The Philosophy Department congratulates Clara McKnight, Nordev Prize winner for the 2022-2023 academic year, for her preliminary exam on Cavendish on Perception. Congratulations Clara!
by Department of Africology and African American Studies
April 28
On April 8, 2023, the Organization of Africology and African American Graduate Students (OAAAGS) held its 2nd Annual Conference at the Center for Anti-Racism on "African Consciousness: An Exposition of Emerging Scholarship in Africana Studies and Africology." A well-attended and impeccably organized event, the conference featured, in addition to Temple's own Department of Africology and African American Studies students, graduate students from UPenn, Capella University, UMass Boston, and the University of South Carolina.
Undergraduate student Maansi Suvarna (class of 2024), double major in biology and philosophy has the paper, The Importance of Intersectionality in Healthcare, accepted for publication in the Spring 2023 Issue of the Penn Bioethics Journal.
Way back in 1659, James Howell knew that "all work and no play" was a bad idea. Today, scientific evidence from Temple's Infant and Child Lab clearly demonstrates that young children will be woefully underprepared for the modern job market if they do not learn to be curious and creative explorers. Originality and novelty, not just productivity will be the valued currency for the next generation. As we enter into this age of creativity, it is critical that we re-insert these skills back into classrooms.
Professor Kathy Hirsh-Pasek thinks that playful...
Temple University's College of Liberal Arts (CLA) held its annual Liberal Arts Undergraduate Research Awards (LAURAs) Ceremony last week. The LAURAs grant $2,000 each to undergraduate student-faculty member teams 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 well-being. Sandra Suárez, Deputy Dean and director of the LAURAs program was the master of...
Creative Writing Professor Don Lee has been awarded a prestigious 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship. Award recipients are selected on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise.
For his project, he will be writing a neo-noir novel entitled Every Mean, which will have more of a global, international focus than in his previous work, hopping between countries in Asia and Europe. It'll be about a disgraced K-pop star named Kyung S.Y. who's hired by a Hong Kong billionaire to get Kyung's former lover to inscribe a photo to a Chinese dissident. Or so...
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College of Liberal Arts (CLA) empowers students to use their liberal arts education to become agents of change in their communities. One initiative students participate in is the Community Scholars Program. Led by director of Community Engagement, Heather Lewis-Weber, this is a paid, 10-week program that helps students build leadership skills and critical tools for social impact. Through the program, students engage directly with community leaders and develop an awareness of social issues impacting local communities to aid in developing their own,...
Temple history professor Ralph Young has been named a Fulbright Specialist. Young will travel to the University of Rome to teach a four-week seminar, a condensed version of the Cold War Culture in America course he teaches at Temple.
The Fulbright Specialist Program provides opportunities for academic professionals to take on two-to-six week projects overseas. Award recipients are selected for their expertise and achievement in their fields, as well as their potential for fostering relationships with other institutions while abroad.
The seminar will examine how...
More than 50 years ago, Temple students flooded the North Philadelphia roads of Broad Street for hours to demand that the university be more responsive to African
The College of Liberal Arts (CLA) hosted the annual Celebration of Faculty Awards ceremony on March 27, 2023. The Master of Ceremony, Sandra L. Suaréz, CLA Deputy Dean, kicked off the ceremony by acknowledging our faculty's outstanding accomplishments in teaching, research and service before and during this challenging academic year. And to quote the United States Post Office, she remarked, "Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night … will keep us from celebrating our remarkable faculty." The Edward Buthusiem Faculty Research AwardDean Richard Deeg took the...
The Philosophy Department congratulates Katie Brennan on taking up a position as Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island. Before she starts her tenure track at Salve Regina University in January 2024, she will be a postdoctoral fellow with the Canadian Extending New Narratives in the History of Philosophy. As a post doc, Katie will work on a project entitled Becoming Who You Are: Hedwig Dohm on Ethics, Epistemology, and Self-Realization. Her host is Corey Dyck at Western University, London, ON. Katie's dissertation title was "...
Kristina Sladek graduated from the MPP program and now serves as an auditor for the Office of the Inspector General of Amtrak. Continue reading to learn more about her current position and her time in the MPP program.Please describe your organization and its mission. I work for Amtrak's Inspector General, Kevin H. Winters. The Office of the Inspector General's mission is to provide independent, objective oversight of Amtrak's programs and operations through audits, and investigations focused on recommending improvements to Amtrak's economy, efficiency, and effectiveness;...
Tyler Honschke is a recent graduate of Temple's MPP program who works for the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 21. Continue reading to learn more about Tyler's experience in the MPP program...
Temple's Master of Public Policy (MPP) program, alongside the Committee of Seventy and the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, welcomed former Congresswoman Marjorie Margolies for a conversation about balancing career and family life. Marjorie, a mother of eleven children, spoke about the difficulties and sacrifices she made to miraculously balance her high-powered career and home life. Marjorie had a highly successful career, even when she had multiple children to take care of. She is an Emmy-winning journalist, served as a Congresswoman, and now is the President of Women...
Temple University was recognized for the fourth time by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs as a Fulbright U.S. Student Program Top
Jitendra Nath Mohanty, emeritus professor of philosophy at Temple University, was born in 1928 in Orissa, India. Professor Mohanty had a distinguished career, making major contributions to philosophy without borders in the areas of logic, epistemology, and phenomenology, by drawing upon classical Indian traditions as well as modern anglophone and German philosophy, especially the study of Husserl. He was the founding editor of Husserl Studies. Professor Mohanty was past President of the Society for Asian and Comparative philosophy, past President of the Indian...
The Economics Department is happy to welcome two new faculty members. Gretchen Sileo will join the department in the fall of 2023. Gretchen is finishing her PhD at Georgetown University with a focus on Environmental Economics and Industrial Organization. Long Hong will come to Temple in the fall of 2024, after spending a year as a post-doctoral fellow at Ohio State. His areas of expertise include Labor Economics, Health Economics, and Applied Econometrics.
Professor Viviane Sanfelice is coauthor of the newly released journal article "Mobile Broadband, Poverty, and Labor Outcomes in Tanzania," which has been published in the World Bank Economic Review.
Temple's Master of Public Policy (MPP) program requires all students to complete a public policy internship before graduation. Internships allow students to apply what they have learned in the classroom, gain experience in the public policy field, and expand their professional network. Current MPP student Luke Tomczuk interns at the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities. This office ensures that Philadelphia is accessible to everyone through advocacy and education. During his time at the office, Luke has attended White House briefings, engaged with the US Access Board...
Temple MPP alum Amanda Warren was recently named as Governor Shapiro's Director of External Affairs. Warren previously served as the Executive Director of the Shapiro Davis Inauguration and was the Finance Director on the Shapiro for Pennsylvania campaign. Congratulations, Amanda! Temple University's Master of Public Policy trains you to develop and evaluate government programs and activities. This twelve course professional degree program prepares graduates for careers in the public, non-profit or private sector. You can learn more about the program on our website, or...
