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.
John Hanc
College of Arts & Sciences, Communication ArtsJohn Hanc, M.A., associate professor of communication arts, was a guest faculty member at the annual Harvard Medical School Writing, Publishing, and Social Media for Healthcare Professionals course in Boston. This is his seventh year teaching the course, which helps physicians and healthcare leaders improve their writing skills and get their work published.
John Hanc
College of Arts & Sciences, Communication ArtsJohn Hanc, M.A., associate professor of communication arts, published a story, "'Treasure Box' Sheds Light on History of Motor Parkway," in the April 18, 2017 issue of the Newsday LI Life section. The Long Island Motor Parkway, which opened in 1908, was the world's first highway designed exclusively for automobiles. After it closed in 1938, the 44-mile highway receded into the woods and backyards of modern suburbia until a treasure trove of original maps and surveyor's drawings brought the "ghost parkway" back to life.
John Hanc
College of Arts & Sciences, Communication ArtsJohn Hanc, M.A., associate professor of communication arts, published three articles in The New York Times: "Workers Are Working Longer—and Better" (March 2, 2017); "From Downsizing Boomers, a Flood of Donated Art" (March 4, 2017); and "Museums With Ideas, Goals and Sometimes Art. But Walls? No." (March 17, 2017).
Ziqian (Cecilia) Dong
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences, Electrical and Computer EngineeringZiqian (Cecilia) Dong, Ph.D., associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, had her paper, "Indoor Localization Framework with WiFi Fingerprinting," presented at the 26th IEEE Wireless and Optical Communications Conference (WOCC 2017), April 7–8, 2017, by her co-author, NYIT graduate student and NYIT Research Experience for Undergraduates Fellow Rajan Khullar.
Purushottam Meena
School of Management, Operations ManagementPurushottam Meena, Ph.D., assistant professor of operations management, co-chaired a special session, "Recent Trends in Maintenance, Production and Quality," for CODIT'17, the IEEE International Conference on Control, Decisions, and Information Technologies, April 5–7, 2017, in Barcelona, Spain. At the session, panelists and attendees reviewed integrated approaches in the management and design of production systems, which has become a topic of increasing importance over the past few decades.
Christina Finn
School of Health Professions, Occupational TherapyChristina Finn, M.S., assistant professor of occupational therapy and clinical associate of the NYIT Center for Sports Medicine, presented her poster, "The Role of Occupational Therapy in Concussion Management," at the 2017 AOTA (American Occupational Therapy Association) Annual Conference and Centennial Celebration in Philadelphia. While there, she gave an interview on the role of occupational therapy in the treatment of concussions, which was promoted on social media sites by ImPACT Applications, Inc., the maker of the leading computerized concussion management tool.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences, EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, launched her new book, The Business of Words: Reassessing Anne Sexton, at a roundtable event on April 2017 at The New York Public Library. Golden moderated the event, which convened poets and critics featured in her collection of essays—the first devoted to Sexton's poetry in more than two decades.
Hui-Yin Hsu
College of Arts & Sciences Teacher EducationHui-Yin Hsu, Ph.D., chair of the Department Teacher Education, and Shiang-Kwei Wang, Ph.D. presented a paper, "The Impact of New Literacy Practices Professional Development on Students' Reading and Science Learning Outcomes" at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting in Texas. Hsu also presented, "Impact of Teachers' Uses of the Stanford Mobile Inquiry-Based Learning Environment (SMILE) to Enact Student-Generated Questioning Practices in Science Classrooms."
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences, EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, was quoted at length in "Robophobia: Bridging the Uncanny Valley," an article at asme.org, the website of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. In his quote, LaGrandeur laments the slow adoption of robotics in North America and Europe versus their growing acceptance in Japanese households.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences, EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D. had an article, "Textbook Greek: Thoby Stephen in Jacob's Room," published in the 2017 volume of Woolf Studies Annual, a "refereed journal publishing substantial new scholarship on the work of Virginia Woolf and her milieu."