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.
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.
\nJohn Hanc
College of Arts & Sciences Communication ArtsJohn Hanc, M.A., associate professor of communication arts, had his story, published in the special Learning Section of The New York Times on April 5, 2018. The article discusses innovative experiential programs for secondary school students.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishJohn Misak, D.A., assistant professor of English, and Kevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, have been honored to be selected to participate in an NSF I-Corps Boot Camp this spring. Their application was selected by the NYC Regional Innovation Node of the NSF to put them among a select group of entrepreneurs for activities at Columbia University to help develop their project for creating an augmented reality (AR) mobile application for the English classroom.
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., associate professor of English, was interviewed and appeared in a segment of CUNY-TV's focusing on Latin music singer/songwriter Joe Bataan, which first aired on April 4, 2018.
Carol Dahir
College of Arts & Sciences Masters School CounselingCarol Dahir, Ed.D., adjunct professor and chair of the Department of School Counseling, and Megyn Shea, Ph.D., assistant professor of school counseling, co-authored a chapter, "Utilizing Group Work and Group Facilitation Skills to Support the Multitier System Supports (MTSS) Process," in School Counselors Share Their Favorite Group Activities, edited by Sarah Springer and Lauren Moss, and published April 3, 2018 by the Association for Specialist in Group Work (ASGW).
\nKevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, had his review of the book, Nietzsche and Transhumanism: Precursor or Enemy?, edited by Yunus Tuncel, published in the Spring 2018 edition of , a refereed journal.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, had his article, The Future of Humanity: The Story of an Intimate Techno-Relationship,鈥� published in the March 2018 issue of . The article was republished in April 2018, on the website . The Foresight for Development initiative is part of the Southern Africa Node of the Millennium Project, dedicated to supporting the effective use of foresight for Africa's future by aggregating, enhancing and promoting futures thinking and practice in Africa.
Andre Doughty
College of Arts & Sciences Communication ArtsAndre Doughty, M.A., adjunct instructor of communication arts, received a Folio Award for Best Podcast on March 29, 2018, from the Fair Media Council for his work on
\nKevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, was interviewed on March 28, 2018 on , WGN Radio (720 AM), about working with robots and AI鈥檚 effects on the world economy.
Joanne Grasso
College of Arts & Sciences Social SciencesJoanne Grasso, D.A., adjunct associate professor of social sciences, presented her paper, "George Washington and New York City: The New Federal Government," on March 24, 2018, at the Annual Meeting of the Society for History in the Federal Government, held at the Robert C. Byrd Center in Shepherdstown, W.Va.