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.
Jonathan Ezra Goldman
College of Arts and SciencesJonathan Ezra Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, Department of Humanities, published "'Paris, Past and Present': A Report on 'Joyce in Paris,' Irish Embassy, Paris, 14–16 June 2025." The paper was published in James Joyce Quarterly on January 6, 2026.
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts and SciencesJonathan Ezra Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, Department of Humanities, contributed a peer-reviewed chapter, "Teaching Ulysses in Nonacademic Spaces," to Teaching James Joyce in the Twenty-First Century, published by University Press of Florida on December 16, 2025.
Alessandro Melis
School of Architecture and DesignAlessandro Melis, Ph.D., IDC Foundation endowed chair and professor in the School of Architecture and Design, served as scientific stream leader for Climate-Sensitive Urbanism and Adaptive Metabolisms for The International Conference of Green + Digital + Intelligent Built Environments (GDI 2025). The conference, dedicated to advancing innovation in design, construction, and sustainable development, was held on December 1-3, 2025, in Auckland, New Zealand.
Colleen Kirk
School of ManagementColleen P. Kirk, D.P.S., professor of marketing, was quoted in a Newsday article about consumer holiday spending trends. The article was published on November 28, 2025.
Tanya Van Cott
School of Architecture and DesignTanya H. Van Cott, M.I.D., adjunct assistant professor in the School of Architecture and Design, was interviewed on Christopher Hadnagy's Human Element Series, a social engineering podcast, on November 16, 2025. She spoke about her new novel, Bandwidth, as well as artificial intelligence, empathy, digital technologies, and humanity's shared future.
Colleen Kirk
School of ManagementColleen P. Kirk, D.P.S., professor of marketing, published an article entitled "AI Ghostwriting Remorse: Guilt for Using Generative AI in Interpersonal Heartfelt Messages" in the Journal of Consumer Behaviour, a peer-reviewed journal, on November 14, 2025. As consumers increasingly use generative AI tools like ChatGPT to write personal, emotionally meaningful messages, this research finds that doing so elicits guilt because it feels dishonest. Five preregistered experiments show elevated guilt when AI secretly writes a message, but not when using a standard greeting card. The results highlight dishonesty concerns in generative AI-assisted communication and suggest transparency and co-creation can reduce discomfort.
Lynn Rogoff
College of Arts and SciencesLynn Rogoff, M.F.A., adjunct associate professor of English, Department of Humanities, was featured in USA Today's Native American Heritage Month 2025 Special Edition, on November 7, 2025, highlighting her film, Bird Woman, and AI chatbots made with the help of a New York Tech grant.
Jeffrey Raven
School of Architecture and DesignJeffrey Raven, Ph.D., associate professor and director of the graduate program in architecture, urban and regional design, published a book, Planning, Urban Design, and Architecture for Climate Action, with the Cambridge University Press, on November 5, 2025. The peer-reviewed work contains benchmarked knowledge and city projections for urban climate change researchers, city practitioners, and policy makers at all levels of governance to motivate rapid action.
Zohre Bairieva
School of Architecture and DesignThe Hyatt Regency hotel, located on the waterfront in Jersey City, N.J., selected artworks created by Zohre Bairieva, administrative specialist of graduate programs at the School of Architecture and Design, for an exhibition in the hotel on November 1, 2025. The exhibition is a permanent display of works from local artists, including paintings, drawings, handmade accessories, jewelry, and other artisanal items.
Wenyao Hu
School of ManagementWenyao Hu, Ph.D., CFA, , assistant professor of accounting and finance at the School of Management, presented “Muted Transparency: The Unexpected Role of Free Speech Protection in Corporate Obfuscation” at the 2025 Financial Management Association Annual Meeting in Vancouver on October 22, 2025. The study examines how state anti-SLAPP laws affect corporate disclosure practices. Using a difference-in-differences approach with earnings call transcripts, the research shows that firms increase language complexity after the enactment of these laws, especially those with greater flexibility or powerful CEOs.