12 episodes

Research that Resonates is a podcast from Villanova University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences that takes listeners inside labs and classrooms to learn about important research our students are conducting alongside faculty mentors. For our first miniseries, we focused on sustainability. Villanova teams are researching some of the most critical issues affecting the planet today, including renewable energy, rising sea levels and climate change.

Research that Resonates Villanova University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

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Research that Resonates is a podcast from Villanova University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences that takes listeners inside labs and classrooms to learn about important research our students are conducting alongside faculty mentors. For our first miniseries, we focused on sustainability. Villanova teams are researching some of the most critical issues affecting the planet today, including renewable energy, rising sea levels and climate change.

    Language and Literature: Learning Science Through Children's Literature

    Language and Literature: Learning Science Through Children's Literature

    From toddlers to seniors, stories have an incredible impact on readers at any stage in life. But when it comes to children’s educational media, how do young audiences decipher reality and fiction? In the Scientific Thinking and Representation Lab, Katie Van Dusen '24 CLAS, Deena Weisberg, associate professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, and their fellow researchers investigate children's understanding of scientific concepts from stories, with a long-term goal of providing best practices to media outlets. Katie's research specifically explores anthropomorphic characters effect on children's learning outcome.

    • 10 min
    Language and Literature: Taught by Literature

    Language and Literature: Taught by Literature

    Following the legacy of African American writer and activist Alice Dunbar Nelson, researchers Trinity Rogers '24 CLAS, Matt Villanueva '24 MA, and Jean Lutes, PhD, professor of English and Luckow Family Endowed Chair in English Literature, aim to recenter the work of Black female intellectuals through the Taught by Literature project. From uncovering lost literature to transcription and video production, the researchers have grown the project into an outreach effort and collaborate with other scholars, schools and programs to makes these important stories available to a wider audience.

    • 12 min
    Language and Literature: Speech and Language Perception

    Language and Literature: Speech and Language Perception

    Language is all around us as we communicate and take in information from our senses every day. Psychology graduate student Ryan Henderson '24 MS and Joe Toscano, PhD, associate professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and director of the Cognitive Science Program, discuss their research on speech perception in the Word Recognition and Auditory Perception Lab. The researchers seek to address challenges with hearing loss and speech comprehension by deepening our understanding of language processing.

    • 11 min
    Genetics: Understanding Instinctual Behaviors

    Genetics: Understanding Instinctual Behaviors

    What makes a fruit fly fall in love? Biology Professor Troy Shirangi, PhD, and his student Julia Duckhorn explain the instinctual courting behaviors of a fruit fly and the role of a gene called the dissatisfaction gene. Julia graduated from Villanova with a bachelor’s degree in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience in May 2020 but was able to continue working in Dr. Shirangi’s lab for another year after her graduation.

    • 10 min
    Gentics: Nature vs. Nurture and Alcohol Use

    Gentics: Nature vs. Nurture and Alcohol Use

    We know there is a genetic component to Alcohol Use Disorders, but the specifics of those genetics are still largely unknown. Psychological and Brain Sciences Professor Benjamin Sachs, PhD, and his students Elisabeth Dimitratos and Leah Waltrip explain correlations they have found between gender, stress and alcohol use. Leah graduated in May 2020 and began her career in research. Elisabeth graduated in 2021 and is pursuing graduate school to be a Physician Assistant.

    • 10 min
    Youth and Identity: #Adulting, Understanding the Transition

    Youth and Identity: #Adulting, Understanding the Transition

    #Adulting—it's a trending term among 20-somethings referencing their attempts to take on adult responsibilities. When asked, "do you think you are an adult?" most college students answered “yes and no," according to research from Dana Palmisano ’19 CLAS. Dana is interested in personality psychology and did research on the transition period between adolescence and adulthood under the guidance of her faculty mentor, John Kurtz, PhD, professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. In this episode, Dr. Kurtz and Dana talk about the results of Dana’s research and the possibility for further research on psychological maturity and understanding this critical developmental period.

    • 11 min

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