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.
Michael Nizich
School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, Computer ScienceMichael Nizich, Ph.D., adjunct assistant professor of computer science and director of the Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center (ETIC), received an award as "a staff member who exemplifies leadership, mentorship, and who has demonstrated commitment to bettering the lives of students" by The National Society of Leadership and Success, Sigma Alpha Pi. Nizich was nominated for the award by NYIT student members of the organization.
Terry Nauheim Goodman
College of Arts and Sciences, Digital Art and DesignTerry Nauheim Goodman, M.F.A., associate professor and chair of the Department of Digital Art and Design, was recently voted onto the Abilities Board of Directors at the Viscardi Center in Albertson, NY. Abilities, Inc. prepares adolescents and adults with all types of disabilities (cognitive, physical, learning, developmental) and levels of experience for entry or re-entry into the workforce by assisting them in securing pre-employment services as well as employment so that they can enjoy independent living, full community participation, and economic self-sufficiency.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences, EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, gave a presentation on the use of gaming technology in contemporary art entitled, "Game-ification of Art and the Posthuman," at the annual conference of the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts, held in Phoenix, AZ, November 9–12.
John Misak
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishJohn Misak, D.A., assistant professor of English, delivered a presentation, "Using Virtual Reality to Illustrate Sense of Place for Student Personal Narratives," at the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association 115th Annual Conference, November 10-12, 2017, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences, EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, was recently awarded an NEH grant to participate in an Object Lessons writer's workshop to teach academics—particularly those whose subject is technology—how to write for the popular press. The workshop was held November 7–8, 2017, in Phoenix, AZ.
Melda Yildiz
College of Arts & Sciences Instructional TechnologyMelda N. Yildiz, Ed.D., assistant professor and chair of the Department of Instructional Technology, participated in an invited panel, "Transforming Higher Education through Transdisciplinary Action Research and Advocacy," at the 40th Annual Fulbright Conference held on November 5, 2017, in Washington, DC.
Sabina Khantimirova
Global Academic Programs English Language InstituteSabina Khantimirova, M.A., learning specialist with the English Language Institute, made a presentation entitled "Developing Interactive Activities for Hybrid, Flipped, or Non-Traditional Online Instruction" at the 2017 NYS TESOL conference in Melville, NY on November 4, 2017.
\nNabi Sertac Artan
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences, Electrical and Computer EngineeringN. Sertac Artan, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, co-authored a chapter "Security, Trust, and Privacy for Cloud Computing in Transportation Cyber-Physical Systems," in the book Data Security in Cloud Computing, with Wenjia Li, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science, and Jonathan Voris, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science.
Melda Yildiz
College of Arts & Sciences Instructional TechnologyMelda N. Yildiz, Ed.D., assistant professor and chair of the Department of Instructional Technology, moderated the panel, "MIL Revolutionizing the Learning Process" at UNESCO's Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week 2017 in Kingston, Jamaica on October 26, 2017. The theme of the conference was "Media and Information Literacy in Critical Times: Re-imagining Ways of Learning and Information Environments." The session explored the potential and capacity of MIL to create new ways of learning in various learning environments, online and offline, as well as the challenges faced.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts and SciencesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, presented "Unprinted Pages: Recovering Edna O'Brien's Sylvia Plath Play" with her New York Tech students, Rebekah Geevarghese and Uzma Patel, at Fordham University's Transnational Print Culture Conference in October 2017. The presentation addressed the Irish writer Edna O'Brien's unpublished drafts of what was probably a screenplay about the American poet Sylvia Plath. Thanks to a Student-Faculty Collaboration Grant from the College of Arts and Sciences, the students spent the summer creating a digital project interpreting these materials, working from scans of O'Brien's manuscripts and typescripts housed in Emory University's Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.