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.
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.
John Hanc
College of Arts & Sciences, Communication ArtsJohn Hanc, M.A., associate professor of communication arts, published a story, "'Treasure Box' Sheds Light on History of Motor Parkway," in the April 18, 2017 issue of the Newsday LI Life section. The Long Island Motor Parkway, which opened in 1908, was the world's first highway designed exclusively for automobiles. After it closed in 1938, the 44-mile highway receded into the woods and backyards of modern suburbia until a treasure trove of original maps and surveyor's drawings brought the "ghost parkway" back to life.
John Hanc
College of Arts & Sciences, Communication ArtsJohn Hanc, M.A., associate professor of communication arts, published three articles in The New York Times: "Workers Are Working Longer—and Better" (March 2, 2017); "From Downsizing Boomers, a Flood of Donated Art" (March 4, 2017); and "Museums With Ideas, Goals and Sometimes Art. But Walls? No." (March 17, 2017).
Hui-Yin Hsu
College of Arts & Sciences Teacher EducationHui-Yin Hsu, Ph.D., chair of the Department Teacher Education, and Shiang-Kwei Wang, Ph.D. presented a paper, "The Impact of New Literacy Practices Professional Development on Students' Reading and Science Learning Outcomes" at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting in Texas. Hsu also presented, "Impact of Teachers' Uses of the Stanford Mobile Inquiry-Based Learning Environment (SMILE) to Enact Student-Generated Questioning Practices in Science Classrooms."
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences, EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, was quoted at length in "Robophobia: Bridging the Uncanny Valley," an article at asme.org, the website of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. In his quote, LaGrandeur laments the slow adoption of robotics in North America and Europe versus their growing acceptance in Japanese households.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts and SciencesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, launched her new book, The Business of Words: Reassessing Anne Sexton, at a roundtable event on April 2017 at The New York Public Library. Golden moderated the event, which convened poets and critics featured in her collection of essays—the first devoted to Sexton's poetry in more than two decades.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts and SciencesAmanda Golden, Ph.D. had an article, "Textbook Greek: Thoby Stephen in Jacob's Room," published in the 2017 volume of Woolf Studies Annual, a "refereed journal publishing substantial new scholarship on the work of Virginia Woolf and her milieu."