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Published:Parents of newborns often struggle with the question, Should I feed my baby on demand or try to get them on a schedule? In hospital nurseries, the traditional approach has long been schedule-based. Every three hours or so, a nurse or parent wakes the baby, changes the diaper and attempts to feed them.
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A Scholar Examines Unicorn Magic
CategoriesPublished:The inspiration for the essay “Magical Aesthetics of Unicorns in Girlhood Visual Culture” by Courtney Weida, EdD, associate professor in the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, published in the journal Visual Culture & Gender, can be traced back to a room of young girls equipped with sparkling glitter, brightly colored markers, smooth glass stones and…
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Published:When Brian Stockman, PhD, became a professor of chemistry at Adelphi University after 18 years in pharmaceutical research and development, his research didn’t miss a beat. In the well-equipped labs on Adelphi’s Garden City campus, Dr. Stockman studies trichomoniasis, the most prevalent nonviral sexually transmitted disease, together with the students he teaches and mentors. Dr. Stockman, chair…
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Elizabeth Palley, JD, PhD, a professor in the School of Social Work, was awarded an $80,000 grant from the Washington Center for Equitable Growth to research informal, home-based child care providers—often those who care for children from low-income families—and identify challenges providers face in delivering high-quality, affordable care.
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A Banner Year for Faculty Grants
CategoriesPublished:As Adelphi moved to remote learning in the spring of 2020, one of our top priorities was to ensure that all students had the reliable broadband access and computer hardware they needed.
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Published:Illuminating COVID's toll on African American mothers and children.
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Published:How traditional psychotherapy misses the impact of structural racism on Black boys' psyches—and what to do about it.
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Published:Damian Stanley, PhD, assistant professor of psychology at Adelphi, believes his large-scale, longitudinal study of the COVID-19 pandemic’s unseen psychological effects can help us learn to mitigate its psychological impact, on both an individual and societal level.
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Published:Nara Yoon, PhD, is an assistant professor and applied mathematician who works on diverse topics of mathematical biology, including building models that describe the prognosis for human disease and suggest the best therapeutic strategies.
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Published:Carson Fox, professor of art and art history at Adelphi, uses public art installations to celebrate joy even as it honors loss.
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Published:Jacques Barber, PhD, dean of Adelphi’s Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, joined a research team to explore whether psychotherapy or medication is a better way to treat depression. Meta-analysis of decades of work offers clues.
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On June 24, 2021, Adelphi University will honor David Machlis, PhD, an associate professor of finance and economics at the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, by presenting him with the inaugural President's Humanitarian Award.
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Joaniko Kohchi, director of Adelphi’s Institute for Parenting, shares expertise in an AP News story about reemergence from a pandemic. The story has appeared in The Washington Post and more than 400 other outlets.
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Player FM features a New Books Network podcast episode with Jan-Henry Gray, a visiting assistant professor of English, who discusses a book he co-authored.
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Deborah Serani, PsyD, senior adjunct faculty member, shares her expertise in a CNN story on mindfulness and overthinking.
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Published:On January 6, 2021, when thousands of violent rioters launched an attack on the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., there was much more at stake than the presidential election results the insurgents sought to impede.
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Published:Katherine Fiori, PhD, was a young graduate student at the University of Michigan when she was first introduced to the Early Years of Marriage (EYM) Project—a long-term study launched in 1986 to look at how the early development of marriage impacts a variety of marital outcomes, including the mental and physical health of spouses, the…
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Published:The first of its kind when it was founded almost 50 years ago, the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology is nationally known for reimagining clinical psychology and for its contributions to research.
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According to the United States Census Bureau, Long Island is home to over 100,000 immigrants from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. More than 42,000 are women between the ages of 18 and 74. These women work in our offices, in our local businesses and even our homes. Many of them are mothers who escaped violence or extreme poverty and came to Long Island to make better lives for themselves and their children.
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Every year, Adelphi recognizes and celebrates faculty contributions to our University and its students with the presentation of the Faculty Excellence Awards. Awards have traditionally been given for teaching, service and scholarly and creative work. This year, a new category was added—SJEDI (Social Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) awards—to recognize faculty members for their work…
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Deborah Serani, PsyD, senior adjunct faculty member in psychology, adds her advice to a New York Times story on the benefits of downtime.
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K.C. Rondello, MD, University epidemiologist and clinical associate professor, shares his expertise in a Healthline story about a rare fungal infection called mucormycosis that has surged in India recently.
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Psychology Professor Lawrence Josephs, PhD, and his work on infidelity in couples is featured in il Giornale, a newspaper in Milan, Italy.
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Jacques Barber, PhD, dean of Adelphi’s Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, shares his expertise in a WebMD article on depression.
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A new study on prehistoric stones by Michael D’Emic, PhD, associate professor of biology, is featured on Live Science.
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Josh Altman, PhD, associate director of the Student Counseling Center, is quoted extensively in an Inside Higher Ed story about college students' mental health amid the pandemic.
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From the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education Adeniji-Neill, D. (2020). Empowered Women: Nigerian Society, Education, and Empowerment. NY: Peter Lang. Antony, P. J., and Vaughn-Shavuo, F. (2020). Tracking Attitudinal Changes Among Teacher Candidates in Support of Ensuring Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education. Current Studies in Comparative Education, Science and Technology. 7(1-2), pp. 10-26. Bauler, C., Wang, X.-L., and…
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Deborah Serani, PsyD, senior adjunct professor of psychology, shares expertise in a PsychCentral story about boundary setting post-isolation.
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Published:This op-ed appeared in the February 1 issue of the publication Academic Leader and is used here with permission. As a physicist, I spend time thinking about different ways to measure things. As we reach the COVID-19 pandemic’s one-year mark, we should take an opportunity to reflect on the progress, successes and failures of the…
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Published:As society inches toward greater equality for women and sexual minorities, psychologists continue to report links between prejudices against these groups and religion.