Catherine Wiley received her doctorate from Temple University and has been teaching literature and writing courses in the English department full-time since 2002. She has written on late-Victorian representations of aesthetics and sexuality, enjoys taking photographs of mushrooms and water, and lives with her husband and two sons outside of Philadelphia in a near- constant state of hilarity and surprise.
Professor Palumbo-DeSimone teaches in the English Department and First-Year Writing Program. Her research
interests are Women's Studies and American short stories. Her owner is a large Bombay cat named Nico.
Nell actually grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, and will talk your ear off about what a great food city it is. Her training is in ancient poetry, both Greek and Latin, but she is fascinated by the material aspects of archaeology. When not teaching, she enjoys baking, running, and naps with her dog, not necessarily in that order.
Your professor, Amy Haavik-MacKinnon, received her BA from Vassar College, MAs from The University of Manchester (England) and Bryn Mawr College, and PhD from Bryn Mawr College—all in art history. She loves living in Philadelphia with her husband, two daughters, and two dogs. She is currently exploring updating and editing her dissertation on art, film, and identity in the East End of London for potential publication.
Douglas C Wager originated The Creative Spirit course during the 2007 inaugural year of Temple’s GenEd program and harbors a life-long dedication to and deep belief in the transformative power of the creative process. He is the former Artistic Director for Temple Theater and currently serves as the ASSOCIATE DEAN for the School of Theater, Film and Media Arts. He best known nationally for his work as a professional theater director, having spent over three decades in the field prior to joining the Theater faculty in 2004. Mr. Wager is also the former Artistic Director of the renowned Arena Stage in Washington, DC, where he served for 25 seasons as both resident director and producer. His celebrated work as a director has been seen at major regional theaters across the country as well as in New York, both on and off Broadway, and in England and has also directed for episodic television.
Trained as a classical pianist in my native England. Lived and taught in Egypt before coming to the US to teach and perform. I travel often to many parts of the world, always fascinated how the comparison of my own way of life with the sights, sounds and customs of other cultures leads to a greater understanding of my place in the world.
Seth is just a cool guy that likes to have fun. Enjoys making pasta, watching TV, cracking jokes by a fire, and playing with his daughter at the beach.
Before turning to anthropology, I sailed tall ships for a living, worked as a commercial photographer, studied architecture, and served as a maintenance Crew Chief in the U.S. Air Force. Now I am a sociocultural anthropologist with interest in the critical analysis of power, expertise, technology, and capitalism. I teach courses in sociocultural and visual anthropology, focusing on contemporary American cultures of consumption and inequality. And in my research I’ve recently examined the status of maintenance and repair under the domination of heroic entrepreneurial innovation. My ethnographic approach has focused specifically on how custom motorcycle and car maintainers and enthusiasts produce meaningful experiences through fixing, building, using, and discussing older, dirtier forms of technology, and with the help of a small shop in rural Pennsylvania, I built my own classic custom motorcycle. In my spare time, if I’m not wrenching on something, or competing in moto-observed tr
I was born in Ohio, but grew up in small-town New Hampshire and migrated first to Keene, NH for college (KSC–thanks to state-funded scholarships), then to Oregon (The Oregon Extension), then to Ann Arbor (RC-UMich), then to Chicago (Greenpeace–and my first taste of urban life!), then to San Francisco/ Berkeley/ Oakland (UC Berkeley), then to small town Northern California (Humboldt State), then to Washington, DC (The Smithsonian) then to Las Vegas (UNLV), then to Cambridge (Harvard), before landing with a thud in Philadelphia (Temple). Along the way, I worked as a cab driver, a lumberjack, a bookstore clerk, an environmental activist, and a bike messenger. Those were the legal jobs, anyway. Today I make my living as a professor of sociology at Temple University. I like to read, write, and talk. People tell me I’m fairly good at all three, so it is a perfect job for me. I’ve got a wife and two kids, and a cat named Cody. I prefer the West Coast to the East Coast.
Eugene Chislenko is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy. After immigrating from the USSR, he grew up in Boston and New York City, and did his undergraduate studies at Harvard University and his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley. His main interests are in moral philosophy and moral psychology, and in related topics in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, aesthetics, and the history of philosophy, especially Kant and existentialism. He co-leads Philosophers for Sustainability.
Alex Melonas received his PhD in political science from Temple University. His academic interests are in social and political philosophy, animal studies, feminist theory, and democratic theory. Some fun facts about Alex: he hates reading fiction, his favorite bands are Bad Brains, Beyonce, Minor Threat, and Sage Francis, and in his free time he enjoys rock climbing, watching movies, and reading – but mostly spending time with his wife and son.
