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In the News

Building Associational Parties
Tabatha Abu El-Haj, JD, PhD, a professor in the Kline School of Law, authored a Dec. 10 column for the Democracy Project about building associational parties.
Radnor High School Alerts Families to 'Inappropriate' AI Video Depicting Students
Rob D'Ovidio, PhD, an associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed in a Dec. 9 WPVI-TV (6-abc) segment about generative AI programs used to create fake videos, in relation to a recent incident at Radnor High School.
Three Years After Dobbs, ‘the Reality Is People Are Getting Abortions’
David S. Cohen, PhD, a professor in the Kline School of Law, was quoted in a Dec. 9 New York Times story about abortion rates and state laws three years after the Supreme Court's ruling overturning the precedent of Roe v. Wade.
Why I'm a Zoomers Convert, and You Should Be Too
Greg Law, assistant director of Employer Relations in Steinbright Career Development Center, was quoted and Danny Yang and Luke Carden, undergraduates in LeBow College of Business, and alumnus Lucas Torpie, were mentioned in a Dec. 8 column in ThinkAdvisor about how companies benefit from working with co-op students.

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Drexel University faculty provide expertise, analysis and commentary on a wide variety of news and research topics. Please contact Media Relations for more information and follow us on Twitter to get a first look.

Abieyuwa Aghayere, PhD

buildings, civil engineering, engineering

Aghayere studies structural systems and why they fail. He has written extensively about wood, concrete and steel construction and structural failure analysis. And commented in media stories about building collapses, the degradation and testing of infrastructure and the built environment.

 

Robert D'Ovidio, PhD

Criminology & Justice Studies
D'Ovidio researches the intersection of computer technology, crime and the criminal justice system. He directs Drexel's research program in computer crime and digital forensics. In the past, he has worked with the New York City Police Department and Philadelphia Police Department on research projects involving computer crime. His work with the law enforcement community also includes training investigators on techniques to trace Internet communication and seize electronic evidence and cell phones.

Girija Kaimal, EdD

creative arts therapies
Kaimal’s research focuses on understanding the way that creative self-expression affects human emotions and other brain processes. Her work particularly focuses on the ways people's experiences influence what they create, and how art-making can be used to reduce stress and stress-related issues.

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