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.
John Misak
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishJohn Misak, D.A., assistant professor of English, published a research article, in Computers and Composition on August 28, 2018. The article discuses how virtual reality can be used to teach writing and literature.
Sarah Meyland
New York Institute of TechnologySarah Meyland, M.S., J.D., associate professor of environmental technology and sustainability, was an invited witness at the Public Hearing held by the NYS Assembly Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation and the Long Island Sound Task Force on August 27, 2018 at the Manhasset Public Library. Meyland submitted written and oral testimony on water quality conditions in Long Island Sound, specifically addressing flaws in the state pollution discharge program, which applies surface water science to groundwater discharges despite their substantial differences.
Amy Bravo
International and Experiential EducationAmy Bravo, M.A., senior director of international and experiential education, and Jim Martinez, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, co-authored a chapter entitled, "Service鈥怢earning and STEM Creating New Possibilities in Public Schools," published on August 7, 2018, in The Wiley International Handbook of Service-learning for Social Justice. The chapter provides accounts—through vignettes, dialogues, and reflections—of service-learning engagements between segregated schools in New York City and NYIT.
Aydin Farajidavar
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences Electrical & Computer EngineeringAydin Farajidavar, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, published his paper, on August 15, 2018, in Brain Research. In this paper, Farajidavar described the current state-of-the-art mapping of the bioelectrical activity of the stomach and the technology required to advance the field. The paper was an invited review paper for the series, "Where the gut meets the brain," edited by Melanie Maya Kaelberer and Diego V. Bohorquez of Duke University.
Elizabeth Donaldson
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishElizabeth J. Donaldson, Ph.D., associate professor of English, recently edited the book, , published by Palgrave Macmillan on August 13, 2018. The book brings together scholars working in disability studies, mad studies, feminist theory, Indigenous studies, postcolonial theory, Jewish literature, queer studies, American studies, trauma studies, and comics to create an intersectional community of scholarship in literary disability studies of mental health. The volume addresses the under-representation of madness and psychiatric disability in the field of disability studies, which traditionally focuses on physical disability, and explores the controversies and the common ground among disability studies, anti-psychiatric discourses, mad studies, graphic medicine, and health/medical humanities.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts and SciencesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, was invited to join the Board of Editorial Advisors of , the peer-reviewed journal of the Society for Textual Scholarship on August 12, 2018.
Susana Case
College of Arts & Sciences Behavioral SciencesSusana Case, Ph.D., professor of behavioral sciences, has had her book of erasure poetry, , based upon newspaper coverage of the war in Syria, published by Recto y Verso Editions on August 10, 2018.
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., associate professor of English, was featured on WNYC's syndicated show and podcast Soundcheck on August 10, 2018. The segment, includes an in-studio performance by Goldman's Latin music group Spanglish Fly, interspersed with host John Schaefer interviewing Goldman about Latin music history. Goldman's music project is corollary to his NYIT Latino/a culture courses and research and writing鈥� about Latin/Puerto Rican music and culture in the USA.
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College of Arts & Sciences EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, appeared on Argentinian TV news in a segment on August 2, 2018, about the possibilities for using AI in relation to agriculture. The program, , is geared toward farmers in Argentina's grain belt.
Edward Guiliano
College of Arts and SciencesEdward Guiliano, Ph.D., professor of English, presented his paper, "Young Dickens and the Language of Cinema," at the , held July 30 - August 1, 2018 at the University of Tubingen, Germany. Guiliano also served as moderator for the panel, "Women's Word."
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