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Elizabeth Kaletski, an associate professor in the Department of Economics at Ithaca College, speaks about her research, her time teaching at the college and the intersection of economics and human rights.

Q&A: Economics professor researches human rights during sabbatical

By Kaeleigh Banda, Staff Writer • December 6, 2023
Elizabeth Kaletski, an associate professor in the Department of Economics at Ithaca College, was on sabbatical for Spring 2023. During her sabbatical, she worked on projects centered on children’s rights for the Human Rights Measurement Initiative, including analyzing data, writing academic papers and securing funding.
Amanda Faherty, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Ithaca College, won an award for her current research which focuses on how society and culture impact the relationships between parents and children and the development of the children.

Q&A: Assistant professor wins award for cross-cultural study

By Ashan Chandrasena, Staff Writer • February 22, 2023
Amanda Faherty, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, won the Leigh Minturn Memorial Prize for Early Career Cross-Cultural Research. 
Ithaca College is home to undergraduate and graduate programs that require students to participate in research with professors as part of their curriculums. 

Students and faculty work together to conduct research studies

By Eleanor Kay, Managing Editor • November 30, 2022
Ithaca College is home to undergraduate and graduate programs that require students to participate in research with professors.
Carole Dennis, a co-founder of Assistance in Motion and professor emerita in the Department of Occupational Therapy, and Sharon Stansfield, the other co-founder and professor in the Department of Computer Science, began research at the college in 2001 to fill the gap they noticed in mobility aids for infants and toddlers with motor impairment.

Faculty founds tech company to bring mobility to children

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Staff Writer • September 26, 2022
Current and former Ithaca College faculty founded a company to build robots in the hopes of bringing mobility to children with motor impairment.

Faculty Research: Professor researches preservation methods in Mexico

By Jennifer Jolly • December 12, 2013

In the 1930s, Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas began investing resources in a project to transform Patzcuaro, a small lakeside city in western Mexico, into a tourist attraction. He and his compatriots...

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