Prof. Roy is an anthropologist currently in his fourth year at Temple. In addition to teaching a variety of courses such as Representing Race, Race & Poverty in the Americas, and Anthropology and Culture Change, he is currently serving as the interim director of Temple's Anthropology Laboratory. He received a B.A. from the University of Vermont and a Ph.D. from Princeton University, and is currently completing a book and a set of articles based on over a decade of research among the Abenaki, an indigenous people whose traditional territory encompasses portions of Quebec, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine.
Dr. Hall is a hearing person who does not and will not know what it’s like to be a Deaf person anywhere in the world. So why is he teaching this course? Because learning is more than the transfer of knowledge from a professor to students. When it comes to understanding and appreciating the perspectives of people whose way of being in the world is very different from your own, learning means recognizing what you *don’t* know, seeking out the people who do possess that knowledge, learning from each individual source, and connecting the dots between them to see the larger picture. Dr. Hall has been (gradually, imperfectly) cultivating those skills for many years, and wants to have your company as the journey continues. Aside from teaching, he directs the First Language Foundations Lab (in the department of Communication Sciences & Disorders), dedicated to maximizing the developmental potential of all deaf and hard-of-hearing children through both theoretical and applied research.
Kolson Schlosser is in his 7th year at Temple University in the Department of Geography and Urban Studies. He holds a Phd and an MA in Geography from Penn State, and has studied a wide range of topics, including environmental geopolitics, the cultural geography of the diamond trade, and climate change denialism. He is also the winner of the College of Liberal Arts' 2017-18 Eleanor Hofkin award for excellent teaching. He lives in Philadelphia with his partner, her cat, and his little dog.
I make and love watching films that provoke a new way of seeing the world. And so, this class allows me to teach a subject about which I'm passionate. I am grateful for this opportunity. It's with feeling that I approach every class.
Four cool facts about Eve:
• Played professional basketball overseas
Dr. Szekely’s research and teaching interests focus on the philosophy of music, improvisation, and
existentialism. He has published articles with curious titles like “Jazz Naked Fire Gesture,” “Schizo Zen,” “Progressive Listening,” and
I’m a graduate of Temple Law School and have been a professor in the Criminal Justice Department for many years. My current research is on progressive prosecutors, including the Philadelphia District Attorney, Larry Krasner. In recent years, I’ve mostly been teaching the CJ Capstone Seminar on Wrongful Conviction and Honors Criminal Procedure. After about half a dozen years away from teaching Doing Justice while I was CJ Department Chair, I’m looking forward to once again exploring the past, present, and future of Philadelphia’s criminal legal system with you. In my free time, you can find me playing tennis, skiing and hiking, working on spoiling my granddaughter, and rooting for the Phillies and Flyers.
Shannon Martin is an Academic Advisor in the Temple University Honors Program. Three cool things about Shannon:
-Prior to becoming an owl, Shannon pursued her love of reading and writing and earned her B.A. in English from SUNY Plattsburgh. After graduating, Shannon traveled to Japan to teach English, where she lived and worked in Tokyo and Hiroshima before earning her M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language from Teachers College, Columbia University.
As a historian whose work explores the intersection of religion, politics, and culture in the United States, I’m fascinated by the central question of this course: what can the ideas and beliefs of ordinary people tell us about the wider world around them? I’ve taught IH, History, and American Studies at Temple since 2014. My courses are discussion-based and include a wide range of primary sources. When not teaching I’m an avid runner, a big fan of classic film, and the proud parent of a three-year old (so ask me anything about firetrucks, dinosaurs, or PJ Masks).
Amanda is the Director of the Honors Program and an adjunct assistant professor in the College of Education and Human Development and in the Department of Psychology. Born and raised in South Jersey, she now lives in Philadelphia (but, as the saying goes, you can take the girl out of South Jersey, but you can’t take the leopard print out of the girl). Amanda can often be found behind a camera, watching The Bachelor, or making To Do lists while Alanis Morissette plays softly in the background.
I have been teaching at Temple for over 17 years. Honors Media and Society is my favorite course to teach, and
I am looking forward to interesting and eye-opening class discussions with Honors students. I regularly teach Media and Society, Intro
Cory grew up nearby in Wilmington, Delaware. He stayed close and went to the University of Delaware for his BS and PhD in Electrical Engineering. His interest in a 100% carbon neutral world led him to take classes outside of engineering including economics and public policy. He has shared his expertise through teaching, research, advocacy (op-eds, public comments, etc), and on the TEDx stage. In his free time, you can find him in the woods, on the slopes, or on the volleyball court.
