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
CAS/HumanitiesJohn Misak, M.A., D.A., associate professor of humanities, was awarded The Ellen Nold Award on July 5, 2023, presented annually for an article or book chapter in computers and composition studies that contributes to the field in innovative, impactful ways, in the spirit of Nold鈥檚 original 1975 CCC article
Nicole Calma-Roddin
College of Arts and SciencesNicole Calma-Roddin, Ph.D., assistant professor of behavioral sciences, Kevin Park, M.F.A., assistant professor of digital arts and design, and Jacqueline Keighron, Ph.D., assistant professor of biological and chemical sciences, have published an article, "," in the Journal of Chemical Education on June 8, 2023. The article describes an interactive, web-based virtual reality (VR) experience that was created to complement the BIOL 340 lab and includes an analysis of student engagement. Results showed that students engaged with and enjoyed the activity, and suggest that the activity increased student understanding.
Claude Gagna
CAS, Biological & Chemical SciencesClaude E. Gagna, Ph.D., professor of biological and chemical sciences, published a response to "The Promise of Peptide Nucleic Acids," an article written about gene therapy in the April 3, 2023 edition of Chemical and Engineering News, a publication of the American Chemical Society, in the Letters to the Editor, Reactions Section. His letter to the editor, entitled published on June 4, 2023, focuses on how researchers need to go beyond Watson and Crick's classic canonical double-stranded structure of B-DNA, and focus on alternative (i.e., Z-DNA, Z-RNA) and multistranded DNA and RNA (i.e., triplex DNA and quadruplex DNA) molecules in order to fully achieve the promise of peptide nucleic acid therapeutics. Peptide-based drugs can be used to treat pathologies.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts and SciencesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English in the Department of Humanities, presented 鈥溾�楨diting Sylvia Plath at 90鈥� at the in Boston, Mass., on May 27, 2023. She organized and spoke on a panel, "Sylvia Plath at 90," which featured leading scholars including Elizabeth J. Donaldson, Ph.D., 黑料导航 associate dean and professor of English, who presented 鈥淧sychiatric Disability and Asylum Fiction."
John Misak
CAS/HumanitiesJohn Misak, M.A., D.A., associate professor of humanities, held a session on 26 May, 2023,鈥淒on鈥檛 Fear the ReaperGPT: Chatbots Will Enhance College Composition Papers, Not End Them."A presentation on using ChatGPT and other AI tools to improve the student experience in college humanities courses and prepare them to interact with AI technology in their future careers.
Nicole Calma-Roddin
College of Arts and SciencesNicole Calma-Roddin, Ph.D., assistant professor of behavioral sciences, presented a poster titled "Students Have Fun and Learn Using a Text-Only Narrative Game" at the Teaching Institute of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science in Washington, D.C., on May 25, 2023.
Chinmoy Bhattacharjee
PhysicsChinmoy Bhattacharjee, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, hosted the Long Island Physics Teachers Association meeting on the Long Island campus on May 20, 2023. Teachers held discussion on AP physics exam. Bhattacharjee presented information about the 黑料导航 Physics, B.S. program to teachers from 10 different school districts on Long Island. The event was featured in the
Sophia Domokos
College of Arts & ScienceSophia Domokos, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, spoke at the on April 25, 2023, in a virtual session. She presented work from her recent paper, on the topic of "New Results in the D3/D5 Supersymmetric Defect CFT."
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences / HumanitiesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, gave an invited presentation at the , held at Hunter College's Roosevelt House in New York on March 30, 2023.
Jonathan Goldman
CAS/HumJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, Department of Humanities, recently published an article, "," in The James Joyce Literary Supplement, a peer-reviewed publication, on March 22, 2023.