{"id":25,"date":"2020-06-02T15:04:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T19:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/research\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-05-01T18:34:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:34:35","slug":"scholarship-and-creative-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/research\/scholarship-and-creative-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Scholarship &#038; Creative Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A Deeper Understanding of Identity<\/h2>\n<p>School of Social Work Professor Wahiba Abu-Ras, PhD, hopes her students \u201cdig deep into the issue of social identities\u201d through her research on belonging. Individuals, she said, have multiple social identities\u2014with race, gender, class, sexual orientation and disability overlapping and interacting in complex ways. Her hope is for a more inclusive campus and society.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wahiba Abu-Ras, PhD: A Deeper Understanding of Identity\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7n4S3Vreno4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Rethinking Adult Social Relationships<\/h2>\n<p>Associate Dean Katherine Fiori, PhD, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, talks about her research, aimed at understanding how adults can best \u201clead a happy, healthy life.\u201d They need not just close family ties, she said, but also so-called \u201cweak ties\u201d that present stimulation and \u201cnovel opportunities\u201d for social interaction.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Katherine Fiori, PhD: Unpacking adult social relationships\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aGz-YrIQKPY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Research on Home Healthcare for Older Americans<\/h2>\n<p style=\"\">College of Nursing and Public Health Assistant Professor Zainab Toteh Osakwe \u201906, PhD, discusses the importance of home health aides for the elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York\u2014and the role of the Clinical Education and Simulation Lab (CESiL) home-care setting in nurses\u2019 training.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dr. Zainab Toteh Osakwe: COVID-19 and home health aides\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AzigdYVxCjY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Transforming STEM in Higher Education<\/h2>\n<p>91勛圖厙\u2019s Professor Lawrence Hobbie, PhD, and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Academic Advancement Eugenia Villa-Cuesta, PhD, discuss their multidisciplinary effort to inspire diverse students to enter the STEM workforce through the STEM2 Network. 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