Joshua grew up in a small town in Mississippi and moved to Memphis, TN for high school and college. After earning his BBA and MBA from the University of Memphis, he joined the US Peace Corps where he taught high school courses in a small town in Uganda. After the Peace Corps, he received his PhD in Economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago. His research focuses on the ways recessions can harm college graduate's careers long-term. In his free time he enjoys skiing, traveling, and teaching his kid how to play music.
PhDUT-Austin. Nerdierthanmost.
I am an ecologist working on the deep-sea habitats created by cold-water corals, cold seeps, and hydrothermal vents. I have been lucky enough to spend a large part of my academic career traveling extensively and exploring new areas of the ocean floor while providing my students and colleagues (scientists and artists alike) opportunities to join in these adventures and bring our discoveries to the public. I have worked on everything from microbes to four-meter long tubeworms, and from physiology to community ecology and habitat mapping. I am the father of four kids from age 4 to 12, originally from outside of Boston, and an avid record collector (but a horrible musician).
I am an ecologist working on the deep-sea habitats created by cold-water corals, cold seeps, and hydrothermal vents. I have been lucky enough to spend a large part of my academic career traveling extensively and exploring new areas of the ocean floor while providing my students and colleagues (scientists and artists alike) opportunities to join in these adventures and bring our discoveries to the public. I have worked on everything from microbes to four-meter long tubeworms, and from physiology to community ecology and habitat mapping. I am the father of four kids from age 4 to 12, originally from outside of Boston, and an avid record collector (but a horrible musician).
I am an ecologist working on the deep-sea habitats created by cold-water corals, cold seeps, and hydrothermal vents. I have been lucky enough to spend a large part of my academic career traveling extensively and exploring new areas of the ocean floor while providing my students and colleagues (scientists and artists alike) opportunities to join in these adventures and bring our discoveries to the public. I have worked on everything from microbes to four-meter long tubeworms, and from physiology to community ecology and habitat mapping. I am the father of four kids from age 4 to 12, originally from outside of Boston, and an avid record collector (but a horrible musician).
Ann Valentine is a native of Pittsburgh, PA. Her BS (from the Honors Program at University of Virginia) and PhD (from MIT) are both in chemistry, and she’s been teaching at Temple for 11 years. Prof. Valentine’s research is about bioinorganic chemistry (metals in biology) - how nature gets certain metals like iron or titanium from the environment, and what it does with them when it gets them. She lives in the Philly suburbs with her husband and three kids (ages 15, 11, and 8). Some of her very proudest moments were being named the Temple Honors Professor of the Year in 2015 and 2021.
Ann Valentine is a native of Pittsburgh, PA. Her BS (from the Honors Program at University of Virginia) and PhD (from MIT) are both in chemistry, and she’s been teaching at Temple for 11 years. Prof. Valentine’s research is about bioinorganic chemistry (metals in biology) - how nature gets certain metals like iron or titanium from the environment, and what it does with them when it gets them. She lives in the Philly suburbs with her husband and three kids (ages 15, 11, and 8). Some of her very proudest moments were being named the Temple Honors Professor of the Year in 2015 and 2021.
Though now a Renaissance and print specialist, I wrote my master’s thesis on the 8th-century Umayyad mosaics of the Great Mosque of Damascus, worked on an early Christian archaeological site in Scotland, hiked into the Himalayans to study Tibetan wall painting, lived in Berlin for four years while completing a dissertation on the early history of printmaking, and served as an art conservator and then curator at well-known museums like the PMA, Clark Art Institute, and National Gallery of Art. These experiences are all linked by a keen interest in understanding the materiality and technologies of art-making, as well as the functions of various images and objects before the modern notion of the ‘aesthetic’ or ‘beautiful’ work of art took firm root. Related questions of ritual use, the 'magical' power of images to have their own agency, and the history of vision inform my approaches to this material.
