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RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT: Young children’s play in urban areas
Sruthi Atmakur-Javdekar’s background in architecture and landscape architecture enables her to focus on improving the quality of built environments, particularly for children and young people. Through her work, Sruthi aims to influence local and national policies related to children’s rights, urban planning and design. Sruthi is a Ph.D. candidate in the Environmental Psychology program …
EP Student Kristen Hackett elected as Chair-Elect/Chair to SPSSI GSC
In the fall of 2015 Environmental Psychology student Kristen Hackett was elected as Chair-Elect (S.Y. 2015/2016) and Chair (S.Y. 2016/2017) of the Graduate Student Committee of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI). SPSSI, Division 9 of the American Psychological Association, is a good fit both professionally and academically. As a graduate …
Hannah Jaicks receives award from International Research Fund
Soon-to-be defending EP student Hannah Jaicks was recently the recipient of an award from the Sarah Baker Memorial Fund. This fund is distributed by the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y), a joint Canada-U.S. not-for-profit organization that connects and protects habitat from Yellowstone to Yukon so people and nature can thrive. The Sarah Baker grants support student projects that …
A Brief Introduction to Alum Gregory Donovan
Gregory is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies as well as an affiliate faculty member of the New Media and Digital Design Program and the Urban Law Center at Fordham University. His research broadly explores the mutual shaping of people, place, and proprietary media, and how to reorient such shaping toward …
Hannah Jaicks’ research featured by Wild Foundation!
As part of Hannah Jaicks’ dissertation on the human-nonhuman carnivore conflicts of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, she undertook an experiential method known as trekking to explore the physical and symbolic challenges that a grizzly, wolf, or cougar faces on its paths through the unforgiving terrain of the region. Through her work, she experienced a series …
A Brief Introduction to Alum Karen A. Franck
Karen A. Franck received her PhD in Environmental Psychology in 1979. After working on research projects with architect and planner Oscar Newman, she joined the architecture faculty at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Currently a professor there, she directs the PhD Program in Urban Systems sponsored by NJIT and Rutgers-Newark. Her academic appointment …
Tech Update from Jen Tang!
In the linked article below, EP student Jen Tang elaborates her experience navigating the the “robust and fertile physical and digital environments” offered at the CUNY Graduate Center, and NYC more generally, that aim to help “technological newbies like [herself] to wade into” and expand their technological knowledge and skills. As Jen states explicitly, her …
An interview with Do Lee on Environmental Psychology program at GC
Catch Do Lee talking about our Environmental Psychology program at the CUNY Graduate Center with GC Videography Fellows. In the video, Do reflects on our program as we whole, as well as his own experiences and research throughout his time as a member of the program. Link to video: https://vimeo.com/114935861 For more information on Do’s work, …
EP Student, Do Lee, wins Best Student Paper 2014 !
Congratulations to Do Lee for having his paper “Embodied bicycle commuters in a car world” selected as this year’s Graduate Student Award winner for APA Division 34! The paper was based on research that explored how people experience the transition to bicycle commuting lifestyles through a bike to work event in Lake Tahoe, CA. The paper was recognized …
Dr. Roger Hart featured on NPR Podcast
Our very own Dr. Roger Hart was featured on NPR Podcast, Invisibilia, a podcast that explores the intangible forces that shape human behavior – things like ideas, beliefs, assumptions and emotions. The particular episode that featured Roger, entitled Fearless, aired on January 16, 2015. In the podcast Roger discusses his research conducted in Vermont which investigates …
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