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Dr. Cynthia Wachtell, research associate professor of American studies and director of the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program at Yeshiva University's Stern College for Women, recently published an essay in American Literary History. Titled " The Civil War: Post 9/11," the essay discusses how recent…

Dr. Lauren Fitzgerald, director of the Wilf Campus Writing Center and associate professor of English at Yeshiva University, recently co-authored The Oxford Guide for Writing Tutors (Oxford University Press, April 2015). The book serves as a guide for new undergraduate writing tutors, covering both…

Peninnah Schram, professor of speech and drama at Stern College for Women, will participate in The Center for Jewish Studies at Queens College's "Purim Party Extravaganza: Purim Stories with Upside-down Humor" on Sunday, March 1 at Lefrak Concert Hall. Schram's storytelling at the event, which is…

Dr. Anatoly Frenkel, professor of physics at Yeshiva University's Stern College for Women, and Alyssa Lerner '15S, are co-authors on an article recently published in Applied Physics Letters. Titled " In-situ extended X-ray absorption fine structure study of electrostriction in Gd doped ceria," the…

A three-volume set co-edited by Professor Louis Feldman, Abraham Wouk Family Chair in Classics and Literature at Yeshiva University, was recently awarded the Nahum M. Sarna Memorial Award and the 2014 National Jewish Book Award Winner in Scholarship by the Jewish Book Council. Titled Outside the ...

Dr. Saul Andron and Dr. Lynn Levy, Hausman Chair in Communal Social Work and assistant professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, respectively, recently served as guest editors of the Journal of Jewish Community Service, published by the JPRO Network. The special issue, entitled “All in the ...

Dr. Ariel Malka, assistant professor of psychology at Yeshiva University's Yeshiva College, has published an op-ed in The New York Times. Published with co-author Michael Inzlicht from the University of Toronto, the article discusses findings from their recent study, the largest cross-national test…

Dr. Michelle Levine, associate professor of Bible at Stern College for Women, presented at Yeshiva University's Midreshet Yom Rishon, on the topic of, "The Message of the Menorah in R. Obadiah Sforno's Religious Thought." She also delivered a lecture to Stern College students on the first night of…

Dr. William Arsenio and Dr. Fatima Ramos-Marcuse, professor of psychology and adjunct assistant professor, respectively, at Yeshiva University's Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, have published an article in the Journal of Genetic Psychology. Titled " Children's Moral Emotions, Narratives, and…

Dr. Abraham Ravid, professor of finance at Yeshiva University's Sy Syms School of Business, has co-edited a special issue of the Journal of Cultural Economics. Centered around the theme of movie economics, the issue explores topics that range from an empirical investigation of contingency factors…