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.
Lissi Athanasiou-Krikelis
College of Arts and SciencesLissi Athanasiou-Krikelis, Ph.D., associate professor of English, published a book review on January 1, 2021, of God's Wife by Amanda Michalopoulou. The book review appeared in the winter issue of World Literature Today.
Pejman Sanaei
MathematicsPejman Sanaei, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics, had his paper "Open capillary siphons," published in Fluid Mechanics RAPIDS on December 9, 2020.
Kate E. O'Hara
College of Arts & Sciences Interdisciplinary StudiesKate E. O’Hara, Ph.D., associate professor of interdisciplinary studies, published her chapter, “Bring Us Back: Photographs for Meaning Making and Knowledge Production,” in the edited volume, Doing Authentic Inquiry to Improve Learning and Teaching, published by Brill Publishing on December 7, 2020. O’Hara’s chapter is narrative style, relating the process and pedagogical methods for engaging students in critical reflection, meaning-making, and knowledge production through the use of visual and textual heuristics.
Pejman Sanaei
College of Arts & Sciences/MathPejman Sanaei, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics, with his students from New York Tech, Mikhail Smirnov, Dave Persaud, Hamad El Kahza, Tanvi Patel and former students from NYU, Daniel Chin and Michael Yue Li, presented five talks at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the American Physics Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics on November 22-24, 2020.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, gave a presentation, “21st Century Art, Emerging Technology, and Indeterminacy,” at the virtual Conference on Indeterminate Futures/The Future of Indeterminacy, sponsored by the University of Dundee, Scotland, and The Arts and Humanities Council of Great Britain on November 13, 2020.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, was in conversation with scholar Heather Clark, to launch her biography, Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath (Knopf, 2020). The event was organized by Maynooth University, Ireland on November 10, 2020.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, curated a digital exhibition as part of Modernist Studies Association's “On or About 2020” online programming on November 9, 2020. The exhibition was released in four installments, with the first including an introduction by Golden. Each installment features digital projects addressing modernist literature and culture, including “New York 1920,” a project developed by Jonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English at New York Tech.
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences EnglishJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, published an essay, “Smoking with John: John Bishop (1948-2020), Guide, Philosopher, and Friend,” in the peer-reviewed journal James Joyce Quarterly, Issue 57.3-4. on November 4, 2020
Amy Bravo
International & Experiential Education International & Experiential EducationBabak D. Beheshti, Ph.D., dean of NYIT College of Engineering and Computing Sciences, Gordon Schmidt, Ph.D., dean and professor of NYIT College of School of Health Profession, Dan Quigley, Ph.D., dean of NYIT College of Arts and Sciences, Stan Silverman, M.S., professor of instructional technologies, Tiffani Blake, M.S, M.ED., assistant provost for student engagement and development, Jerry Balentine, D.O., FACOEP, FACEP, executive vice president, and Amy Bravo, M.A., senior director of international and experiential education, recieved their third Voya Foundation grant on Novemeber 2, 2020 to “Diversify STEAM Leadership.” The institutional team will use the grant to run community based initiatives to engage and diversify the community.
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College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences English \nJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, led a workshop, “Teaching Modernism and Activism Against an Ascendant White Supremacy,” on October 30, 2020 for the Modernist Studies Association's 2020 conference. The session asked the questions: How can the study of modernist literature draw connections between the early twentieth century and our own moment of rising racist extremism? Has the field of modernist studies historically contributed to ideas of white supremacy? How can our teaching address and resist white supremacy, now and in the past?