Bettye Collier-Thomas, Professor of History at Temple University, is a pioneer in African American women’s history. She is the founder and served as the inaugural director of the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Museum and the National Archives for Black Women’s History (designated by Congress a National Historic Site and now managed by the National Park Service). Appointed by Joseph Duffy, head of the National Endowment for the Humanities, as a Special Consultant to the division of Public Programs (1977-1980), she developed NEH’s first program of technical assistance to black museums and historical organizations; and organized the First National Conference on Black Museums. In 1979 she with Nancy Foye Cox co-founded Women’s History Week in the District of Columbia. Collier-Thomas organized the much praised conference -- “Black Women: A Research Priority: The First National Scholarly Research Conference on Black Women in America,” which was held in Washington, D.C., November 12-13, 197
Cory grew up nearby in Wilmington, Delaware. He stayed close and went to the University of Delaware for his BS and PhD in Electrical Engineering. His interest in a 100% carbon neutral world led him to take classes outside of engineering including economics and public policy. He has shared his expertise through teaching, research, advocacy (op-eds, public comments, etc), and on the TEDx stage. In his free time, you can find him in the woods, on the slopes, or on the volleyball court.
David Bromley has been working in and around public education for the past twenty plus years as a high school social studies teacher, district administrator, principal and non-profit leader. In 2009 as the Director of Big Picture Philadelphia, David founded El Centro de Estudiantes, an alternative high school in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia serving students who are over-aged and under-credited. David is currently working with the School District of Philadelphia to open a new student-centered, project-based high school in North Philadelphia. David passionately believes in the promise of education and the power of our decisions and actions. When not at work, David can be found with his wife and three teenage children, hiking in the woods, playing games, having patience with the Phillies and watching movies.
Dr. Susannah Anderson has a BS in neuroscience and music, an MPH in epidemiology, and a PhD in community health. I have been a teacher for many years, in Richmond, VA, New Orleans, LA, and here in Philadelphia. In my classes, we focus on the interaction between our biology and our psychology, and how these interact and are affected by our environment, socioeconomic factors, privilege, and policy. My research broadly addresses health and wellbeing of adolescents and pregnant and birthing persons. I teach undergraduate and graduate courses on program planning, health psychology, adolescent health, and maternal and child health. I have a toddler and a baby, and, when there is time, I love being outdoors, playing soccer, cooking, and playing music. I care about public health that is activist and intersectional and that combats inequity.
Dr. Susannah Anderson has a BS in neuroscience and music, an MPH in epidemiology, and a PhD in community health. I have been a teacher for many years, in Richmond, VA, New Orleans, LA, and here in Philadelphia. In my classes, we focus on the interaction between our biology and our psychology, and how these interact and are affected by our environment, socioeconomic factors, privilege, and policy. My research broadly addresses health and wellbeing of adolescents and pregnant and birthing persons. I teach undergraduate and graduate courses on program planning, health psychology, adolescent health, and maternal and child health. I have a toddler and a baby, and, when there is time, I love being outdoors, playing soccer, cooking, and playing music. I care about public health that is activist and intersectional and that combats inequity.
I lived through this period of time and in some ways am the result of all these events and trends. Both the good and the bad. Bob Dylan once wrote that “he not busy being born is busy dying.” I grew up in a suburb of New York City, attended graduate school at Michigan State University, did research at the British Museum on seventeenth-century Puritanism, wrote my doctoral dissertation at the same desk in the reading room where Karl Marx wrote Das Kapital, hitchhiked around Europe, passed through Checkpoint Charlie a couple of times, demonstrated against the Vietnam War on the steps of the American Embassy in London on Grosvenor Square, walked through the tear-gas laden streets of Prague in August 1969 after a demonstration marking the one-year anniversary of the Soviet suppression of the “Prague Spring,” taught history at the University of London and Bremen Universität, lived in West Germany during the Red Army Faction’s major assaults against the Bundesrepublik, played guitar on the s
I spent my first 16 years of life in rural Utah. I bucked hay, hauled sprinkler pipes, milked a cow, and mostly kept out of trouble. I earned my BS in chemistry at the University of Utah and my PhD at University of Wisconsin. My wife and I and our 8-year old son live in Wynnewood. We like to hike, ski, and travel. I've been to all 50 states! It is my goal to make the subject of organic chemistry a joy to learn. I want you to eagerly anticipate every o-chem class. I enjoy the challenge of taking this tough subject and helping you see its inherent beauty. Learning organic chemistry is a great way to develop critical thinking skills.
I spent my first 16 years of life in rural Utah. I bucked hay, hauled sprinkler pipes, milked a cow, and mostly kept out of trouble. I earned my BS in chemistry at the University of Utah and my PhD at University of Wisconsin. My wife and I and our 8-year old son live in Wynnewood. We like to hike, ski, and travel. I've been to all 50 states! It is my goal to make the subject of organic chemistry a joy to learn. I want you to eagerly anticipate every o-chem class. I enjoy the challenge of taking this tough subject and helping you see its inherent beauty. Learning organic chemistry is a great way to develop critical thinking skills.
