Nicole Calma-Roddin, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology and counseling, presented on "Using Games and Songs in the Teaching of Psychology" and on "Opportunities to Promote Anti-Ableism Across the Psychology Curriculum" as part of the on-demand video symposium at The Society for the Teaching of Psychology’s annual conference on teaching, which took place online from February 12 to 16, 2024.

Melissa Huey, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology, had her paper, “The Impact of Synchronous Zoom Learning on Course Comprehension and Psychological Well-Being in the College Classroom” published to the Journal of School and Educational Psychology, a peer-reviewed journal, on February 4, 2024. Results found that having cameras mandatory or encouraged in synchronous Zoom classes increased mindfulness and course comprehension. In addition, a calm relaxing virtual background was found to have the same effect. Surprisingly, the utilization of breakout rooms decreased course comprehension, likely because it does not mirror traditional in-person group work.

Yusui Chen, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, published an article entitled "Positivity-preserving non-Markovian master equation for open quantum system dynamics: Stochastic Schrödinger equation approach" in Physical Review A on February 2, 2024. The work, collaborating with researchers from Stony Brook University, studies a long-standing question in open quantum systems: how to preserve positivity in generic master equations.

Jamel Vanderburg, M.P.A., adjunct instructor of interdisciplinary studies, was selected to receive the 2023 Alpha Phi Alpha Education Foundation Scholarship on January 23, 2024. This award aims to support the educational endeavors of academically talented and well-rounded men of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.

Sophie Christman, Ph.D., visiting assistant professor of humanities, held an ecopoetic reading of Robert Frost's 1914 poem "Mending Wall" at the Modern Language Association Annual Convention on January 7, 2024.

Cameka Hazel, Ed.D., assistant professor in the psychology and counseling department, recently published a research article entitled "Multicultural Counseling Course Instructors Background and Diversity Teaching Approaches" in the Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision on November 17, 2023.

Jonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, is a member of Modernist Studies Association, where he moderated the plenary roundtable, "Night Life/ Street Life," at the 2023 Modernist Studies Association Conference on October 28, 2023. At the same conference, he presented a paper titled "The Sheik of Amerikay: Whiteness in The Great Gatsby."

Amanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English in the Department of Humanities, co-chaired the local organizing committee for the Modernist Studies Association 2023 Conference held in Brooklyn, New York, from October 26 to 29, 2023. She and co-chairs, Patrick Deer (NYU), Matthew Hart (Columbia), and Nico Israel (Hunter College, CUNY Graduate Center), spent six years planning this major interdisciplinary, international conference that was initially to be held in 2020. The conference featured over 700 participants, including world-renowned scholars. Golden also co-organized the seminar, "Electrifying the Streets" on modernism and technology with Heather A. Love of the University of Waterloo; chaired a roundtable; and organized a publishing workshop and an excursion to the Brooklyn Museum.

Amanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English in the Department of Humanities, gave a lecture on “Sylvia Plath’s Poetry,” for Koh-Ed Talks, at École Jeannine Manuel, Paris, France, on October 5, 2023.

Cameka Hazel, Ed.D., assistant professor in the psychology and counseling department, shared her expert knowledge concerning bullying in schools in a recently published article, "Do schools do enough to prevent bullying?" on the Care.com website on August 31, 2023.