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Dr. Cynthia Wachtell, research associate professor of American studies and director of the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program at Stern College for Women, presented a paper at a conference, “Artistic Expressions and the Great War: A Hundred Years On,” organized by the Hofstra Cultural Center and ...
Dr. Irit Felsen, adjunct professor at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, is co-chair of the Trauma Working Group in the NGO Committee on Mental Health. The NGO Committee works with the United Nations (UN), and its specialized agencies, “to ensure the inclusion of mental health issues within a…
Rabbi Dr. Richard Hidary, associate professor of Judaic studies, reviewed Vered Noam’s Shifting Images of the Hasmoneans: Second Temple Legends and Their Reception in Josephus and Rabinnic Literature as part of a collaboration between the Jewish Book Council and Yeshiva University for Jewish Book…
Daniel Pollack, professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has authored two brief articles for Policy & Practice, the flagship publication of the American Public Human Services Association: “Children, Sports, and Sexual Predators: Ten Commandments for Parents to Follow” and “Sexting,…
Dr. Roee Holtzer is professor of psychology and neurology and director of the PhD program in clinical psychology/health emphasis at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. His research lab examines the effects of age and age-related diseases on brain, cognitive, affective and functional outcomes ...
Dr. Seamus O’Malley, assistant professor of English at Stern College for Women, was the keynote speaker at an international conference at the University of Rouen in Rouen, France, from Nov. 8-9, 2018, organized by the French Society of Woolf Studies (Société d’Études Woolfiennes), an organization…
Daniel Pollack, professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has co-authored an article with Lisa H. Thurau, founder and executive director of Strategies for Youth, explaining how the large number of federal judicial openings this year represents an opportunity to pick judges who can make sure ...
Dr. Jeffrey Gurock, Libby M.Klaperman Professor of Jewish History, presented at the conference “American Jews and Their (Various) Others: Sketching New Maps of Identity, Religion, Civil Religion, and Society,” organized by Da’at Hamakom - Center for the Study of Cultures of Place in the Modern ...
Dr. Linda M. Shires, David and Ruth Gottesman Professor and chair of the English department at Stern College for Women, offered a keynote address for the International Thomas Hardy Society Conference and Festival, which ran from July 14-21, 2018, in Dorchester, England. (The conference was the 50th…
Dr. Shalom Holtz, associate professor of Bible and associate dean for academic affairs at Yeshiva College; Dr. Steven Fine, Dean Pinkhos Churgin Professor of Jewish History and director of the Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies; and Dr. Ari Mermelstein, assistant professor of Bible at ...