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.
Colleen Kirk
School of ManagementColleen P. Kirk, D.P.S., professor of marketing, has published an article, entitled "Bewitched and bewildered: adoption of sharing economy reputation systems in the age of data portability," on July 10, 2025, in the Journal of Marketing Management, a top-quality, peer-reviewed academic journal. This study examines how consumer reputation systems in the sharing economy are adopted, emphasizing the influence of collective input, the paradoxical effects of reputation mechanisms, and the role of enabling technologies like data portability in shaping digital reputations and marketplace dynamics.
Deborah Y. Cohn
Scoool of ManagementDeborah Y. Cohn, Ph.D., professor of marketing, was quoted in a July 1, 2025, Newsday story about grocery shopping. Her contributions to the article included a list of key tips for making sensible food choices.
Eduardo Rivera
LibraryEduardo Rivera, M.L.I.S., M.S.Ed., librarian III, presented a poster, "Flip the Covid Script: Leveraging the Flipped Classroom in the Wake of the Pandemic," at the American Library Association's annual conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during The Educators Poster Session on June 29, 2025. The poster presentation explores benefits of the flipped classroom model in academic library information literacy programs, with a particular focus on its relevance and necessity in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts and SciencesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English in the Department of Humanities, gave a lecture and workshop for secondary English teachers on "Mid-Twentieth Century Confessional Poetry" as part of Humanities Texas's "Teaching Twentieth-Century U.S. Literature" Teacher Institute held at the University of Houston on June 26, 2025.
Jonathan Ezra Goldman
College of Arts and SciencesJonathan Ezra Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, Department of Humanities, presented a paper titled "Gatsby’s Other New York Islands: Segregation, Incarceration, Abjection" at the 17th International Fitzgerald Society Conference in New York City on June 26, 2025. The presentation situated F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby in the context of New York's carceral populations at the time of the novel's setting and composition.
Colleen Kirk
School of ManagementColleen P. Kirk, D.P.S., professor of marketing, has published an article, entitled "You Said They Were Trustworthy: When Elite Status on Sharing Platforms Backfires," on June 25, 2025, in the Journal of Consumer Marketing, a top-quality, peer-reviewed academic journal. The research explores how consumers respond when they receive a negative review from an elite-status provider.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts and SciencesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English in the Department of Humanities, discussed Heather Clark's new novel, The Scrapbook, with her in an event hosted by Odyssey Bookshop on June 24, 2025.
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School of Architecture and DesignEvan Shieh, M.AUD., assistant professor of architecture, Dongsei Kim, M.Des., associate professor of architecture, and Clarke Snell, M.Arch., associate professor of architecture, collaborated on a design proposal for the international 2025 Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI), a design competition for an energy-generating and water-collecting installation prototype to be built in Marou Village, Fiji. Their entry submission, Vanua Sun-Well, was selected as a shortlisted finalist, as announced on June 23, 2025.
Colleen Kirk
School of ManagementColleen P. Kirk, D.P.S., professor of marketing, has published an article, "The Importance of Interactivity in Increasing Engagement with Native Advertising," on June 19, 2025, in the International Journal of Advertising, an A-level journal in business.
Jessica Varghese
School of Health ProfessionsJessica Varghese, Ph.D., RN, assistant professor of nursing, and Sabrina Polidoro, M.B.A., director of alumni relations, have published a research paper, "The power of connection, contribution, and communication: Building stronger relationships with nursing alumni" in Teaching and Learning in Nursing, published June 19, 2025. The paper highlighted how nursing students socially construct their college experience, which can play an important part in how they contribute back to their college after graduation in time, talent, and treasure.
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