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Fall 2024 |
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Message From the Provost
Among Adelphi’s extraordinary faculty are experts whose work creates a path for students to make the most of the learning experience, while generating knowledge that can help parents and educators make smart and supportive decisions about their approach. This edition spotlights some of the fascinating research and efforts of our professors of education, psychology, and health and sport sciences, who are working within their disciplines to improve the lives of students everywhere. Their insights will reverberate for generations.
I hope you’ll enjoy this journey “back to school,” and maybe even join us for the virtual seminar we feature to learn more about the impact of artificial intelligence on the future of education. It’s a topic we can all benefit from learning more about.
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Sincerely, |
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Christopher Storm, PhD
Provost and Executive Vice President
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Why Kids Worry: A New Study Looks at What Fuels Worry and Busts Stress Before and After Students Move Up to Middle School |
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The transition to middle school can be a period of stress and anxiety for students—and a time when parents can grapple with the best way to encourage and support their kids. Laura E. Brumariu, PhD, professor and associate dean for professional programs and student advancement in the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, examined how factors such as parental psychological control and changing physical school locations are associated with children’s worries.
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PE Class: Love It or Hate It? Student Attitudes Toward Physical Education May Have Long-Term Implications |
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Student feelings about physical education can vary widely—for some, it’s their favorite class of the day, while others are happier to have an excuse to sit on the sidelines. Kevin Mercier, EdD, professor and chair of the Department of Health and Sport Sciences, wanted to understand both the positive and negative attitudes students have toward physical education class, and to explore their root causes and long-term consequences. He recently published two research studies that illuminated how elementary and middle schoolers’ PE experiences have potentially lifelong health impacts.
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Fayth Vaughn-Shavuo, PhD, senior adjunct faculty member, and Professor Pavan John Antony, EdD, discuss the need for teachers to get out of their bubbles, and for universities to ensure that the teachers they graduate are ready to teach students from different backgrounds.
Dr. Vaughn-Shavuo and Dr. Antony are co-authors of Creating Culturally Competent Teachers in Higher Education: As a Consequence of Cultural Immersion, which presents a model to prepare culturally responsive teachers by providing a road map for teacher preparatory programs and valuable fieldwork knowledge. |
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Artificial intelligence technologies have quickly become a hot topic in education—from their potential for positive transformation and creativity to its misuse in the form of academic dishonesty.
Please join Adelphi University for a virtual seminar:
The Future of the Classroom: Leveraging AI for Enhanced Learning
Wednesday, September 18, 9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Patricia Joyce, DSW, associate professor of social work and director of Adelphi’s online MSW program, and Professor Pavana Kiranmai Chepuri of Woxsen University, will examine how AI technologies are transforming traditional education and the potential impacts for students and faculty, and debate whether these innovations will breathe new life into the classroom. This seminar is sponsored by the Elizabeth and Allen Don Center for Innovative Technology and Decision Sciences at Adelphi University. |
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Lea Theodore, PhD, professor of psychology, co-edited the first-ever Desk Reference in School Psychology, published by Oxford University Press. For colleagues in school psychology, this 800-plus-page book is Oxford’s venerable replacement for the Handbook of School Psychology; for other mental health professionals who work with children and adolescents, this compendium will serve as a “go-to” resource. Dr. Theodore also co-authored its introduction and chapters on “Academic Interventions: Homework and Study Strategies” and “Homeschooling.”
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Pavan John Antony, EdD, professor of education, and Stephen Shore, EdD, clinical associate professor of education, co-edited Teaching and Supporting Students With Disabilities During Times of Crisis: Culturally Responsive Best Practices From Around the World, published by Routledge. This volume offers international perspectives on the disproportionate impact COVID-19 has had on disabled students and their families, serving as a call to action for educational systems and education policy to become proactive, rather than reactive, for future disasters.
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Adelphi is the only institution of higher education on Long Island to be awarded a SUNY Teacher Workforce Investment Grant, thanks to the efforts of Ruth S. Ammon College of Education and Health Sciences faculty Emily Kang, PhD, associate dean for academic affairs, who served as principal investigator; Matt Curinga, EdD, associate professor; Tracy Hogan, PhD, professor, and Stephen Rubin, PhD, associate professor. The grant provides more than $1.2 million to support our newest teaching professionals through alternative certification programs.
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Scientific American, “The Best Strategy for Learning May Depend on What You’re Trying to Remember”
Emily Cowan, PhD, assistant professor of psychology, co-authored this article on her research to illuminate learning methods that help us retain information in our memories.
Times Higher Education, “Is Mentoring the Elixir of Academic Life?”
Josh Hiller, PhD, associate professor of mathematics and computer science, and Eugenia Villa-Cuesta, PhD, professor of biology, co-authored this collaborative work with academics around the globe that discusses faculty mentorship in academia.
Glamour, “What Is Going on With the It Ends With Us Controversy?”
Stavroula Kyriakakis, PhD, associate professor of social work, discussed how the portrayal of intimate partner violence in movies can help survivors recognize these forms of abuse in their own lives.
Financial Times, “Why Universal Basic Income Is an Attractive Proposition,”
Mariano Torras, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Finance and Economics, authored this letter that discussed the potential of universal basic income in contrast to a July 27 opinion piece “Universal Basic Income: A Bad Idea That Never Dies.” |
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More about Research and Scholarship at Adelphi University |
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