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.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, presented “Ecovering Gwendolyn Brooks's Pedagogy” at the Society for Textual Scholarship Conference, hosted virtually by The New School in New York, NY on May 19, 2021.
Joseph Posillico
Enrollment ManagementJoseph Posillico, Ed.D., C.P.A., vice president of enrollment management, was a presenter on a national webinar for prospective college students and their families on May 12, 2021. The webinar, "College Admissions Tips", was hosted by Sallie Mae, and included two other admissions experts from around the country. \n"It is through these types of collaborative efforts that we can provide information and perspectives to help inform students and families about the implications of their decisions. The feedback that we received from attendees has been exceptional and very complimentary", said Joe Garzillo, Vice President, Sallie Mae.
\nKate E. O'Hara
College of Arts & Sciences Interdisciplinary StudiesKate E. O’Hara, Ph.D., associate professor of interdisciplinary studies, was selected as one of the artists in the juried show, What Does Community Look Like to You?, at the Brush Art Gallery & Studios, Lowell, Massachusetts. O’Hara’s two photographs, "Encouragement" and "Waiting," draw from her background in social science and arts-based research in particular. During the opening reception on May 8, 2021, O’Hara shared that she considers her photography a phenomenological approach to understanding structures of experience and consciousness. Her aim is to capture the lived experience of her subjects, with a pictorial representation of their situatedness: context within place and space.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & SciencesKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, had his article, “Are We Ready for Direct Brain Links to Machines and Each Other? A Real-World Application of Posthuman Bioethics,” published by the Journal of Posthumanism on May 8, 2021.
Beth Elenko
Beth Elenko, Ph.D., associate professor of occupational therapy, spoke at the New York State Occupational Therapy Association Dessert & Dialogue on April 27, 2021. In her talk, “ABC’s of Early Intervention,” Elenko shared her expertise working with infants and young children and their families in early occupational therapy intervention in New York State.
Jonathan Goldman
CASJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, published an article, “Eva Tanguay's Racial and Gender Iconoclasticism and the Making of 'Personality,'” on CUNY's Gotham Center for New York City History blog on April 15, 2021. The essay examines the career of Tanguay, hugely popular in the early 1900s but largely forgotten now, for her influential role in making racial and gender transgressions intrinsic to 20th Century celebrity.
Kate O’Hara
Kate E. O’Hara, Ph.D., associate professor of interdisciplinary studies, presented “Connecting During Covid” at the 32nd National Service-Learning Conference, April 14, 2021. The virtual conference was offered in a multiple-day, concurrent session format providing attendees a self-directed, facilitated learning environment with online sessions, discussion groups, and interactive workshops. O’Hara’s session provided an overview of using asynchronous online environments to make meaningful connections while quarantining. O’Hara related the details of her Spring and Fall 2020 FCIQ 101 Foundations of Inquiry service project. She presented the process of engaging in experiential learning with community partners, community partner feedback, and anecdotes of undergrad student challenges, as well as successes while sheltering in place during a global pandemic.
Batu Chalise
College of Engineering and Computing SciencesBatu K. Chalise, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Moeness Amin, Ph.D. of Villanova University have been awarded $240,000 from the Army Research Laboratory as part of a research subcontract from Alion Science and Technology on April 14, 2021. Chalise and Amin will share the funding, which could potentially increase up to $780,000 over the period of next four years, to conduct research on “Distributed Sensing, Estimation, and System Configurability in Cognitive Radar Network.”
Pejman Sanaei
NYIT/CAS/MathematicsPejman Sanaei, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics, was awarded the Rising Star Alumnus Award from the College of Science & Liberal Arts (CSLA) at New Jersey Institute of Technology on April 9, 2021.
Beth Elenko
School of Health ProfessionsBeth Elenko, Ph.D., associate professor of occupational therapy, had her chapter, “Best Practices in Early Intervention Screening and Evaluation,” published in Best Practices for Occupational Therapy in Early Childhood, edited by Gloria Frolek Clark, Ph.D., OTR/L, BCP, FAOTA, and Stephanie Parks, Ph.D., in April 2021.