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.
Jordan Thompson
General CounselJordan Thompson, J.D., deputy general counsel and privacy officer, was a panelist at Legalweek 2022, on March 9, 2022. The topic of discussion was Computer Forensics in the Era of the Cloud.
Charles Pavia
College of Osteopathic MedicineCharles Pavia, Ph.D., associate professor of biomedical sciences, published his article titled "Pasteur, Vaccines, and the Refusal to Become Fully Vaccinated in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic" in Frontiers in Public Health, on March 9, 2022. The article explores the primary reasons, as well as the historical connection, behind the anti-COVID-19 vaccine movement, and proposes several possible and realistic interventions that could be implemented to counter this notion and significantly improve vaccine acceptance, especially among young people.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts and SciencesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, Department of Humanities, gave a virtual talk on "'The Grim Keys of My Smug Typewriter': On the Material Practice(s) of Sylvia Plath" for Harvard University's Woodberry Poetry Room, on March 8, 2022.
Colleen Kirk
School of ManagementColleen P. Kirk, D.P.S., associate professor of marketing, gave a virtual presentation on her research paper entitled "Psychological Contracts in the Sharing Economy: The Role of Platform Design Policies when Consumers Get Reviewed" at the Society for Consumer Psychology Conference, on March 5, 2022.
Suzanne Musho
Real Estate Development and Sustainable Capital PlanningSuzanne Musho, AIA, NCARB, vice president for real estate development and sustainable capital planning and chief architect, was among a dozen prominent professionals named "Construction Idols" during the New York Build 2022 Expo on March 2-3, 2022, at the Javits Center in New York City. The event attracted more than 2,000 industry members, 250+ exhibitors, and 300 speakers on topics ranging from sustainable best practices, technology, and designing for the future.
Kate E. O'Hara
College of Arts and SciencesKate E. O’Hara, Ph.D., associate professor of interdisciplinary studies, presented "Theory into Practice: Implementing a Humanistic Approach" at the Conference on Meaningful Living and Learning in a Digital World in Savannah, Georgia, on March 1, 2022. In her interactive presentation, O’Hara shared details of instructional design for implementing a humanistic approach that provides undergraduate students with opportunities for learning about subject matter that is of personal interest and applicable to the "real world," fostering students' desire to learn while teaching them how to learn, as well as tips on how to design meaningful holistic, project-based instructional activities within fully online and hybrid environments.
Hyun-Tae Jung
School of Architecture and DesignHyun-Tae Jung, Ph.D., associate professor of architecture, appeared in Global City Seoul: Part 2, as a part of the "Sunday Special" documentary series by the Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), on February 27, 2022.
Robert Amundsen
College of Engineering and Computing SciencesRobert N. Amundsen, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the Department of Energy Management, presented “Disguised Infrastructure: Minimizing Visual Impacts” at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, on February 27, 2022.
Briana Bronchick
Strategic CommunicationsBriana Bronchick, director of marketing, was featured in a case study titled "How New York Tech Drove Open House Registrations with Hulu Ad Manager," in which New York Tech was highlighted for using Hulu’s new ad management tool to enhance awareness and drive registrations to virtual Open House events, on February 22, 2022. Briana was one of the first users of this tool, which allowed us to be very targeted in reaching our primary audiences of prospective students and parents through the streaming TV space.
Chinmoy Bhattacharjee
PhysicsChinmoy Bhattacharjee, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, published his paper, "Beltrami–Bernoulli equilibria in weakly rotating self-gravitating fluid," to Cambridge Core's Journal of Plasma Physics, on February 22, 2022. Bhattacharjee's work outlines the fluid velocity profile in a rotating self-gravitating star in presence of a "magnetic-type" gravitational field.