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.
Susana Case
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences Behavioral SciencesSusana Case, Ph.D., professor of behavioral sciences, won a spot as a 2020 Distinguished Favorite for Poetry from the NYC Big Book Awards for her book Dead Shark on the N Train.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, had his research paper, “How safe is our reliance on AI, and should we regulate it?” published in the Springer Link on October 6, 2020. This article is one of the twelve that founding editorial board members—scientists, humanists, and corporate researchers—wrote for the initial issue of the journal.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, presented “Marginalia and the T. S. Eliot Archive” at the International T. S. Eliot Society Annual Meeting on October 3, 2020.
Chinmoy Bhattacharjee
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences PhysicsChinmoy Bhattacharjee, Ph.D., assistant professor for physics, proposed a novel mechanism of magnetic field and fluid flow generation in the early universe. He spoke about his findings in his article, “Vortex generation in the early Universe,” in Astronomy & Astrophysics on October 2, 2020.
Lissi Athanasiou-Krikelis
College of Arts and SciencesLissi Athanasiou-Krikelis, Ph.D., associate professor of English, had her article, “Mapping the Metafictional Picturebook,” published in Narrative (Vol. 28.3) on October 1, 2020.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, was interviewed for a podcast hosted by Posthumans.org on September 28, 2020. He spoke about ancient robots and the development of robots and artificial intelligence.
Lynn Rogoff
College of Arts and SciencesLynn Rogoff, M.F.A., adjunct associate professor of English, had her play, Love, Ben Love, Emma, presented online by the Wayward Sisters Theatre from September 5 - October 10, 2020. The play centers around the legendary Emma Goldman and and her relationship with Dr. Ben Reitman.
John Misak
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences EnglishJohn Misak, D.A., assistant professor of English, and Ronald Yaros, Ph.D., University of Maryland had their article,"Completing College Writing Assignments on Mobile Phones: Comparing Students’ Attitudes and Engagement Across Disciplines and Age" published in the Journalism and Mass Communication on September 4, 2020.
Pejman Sanaei
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences MathPejman Sanaei, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics, in collaboration with members of New Jersey Institute of Technology had a research paper “On the influence of pore connectivity on performance of membrane filters,” published by Cambridge University Press on September 3, 2020