News at Adelphi

For Adelphi’s many first-generation students, and those balancing financial hardship, the dream of a degree is too often overshadowed by fears like these: uncertainty, constant anxiety and the looming threat that financial barriers will cut their journey short. Then comes the email: You have been awarded a scholarship.

Adelphi University enters the 2026–2027 academic year with a wave of new faculty joining its colleges and schools, bringing decades of combined experience in health education, the arts, nursing, environmental policy, physician assistant studies and creative writing. Below is an introduction to this year’s class of new professors and a glimpse into their expertise and accomplishments.

Ivana Berlin ’18, JD, found her academic direction at Adelphi when courses in criminal justice, sociology and law gave her a framework for examining systemic inequality and imagining better systems.

Afra Masud, a rising junior majoring in sociology and a Levermore Global Scholar, is the ninth consecutive Adelphi student to receive a yearlong Newman Civic Fellowship awarded to student leaders who are dedicated to making positive social change.

Louise Geddes, PhD, associate dean for student success strategic initiatives, is a guest on this podcast, where she discusses her research, teaching and the impact of AI on education.

Louise Geddes, PhD, professor of English and associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, makes the case for traditional studies as an antidote to the downsides of our rapidly changing world.

In the United States, academic law reviews are generally found at the graduate level.

For the first time since the pandemic, high school students gathered at Adelphi to learn how to advocate for their rights and those of people of all races, cultures, religions and genders.

Jacqueline Olvera, PhD, director of Latin American and Latinx Studies and associate professor of sociology, and students spent an eye-opening summer with the hardworking, entrepreneurial women who sell tamals on street corners.

In Spring 2022, Associate Professor Jacqueline Olvera, PhD, became director of Latin American Studies.

Melanie Bush, PhD, professor of sociology and an expert in teaching methods around the globe, has been awarded a Fulbright Specialist Award. During her three-year tenure, she will develop new insights into the ways we can make education more just and equitable for all.