I spent my first 16 years of life in rural Utah. I bucked hay, hauled sprinkler pipes, milked a cow, and mostly kept out of trouble. I earned my BS in chemistry at the University of Utah and my PhD at University of Wisconsin. My wife and I and our 8-year old son live in Wynnewood. We like to hike, ski, and travel. I've been to all 50 states! It is my goal to make the subject of organic chemistry a joy to learn. I want you to eagerly anticipate every o-chem class. I enjoy the challenge of taking this tough subject and helping you see its inherent beauty. Learning organic chemistry is a great way to develop critical thinking skills.
I am an Assistant Professor in the Physics Department, and this is the first year that I will teach an honors
course. I have spent most of my life in the beautiful island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea, which is the birthplace of Greek
As a student in grade school, I often struggled to figure out my passion and goals. It was not until I started college, that my chemistry classes started making sense to me. One of my professors, once mentioned that you can understand and predict the behavior/reactivity of molecules. This statement pulled me into the world of chemistry and I wanted to know more about molecules. My interest in cooking motivated me to explore the chemistry happening in the kitchen and continue to do so.
As a student in grade school, I often struggled to figure out my passion and goals. It was not until I started college, that my chemistry classes started making sense to me. One of my professors, once mentioned that you can understand and predict the behavior/reactivity of molecules. This statement pulled me into the world of chemistry and I wanted to know more about molecules. My interest in cooking motivated me to explore the chemistry happening in the kitchen and continue to do so.
As a student in grade school, I often struggled to figure out my passion and goals. It was not until I started college, that my chemistry classes started making sense to me. One of my professors, once mentioned that you can understand and predict the behavior/reactivity of molecules. This statement pulled me into the world of chemistry and I wanted to know more about molecules. My interest in cooking motivated me to explore the chemistry happening in the kitchen and continue to do so.
As a student in grade school, I often struggled to figure out my passion and goals. It was not until I started college, that my chemistry classes started making sense to me. One of my professors, once mentioned that you can understand and predict the behavior/reactivity of molecules. This statement pulled me into the world of chemistry and I wanted to know more about molecules. My interest in cooking motivated me to explore the chemistry happening in the kitchen and continue to do so.
I grew up in a small city in Minnesota. My parents grew up on farms in Kentucky. But despite my midwestern and rural roots, I love big cities and I love living on the East Coast. I got my Ph.D. at NYU in New York City, lived in Los Angeles for a year, and taught at Bryn Mawr College before coming to Temple. I'm thrilled to be on a big, urban campus and I can't wait for TU to get back to it's big, busy bustling self! I've now been at Temple for over 20 years. My original field is Victorian Literature with additional training in rhetoric and composition, but I've branched out into Children's and Young Adult Literature since coming to Temple. I'm interested in a lot of other things, too, however, including politics, sociology, urban planning and environmental science. If I had to choose a college major today, I would have a hard time deciding! I'm an Associate Professor of Instruction in the English Department and the First Year Writing Program, where I am also the First Year Writing Advi
There are 3 Michael L. Kleins at Temple University. No. I’m not that one, although I do like to go out to eat. No. Not that one, either. I’m terrible at the sciences. Google some more. Lower. Lower. AH! You found me. I’m the Michael L. Klein who teaches music at the Boyer College of Music and Dance. I’m a Full Professor, which means that there’s nowhere to go but down for me. I try to stay afloat by publishing, so they don’t give me a smaller office. I love, love, love movies. And I love, love, love teaching. Temple even gave me a Lindback Award for Excellence in Teaching, although I think it was a slow year for awards when I got it. Despite not being one of the other Michael L. Kleins at Temple, I feel lucky that I get to teach what I love. Speaking of love: I am married to a professional violinist. I was trained as a pianist at a conservatory in the wonderful city of Rochester (did you know that Rochesterians have 100 phrases for snow, and they all begin with a foul word). When my wi
Dr. Carolyn Kitch is the Laura H. Carnell Professor of Journalism in the Klein College of Media and Communication. During her 22 years as a Temple faculty member, she has taught classes on media history, media and social memory, gender and media, magazine journalism, visual communication, and cultural theory. She is the author, co-author, or co-editor of five books on media history and memory, most recently Front Pages, Front Lines: Media and The Fight for Women’s Suffrage (2020). She previously worked in New York City as a magazine editor at McCall’s and Good Housekeeping and as a contributing writer for Reader’s Digest.
