Faculty Focus

Faculty Focus: Law Professor Jaya Ramji-Nogales
Type: News Story
In this Faculty Focus segment, Jaya Ramji-Nogales discusses her passions—immigration and human rights law—and how she addresses them in her research and incorporates them into her classroom.
October 28, 2014
Faculty Focus: Geologist Laura Toran
Type: News Story
In this Faculty Focus segment, groundwater geologist Laura Toran uses Temple's new Science Education and Research Center as a living laboratory for both research and teaching.
September 11, 2014
Naveen makes sure her students get a return on their investment
Type: News Story
This faculty focus features Lalitha Naveen, associate professor of finance in Temple's Fox School of Business.
July 24, 2014
Faculty Focus: Laurence Steinberg
Type: News Story
In this Faculty Focus segment, psychologist Laurence Steinberg explains the science behind risk taking and decision making during adolescence.
July 10, 2014
Faculty Focus: Jerry Ratcliffe
Type: News Story
In the latest installment of the faculty profile series, Jerry Ratcliffe, chair of the Department of Criminal Justice, discusses how Temple's Center for Security and Crime Science helps Philadelphia Police.
March 20, 2013
Faculty Focus: Terell Stafford
Type: News Story
In the latest installment of the faculty profile series, Terell Stafford, director of jazz studies and chair of instrumental studies in the Boyer College of Music and Dance, discusses his love of playing the trumpet and the joy he finds in bringing his students along in the jazz tradition.
February 13, 2013
Faculty Focus: Carolyn Kitch
Type: News Story
In the latest installment of the faculty profile series, Journalism Professor Carolyn Kitch discusses her research on "social memory" — how media and other forms of public communications of the present help people to understand the past. Her new book focuses on how Pennsylvanians remember their heritage through memorials, landmarks and museums.
September 19, 2012
Faculty Focus: Robert Levis
Type: News Story
In the latest installment of the faculty profile series, Robert Levis, director of the Center for Advanced Photonics Research and chair of the Chemistry Department, discusses his work in the Laser Lab studying molecules by using high-tech lasers.
July 17, 2012
Faculty Focus: Angelika Dimoka and Paul Pavlou
Type: News Story
In the latest installment of the faculty profile series, Angelika Dimoka, assistant professor of marketing and supply chain management, and spouse Paul A. Pavlou, associate professor of information systems, marketing and strategic management, discuss their collaboration in studying how people make decisions by using neuroscience and information systems.
June 13, 2012
Faculty Focus: Dave Hoffman
Type: News Story
In the latest installment of the faculty profile series, David Hoffman, a professor at Temple's Beasley School of Law, discusses his work in the areas of behavior law and economics. Specifically, Hoffman studies moral psychology and law -- how people’s intuitions about wrong-doing interact with how they behave.
April 11, 2012
Faculty Focus: Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon
Type: News Story
In the latest installment of the faculty profile series, Associate Professor of Urban Theater and Community Engagement Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon discusses her love of playwrighting and spoken word performance and her joy in helping students discover their potential and realize their educational goals.
March 28, 2012
Faculty Focus: Andrew Mendelson
Type: News Story
In the latest installment of the faculty profile series, Andrew Mendelson, professor and chair of the Department of Journalism in the School of Communications and Theater, discusses his passion for photography and the excitement of teaching journalism at Temple.
February 22, 2012
Faculty Focus: Nora Newcombe
Type: News Story
As part of a periodic video series profiling Temple faculty, Nora Newcombe, professor of psychology discusses her experience working in Temple’s Infant Lab. Newcombe’s area of expertise in psychology and cognitive development is spatial thinking in people, especially in children.
January 25, 2012
Faculty Focus: Tracey Vlahovic
Type: News Story
As part of a periodic video series profiling Temple faculty, Tracey Vlahovic, associate professor at the School of Podiatric Medicine, discusses her determined students and co-workers, her Temple pride and her love and sequined shoes.
January 19, 2012
Faculty Focus: Derek Avery
Type: News Story
Associate Professor of Human Resources Derek Avery discusses the reasons he chose Temple and his approach to preparing students to be better human resource managers.
December 8, 2011
Faculty Focus: Miles Orvell
Type: News Story
In the first installment of a periodic video series profiling Temple faculty, Professor of English and American Studies Miles Orvell discusses his experiences at Temple and his respect for the talent and drive of his students. "I’ve taught here basically for my entire career, which was completely different from what I expected," said Orvell.
November 16, 2011