Office of Research and Graduate Studies News

American Studies doctoral student receives dissertation award
Tue, 03/27/2012 - 10:36am
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Jennifer Dutch

Jennifer Dutch, an American Studies doctoral candidate, has received a $5,000 Alumni Association Dissertation Award from Penn State’s Graduate School for the spring 2012 semester for her dissertation “Someone’s In the Kitchen: The Value of Home Cooking Traditions in the Twenty-First Century.”

Dutch, of Hershey, is the first Penn State Harrisburg student to receive the award. She was recognized by the Graduate School Alumni Society on Saturday, March 24.

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College celebrates student and faculty authors
Fri, 03/23/2012 - 1:53pm
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Book Publishing Celebration

Penn State Harrisburg student and faculty authors discussed their works at the college’s annual Publishing Celebration on March 15. The event honors those who have published a book during the past year, highlighting texts ranging from local history, to children’s education, to political interests. View a Flickr slideshow of the event.

This year’s events also incorporated time for authors to autograph their publications, which were available for purchase.

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Behavioral sciences and education faculty receive major grants
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 4:40pm
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Dr. Chiara Sabina
Dr. Denise Meister
Dr. Karin M. Sprow

Three members of Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Behavioral Sciences and Education have received research grants from federal agencies.

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Researcher questions ethics of government human experimentation programs
Tue, 10/25/2011 - 9:29am
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According to a Sept. 2011 CNN poll, a record-low 15 percent of Americans said they trust the federal government “to do what’s right just about always or most of the time.” Associate Professor of Sociology Kenneth Cunningham is conducting research that may provide historical reasons for the popular distrust.

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Student’s award-winning research focuses on unique Colombian music
Tue, 09/13/2011 - 1:42pm
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Silvia Serrano

Graduate student Silvia Serrano is thousands of miles from home as she studies in the humanities program at Penn State Harrisburg. But her research, which garnered a prestigious University award this spring, takes her back to her native Colombia, South America. 

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Board diversity good for business, researcher says
Wed, 07/20/2011 - 11:29am
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Board diversity

When it comes to building a personal financial portfolio, “diversify, diversify, diversify” is a common mantra. According to research by Penn State Harrisburg Assistant Professor of Management Lu Zhang, the same mantra is good advice when it comes to building a corporate board of directors.

Pressure for board diversification grew in the 1980s, but actual diversification has flat-lined recently. A 2008 report by The Alliance for Board Diversity found that women and minorities held 28 percent of Fortune 100 board seats, unchanged from a previous study.

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