Lynne Andersson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Resource Management in the Fox
School.
Laurence Roy Stains has been an award-winning magazine writer and editor. He's also a mediocre cook, a
perfunctory gardener and a terrible driver.
Cory grew up nearby in Wilmington, Delaware. He stayed close and went to the University of Delaware for his BS and PhD in Electrical Engineering. His interest in a 100% carbon neutral world led him to take classes outside of engineering including economics and public policy. He has shared his expertise through teaching, research, advocacy (op-eds, public comments, etc), and on the TEDx stage. In his free time, you can find him in the woods, on the slopes, or on the volleyball court.
Dr. Chein is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, and the Director of the newly established Temple University Brain Research & Imaging Center. Dr. Chein is himself "Temple Made", being the son of an emeritus professor of Temple's Department of Mathematics, and a graduate of Temple's Honors Program. He obtained his undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Computer Science from Temple in 1997, and rejoined the Temple community as a member of the Psychology faculty in January of 2006. During the interim, he earned his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, and then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton University. He has been teaching for the Honors Program since 2012, and was a 2014 winner of the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. As a leader in Temple's brain imaging research community, he conducts studies employing a cognitive neuroscientific approach to understand the basic mechanisms of cognition, the relationship among these mechanisms, and the c
I grew up in the UK and received my BA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and my PhD in Philosophy from Harvard University. My research is in the areas of philosophy of science, philosophy of medicine, philosophy of psychiatry, feminist philosophy, and epistemology. I also have strong teaching interests in bioethics and philosophy of food. In my spare time I like to cook, eat, run, swim, knit, play the piano, and grow hydroponic herbs and vegetables.
Kristin Gjesdal is Professor in the Department of Philosophy. She has been studying and teaching in Norway, France, Germany, and England before she moved to Philadelphia in 2005. She has worked for — and still occasionally contributes to — newspapers and public radio in Norway and beyond. Kristin specializes in modern, European philosophy, and lives with her husband and (almost grown-up) kids in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. She has been awarded the The Eleanor Hofkin Award for Excellence in Teaching and is the author of many books and articles. Kristin is currently working on a book project with the working title Unruly Women: Romantics and Revolutionaries in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy. You can find out more about her interests on her website and in this interview.
Zach grew up in rural Southern Indiana understanding life through the lens of nature, building numerous forts
among pine trees and riding 4-wheelers through corn fields. He then went to art school (getting a BFA in Painting, BA in Art History,
BARBARA FERMAN is Professor of Political Science and Founder and Executive Director of the University Community Collaborative, a Temple University based initiative that provides media-based youth leadership development programming for high school students. She has published several books and numerous articles on urban politics, racial integration, youth civic engagement, and education. She loves teaching and values the creativity and energy of students. For fun, she plays tennis and gets lost in good fiction, especially page turning mysteries.
Orfeo Fioretos was born and grew up in Sweden, came to the US midway through college, and has been a professor of Political Science at Temple for nearly two decades. His research explores patterns of global cooperation and conflict, often with a focus on economic issues. Recent projects have focused on relations between the global “North” and “South,” innovations in global diplomacy, and the future of the so-called liberal international order. In capstone seminars, he provides students with a collaborative environment in which they can hone their research skills and complete an independent research project.
Katya Motyl grew up in NYC. She moved to Chicago for graduate school, where she received her PhD in History at the University of Chicago. She loves to travel, and has lived abroad in Austria and Italy. She now lives in South Philly with her significant other and two mischievous calico cats. She loves to do yoga, sing, and indulge in the occasional sfogliatella from the Italian Market.
Orfeo Fioretos was born and grew up in Sweden, came to the US midway through college, and has been a professor of Political Science at Temple for nearly two decades. His research explores patterns of global cooperation and conflict, often with a focus on economic issues. Recent projects have focused on relations between the global “North” and “South,” innovations in global diplomacy, and the future of the so-called liberal international order. In capstone seminars, he provides students with a collaborative environment in which they can hone their research skills and complete an independent research project.
BARBARA FERMAN is Professor of Political Science and Founder and Executive Director of the University Community Collaborative, a Temple University based initiative that provides media-based youth leadership development programming for high school students. She has published several books and numerous articles on urban politics, racial integration, youth civic engagement, and education. She loves teaching and values the creativity and energy of students. For fun, she plays tennis and gets lost in good fiction, especially page turning mysteries.