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.
Ping Ke
School of Management, AccountingPing Ke, Ph.D., assistant professor of accounting, received the Best Paper Award at the 2017 Annual Conference of Pan-Pacific Business Research Conference (PPBRC) in Pomona, Calif., in February. "Stock Buyback and Value Maximization," examines why companies repurchase their own stocks. The PPBRC is "a highly interactive conference that provides the opportunity for participants to share their research in an interdisciplinary setting and to disseminate research findings with others in the academic and business community."
Bisrat Kinfemichael
School of Management, EconomicsBisrat Kinfemichael, Ph.D., assistant professor of economics, presented "Sectoral Convergence of Labor Productivity in the US States," at the Eastern Economic Association 43rd Annual Conference in February 2017.
John Hanc
College of Arts & Sciences, Communication ArtsJohn Hanc, M.A., associate professor of communication arts, published two articles: "The Pilgrim Leader You Should Really Be Thankful for This Thanksgiving," about Edward Winslow, who helped save the Plymouth colony and is responsible for our knowledge of the first Thanksgiving feast in 1621, was on the Smithsonian magazine's website; and "Freeport's Hellfighter: Behind the Lines, But No Less Vital," a cover story for Newsday tied to Black History month tells the story of Arthur Weaver who served in the segregated Army during World War II.
Nabi Sertac Artan
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences, Electrical and Computer EngineeringN. Sertac Artan, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, published a paper, "A low-cost, scalable, current-sensing digital headstage for high channel count µECoG," in the Journal of Neural Engineering (IOP) on February 8, 2017.
Radoslaw (Radek) Nowak
School of Management, Human Resource StudiesRadoslaw (Radek) Nowak, Ph.D., assistant professor of human resource studies, published a research paper, "Demystifying Absorptive Capacity: Focus on Firm Size and Employee Empowerment," in the International Journal of Innovation Management, the official journal of the International Society of Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM), on February 7, 2017. In his study, Nowak found that a higher level of empowerment can alleviate the problem of diminished innovative capabilities in large bureaucratic organizations.
Hui-Yin Hsu
College of Arts & Sciences Teacher EducationHui-Yin Hsu, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Teacher Education, had her peer-reviewed article, "Preservice Teachers' Uses of SMILE to Enact Student-Generated Questioning Practices," published in the International Journal of Innovation in Education. Hsu was re-elected president of The Chinese American Academic and Professional Society (CAAPS). She delivered a lecture at the invitation of NYITCOM, titled "Applying Learning Theories in Medical Education," to medical scholars of 2017. Hsu led a group of Childhood Education students in NASA STEM workshops at New York Hall of Science and Partnership for After School Education.
Houwei Cao
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences, Computer ScienceHouwei Cao, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science, co-authored "Improving Cold Music Recommendation through Hierarchical Audio Alignment," which was presented at IEEE ISM 2016 (The IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia) in San Jose, Calif., in December.
Ahmed Awad
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences, Computer ScienceAhmed Awad, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science, co-edited Information Security Practices, Emerging Threats and Perspectives, a book that features "contributions by prominent global researchers and practitioners," as well as the work of two of NYIT's Information, Network, and Computer Security (INCS) alumni, Anoop Chowdary Atluri and Vinh Tran.
Carol Dahir
College of Arts & Sciences School CounselingCarol Dahir, Ed.D., professor and chair of school counseling, was the keynote speaker for the School Counselors' Circle of the Philippines event in Manila in December. She delivered "Multicultural Competencies and Ethical Issues: Millennial Concerns for School Counselors."
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences, EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, had his article, "Early Modern Literature," published in December 2016 in The Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Posthuman, an interdisciplinary publication on technology and literature. LaGrandeur's article takes the form of an actual chapter in the book, which is published by Cambridge University Press.