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.
Claude Gagna
College of Arts & Sciences Life SciencesClaude E. Gagna, Ph.D., associate professor of life sciences, published an article, "How sildenafil (Viagra®) may cause melanoma: a histopathologic study providing a potential physiological/etiopathological mechanism," in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, a peer-reviewed publication, in May 2018. Gagna and his co-authors are the first group to show actual histopathological data to support the idea that Viagra and other similar drugs may cause skin cancer in men who use this drug.
Julia Molnar
College of Osteopathic Medicine Basic Sciences AnatomyJulia Molnar, Ph.D., assistant professor of anatomy, co-authored a book, Muscles of Chordates: Development, Homologies, and Evolution, published by CRC Press on April 29, 2018. The other authors are R. Diogo, J. M. Ziermann, and N. Siomava of Howard University and V. Abdala of UNT-CONICET, Argentina.
Kevin LaGrandeur
Academic Affairs College of Arts & Sciences EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, co-organized the Posthuman Ethics Global Symposium on April 27-28, 2018 in New York City. LaGrandeur also chaired a number of panels and presented his paper, "Emerging Technology, Art and the Posthuman."
Petra Dilling
School of BusinessPetra F.A. Dilling, Ph.D., associate professor of management and Peter Harris, professor of accounting, management, and finance, published an article, "Reporting on long-term value creation by Canadian companies: A longitudinal assessment," in the highly-rated Journal of Cleaner Production (Impact Factor: 5.715). The article was published online on April 27, 2018.
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College of Arts & Sciences Life SciencesClaude E. Gagna, Ph.D., associate professor of life sciences, had an abstract, "Relationship between nucleic acid structures and sequences on the expression of terminal differentiation (i.e., denucleation): alternative cell death pathway," published online in The FASEB Journal on April 27, 2018. The abstract, presented at the 2018 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Meeting, summarizes Gagna's examination of the relationship between exotic DNA and RNA structures (e.g., Z-DNA, triplex DNA, and quadruplex DNA) in terminal differentiation (denucleation), a type of cell death that helps maintain normal physiological systems in humans. Understanding how these exotic forms of DNA regulate denucleation in humans may help one day to treat pathologies, such as cancer.
Adrienne McNally
Academic Affairs International & Experiential EducationAdrienne McNally, M.S., director of experiential education, had her paper, "Enhancing Civic, Electoral, and Political Engagement Through International Student Inclusion", published on April 27, 2018 in the eJournal of Public Affairs, a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary, open-access journal published by Missouri State University and affiliated with the American Democracy Project. McNally's article discusses how international students have created and strengthened NYIT initiatives designed to serve the public good and explores how these initiatives connect with A Crucible Moment, the National Task Force on Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement’s 2012 call to action to “reclaim higher education’s civic mission.
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., associate professor of English, was the subject of a feature, "How Jonathan Goldman, Professor and Musician, Spends His Sundays," in The New York Times on April 27, 2018. The article trumpets Goldman's dual career—teaching early-20th-century literature at NYIT by day, leading "Spanglish Fly," a Latin soul and boogaloo group, by night—before leading readers through a typical Sunday with Goldman's family and friends on the Upper West Side.
NAOMI FRANGOS
NYITNaomi Frangos, M.Arch., associate professor of architecture, had her curated exhibition of NYIT student work, Inhabiting Surface, Studies in Variable Formwork Design, reviewed by Alex Schweder, in The Architect’s Newspaper, on April 24, 2018. The article, "Trace Solids: Experiments with Fabric Form Concrete on View at NYIT”, focused on student-made fabric form concrete structures produced in a five-day intensive design-build workshop organized and led by Frangos, in collaboration with Assistant Professor Rennie Tang from Cal Poly Pomona, and international experts in fabric form Remo Pedreschi, professor at University of Edinburgh, and Ronnie Araya, a Chilean architect, formerly at C.A.S.T. lab, University of Manitoba.
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Academic Affairs Global Academic Programs English Language InstituteMelissa Battista, M.S., learning specialist at the English Language Institute, made a presentation on "Fostering Personal Identity Through the Use of Technology" at the 39th Annual Applied Linguistics Winter Conference on April 21, 2018 at Teachers College, Columbia University. Battista's presentation provided instructors with ideas on how to incorporate modern technology into language learning and demonstrated assignments and projects that help students to express their personal identity while preparing them for their fields of study and future careers.
Hui-Yin Hsu
College of Arts & Sciences Teacher EducationHui-Yin Hsu, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Teacher Education, served as co-chair of the 2018 Education Solutions International Conference in New York City, April 19-21, 2018. Hsu, along with other members of the Department of Teacher Education and the UNESCO Center for Global Education, organized the conference, which brought together approximately 300 representatives from 20 countries to formulate educational strategies to accomplish UNESCO's Sustainable Development Goal 4: "ensure inclusive and equitable education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all." The Department of Teacher Education received an Education Solutions Stakeholders Partnership Award and Hsu and her colleagues, Robert Feirsen, Ed.D., assistant professor and director of school leadership and technology, Shiang-Kwei Wang, Ph.D., professor and associate dean, Melda Yildiz, Ed.D., associate professor and chair of the Department of Instructional Technology, and Minaz Fazal, Ph.D., assistant professor of teacher education, presented evidence-based transformative education strategies and led the discussions on education solutions.
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