Alumni News (updated November, 2009)

If you have news or pictures you'd like shared on this page, please e-mail Julie Edmunds at julie.edmunds@temple.edu.

Masami Takahashi, Ph.D., a former Developmental area graduate student, is an associate professor at Northeastern Illinois University. He also recently produced and directed a film (http://www.der.org/films/last-kamikaze.html).

Gerard Costa, Ph.D., a former Developmental area graduate student, has a chapter on "Pervasive Developmental Disorders" appearing in the July 2009 Wiley book, "Evidence-Based Practice in Infant and Early Childhood Psychology."

Kate Monahan, Ph.D., a former Developmental area graduate student just accepted a full-time position as a Research Scientist at David Hawkins' center at the University of Washington.

Carolyn Spies, Ph.D., a former Developmental area graduate student reports, " I am happy to share that Bloomfield is the recipient of a two-year, $1.2 million grant from the Predominantly Black Institutions program under Title IV of the US Department of Education, which I co-wrote with two colleagues and for which I am serving as project manager (in addition to my day job as the associate dean). The grant targets recruitment and retention of Black American students into the STEM fields." Congratulations Dr. Spies!

Mark Schenker, Ph.D., a former Clinical Area graduate students has written a book called, "A Clinician's Guide to Twelve-Step Recovery" which will be published in February, 2009 by W.W. Norton. Click here for a flier from the publisher.

Anthony Steven Dick, Ph.D., a former Developmental Area graduate student is a post-doctoral fellow at the Human Neuroscience Lab at University of Chicago. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Anthony Steven Dick's and Dr. Sharon Dick's (formerly Shannon Pruden, also a former Developmental Area graduate student) new son, Adam Steven Dick.

Jamie Reilly, Ph.D., a former Developmental Area graduate student is now at the University of Florida-Gainesville. See below for a photo of Dr. Reilly's wife and their new son!