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.
Daniel Cinotti
College of Arts & Sciences School CounselingDaniel Cinotti, Ph.D., assistant professor of school counseling, was featured on The Academic Minute, a radio show airing on NPR's Albany-based affiliate WAMC. The segment, discussing bullying of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) students, was also posted to the Inside Higher Ed website, where it is accessible by a national audience of nearly one million listeners. Additionally, assistant director of campus life, Justin Beauchamp, interviewed Cinotti during a Facebook Live session hosted by NYIT. The interview was a continuation of The Academic Minute spot and featured questions pertaining to identifying and preventing bullying of LGBTQ students.
Hui-Yin Hsu
College of Arts & Sciences Teacher EducationHui-Yin Hsu, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Teacher Education, won the Best Paper Presenter Award at the 2017 International Research and Education Conference for her paper entitled "Uses of SMILE (Stanford Mobile Inquiry-based Learning Environment) to Enact Student-Generated Questioning Practices in the Science Classroom." The conference, hosted by the Association of Filipino Teachers in Eastern America, was held October 27–31 in New York City. Hsu had previously given a similar lecture at Math for America for Master Teachers of Math and Science (MfA) in September 2017, also in New York.
Anthony DiMatteo
College of Arts and ScienceAnthony DiMatteo, Ph.D., professor of English, had two poems published in The Ekphrastic Review, which features poetry written in response to visual works. DiMatteo's poems, "River of Light" and "Fake Sun," were based on works by Caravaggio and Edward Hopper, respectively.
Christian Pongratz
College of Arts & Sciences Interdisciplinary StudiesChristian R. Pongratz, M.Arch., professor and interim dean, was a panel speaker in "WHAT: StN | Behind the Rock (tectonic alchemy)," at the Center for Architecture, New York, organized by the AIA NY Global Dialogues Committee, where he presented his professional design work and discussed the latent potentials in the design with stone as a performative but also emotional building element.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences, EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, had an excerpt from her new book posted in "Discussing Anne Sexton: An NYPL Roundtable and Excerpt from This Business of Words" on The Florida Bookshelf, a blog by the University Press of Florida (September 7, 2017). Golden also presented a paper, "On Manuscripts: Virginia Woolf and Archives," in Reading, England at the Annual Conference on Virginia Woolf, June 29 – July 2, 2017.
Nicholas Bloom
College of Arts and Sciences, School of Architecture and DesignNicholas Bloom, Ph.D., associate professor of social sciences, and Matthias Altwicker, M.U.P., associate professor of architecture, were two of three co-authors of "Yes, There is Room to Build More Housing in New York City," an op-ed in Crain's New York Business, September 2017, challenging the city to offer middle-income families the same developmental opportunities as public-housing residents.
Hui-Yin Hsu
College of Arts & Sciences Teacher EducationHui-Yin Hsu, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Teacher Education, and Shiang-Kwei Wang, Ph.D., professor of education and associate dean, organized a conference entitled "New Thinking and New Technology in the Changing Era," for the Chinese American Academic & Professional Society (CAAPS). The event was held on August 19, 2017 in Flushing, New York and was attended by approximately 500 people. Hsu, is president of CAAPS, while Wang is vice president of academic affairs.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences, EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant to participate in a workshop offering guidance and strategies for addressing how scholars and nonfiction authors write for broader audiences while maintaining intellectual rigor. LaGrandeur also gave a compelling presentation at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy's Science, Technology, and Public Policy Lecture arguing the strong possibility that many of today's jobs will soon be completed more inexpensively by artificial intelligence.
Jim Martinez
College of Arts & Sciences Interdisciplinary StudiesJim Martinez, Ph.D., assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies, published a new book, The Search for Method in STEAM Education. It "explores various approaches to building a positive interdisciplinary STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) learning environment, as described by educators across the K-20 educational ladder." In August 2017, Psychology Today published a review, praising Martinez as "a pioneer in bringing playful and performatory learning to higher education and to service learning."
Lynn Rogoff
College of Arts & Sciences, EnglishLynn Rogoff, M.F.A., adjunct associate professor of English, and CEO of Amerikids USA, was featured in an interview, "VR Adventure Games for Young Adults," on July 27, 2017, the final day of "Virtual Reality Games & Entertainment Extravaganza," a free "multi-day online event of speaker presentations, 1-on-1 interviews, panel discussions and online exhibitors." The event was hosted by Crowdcast, a new Internet site for creating webinars and live video experiences to connect, teach, and sell online. In August, Rogoff participated in "Creating VR to Impact The Planet with a Purpose Drive Generation," a virtual reality and higher education event at Cool Blue Media.