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, Behavioral SciencesSusana Case, Ph.D., professor of behavioral sciences, had a new book of poetry, Drugstore Blue, published by Five Oaks Press in July 2017. It is an "edgy yet compassionate and sometimes racy" woman-coming-of-age odyssey where blue eye-makeup takes center stage.
John Hanc
College of Arts & Sciences, Communication ArtsWalter's Way, co-written by John Hanc, M.A., associate professor of communication arts, was one of four books that received top honors in the Literary Classics International Book Awards, announced July 1, 2017. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Walter's Way won the Lumen Award for Literary Excellence, which honors "extraordinary youth nonfiction literature annually." Additionally, the book won the gold medal in the Nonfiction category of the overall Awards competition.
John Hanc
College of Arts & Sciences, Communication ArtsJohn Hanc, associate professor of communication arts, wrote a cover story, "From LI to France: a Soldier's Illustrated Letters of WWI," for the features section of Newsday on July 29, 2017. It tells about the illustrated letters of Salvador Cilia, a young (and talented) World War I soldier from New York's Lower East Side who did his basic training on Long Island before being deployed to France.
Hui-Yin Hsu
College of Arts & Sciences Teacher EducationHui-Yin Hsu, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the Department of Teacher Education, and Shiang-Kwei Wang, Ph.D., associate dean, published a peer-reviewed research paper entitled, "New Literacy Implementation: The Impact of Professional Development on Middle School Student Science Learning," in the International Journal of Information and Communication Technology in June 2017.
Hui-Yin Hsu
College of Arts & Sciences Teacher EducationHui-Yin Hsu, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Teacher Education, served on the New York State Department of Education edTPA Standard Setting Committee, in Albany, New York on June 17, 2017.
Terese Coe
College of Arts & Sciences, EnglishTerese Coe, Ph.D., adjunct instructor of English, had her poem, "Idomeni," titled after one of the refugee camps in Greece, published by Able Muse in summer 2017. And in July, The Hopkins Review published her translation from the German of Heinrich Heine's "Devil Take Your Mother." Additionally, in September 2017, EverseRadio.com published her Shakespeare cento, "Love is Merely a Madness."
Hui-Yin Hsu
College of Arts & Sciences Teacher EducationHui-Yin Hsu, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Teacher Education, and Shiang-Kwei Wang, Ph.D., associate dean, published a peer-reviewed article, "Integrating Technology: Using Google Forms to Collect and Analyze Data," in Science Scope. Hsu and Wang also presented a workshop, "Using SMILE (Stanford Mobile Inquiry-Based Learning Environment) to Facilitate Student-Generated Questioning Practices in Science Classrooms," at the 2017 National Science Teachers Association Annual Conference on Science Education in Los Angeles in April.
Nicholas Bloom
College of Arts & Sciences, Social SciencesNicholas Bloom, Ph.D., associate professor of social sciences, was interviewed on The Home Show, a documentary by Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Foreign Correspondent program, exploring housing affordability in major cities around the world. Additionally, Bloom participated in a panel discussion, "Reinventing Public Housing in New York City," at the American Planning Association's (APA) 2017 National Planning Conference on May 9.
Anthony DiMatteo
College of Arts and SciencesAnthony DiMatteo, Ph.D., professor of English, had three poems published in the international journal, Levure Littéraire, titled "Les Mots et Les Choses," "Mimicry," and "Black Day – April 20, 1989."
John Hanc
College of Arts & Sciences, Communication ArtsJohn Hanc, M.A., associate professor of communication arts, was a guest faculty member at the annual Harvard Medical School Writing, Publishing, and Social Media for Healthcare Professionals course in Boston. This is his seventh year teaching the course, which helps physicians and healthcare leaders improve their writing skills and get their work published.