By: Peter Marshall
In a previous Chair's Corner column in the Psychology Department newsletter, I noted how the synergy between teaching and research is central to the life of Temple University as an institution of higher learning. I mentioned various ways in which this synergy can be manifested, including the involvement of undergraduate students in a research laboratory. The article in this issue by Jessie Briggs on the Cognition and Implicit Attitudes Laboratory shows how, by working with faculty mentors, graduate students, and other members of a research group,...
Naoise Mac Giollabhui is a doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology area, working in the Mood and Cognition Lab under the guidance of Dr. Lauren Alloy. Giollabhui's research interest includes the impact of depression, both when individuals are depressed and when depression has remitted, on cognitive functions such as memory, attention, and executive functioning. In the Mood and Cognition Lab, he investigates the influence of factors such as body mass and inflammation on cognitive dysfunction in depressed individuals. Prior to coming to Temple, Giollabhui completed his...
Peter Marshall interviews Kuba Glazek who received his PhD from the Brain and Cognitive Sciences area of our doctoral program. Dr. Glazek is currently working as a Human Factors Consultant for a forensic consulting company.
Hi Kuba! Tell me about your current position and what it involves.
I am a Human Factors Consultant at Rimkus Consulting Group, a forensic consulting company with offices around the country and globally. My work entails analyzing the human element in accident causation. I examine evidence, inspect accident sites, review scientific literature,...
The brain isn't just the most complicated organ in the human body, but it's also the most complicated structure that we know of in the universe. And yet, most people know very little about the brain and how it functions. That's why neuroscience and psychology researchers, educators, and students volunteer for Brain Awareness Week (BAW) activities each year, which allows them to share their knowledge and excitement for all things brain related.
This year, Temple University's Psychology Department and Neuroscience Program organized BAW events at two Philadelphia-area schools:...
For students interested in national politics or public policy, Washington, D.C is the place to be. But getting from Philly to D.C., finding a job in politics and supporting yourself as a college student can be challenging. That's why the College of Liberal Arts' (CLA) Washington Semester places students in D.C. internships, gives them full-time credit for a semester and provides scholarship money.
Since 2014, CLA's Institute for Public Affairs, which oversees the program, has sent 65 Temple University students to Washington for the spring, summer and fall semesters....
By: Nick Santangelo
Robert Berry, CLA '08, didn't have it easy growing up. Starting in fifth grade and continuing through high school, he was teased and bullied for his sexual orientation—an orientation he himself didn't even identify or understand when the taunting began. And yet, as cruel as the treatment the former religion and Asian studies major received as a kid was, he insists it's nothing compared to what those he now works with have endured.
A U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Officer since 2014, Berry was on campus last Friday to receive the 2019...
Our Communications Manager Nuala Cabral, who oversees the Collab's Teach Consent Workshop Program, co-facilitated a workshop series for educators, parents and youth about building consent culture in Philly schools. The series, part of Teacher Action Group's Inquiry to Action (iTAG) Program, culminated in a workshop led by participants at the Education for Liberation Conference and an evening of educators testifying at the Philadelphia School Board.
Criminal Justice Professor Aunshul Rege has been awarded an Open Science Cybersecurity Fellowship from Trusted Critical Infrastructure (CI).
CI serves the scientific community as the NSF Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, providing leadership and assistance in cybersecurity in the support of research. This fellowship program will establish and support a network of fellows with diversity in both geography and scientific discipline. These fellows will have access to training and other resources to foster their professional development in cybersecurity. In exchange,...
On Wednesday, the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) held its annual Faculty Achievement Awards and bid a fond farewell to retiring faculty members at a ceremony in Shusterman Hall.
CLA Dean Richard Deeg opened the event by expressing his thanks to the award winners and retirees, highlighting the importance of the work they've done preparing CLA students for a lifetime of learning and ethical citizenship.
"It's not just a job," said Dean Deeg. "We look at it as a vocation."
But since it's a vocation done mostly by professors acting as individuals in their own classrooms and...
