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¹û½´ÊÓƵ faculty develop pedagogical solutions to meet the challenges of COVID-19

On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, an artist revisits personal loss and a national tragedy.

A multidisciplinary team's research could inform the way zoos and other groups design new homes for wildlife.

¹û½´ÊÓƵ is committed to transforming the lives of our students, and conducting research or working in depth on a creative project can be one of the most transformative experiences undergraduates can have at college.

In the Fall 2021 semester, across all of higher education, faculty members sought ways to keep students safe and engaged amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.

As a critical scholar, Eric Knee, PhD, assistant professor of health and sport sciences, often studies how systems of oppression create inequities in society.

According to the American Heart Association, about 55 percent of Black adults have high blood pressure, also known as hypertension.

There are, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), as many as 3 million Americans who suffer from chronic stuttering.

A new interdisciplinary, open access scholarly journal will soon be published—with leadership from ¹û½´ÊÓƵ Professor Reem Khamis, PhD, and support from ¹û½´ÊÓƵ Libraries—to bridge the knowledge gap surrounding speech and communications disorders as they relate to marginalized people and groups.

Associate professor of theatre John McDermott has designed sets for more than 250 shows off-Broadway and regionally since 1992.

Recent works by faculty members Robert Mendelsohn, Joel Weinberger, Jairo N. Fuertes, Jacques Barber and J. Christopher Muran burnish the Derner School’s reputation as a world leader in psychoanalytic research.

One ¹û½´ÊÓƵ professor's fight to bring change to her field.

Behind the unsung innovations driving global commerce.

A new dual-blockchain architecture promises to enhance election transparency, security and equity.

A collaboration between a Derner professor and a doctoral student of psychology examines the connection between attachment anxiety and loneliness.

Faculty memoir excavates the trauma of racism.

The McDonell Summer Fellows Program gives budding scientists opportunities, mentorship and a stipend so they can dive into research

¹û½´ÊÓƵ social work professor advocates for better practices and policies after shocking statistics on suicide come to light.

An ¹û½´ÊÓƵ novelist uses her retirement to probe the complications of money and boredom.

Shining a light on the struggles of vulnerable healthcare workers.

In Fall 2022 ¹û½´ÊÓƵ opened the new Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Works to further our emphasis on and support of student research.

In addition to teaching, Derner faculty members engage in scholarship and research. Here are recent highlights of their work.

Mary Beth Cresci, PhD, adjunct professor, who served from 2005 to 2018 as director of the postgraduate programs at the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, received the Founders Award from the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology (SPPP), Division 39 of the American Psychological Association (APA), at its April meeting.

A rising senior conducting research on retinal imaging; a trilingual future speech-language pathologist; and a doctoral student who brought social work to an orphanage in Kenya—our three Fulbright Scholars share their stories.

Undergraduate and graduate students presented STEM and liberal arts research, music and dance performances, original literature, and computer science and gaming demonstrations at our 17th annual Scholarship and Creative Works Conference. It is always a uniquely empowering ¹û½´ÊÓƵ experience.

When Louise Geddes, PhD, associate professor and chair of the Department of English at ¹û½´ÊÓƵ, and Valerie M. Fazel, PhD, instructor of English at Arizona State University, attended the Shakespeare Association of America annual conference in New Orleans in 2016, they were struck by the sights and sounds of an elaborate jazz funeral held in honor of the 400th anniversary of the playwright and poet's death.

For many people, the word archaeology conjures up visions of researchers digging up old things like ancient tools or pottery.

The following faculty members describe their productive sabbatical projects: