Lehigh Faculty in the Media: Spring 2026
Apr 21, 2026
Professors share their research and perspectives on predicting future data, teacher shortages across Pennsylvania and more.
News
R1 Status Excellence: Meet Research-Focused Faculty, Students and Alumni Driving Lehigh’s Research Momentum Forward
Apr 21, 2026
From advancing infectious disease prediction to strategizing AI literacy, members of the Lehigh community are solving challenges and developing innovations that continue to shape our world.
- Counseling Psychology
- Research
Ganss Studies Behavioral Health Workforce Shortage
Apr 21, 2026
Counseling Psychology Ph.D. student Elyse Ganss recently published “Policy recommendations to address the behavioral health workforce shortage” in Psychiatric Services. Ganss conducted the study, along with Counseling Psychology assistant professor Vanesa A. Mora Ringle, fellow Lehigh graduate students Temma Schaechter and Kofi Adutwum; Torrey A. Creed from the Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; and Cherry Du and Natalie Dallard from the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services, City of Philadelphia.
- Research
Settani Presents on Making Inclusion Meaningful
Apr 17, 2026
Please join us on Wednesday, April at 7 p.m. for a webinar with Elise Settanni, iteaching assistant professor in the COE's Special Education program. Settanni will present Making Inclusion Meaningful: Strategies To Shift from "Location" to "Culture."
New Summer Courses Explore AI in Education
Apr 17, 2026
The College of Education is offering three new courses for Summer Session 1 (May 26 - July 3) on Artificial Intelligence in Teaching and Learning. Each course tackles one of three aspects of this emerging technology: Opportunities, the Toolset, and Crisis. The courses are online asynchronous with opportunities for students to meet synchronously with instructors or teaching assistants.
- Counseling Psychology
- Research
Lin Studies Link Between Chronotype and Mortality in Older Adults
Apr 13, 2026
Zhuozhi Lin recently published research looking at the "biological clock" (chronotype) of middle-aged and older adults to see if being a "night owl" vs. an "early bird" correlates with lifespan. Published in the Journal of Sleep Research, Lin, along with colleagues Matthew J. Reid, Darlynn M. Rojo-Wissar and Adam P. Spira, followed 2,261 participants and recorded 650 deaths during the study. A statistically significant link between chronotype and mortality was found in two of the three age groups studied.