By: Nick Santangelo
Was it a boy or a girl? Most College of Liberal Arts (CLA) students gathered in Anderson Hall to hear Vassar College's Hiromi Tsuchiya Dollase talk about "shōjo manga" couldn't tell. The character being shown had been drawn with large eyes and a slim body, fooling almost every student in the room into thinking it was a girl. It was, however, a boy.
But that's not surprising given the nature of the talk. Shōjo, after all, is a type of manga (a genre of Japanese comics and graphic novels) created for teenage girls in which characters often have gender...
The Criminal Justice Department is proud to announce that undergraduate students Shira Freiman and Michael Sylvanovich have received the prestigious Diamond Award.
The Diamond Award is the highest recognition by Student Affairs given to a Temple University undergraduate student. This recognition is based on a holistic evaluation of the student's accomplishments. The award is reserved for those who have demonstrated superior leadership, academic achievement, service to the University and impact on a community (local, regional or global). Through their...
On Wednesday April 17, Professor Limberis and Professor Leuchter gave a talk discussing decisive moments of Christianity and Judaism in the first century C.E. About 30 students gathered in the Department of Religion Lounge and enjoyed the talk with refreshments.
By: Nick Santangelo
With commencement fast approaching, 2019 College of Liberal Arts (CLA) graduates will soon fully turn their attention fully towards their careers. Some of our graduates will focus on making a global impact. Others will focus on impacting businesses. Others still will search for ways to make a sustainability impact.
For this last group, CLA's Geography and Urban Studies Department and Temple's Office of Sustainability recently held a panel featuring four grads from the last five years working in the field of sustainability. They were peppered...
By: Nick Santangelo
It's an understatement to say that much has been written about Jesus Christ. But in the run-up to Easter, the History Channel has given viewers a unique view of Jesus by exploring his life through the perspective of those who were closest to him. To make that possible, the network turned to a host of experts including Associate Professor Nyasha Junior and Professor Mark Leuchter of the College of Liberal Arts' Religion program.
Eye of the Beholder
Key to a liberal arts education is teaching students to see the world through new perspectives....
Chattanooga, Tennessee journalists reached out to Temple University Criminal Justice Professor Caterina Roman to understand Philadelphia's experience with popular gun violence reduction strategy and how program evaluation and research-practitioner partnerships can support establishing effective solutions.
Last Friday, Temple University's College of Liberal Arts (CLA) held its second annual Liberal Arts Undergraduate Research Awards (LAURAs). The LAURAs grant $2,000 each to undergraduate student-faculty member duos to conduct a research project over the course of a semester. Each student earns a $15/hour stipend from the grant while spending 100 hours on the project, which enables students to dedicate their time to developing research skills without having to worry about their financial wellbeing.
"It's these experiences that you are far more likely to remember two years from...
By: Nick Santangelo
Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology Nora Newcombe was surprised and excited when she heard the news last month: she was being awarded the 2019 Howard Crosby Warren Medal. Awarded annually since 1936, the medal's list of winners is a who's who of major figures in experimental psychology, including some Nobel Prize winners.
"I really was very, very excited, because this award is given by a small elected society of people who are eminent experimental psychologists," says Dr. Newcombe. "And the list of the people who have won it in the past is really...
By: Nick Santangelo
The College of Liberal Arts (CLA) runs on a simple idea: college should be fun, meaning you should study something you enjoy. But CLA is also fueled by another simple idea: your studies should prepare you for your career by teaching you marketable skills that make you uniquely qualified for your career.
At CLA's Spring 2019 Leonard and Helena Mazur Alumni Networking Event, current students got the chance to mingle with alumni whose successful career experiences showed potential pathways for their own successes. Specifically, the Morgan Hall event...
By: Nick Santangelo
Citizens are innocent until proven guilty—or at least they should be. In reality, accused individuals are sometimes treated as guilty until proven innocent. Further, those who are proven guilty are branded so for life, while those guilty of crimes they weren't caught or convicted for are branded innocent for life.
This was the backdrop for a panel on criminal justice reform organized by the Political Science Honor Society, Pi Sigma Alpha, which is co-chaired by seniors Maha Ouni and Conor Freeley. The panel was held before a packed Gladfelter Hall...
