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.
Evan Shieh
School of Architecture and DesignEvan Shieh, M.AUD., assistant professor of architecture, gave a lecture at Zoox HQ, Amazon's robotaxi subsidiary company, on January 29, 2025. Shieh spoke at Zoox's quarterly "CityBeat" lecture series about the spatial impact of driverless technology on the future of cities.
Beth Elenko
School of Health ProfessionsOn January 27, 2025, Beth Elenko, Ph.D., associate professor of occupational therapy, was appointed to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Family and Child Health's Bureau of Early Intervention (BEI)'s LEICC - Local Early Intervention Coordinating Council for a two-year period. The LEICC is an advisory council of city agencies, early intervention providers, academics, advocates, and parents to the BEI and meets publicly three to four times per year to inform the BEI on policies and operations. The NYC Commissioner of Health appoints its members.
Shaya Sheikh
School of ManagementShaya Sheikh, Ph.D., associate professor of quantitative and analytics, was quoted on the potential impact of proposed tariffs by the new administration in "Trump’s tariffs will probably hurt your wallet. How much remains a mystery," a January 23, 2025, article in Fortune.
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts and SciencesJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, Department of Humanities, contributed a chapter to the volume Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Law and Literature, edited by Robert Spoo and Simon Stern and published on January 21, 2025. Goldman's chapter, "Trademark," traces the interaction of trademark and branding with the literary culture over the 19th and 20th Centuries.
Alessandro Melis
School of Architecture and DesignAlessandro Melis, Ph.D., IDC Foundation endowed chair and professor in the School of Architecture and Design, is coauthor of a book, The Dusk of Design. The book, which was also presented at the Auckland University of Technology, explores the intersection of evolutionary theories and architectural design. The book was published on January 14, 2025, by Springer.
Colleen Kirk
School of ManagementColleen P. Kirk, D.P.S., professor of marketing, was quoted in Florida's Freeline Media on January 12, 2025. The article mentioned her research on consumers' psychological ownership and valuation of pets.
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts and SciencesJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, Department of Humanities, gave a presentation at the Modern Languages Association in New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 10, 2025. Goldman's talk, "Joyce the Opposer," was sponsored by the International James Joyce Foundation.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts and SciencesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English in the Department of Humanities, presented “Revising the Poems of Sylvia Plath” at the Modern Language Association Convention, held in New Orleans, La., January 9–11, 2025. At the conference, she also served as a mentor for early career scholars.\n
Dongsei Kim
School of Architecture and DesignDongsei Kim, M.Des., associate professor of architecture, collaborated with Dongwoo Yim from Hongik University , and co-organized and presented at the Tikitaka Conversation online Instagram event titled “So What” on January 8, 2025.
Alessandro Melis
School of Architecture and DesignAlessandro Melis, Ph.D., IDC Foundation endowed chair and professor in the School of Architecture and Design, has co-authored a book, The Architecture of Exhibitions, which is a comprehensive exploration of creativity and design innovation within exhibition spaces. It describes the fundamental principles of exhibition design, tracing the origins of creativity and considering its evolutionary significance. The book was published on December 30, 2024, by Routledge.