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.
Eugene Kelly
College of Arts and SciencesEugene Kelly, Ph.D., adjunct professor in the Department of Humanities, published a paper, , in the Edith Stein and Max Scheler in Dialogue, Bloomsbury Academic, on January 1, 2026.
Jonathan Ezra Goldman
College of Arts and SciencesJonathan Ezra Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, Department of Humanities, contributed a peer-reviewed chapter, "Teaching Ulysses in Nonacademic Spaces," to , published by University Press of Florida on December 16, 2025.
Colleen Kirk
School of ManagementColleen P. Kirk, D.P.S., professor of marketing, published an article, entitled ", in European Journal of Management and Business Economics, a high-quality peer-reviewed journal, on December 11, 2025. This study develops a conceptual framework exploring psychological ownership through a generational lens, highlighting how Gen Z鈥檚 sense of ownership is driven by identity expression, control, and security.
Elaine Brown
College of Arts and SciencesElaine Brown, Ph.D., department chair and associate professor of humanities, conducted a narrative medicine workshop for faculty and students at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine on December 3, 2025.
Alessandro Melis
School of Architecture and DesignAlessandro Melis, Ph.D., IDC Foundation endowed chair and professor in the School of Architecture and Design, served as scientific stream leader for Climate-Sensitive Urbanism and Adaptive Metabolisms for . The conference, dedicated to advancing innovation in design, construction, and sustainable development, was held on December 1-3, 2025, in Auckland, New Zealand.
Colleen Kirk
School of ManagementColleen P. Kirk, D.P.S., professor of marketing, was quoted in a . The article was published on November 28, 2025.
Tanya Van Cott
School of Architecture and DesignTanya H. Van Cott, M.I.D., adjunct assistant professor in the School of Architecture and Design, was interviewed on , a social engineering podcast, on November 16, 2025. She spoke about her new novel, Bandwidth, as well as artificial intelligence, empathy, digital technologies, and humanity's shared future.
Jessica Varghese
School of Health ProfessionsJessica Varghese, Ph.D., RN, assistant professor of nursing, authored a guest essay in Long Island newspaper Newsday titled , on November 14, 2025. In the essay, she highlighted the health, academic, and economic benefits of electric school buses.
Colleen Kirk
School of ManagementColleen P. Kirk, D.P.S., professor of marketing, published an article entitled "" in the Journal of Consumer Behaviour, a peer-reviewed journal, on November 14, 2025. As consumers increasingly use generative AI tools like ChatGPT to write personal, emotionally meaningful messages, this research finds that doing so elicits guilt because it feels dishonest. Five preregistered experiments show elevated guilt when AI secretly writes a message, but not when using a standard greeting card. The results highlight dishonesty concerns in generative AI-assisted communication and suggest transparency and co-creation can reduce discomfort.
Lynn Rogoff
College of Arts and SciencesLynn Rogoff, M.F.A., adjunct associate professor of English, Department of Humanities, was featured in USA Today's , on November 7, 2025, highlighting her film, Bird Woman, and AI chatbots made with the help of a 黑料导航 grant.