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.
Karen Vahey
Enrollment Enrollment Enrollment ManagementKaren Vahey, Ed.D., dean of admissions and financial aid, co-presented “Tuition Pricing and Discounting in the Age of COVID-19” at the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) annual Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) conference on October 28, 2020.
Shinu Kuriakose
School of Health Professions School of Health Professions Physician Assistant StudiesShinu Kuriakose, D.H.Sc., PA-C, associate professor of physcian assistant studies, had his paper, “Mental Health and Pandemics: An Unhealthy Alliance,” published in Springer Nature Comprehensive Clinical Medicine on October 27, 2020.
Maria Perbellini
School of Architecture & Design School of Architecture & Design ArchitectureMaria Perbellini, Ph.D., dean of the School of Architecture and Design, was a panelist at the New York City Architecture Biennial Conference on October 23, 2020. She was part of a session on “Social Inclusion in the Workplace and in Design.”
Luzia Ogureck
International & Experiential Education International & Experiential EducationLuzia Ogureck, M.A., associate director of experiential education, received an “Excellence Award from NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education” for New York Tech's signature volunteering program. Ogureck was mentored by Adrienne McNally and Amy Bravo in the oversight of the Consultants for the Public Good program. Her blog post about the program, “What’s in a name? Quite a lot, when pitching volunteerism to STEM majors,” was published on the NASPA website on October 23, 2020.
Steven Shapiro
School of Management School of Management FinanceSteven J. Shapiro, Ph.D., professor of accounting and finance, and Peter Harris, professor of accounting and finance, co-authored a publication with Umapathy Ananthanarayanan, “The Impact of New Lease Standards Under US GAAP and IFRS on Financial Ratios,” published by the Review of Business and Finance Studies on October 22, 2020.
Debra Bush-Ford
EnrollmentDebra Bush-Ford, associate director of financial aid, received the NYSFAAA Region VI Ajana D. Wilkinson Service Award on October 22, 2020. The award recognizes individuals who have provided a significant contribution to New York State Financial Aid Administrators Association (NYSFAAA) at the regional level.
Luzia Ogureck
International & Experiential Education International & Experiential EducationLuzia Ogureck, M.A., associate director of experiential education, published an article, “New York? New York!,” on the German news site Rheinische Post on October 18, 2020, about how New York City is dealing with the pandemic in creative ways.
Susana Case
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences Behavioral SciencesSusana Case, Ph.D., professor of behavioral sciences, won a spot as a 2020 Distinguished Favorite for Poetry from the NYC Big Book Awards for her book Dead Shark on the N Train.
Pamela Karp
School of Health Professions School of Health Professions Occupational TherapyPamela Karp, Ed.D., OR/L, CHT, assistant professor of the occupational therapy, published her study “Occupational Therapy Student Readiness for Transition to the Fieldwork Environment: A Pilot Case Study” in the Open Journal Occupational Therapy on October 15, 2020. The results of the study revealed that while academic and fieldwork educators value similar characteristics of student readiness for transition to fieldwork, there is a need to develop collaborative strategies between the two settings to improve awareness of the value of theory-driven practice and to support authentic incorporation of theory into practice as part of the educative process of supervising fieldwork students.
Emily Rukobo
Global Academic ProgramsEmily Rukobo, M.A., executive director for global engagement, presented “High Impact Practices at Home & Abroad: A Model for Effective Equity & Inclusion” at the AAC&U 2020 Conference on Global Learning on October 9, 2020.