Staff & Faculty
In the latest installment of the faculty profile series, Michel Boufadel, professor of civil and environmental engineering, discusses his research on pollution and how it affects the environment, from the Gulf Oil Spill to the Marcellus Shale Formation.
April 25, 2012
Great Teacher Award honorees Shohreh Amini, professor of neuroscience and biology, and Sarah Bass, associate professor of public health, are among a dozen outstanding Temple faculty who will be recognized at tomorrow's Faculty Awards Luncheon.
April 24, 2012
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
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.
In the latest installment of the faculty profile series, Daniel Funk, professor at Temple's School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, discusses his research on sports involvement and the stages of awareness, attraction, attachment and allegiance to sports teams.
The new director of Temple's Feinstein Center for American Jewish History, Lila Corwin Berman, examines the American Jewish experience from a historical perspective, bridging religion, politics and questions about identity. On March 15, the center will host “The Art of Being Jewish in the City,” a day-long symposium exploring arts-led urban development and the role that Jews play in envisioning new forms of urban life.
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.
Today marks the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens, the well-known and immensely popular Victorian writer. Events are being held around the globe — including several nearby at the Free Library of Philadelphia, to celebrate Dickens' long-lasting, international impact. Peter Logan, professor of English and director of the Center for the Humanities at Temple, is currently at work on book about Dickens. He offered his perspective on why Dickens is still so relevant today.
Janice H. Laurence, associate professor of adult and organizational development in Temple's College of Education, has collected and co-edited the latest knowledge from the field of military psychology for the Oxford Handbook of Military Psychology. Her work explores the connections between modern warfare and psychology.
Last year, the rising tide of anger and frustration over the costs of college textbooks among students and faculty prompted Steven Bell to design the alternative textbook project, which he piloted this past fall at Temple.
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.
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.
Philadelphia's Center City District recently rededicated Chestnut Park as John F. Collins Park in honor of the internationally recognized landscape architect and founding chairman of Temple’s Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture. Collins, who died in August, spent decades designing and significantly adding to Philadelphia’s greenways.
