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.
Claude Gagna
CAS - Biological and Chemical SciencesClaude E. Gagna, Ph.D., professor of biological and chemical sciences, published a peer-reviewed abstract in investigative ophthalmology & visual sciences (ARVO Annual Meeting) entitled "Multiplex Immunofluorescent Demonstration of B-DNA, Z-DNA and G4-Quadruplex DNA in the Mouse Crystalline Lens: Spatial Genomic Organization of Different DNA Structures, i.e., Genomesorganizomics," on July 1, 2022. This project reveals, for the first time, the distribution of three different structures of nucleic acids within the normal adult crystalline lens of the eye globe. This novel "omics" method reveals how each of the three DNAs plays a different role in gene expression.
Colleen Kirk
School of ManagementColleen P. Kirk, D.P.S., associate professor of marketing, published a book chapter entitled "The Reputation Economy: A Tale as Old as Time or a New Paradigm?" with co-authors Laura S. Rifkin and Canan Corus, in The SAGE Handbook of Social Media Marketing, edited by Annmarie Hanlon and Tracy Tuten, on June 28, 2022.
Colleen Kirk
School of ManagementColleen P. Kirk, D.P.S., associate professor of marketing, lead-authored an article entitled "Just My Luck: Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Differentially Predict Word of Mouth About Promotional Games" in the Journal of Business Research on June 27, 2022. Her co-authors were Joann Peck, Claire M. Hart, and Constantine Sedikides. With an impact factor of 7.55, Journal of Business Research is an A-level journal in marketing and one of the leading journals in business.
Dongsei Kim
School of Architecture, Department of ArchitectureDongsei Kim, M.Des., assistant professor of architecture, presented his research paper in the "Imaged and Imagined North Korean Materialities: Future Borders, Architectures, Cartographies, Landscapes" session at the 7th Conference of the Asian Borderlands Research Network (ABRN), "Borderland Futures: Technologies, Zones, Co-existences," on June 24, 2022.
Larry Jaffee
Arts & Sciences/Communication ArtsLarry Jaffee, M.A., adjunct professor of communication arts, hosted the Making Vinyl conference in Nashville, TN on June 23-24, 2022, where he was privileged to introduce music legend T Bone Burnett as closing keynote speaker. Jaffee co-founded Making Vinyl, the only B2B platform dedicated to the global rebirth of the vinyl record manufacturing industry. He also produced a Making Vinyl Europe conference in Frankfurt, Germany on September 1-2, 2022. Since 2017, Jaffee has worked with such music industry luminaries as Jack White, Darryl McDaniels, and Little Steven Van Zandt at Making Vinyl events in Detroit, Los Angeles, and Berlin.
Jonathan Goldman
HumanitiesJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, Department of Humanities, was quoted extensively in a column for the Irish Independent by Colum Murphy titled "100 years after publishing Ulysses, how come James Joyce has never been canceled?", on June 12, 2022. Goldman says: “Yes, Joyce is difficult to read. Yes, not everybody is going to read the book cover to cover. But any kind of engagement with Ulysses is a form of leadership.”
Bisrat Kinfemichael
School of ManagementBisrat Kinfemichael, Ph.D., assistant professor of economics, shared his insight on managing daily expenses and long-term debt in an article titled “Survey: 27% of Americans Have No Emergency Fund,” published on Debthammer.org on June 12, 2022.
Becky Frieden
ITSBecky Frieden, senior director of enterprise applications and decision support systems, moderated an interactive roundtable and panel, "Diving Into Talent Acquisition, Diversity, And Retention," at the SINC Northeast IT & Security Leaders 2022 Conference on June 6, 2022, in Boston, MA.
Jonathan Goldman
HumanitiesJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, Department of Humanities, spoke at the Consulate General of Ireland, New York, for their event devoted to James Joyce's Ulysses, on the subject of "U for You" (Ulysses for all readers), on June 3, 2022.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences HumanitiesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, Department of Humanities, co-edited the book "The Bloomsbury Handbook to Sylvia Plath" with Anita Helle and Maeve O'Brien, published by Bloomsbury Academic, on May 25, 2022. The volume contains chapters by 27 scholars, including Elizabeth J. Donaldson, Ph.D., professor of English and associate dean of curriculum and student engagement, and Lissi Athanasiou-Krikelis, Ph.D., associate professor of English and director of interdisciplinary studies. A launch event took place on May 25, hosted by Melissa Parrish of Smith College, featuring a panel of speakers from the collection.