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.
Petra Dilling
School of BusinessPetra F.A. Dilling, Ph.D., associate professor of management and Peter Harris, professor of accounting, management, and finance, published an article, in the highly-rated Journal of Cleaner Production (Impact Factor: 5.715). The article was published online on April 27, 2018.
\nClaude Gagna
College of Arts & Sciences Life SciencesClaude E. Gagna, Ph.D., associate professor of life sciences, had an abstract, "Relationship between nucleic acid structures and sequences on the expression of terminal differentiation (i.e., denucleation): alternative cell death pathway," published online in The FASEB Journal on April 27, 2018. The abstract, presented at the 2018 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Meeting, summarizes Gagna's examination of the relationship between exotic DNA and RNA structures (e.g., Z-DNA, triplex DNA, and quadruplex DNA) in terminal differentiation (denucleation), a type of cell death that helps maintain normal physiological systems in humans. Understanding how these exotic forms of DNA regulate denucleation in humans may help one day to treat pathologies, such as cancer.
Adrienne McNally
Academic Affairs International & Experiential EducationAdrienne McNally, M.S., director of experiential education, had her paper, , published on April 27, 2018 in the eJournal of Public Affairs, a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary, open-access journal published by Missouri State University and affiliated with the American Democracy Project. McNally's article discusses how international students have created and strengthened NYIT initiatives designed to serve the public good and explores how these initiatives connect with A Crucible Moment, the National Task Force on Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement鈥檚 2012 call to action to 鈥渞eclaim higher education鈥檚 civic mission.
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., associate professor of English, was the subject of a feature, in The New York Times on April 27, 2018. The article trumpets Goldman's dual career—teaching early-20th-century literature at NYIT by day, leading "Spanglish Fly," a Latin soul and boogaloo group, by night—before leading readers through a typical Sunday with Goldman's family and friends on the Upper West Side.
NAOMI FRANGOS
NYITNaomi Frangos, M.Arch., associate professor of architecture, had her curated exhibition of NYIT student work, Inhabiting Surface, Studies in Variable Formwork Design, reviewed by Alex Schweder, in The Architect鈥檚 Newspaper, on April 24, 2018. The article, , focused on student-made fabric form concrete structures produced in a five-day intensive design-build workshop organized and led by Frangos, in collaboration with Assistant Professor Rennie Tang from Cal Poly Pomona, and international experts in fabric form Remo Pedreschi, professor at University of Edinburgh, and Ronnie Araya, a Chilean architect, formerly at C.A.S.T. lab, University of Manitoba.
\nMelissa Battista
Academic Affairs Global Academic Programs English Language InstituteMelissa Battista, M.S., learning specialist at the English Language Institute, made a presentation on "Fostering Personal Identity Through the Use of Technology" at the 39th Annual Applied Linguistics Winter Conference on April 21, 2018 at Teachers College, Columbia University. Battista's presentation provided instructors with ideas on how to incorporate modern technology into language learning and demonstrated assignments and projects that help students to express their personal identity while preparing them for their fields of study and future careers.
Hui-Yin Hsu
College of Arts & Sciences Teacher EducationHui-Yin Hsu, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Teacher Education, served as co-chair of the 2018 Education Solutions International Conference in New York City, April 19-21, 2018. Hsu, along with other members of the Department of Teacher Education and the UNESCO Center for Global Education, organized the conference, which brought together approximately 300 representatives from 20 countries to formulate educational strategies to accomplish UNESCO's Sustainable Development Goal 4: "ensure inclusive and equitable education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all." The Department of Teacher Education received an Education Solutions Stakeholders Partnership Award and Hsu and her colleagues, Robert Feirsen, Ed.D., assistant professor and director of school leadership and technology, Shiang-Kwei Wang, Ph.D., professor and associate dean, Melda Yildiz, Ed.D., associate professor and chair of the Department of Instructional Technology, and Minaz Fazal, Ph.D., assistant professor of teacher education, presented evidence-based transformative education strategies and led the discussions on education solutions.
\nMilan Toma
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences Mechanical EngineeringMilan Toma, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, was co-author of a white paper, published in the Journal of Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology on April 19, 2018. The paper was drafted by members of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) working group, comprising experts from academia and industry, and represents the position of the group regarding considerations for computational fluid dynamic assessment of transcatheter heart valve substitutes.
Milan Toma
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences Mechanical EngineeringMilan Toma, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, gave a talk on traumatic brain injuries at the Mid-Atlantic Brain Research Conference, on April 17, 2018, in North Brunswick, N.J. Toma was one of only twelve presenters at the conference, which was held to provide an overview of brain research in the region and establish a network among researchers.
Jeffrey Raven
School of Architecture and DesignJeffrey Raven, Ph.D., associate professor and director of the graduate program in architecture, urban and regional design, is the coordinating lead author of the chapter on Urban Planning and Urban Design in a new book, , published on April 16, 2018 by Cambridge University Press. The confluence of research and operational application in this scholarship provides a blueprint for how to convincingly configure sustainable and climate-resilient urban districts. Raven has been presenting this work across multiple platforms and locations worldwide and is organizing workshops with urban designers/urban planners, climatologists, policymakers, stakeholders, and graduate students working side-by-side.