A psychologist testifying for Jerry Sandusky's defense is expected to present a novel defense: he has a histrionic personality disorder. William R. Dubin, professor of psychiatry at Temple, was skeptical. “I can't imagine this kind of personality being a successful football coach. A certain discipline, a certain persistence is required, and these are qualities that don't exist in a histrionic person."
Fifteen years after its first class, the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program has spread way beyond its Philadelphia birthplace. Lori Pompa, a criminal justice instructor at Temple who created the program said, “The outside students aren't there to study the inside students. They're there to learn. All participants are in class together, as peers." These relationships lead to a better understanding of an array of social issues.
Why do people like Nik Wallenda, who crossed Niagra Falls on a tightrope, take such death-defying risks? He’s a thrill-seeker. These are the people that characteristically bring about change. “They are at the forefront of pushing the edge,” said Frank Farley, a faculty member in Temple’s College of Education.
