FACULTY RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP

Recognized leaders in their disciplines, CLAS faculty win prestigious grants from federal sponsors such as the National Science Foundation and NASA and from private organizations such as the Templeton Foundation, as well as earn international and national awards. Yet they remain committed to sharing their work with students and carrying out the University’s commitment to pursuing knowledge and discovery in the intellectual communities that are the hallmark of a Villanova education.

Villanova University is a “Doctoral/Research” university as defined by the Carnegie Classification®, the leading framework for recognizing and describing institutional diversity in US higher education. The University and College foster an environment and infrastructure that support research, scholarly excellence and student-professor research partnerships, emphasizing the importance of the teacher-scholar model.

The College has more than 400 fulltime faculty who have established 10 Centers of Excellence and oversee 11 academic journals.

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FACULTY RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

EXPLORING COMPASSIONATE PSYCHOTHERAPY

In a society where discussions about pregnancy loss are often hushed or purely medical, one scholar is working to change the narrative. In her new book, "Psychotherapy for Pregnancy Loss: Applying relationship science to clinical practice," licensed psychologist and associate professor of Counseling Rayna D. Markin, PhD, offers a compassionate and evidence-based approach to counseling individuals and couples affected by these deeply emotional events. MORE...

EXAMINING ACCRETING WHITE DWARFS

When a star dies, what remains? his new book, “Accreting White Dwarfs: From Exoplanetary Probes to Classical Novae and Type Ia Supernovae” (Institute of Physics Publishing, 2023), Astrophysics and Planetary Science Professor Edward Sion, PhD, presents a thorough exploration of this rapidly expanding discipline. MORE...

GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP

Vincent Lloyd, PhD, professor of Theology and Religious Studies and Director of the Center for Political Theology, has been named a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow. Chosen through a rigorous application and peer review process from a pool of almost 3,000 applicants, Dr. Lloyd is one of 188 fellows selected for this prestigious fellowship based on “career achievement and exceptional promise.” MORE...

AWARD WINNING SCHOLARSHIP

Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Africana Studies Program, Olukunle Owolabi, PhD, is the recipient of six awards for his book, "Ruling Emancipated Slaves and Indigenous Subjects: The Divergent Legacies of Forced Settlement and Colonial Occupation in the Global South." MORE...