Kelly Hochbein

Kelly Hochbein

Manager, Editorial Services

Office of Communications and Public Affairs

(610) 758-4746
keh714@lehigh.edu

Kelly Hochbein is a member of the editorial team in the Office of Communications and Public Affairs. She serves as editor of the Lehigh Research Review and as an associate editor of the Lehigh Alumni Bulletin. She also writes and edits for Lehigh’s news websites and other publications, covering events, research and news from all four colleges.

Hochbein holds a B.A. in English and a master’s degree in education from the University of Notre Dame. She worked as a teacher and a freelance writer before her arrival at Lehigh in 2014. 

Bound Together by Humanity

The Lehigh Humanities Lab fosters discourse and expands horizons for faculty and students across disciplines.

Volkmar Dierolf Demonstrates the Possibility of Color Tuning GaN-based LEDs

Dierolf’s work with gallium nitride-based LEDs could pave the way for more comfortable artificial light that’s better for human health.

Improving Shared Decision-Making for Doctors and Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Jessecae Marsh investigates how people’s beliefs about causal relationships influence their thinking—and how an understanding of these beliefs might lead to better health outcomes.

Scalable & Sustainable Photocatalyst Production

Steven McIntosh and his colleagues have demonstrated the utility of biomineralization to realize benign synthesis of functional materials for use in the energy sector.

Tracing the Rise of Cubism in Prague

Art historian Nicholas Sawicki studies how two early collectors of Cubism narrated the movement’s history.

A Cultural History of the Ideas that Have Facilitated Antibiotic Resistance

Lorenzo Servitje examines how different media forms have posited the idea of antibiotics.

Ethan Van Norman Develops a More Rigorous Approach for Identifying Effective Interventions

A nearly $900K grant from IES supports Van Norman’s work to develop a quantitatively rigorous and user-friendly measure of the effectiveness of interventions for students with disabilities and learning difficulties.

Coping with Stress during Pregnancy: Fathima Wakeel Studies the Factors that Impact Maternal Health

Wakeel seeks to identify the internal and social protective factors that help women cope with stress during pregnancy.

Anand Jagota Develops New Mechanisms to Improve the Effectiveness of Vehicle Tires

Jagota and his team seek to improve friction of soft materials.

Amber Rice Examines Carolina and Black-Capped Chickadees in the Hybrid Zone to Understand How New Species Arise

Rice investigates hybridization through ecological field research, behavioral tests, and population genetics and genomics.

The Creation of Art & Knowledge at a University Museum

A Lehigh University Art Galleries exhibition of faculty work celebrates artists as researchers.

Celebration Honors Doctoral Graduates

The live and pre-recorded Zoom event recognized participating doctoral candidates.

Lehigh Team Led by Nelson Tansu Collaborates with St. Luke’s on Device to Ensure Sterile Masks

The ‘Bug Zapper’ uses UV-C light to damage the DNA of pathogens, including the coronavirus, to enable the sterilization and reuse of N95 masks when new ones are unavailable.

Lehigh’s Halcyon Skinner Answers Questions About COVID-19

Skinner, associate dean for research in Lehigh’s College of Health, was interviewed by WFMZ about the role of social distancing in slowing the transmission of the coronavirus.

EXHIBITION: Art, Architecture and Design Faculty Exhibition

A spring 2020 exhibition at Lehigh University Art Galleries featured the diverse work of 15 faculty members from Lehigh’s department of art, architecture and design.

Jackie Krasas '87 Named Lehigh’s New Deputy Provost for Faculty Affairs

Krasas succeeds Robert Flowers, who was recently named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Former U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent ’93G Dissects the Politics of Anger

Dent, who served seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, delivered the 2020 Kenner Lecture.

College of Education Researchers Awarded AERA/NSF Grant to Study Dual-Licensure Policies

Jihyun Kim and Esther Lindström have received funding to explore the effects of states’ dual-licensure policies on teacher preparation quality and outcomes for students with disabilities.

Lehigh Launch Program to Offer Unique First-Semester Experience for Incoming First-Year Students

The program provides an immersive, inquiry-based first semester in the American West or Ecuador.

Engineering Orthopaedic Care

Hannah Dailey ’02 ’06G ’09G seeks to bridge the gap in clinicians’ ability to predict how quickly bones heal.