Development took a group of students to the Philadelphia International Airport where they learned about the 50 paid internship opportunities that were available this summer. While many of the CLA students who attended that Experience PHL event...
By: Nick SantangeloFor the start of the 2019-2020 academic year, the College of Liberal Arts is excited to welcome 27 new faculty members to campus. These passionate educators and researchers will bring new perspectives to our classrooms, labs and communities. Take a few moments to get to know them before the semester officially starts on August 26!Tenure -Track FacultyDr. Eli Alshanetsky has been appointed as a Philosophy Assistant Professor. Previously, he was an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in the Humanities at Stanford University. He received his PhD in philosophy from New York...
