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.
Michael Schiavi
School of Arts and SciencesMichael Schiavi, Ph.D., professor of humanities, appears as a film historian in the new documentary, , which had its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival on June 6 and has since played the Frameline50 Festival in San Francisco and the Provincetown Film Festival. The film is a study of homophobic murders that took place in New York City.
Claude Gagna
College of Arts and SciencesClaude E. Gagna, Ph.D., professor of biological and chemical sciences, was elected as a on June 3, 2026, in recognition of innovative research, patented technologies, and contributions to the advancement of invention, education, and societal impact.
Lissi Athanasiou-Krikelis
College of Arts and SciencesLissi Athanasiou-Krikelis, Ph.D., associate professor of English, presented "" at the Children's Literature Association Conference, in Pittsburgh, on May 29, 2026. The paper and presentation explored memoirs and fictional autobiographies in children's and young-adult fiction that complicate the conventions of storytelling.
Abhishek Singh
Institutional ResearchAbhishek Singh, M.S., research associate, presented at the 2026 AIR (Association for Institutional Research) Forum on May 27, 2026, in Washington D.C. His session, "," introduced a practical framework for transforming institutional research data into actionable student success strategies. By integrating student satisfaction inventory results with academic data, the framework produces aggregate insights delivered through an interactive Student Success Hub dashboard.
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts and SciencesJonathan Ezra Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, Department of Humanities, presented a paper, "New York's James Joyce: Multiculturalism and the Irish Cultural Diaspora," at the , in Chicago, on May 23, 2026. The presentation analyzed James Joyce's historical reception in New York City.
Claude Gagna
College of Arts and SciencesClaude E. Gagna, Ph.D., professor of biological and chemical sciences, published three articles in the Journal of Biological Chemistry on May 20, 2026. One, co-authored with Michael Nizich, Ph.D., adjunct associate professor of computer science and director of the Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center (ETIC), was titled "." Two others were titled "" and "."
Amanda Golden
College of Arts and SciencesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English in the Department of Humanities, was interviewed for 鈥�,鈥� published in The Independent on May 19, 2026.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts and SciencesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English in the Department of Humanities, spoke at the May 16, 2026, for , a work she recently co-edited. The book was also on May 13, 2026.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts and SciencesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English in the Department of Humanities, co-edited with Karen V. Kukil, released on May 7, 2026. The publisher, Faber and Faber, describes the book as "a landmark publication: the definitive edition of the poet鈥檚 work for scholars, students and general readers." The book has been reviewed in the United Kingdom's The Times and Prospect Magazine. Golden and Kukil were also recent guests on .
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts and SciencesJonathan Ezra Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, Department of Humanities, published an aticle, "" in The Indypendent, a free, progressive monthly newspaper and news site in New York City. The article, dated May 6, 2026, chronicles the history of the Ku Klux Klan on the Columbia University campus in the 1920s and compares it to Columbia's complicity with ICE today.