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.
Colleen Kirk
School of ManagementColleen P. Kirk, D.P.S., professor of marketing, presented her research, conducted with Danielle Hass and Julian Givi from West Virginia University, entitled "AI Ghostwriting Remorse: Guilt in Using AI for Consumer-to Consumer Heartfelt Messages," at the Association for Consumer Research conference in Paris, France, from September 25 to 29, 2024. The ACR conference is the preeminent academic conference in the field of consumer behavior.
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts and SciencesJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, Department of Humanities, published a short essay contributing to a print roundtable, "Death from a Thousand Cuts: A Roundtable on the 1937 Gatsby Condensation", in The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review 2023, published September 2024. The feature addressed the expurgated, serialized 1937 version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Goldman's section analyzed the novel's chapter 5, the central chapter of the novel.
Claude Gagna
College of Arts and SciencesClaude E. Gagna, Ph.D., professor of biological and chemical sciences, published an article, "The Monkeypox (Mpox) Dilemmas: What Is the Clinical and Histologic Presentation of the Bullae and Are They Infectious, and Why Is the Infection Dying Out So Quickly?" in SKINmed, a peer-reviewed publication, on September 21, 2024. Gagna examined the pathological consequences of this skin disorder, via histopathological staining methods, to improve clinical diagnosis of the pathology. Mpox is a very infectious disease that can cause painful enlarged lymph nodes, rash, fever, and muscle pain. Mpox is caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV), which is an enveloped double-stranded DNA virus.
William Letsou
College of Arts & Sciences/Department of Biological & Chemical SciencesWilliam Letsou, Ph.D., assistant professor of biological and chemical sciences, recently published an article entitled "The indispensable role of time in autonomous development", in the December 2024 issue of BioSystems, published online on September 21, 2024. It talks about the mathematical biology autonomous development in the journal BioSystems. The paper reimagines the famous Waddington landscape of developmental biology, by blending concepts from the physics of vector fields and rotational motion.
Beth Elenko
School of Health ProfessionsBeth Elenko, Ph.D., associate professor of occupational therapy, published an article with \n New York State Occupational Therapy Association September Newsletter entitled "Ensuring Excellence in Early Intervention for Occupational Therapists in NY" on September 16, 2024. The article discusses the competencies that occupational therapists and other early intervention providers need to ensure excellence and effective practice in Early Intervention.
Victoria Cuomo
School of Health ProfessionsVictoria Cuomo, M.S.N., professor of family health in the Department of Nursing, was featured as one of several experts quoted in an article "September is Baby Safety Month—Our Comprehensive Guide" for Today’s Parent, published on September 13, 2024.
Edward Guiliano
College of Arts and SciencesEdward Guiliano, Ph.D., president emeritus and professor of English in the Department of Humanities, has written a a new book, Lewis Carroll Collections & Collectors, available from the University of Virginia Press. It was published on September 13, 2024.
Wenyao Hu
School of ManagementWenyao Hu, Ph.D., assistant professor of the School of Management, authored an article titled "Covid-19 and firm communication: how do mobility constraints affect the conference call sentiment?", published in Applied Economics Letters on September 11, 2024. The study investigated how social isolation due to mobility constraints during the COVID-19 pandemic influenced sentiment in conference calls.
\nBeth Elenko
School of Health ProfessionsBeth Elenko, Ph.D., associate professor of occupational therapy, conducted research on the effectiveness of a virtual journal club (VJC) in enhancing students' understanding of evidence-based practice and its application in occupational therapy. Graduate students participated in a VJC over two semesters. The objective of the VJC is to foster group discussions in a non-threatening environment, preparing students for their future fieldwork and articulating evidence-based interventions in practice. The study, titled "The effectiveness of virtual journal clubs on evidence-based practices application," was published on September 6, 2024, in the International Journal of Education and Health.
Alessandro Melis
School of Architecture and DesignAlessandro Melis, Ph.D., IDC Foundation endowed chair and professor, and Fadhil Fadhil, robotics fabrication lab manager, both working in the School of Architecture and Design, wrote a paper, "Floating Acrobats: Exploring Exaptation in Architecture Through Artificial Intelligence" as a chapter in a book, Advances in Representation, published by Springer, on August 6, 2024.