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.
Claude Gagna
College of Arts and SciencesClaude E. Gagna, Ph.D., professor of biological and chemical sciences, published a peer-reviewed journal article titled "Occult Squamous Cell Carcinoma within Lichenoid-Dermatitis: An Important, Hazardous Pitfall Detected by Immunohistochemistry," on August 2, 2024. This research project reveals how advanced clinical dermatopathology immunohistochemical screening for squamous cell carcinoma can aid in the treatment of this potentially life-threatening disease. Metastatic squamous cancer with occult primary is a disease in which squamous cancer cells spreads to the lymph nodes in the neck.
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts and SciencesJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, Department of Humanities, reviewed a stage adaptation of James Joyce's Ulysses by theater company Elevator Repair Service for a July 3, 2024, article in the Village Voice.
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts and SciencesJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, Department of Humanities, was quoted in an article in The Irish Times, on June 28, 2024, titled "Community of Joyce scholars grapples with accusations of misogyny and harassment claims."
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts and SciencesJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, Department of Humanities, participated in the XXIX International James Joyce Symposium, held June 14-19, 2024, at the University of Glasgow. He chaired a panel, "Joyce and Prejudice," and was a speaker of a roundtable, "Teaching Joyce in the 21st Century." He also served as a member of the safety team that was established to help ensure equitable treatment for all conference delegates.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences / HumanitiesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English in the Department of Humanities, presented “From App Design to Data Feminism: Virginia Woolf’s Relevance for STEM Students” at the 33rd Annual International Conference On Virginia Woolf held at California State University, Fresno, from June 6 to 9, 2024.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences / HumanitiesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English in the Department of Humanities, was elected second vice president of the "Modernist Studies Association", a leading interdisciplinary professional organization for the study of twentieth-century literature, art, and culture. She will serve a three-year term concluding with the president.
\n\nJonathan Goldman
College of Arts and SciencesJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, Department of Humanities, co-edited a special journal issue of The Modernist Review, "James Joyce Studies and Safety," published on May 17, 2024. The issue includes a co-written introduction. Deviating from the typical The Modernist Review structure, this issue reproduces transcripts and discussions that were held at the Making Joyce Studies Safe event.
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts and SciencesJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, Department of Humanities, co-authored an article entitled \n"Why Student Protests Are 'Good for the Jews' and a Congressional Crackdown on Israel Criticism Is Not" on May 16, 2024. Goldman talks about how student protesters remind us of the age-old Jewish tradition of questioning authority and speaking truth to power.
Chinmoy Bhattacharjee
PhysicsChinmoy Bhattacharjee, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, published his paper, "Hybrid electrostatic waves in linearized gravity," in the Journal of Plasma Physics, on April 29, 2024. The article explores the propagation of electromagnetic waves in plasmas near compact objects with magnetic and gravitomagnetic fields.
Kate E. O'Hara
CASKate E. O’Hara, Ph.D., associate professor of interdisciplinary studies, presented "I Get By with a Little Help from My Friends: An Intergenerational Design" at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Conference on General Education, Pedagogy, and Assessment on April 12, 2024, in Providence, R.I. In her interactive session, O’Hara described the design and implementation of intergenerational learning projects within the context of project-based learning in higher education, in particular with first-generation college students. Content included the successes, as well as the challenges, of moving beyond age-based stereotypes to valuing new learning relationships and experiences to reimaging undergraduate learning as spaces for connection across.