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.
Dongsei Kim
School of Architecture and DesignDongsei Kim, M.Des., associate professor of architecture, moderated a research session titled “Designing for Transformation” at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture 2026 Intersections Research Conference: URBAN DESIGN MATTERS on October 3, 2026, in New York City.
Colleen Kirk
School of ManagementColleen P. Kirk, D.P.S., professor of marketing, was quoted in an October 2, 2026, HuffPost article on the recent Trader Joe's bag craze.
Robert Alexander
College of Arts and SciencesRobert G. Alexander, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology and counseling, was quoted in a vice.com article, "Introducing ‘Soft Socializing,’ the Social Trend That Lets You Connect Without Feeling Drained," on September 27, 2026.
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts and SciencesJonathan Ezra Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, Department of Humanities, spoke at "Jim Crow Modernism: A Symposium" at the CUNY Graduate Center on September 25, 2026. His talk, "Luis Muñoz Marín: Boricua Modernism Between Poetics and Politics," drew on both his chapter in the collection "Jim Crow Modernism" (Oxford UP 2026) and his own book, "Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York from the Suppressed to the Strange " (SUNY P 2026).
Cameka Hazel
College of Arts and SciencesCameka Hazel, Ed.D., assistant professor of psychology and counseling in the College of Arts and Sciences, published a research article, "Beyond Self-Perception: Exploring School Counselors’ Self-Efficacy and Practical Application of Multicultural Counseling Competence"Beyond Self-Perception: Exploring School Counselors’ Self-Efficacy and Practical Application of Multicultural Counseling Competence," in the Journal of Education on September 23, 2026.
John Zweck
Department of Mathematucs, College of Arts and Sciences.John Zweck, Ph.D., professor of math, in the College of Arts and Sciences, has coauthored an academic paper, "Classification of leading-edge-erosion severity via machine learning surrogate models," in the journal Wind Energy" on September 10, 2026. The authors developed a computationally efficient method that uses sensor data to determine the severity of erosion of a wind turbine blade. This approach could be used in future digital twin models that monitor the structural health of wind turbine systems.
Robert Alexander
College of Arts and SciencesRobert G. Alexander, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology and counseling, has published an academic article, “Abnormal Fixational Eye Movements in Ophthalmic Disease,” in the Journal of Eye Movement Research on September 9, 2026.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts and SciencesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English in the Department of Humanities, was interviewed with her co-author by Greg Barnhisel for "Fifteen years, 944 pages: Editing the Definitive Sylvia Plath" in the Pittsburgh Review of Books. The interview was published on September 9, 2026. Golden's work has also been reviewed in a number of literary publications.
Jonathan Ezra Goldman
College of Arts and SciencesJonathan Ezra Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, Department of Humanities, published "A Black Coney Island, Cancelled" in Callalloo: A Journal of African Diaspora Arts and Letters. The September 8, 2026, article addresses Solomon Riley, a Black businessman who planned an amusement park for Black customers on Hart Island in the East River in 1925—when New York City operated under Jim Crow practices—only to see the city government shut it down.
Jessica Hautsch
College of Arts and SciencesJessica Hautsch, Ph.D., teaching assistant professor of humanities, co-authored a book, Info/comm/tech in popular culture. Subtitled, "an encyclopedic time capsule," the book provides a history of rapidly evolving technological advancements in a popular culture context. It was published by Peter Lang, Inc. on September 4, 2026.