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.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, presented the paper, 鈥溾�楢rmed with Poetry鈥�: Sylvia Plath鈥檚 Marianne Moore Archive,鈥� and chaired the panel, "Reading Moore's Poems," at the , hosted virtually by the State University of New York at Buffalo on May 25, 2021.
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CASSophia Domokos, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, and Melissa Huey, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology, had their paper, 鈥溾�� published to the Journal of Education on May 23, 2021. This interdisciplinary study investigated the effect of simple self-reflection assignments 鈥� like 鈥渕inute papers鈥� 鈥� on students鈥� performance in physics and psychology classes, using a benchmark exit test as our metric. The positive impact of the assignments was significant in psychology and marginally significant in physics. Interviews with a focus group of students revealed that the metacognitive assignments helped them organize their studying, and helped them locate new concepts in the context of familiar ideas.
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College of Arts & Sciences EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, published the essay, 鈥淒igital Landscapes: Mapping Global Modernist Women Writers,鈥� in the collection , edited by Janine Utell and published by the Modern Language Association on May 22, 2021.
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College of Arts & Sciences EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, presented “Ecovering Gwendolyn Brooks's Pedagogy” at the Society for , hosted virtually by The New School in New York, NY on May 19, 2021.
Joseph Posillico
Enrollment ManagementJoseph Posillico, Ed.D., C.P.A., vice president of enrollment management, was a presenter on a national webinar for prospective college students and their families on May 12, 2021. The webinar, , was hosted by Sallie Mae, and included two other admissions experts from around the country. \n"It is through these types of collaborative efforts that we can provide information and perspectives to help inform students and families about the implications of their decisions. The feedback that we received from attendees has been exceptional and very complimentary", said Joe Garzillo, Vice President, Sallie Mae.
\nKate E. O'Hara
College of Arts & Sciences Interdisciplinary StudiesKate E. O鈥橦ara, Ph.D., associate professor of interdisciplinary studies, was selected as one of the artists in the juried show, , at the Brush Art Gallery & Studios, Lowell, Massachusetts. O鈥橦ara鈥檚 two photographs, "Encouragement" and "Waiting," draw from her background in social science and arts-based research in particular. During the opening reception on May 8, 2021, O鈥橦ara shared that she considers her photography a phenomenological approach to understanding structures of experience and consciousness. Her aim is to capture the lived experience of her subjects, with a pictorial representation of their situatedness: context within place and space.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & SciencesKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, had his article, “,” published by the Journal of Posthumanism on May 8, 2021.
Beth Elenko
Beth Elenko, Ph.D., associate professor of occupational therapy, spoke at the New York State Occupational Therapy Association Dessert & Dialogue on April 27, 2021. In her talk, “ABC鈥檚 of Early Intervention,” Elenko shared her expertise working with infants and young children and their families in early occupational therapy intervention in New York State.
Jonathan Goldman
CASJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, published an article, “” on CUNY's Gotham Center for New York City History blog on April 15, 2021. The essay examines the career of Tanguay, hugely popular in the early 1900s but largely forgotten now, for her influential role in making racial and gender transgressions intrinsic to 20th Century celebrity.
Kate O鈥橦ara
Kate E. O鈥橦ara, Ph.D., associate professor of interdisciplinary studies, presented “Connecting During Covid” at the 32nd National Service-Learning Conference, April 14, 2021. The virtual conference was offered in a multiple-day, concurrent session format providing attendees a self-directed, facilitated learning environment with online sessions, discussion groups, and interactive workshops. O鈥橦ara鈥檚 session provided an overview of using asynchronous online environments to make meaningful connections while quarantining. O鈥橦ara related the details of her Spring and Fall 2020 FCIQ 101 Foundations of Inquiry service project. She presented the process of engaging in experiential learning with community partners, community partner feedback, and anecdotes of undergrad student challenges, as well as successes while sheltering in place during a global pandemic.