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Dr. Shannon R. Lane, associate professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, partnered with Dr. Jennifer McClendon (University of Nevada Reno School of Social Work), Dr. Victoria Osborne-Leute (Sacred Heart University School of Social Work) and Dr. Kim Baxter (Orvis School of Nursing, University…

Two faculty members of Wurzweiler School of Social Work—Dr. Susan Mason, professor and director of the Ph.Dd program, and Dr. Sari Skolnik, assistant professor—have co-authored, along with Rachel Miller, a therapist in private practice, “ Psychodrama for Schizophrenia: adaptive techniques in mutual…

Dr. Shannon R. Lane, associate professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, partnered with Dr. Adelaide K. Sandler (Marist College) to investigate the nexus between politics and food in “ Diverse Views of Political Empowerment Among Community College Students Who Receive Food Assistance Benefits…

Dr. Travis Tae Oh, assistant professor of marketing at Sy Syms School of Business, published in Psychology Today (June 29, 2021) the results and analysis of a study he did on what it will take to bring back fun in the post-pandemic era. In answer to the research question, “What is it about the ...

Rabbi Mark Wildes Rabbi Mark Wildes is an adjunct lecturer in the Rabbinic Training Program at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), from which he received semicha [rabbinic ordination]. He is also founder and director of Manhattan Jewish Experience (MJE), described as “a warm and…

Dr. Shannon R. Lane, associate professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, partnered with Dr. Njeri Kagotho (Ohio State University), Dr. Jennifer McClendon (University of Nevada, Reno), Theresa Flowers, LCSW (Seed of Faith Counseling and Services, LLC). Dr. Todd Vanidestine (West Chester ...

Dr. Ari Mermelstein is associate professor of Bible and Second Temple Literature and chair of the Department of Bible, Hebrew, and Near Eastern Studies. He is also assistant director of the YU Center for Jewish Law and Contemporary Civilization and the Israeli Supreme Court Project, both located at…

Dr. Hanni Flaherty, clinical assistant professor and associate director of the doctoral program at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has published “ Treating Adolescent Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: Guidelines for Clinical Practice” in Child & Youth Services (June 14, 2021), a journal that promotes…

Human bones are flexoelectric. When microfractures occur during exercise (A), the behavior of cells (B) that form new bone (C) is dictated by the fracture’s flexoelectric field. Dr. Fredy Zypman, professor of physics and chair of the physics departments at Yeshiva College and the Katz School of ...

Dr. Irit Felsen, adjunct professor at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, has published “‘Web-Based, Second-Best Togetherness’: Psychosocial Group Intervention With Children of Holocaust Survivors During COVID-19” in American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (Vol 91(2), 2021, 171-180). Here is the ...