News at Adelphi

Still looking for a permanent position where she can get the supervision needed to earn her license as a mental health therapist, Aaiza Kausar ’17, MA ’20, is gaining experience—and strength—as a consultant counseling parents of children with special needs.

First-year student Matthew Brophy is a winner of a 9/11 Promise scholarship for children of first responders. Affected by a friend's suicide, he came to Adelphi for our top-tier psychology program.

The 2016 presidential election had a powerful effect on many therapy patients: They were upset, and they wanted to talk about it.

Adelphi researchers challenge long-standing assumptions and break new ground in patient care.

John Christopher Muran, PhD, associate dean of Adelphi University's Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, has published a new book on rupture in therapy.

Katherine Fiori, PhD, associate professor of psychology and department chair, is interviewed and her work is cited in a New York Times story about the importance of casual social interactions.

ParentChild+ helps young children in underserved communities across 15 states. The organization's goal is to use education to break the cycle of poverty for low-income families, engaging early in life to help toddlers, their parents, and their family child care providers access a path to possibility.

Kirkland Vaughans, PhD ’85, adjunct faculty member in the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology and director of the Derner Hempstead Child Clinic, is quoted in a New York Times story about healing from the trauma associated with racism.

Adelphi remembers Jean Lau Chin, EdD, an accomplished and beloved member of our community.

Deborah Serani, PsyD, senior adjunct professor of psychology, is quoted in MSN's The Healthy about Father’s Day gifts.

Damian Stanley, PhD, assistant professor of psychology, is working with colleagues from across the country on an ambitious research project on the psychological and social effects of the pandemic.

Adelphi has appointed Robert F. Bornstein, PhD, the distinguished title of University Professor.

Four Adelphi University graduate degree programs have landed on the U.S. News & World Report's Best Graduate Schools list for 2021.

Learn more about the launch of the Warmline resource at the Institute for Parenting.

Meet the new set of dedicated, diverse and knowledgeable faculty members joining the Adelphi community.

Adelphi professor of psychology Robert Bornstein, PhD, explains that students learn best with professors who are personally interested in their lives and their future goals.