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TWU alumna, religious trauma therapist Dr. Kathryn Keller featured in Dallas Observer profile

4/27/20

The kind of trauma specific to religious indoctrination isn’t, for most people, a frequently occurring topic of discussion — except when a sect is discovered with sister wives or a former Scientologist goes rogue with a tell-all — but it's the subject of Kathryn Keller’s lifework.

Along with business partner and fellow TWU alumna, Dr. Justine Kallaugher, Keller is co-owner of Dallas Therapy Collective. Keller earned a doctorate in counseling psychology from Texas Woman’s University. Now she specializes in trauma and religious and spiritual abuse.

TWU Biology provides Denton County with coronavirus testing supplies

4/27/20

The Texas Woman’s University Department of Biology is supporting local COVID-19 testing by supplying Denton County Public Health with tubes of virus transport media (VTM) and nasal swabs for specimen collection.

Texas Woman’s STEM project awarded $2 million grant

4/22/20

A team of Texas Woman’s University faculty have been awarded $2,448,091 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund a project aimed at improving retention and graduation rates for students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.

Katherine Sharp Landdeck's 'The Women with Silver Wings' now available

4/21/20

Associate professor of history Katherine Sharp Landdeck’s new book, "The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II," is available today in audio, ebook and hardcover formats.

More than 1,100 women from across the nation earned their silver wings under perilous conditions, and many of these unsung heroes are telling their stories for the first time. From debutantes to Pearl Harbor survivors and from housewives to first female pilots to break the sound barrier, Landdeck has delved deep into the lives of these incredible women.

Listen to Landdeck’s interview with Krys Boyd on KERA's Think>>

Dr. Ron Palomares-Fernandez discusses Texas pro-bono telehealth initiative in response to COVID-19

4/16/20

TWU Psychology's Ronald Palomares-Fernandez, Ph.D., KH, discuss the Texas Psychological Association's pro-bono mental health and telehealth services in response to COVID-19 with ABC KVUE.