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.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences, EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant to participate in a workshop offering guidance and strategies for addressing how scholars and nonfiction authors write for broader audiences while maintaining intellectual rigor. LaGrandeur also gave a compelling presentation at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy's Science, Technology, and Public Policy Lecture arguing the strong possibility that many of today's jobs will soon be completed more inexpensively by artificial intelligence.
Jim Martinez
College of Arts & Sciences Interdisciplinary StudiesJim Martinez, Ph.D., assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies, published a new book, . It "explores various approaches to building a positive interdisciplinary STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) learning environment, as described by educators across the K-20 educational ladder." In August 2017, Psychology Today published a , praising Martinez as "a pioneer in bringing playful and performatory learning to higher education and to service learning."
Lynn Rogoff
College of Arts & Sciences, EnglishLynn Rogoff, M.F.A., adjunct associate professor of English, and CEO of Amerikids USA, was featured in an interview, "VR Adventure Games for Young Adults," on July 27, 2017, the final day of "Virtual Reality Games & Entertainment Extravaganza," a free "multi-day online event of speaker presentations, 1-on-1 interviews, panel discussions and online exhibitors." The event was hosted by Crowdcast, a new Internet site for creating webinars and live video experiences to connect, teach, and sell online. In August, Rogoff participated in "Creating VR to Impact The Planet with a Purpose Drive Generation," a virtual reality and higher education event at Cool Blue Media.
Susana Case
College of Arts & Sciences, Behavioral SciencesSusana Case, Ph.D., professor of behavioral sciences, had a new book of poetry, , published by Five Oaks Press in July 2017. It is an "edgy yet compassionate and sometimes racy" woman-coming-of-age odyssey where blue eye-makeup takes center stage.
John Hanc
College of Arts & Sciences, Communication Arts, co-written by John Hanc, M.A., associate professor of communication arts, was one of four books that received top honors in the , announced July 1, 2017. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Walter's Way won the Lumen Award for Literary Excellence, which honors "extraordinary youth nonfiction literature annually." Additionally, the book won the gold medal in the Nonfiction category of the overall Awards competition.
John Hanc
College of Arts & Sciences, Communication ArtsJohn Hanc, associate professor of communication arts, wrote a cover story, "," for the features section of Newsday on July 29, 2017. It tells about the illustrated letters of Salvador Cilia, a young (and talented) World War I soldier from New York's Lower East Side who did his basic training on Long Island before being deployed to France.
Hui-Yin Hsu
College of Arts & Sciences Teacher EducationHui-Yin Hsu, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the Department of Teacher Education, and Shiang-Kwei Wang, Ph.D., associate dean, published a peer-reviewed research paper entitled, "," in the International Journal of Information and Communication Technology in June 2017.
Hui-Yin Hsu
College of Arts & Sciences Teacher EducationHui-Yin Hsu, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Teacher Education, served on the New York State Department of Education edTPA Standard Setting Committee, in Albany, New York on June 17, 2017.
Terese Coe
College of Arts & Sciences, EnglishTerese Coe, Ph.D., adjunct instructor of English, had her poem, "," titled after one of the refugee camps in Greece, published by Able Muse in summer 2017. And in July, The Hopkins Review published her translation from the German of Heinrich Heine's "." Additionally, in September 2017, EverseRadio.com published her Shakespeare cento, "."
Hui-Yin Hsu
College of Arts & Sciences Teacher EducationHui-Yin Hsu, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Teacher Education, and Shiang-Kwei Wang, Ph.D., associate dean, published a peer-reviewed article, "," in Science Scope. Hsu and Wang also presented a workshop, "Using SMILE (Stanford Mobile Inquiry-Based Learning Environment) to Facilitate Student-Generated Questioning Practices in Science Classrooms," at the 2017 National Science Teachers Association Annual Conference on Science Education in Los Angeles in April.