Faculty & Staff Accomplishments
We are excited to share recent accomplishments from faculty and staff members at our campuses around the world.
Accomplishments are listed by date of achievement in reverse chronological order, with the most recent first.
Jamel Vanderburg
College of Arts and SciencesJamel Vanderburg, M.P.A., adjunct instructor of interdisciplinary studies, was selected to receive the 2023 Alpha Phi Alpha Education Foundation Scholarship on January 23, 2024. This award aims to support the educational endeavors of academically talented and well-rounded men of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.
Sophie Christman
HumanitiesSophie Christman, Ph.D., visiting assistant professor of humanities, held an ecopoetic reading of Robert Frost's 1914 poem "Mending Wall" at the on January 7, 2024.
Claude Gagna
CAS/Biological and Chemical SciencesClaude E. Gagna, Ph.D., professor of biological and chemical sciences, was awarded an Emerging Technology Innovation Award from 黑料导航鈥檚 emerging technology group for Molecular Devices GenePix 4000B Fluorescent Two-Color DNA Microarray scanner. The instrument will be used for the development of next-generation DNA and RNA microarrays with NYIT students.
Cameka Hazel
College of Arts and SciencesCameka Hazel, Ed.D., assistant professor in the psychology and counseling department, recently published a research article entitled in the Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision on November 17, 2023.
Jonathan Goldman
casJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, is a member of , where he moderated the plenary roundtable, "Night Life/ Street Life," at the on October 28, 2023. At the same conference, he presented a paper titled "The Sheik of Amerikay: Whiteness in The Great Gatsby."
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences / HumanitiesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English in the Department of Humanities, co-chaired the local organizing committee for the held in Brooklyn, New York, from October 26 to 29, 2023. She and co-chairs, Patrick Deer (NYU), Matthew Hart (Columbia), and Nico Israel (Hunter College, CUNY Graduate Center), spent six years planning this major interdisciplinary, international conference that was initially to be held in 2020. The conference featured over 700 participants, including world-renowned scholars. Golden also co-organized the seminar, "Electrifying the Streets" on modernism and technology with Heather A. Love of the University of Waterloo; chaired a roundtable; and organized a publishing workshop and an excursion to the Brooklyn Museum.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences / HumanitiesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English in the Department of Humanities, gave a lecture on for at 脡cole Jeannine Manuel, Paris, France, on October 5, 2023.
Cameka Hazel
College of Arts and SciencesCameka Hazel, Ed.D., assistant professor in the psychology and counseling department, shared her expert knowledge concerning bullying in schools in a recently published article, on the on August 31, 2023.
Yusui Chen
PhysicsYusui Chen, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, published an article entitled in Physical Review A on July 19, 2023. The article studies the precise dynamics of a quantum optical cavity interacting with an environment prepared in a squeezed state.
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College of Arts and Sciences, HumanitiesJessica Hautsch, Ph.D., teaching assistant professor of humanities, published a book on July 13, 2023, titled . It discusses a novel way of analyzing fan thinking and creation, focusing on embodied, emotional, and communal cognitive systems. The book has been published as part of the Palgrave Fan Studies imprint, a book series specializing in the interdisciplinary field of fan studies.
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