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.
Nicholas Bloom
College of Arts & Sciences, Social SciencesNicholas Bloom, Ph.D., associate professor of social sciences, received a in the December 2017 edition of the Queens Gazette, for his book, The Metropolitan Airport: JFK International and Modern New York.
Nicholas Bloom
College of Arts & Sciences, Social SciencesNicholas Bloom, Ph.D., associate professor of social sciences, served as moderator of a panel with HUD regional administrator Lynne Patton at the New York Housing Conference's annual awards event in December 2017. The panel was also featured in an article, "," in The Real Deal, a New York real estate news journal.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences, EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, presented the paper "'Different from what it is': Sylvia Plath's Collected Poems," and chaired the session "Teaching and Learning in Sylvia Plath Studies and Women's Studies: Community Engagement, Digital Humanities, and Service Learning" at the Sylvia Plath: Letters, Words, and Fragments Conference held at the University of Ulster, in Belfast, UK in November 2017. As part of her paper presentation, Golden also displayed a previously unseen photograph of Sylvia Plath.
Melda Yildiz
College of Arts & Sciences Instructional TechnologyMelda N. Yildiz, Ed.D., assistant professor and chair of the Department of Instructional Technology, co-authored the book, , published November 2017. It is an advanced reference publication featuring the latest scholarly research on transdisciplinary and transformative assessment practices from primary-level to university-level educational settings.
Nicholas Bloom
College of Arts & Sciences, Social SciencesNicholas Bloom, Ph.D., associate professor of social sciences, had his work cited in "," an article about the future of so-called micro-units published in the political journal Jacobin in November 2017. In that same month, Bloom was quoted in an article in the Gotham Gazette entitled, "De Blasio's Record on NYCHA."
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts and SciencesJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., associate professor of English, had his new book, , published by the University Press of Florida in November 2017. The book is a collection of insights by "a tremendous group of scholars, critics, and legal practitioners" who are "[m]aking the case that legal issues are central to James Joyce's life and work, [offering] new insights into Joyce's most important texts. They analyze Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Giacomo Joyce, Ulysses, and Finnegans Wake in light of the legal contexts of Joyce's day."
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences, EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, gave a presentation on the use of gaming technology in contemporary art entitled, "Game-ification of Art and the Posthuman," at the annual conference of the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts, held in Phoenix, AZ, November 9–12.
John Misak
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishJohn Misak, D.A., assistant professor of English, delivered a presentation, "Using Virtual Reality to Illustrate Sense of Place for Student Personal Narratives," at the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association 115th Annual Conference, November 10-12, 2017, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences, EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, was recently awarded an NEH grant to participate in an Object Lessons writer's workshop to teach academics—particularly those whose subject is technology—how to write for the popular press. The workshop was held November 7–8, 2017, in Phoenix, AZ.
Melda Yildiz
College of Arts & Sciences Instructional TechnologyMelda N. Yildiz, Ed.D., assistant professor and chair of the Department of Instructional Technology, participated in an invited panel, "," at the 40th Annual Fulbright Conference held on November 5, 2017, in Washington, DC.