Award-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan is poised to once again leave moviegoers thrilled, entertained and scrambling to Google explanations about his latest film
Dr. Miguel De La Torre, a former Temple graduate, has won two powerful AAR Awards. The 2020 American Academy of Religion Excellence In Teaching Award, and the 2021 American Academy of Religion Martin E. Marty Public Understanding Of Religion Award.
Minjung Noh, a recent graduate, just took a postdoctoral position at Lehigh University that is set up to promote promising early career scholars of color into what will become tenure-track positions! Minjung recently accepted a position as a member of the Academic Labor and Contingent Faculty Committee at AAR, starting in January 2024. Additionally, she has been participating in the ACLS Intention Foundry as AAR's Society Scholar.
Amy Defibaugh (she/her) has joined the American Academy of Religion as director of programs and meetings. She is now handling the programming aspects of AAR's Annual Meeting, virtual meeting programming as decided upon for the future, and directing AAR's publications.She holds a PhD in religion from Temple University with a research focus on death and dying studies. While completing her dissertation, Amy was the associate director of academic affairs for Temple's College of Liberal Arts during which she created small and large-scale events and programs. After completing her...
Adam Ozimek (PhD in Economics, 2013) recently published an article in The Atlantic that details how the US might have averted a recession. Read the full article The Simple Mistake That Almost Triggered a Recession.
In honor of Pride Month, Brad Windhauser, professor of instruction in English and gender, sexuality and women's studies and program coordinator of LGBT studies,
Dr. Olga Timoshenko was recently invited to be a discussant at the 13th Annual Conference of the LACEA Trade, Integration and Growth Network at INTAL in Buenos Aires. She discussed "Input Varieties and Growth: A Micro-to-Macro Analysis" by Ariel Burstein of UCLA.
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek is disrupting the educational status quo.For more than twenty years, the Stanley and Deborah Lefkowitz Faculty Fellow of Psychology at Temple has been
Name: Andrew Ankamah Degree: BA, political science with an Africology and African American studies minor College: College of Liberal Arts Hometown: North Brunswick, New
Name: Julia Mayro Degree: BA, Psychology with a Spanish minor College: College of Liberal Arts Hometown: Jenkintown, Pennsylvania Graduation year: 2023 Big Future: A
Temple University student Andrew Ankamah, Class of 2023, has paved the road to remarkable changes in his communities. On Feb. 9, he was announced as one of the McDonald's
The Public Policy Lab (PPL) in the College of Liberal Arts at Temple University and the Population Studies Center (PSC) at the University of Pennsylvania are excited to announce a new collaboration. PPL Director Judith Levine and PSC Director Emilio Parrado recently signed a General Collaboration Agreement between the two centers to promote academic research and training opportunities around policy-relevant population issues. A primary, but not exclusive, theme of the collaboration will be demographic change in the Philadelphia metropolitan area and its policy implications. ...
Name: Cameron BarhamDegree: BA, Psychology with a criminal justice minorCollege: College of Liberal ArtsHometown: Allentown, PennsylvaniaGraduation year: 2023Big Future:
When he sold his 2001 debut collection of short stories, Yellow, Don Lee had no plan to write a second book; he just couldn't find a book deal that didn't include a follow-up novel. Five books and nearly two decades later, Lee's work is being recognized with one of the most coveted and prestigious awards a writer can receive, with an eye on what's yet to come.
Lee, a Professor and Director of Temple's Creative Writing MFA program, has been awarded a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship. This year, 171 Guggenheim fellows were named spanning 48 disciplines, but Lee is...
On May 2 the College of Liberal Arts celebrated the 2023 Baccalaureate recipients.
The ceremony was held in Mazur Hall where the recipients accepted their awards and key faculty and mentors gathered to congratulate students. Alum Eric Schlesinger (CLA '73), who is an active CLA Board of Visitors member and a dedicated mentor to CLA students was the keynote speaker. His message, along with remarks from Dean Richard Deeg and Senior Vice Dean for Undergraduate Affairs, Annette McMenamin Bakley were ones of inspiration and encouragement.
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In light of recognizing the importance of diversity issues and celebrating AAPI Heritage Month, the Department of Criminal Justice held its first-ever AAPI Speaker Series by inviting two scholars, Dr. Sheetal Ranjan from Montclair State University and Dr. Jin Lee from George Mason University, to share their research and academic journeys with our faculty and students.On April 27, Dr. Ranjan discussed the importance of integrating healthcare perspectives into criminal justice system issues by indicating how healthcare networks have a role in addressing social determinants of...
This year's College of Liberal Arts' (CLA) undergraduate graduation ceremony will be held at the Liacouras Center on Wednesday, May 10 at 9:30 a.m. The Graduate ceremony will be held at Mazur Hall in room 17, Friday, May 12, at 10:00 a.m.
We are so proud of all of our graduates! Congratulations to you all.
This year, we have the pleasure of welcoming Shawn McCaney (CLA '87) as the keynote speaker for the undergraduate ceremony. McCaney is the Executive Director at the William Penn Foundation. Prior to his appointment as Executive Director, he was...
Director and producer Lynn Novick visited Temple's campus on March 16 to discuss her new film series, The U.S. and the Holocaust, a new three-part, six-hour documentary
