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.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, was appointed to the advisory board of The Lifeboat Foundation, a technology-oriented think tank, on July 22, 2020. "The Lifeboat Foundation is developing a world-class think tank with a rich cognitive diversity of... top thinkers to encourage scientific advancements while helping humanity survive existential risks and possible misuse of increasingly powerful technologies."
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, was appointed to the editorial board of the new refereed journal The Journal of Posthumanism on July 20, 2020. "The Journal of Posthumanism is an international multilingual peer-reviewed scholarly journal promoting innovative work to transverse the fields ranging from social sciences, humanities, and arts to medicine and STEM. In line with the efforts of creating a broad network beyond disciplinary boundaries, the journal seeks to explore what it means to be human in this technologically-saturated, ecologically damaged world."
Milan Toma
College of of Osteopathic Medicine Department of Osteopathic Manipulative MedicineMilan Toma, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, published paper in Biology titled "Effect of Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair on Chordal Strain: Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulations," on July 18, 2020. The paper demonstrates the potential for computational simulations to aid in the pre-procedural evaluation of possible complications such as chordal rupture and leaflet perforation following percutaneous edge-to-edge repair.
Jamel Vanderburg
College of Arts and SciencesJamel Vanderburg, M.P.A., adjunct instructor of interdisciplinary studies, served as a co-moderator on a panel entitled "Breaking Barriers: A Virtual Roundtable Discussing Racial Disparities in America," on July 12, 2020. The roundtable came out a discussion between Vanderburg and his co-moderators Andrew Oliver, senior project manager for Empire State Development and Kanell Harvard, an event planner with Dhat’s a Trip, about how to navigate racial issues in the current climate.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, had his article, "Here's how we can make AI for tracking Covid safer," published on the website for the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technology, a think tank where he is a Fellow, on July 9, 2020.
Nicole Calma-Roddin
College of Arts and SciencesNicole Calma-Roddin, Ph.D., assistant professor of behavioral sciences, had her article, "Music, Language, and The N400: ERP Interference Patterns Across Cognitive Domains," published in Scientific Reports on July 8, 2020. The article examines electrical responses of the brain (in the form of EEG/ERPs) linked to long-term memory processing. Results showed evidence of interference effects between ERPs elicited by music and language stimuli, suggesting shared neural processing across these domains.
Radoslaw Nowak
School of Management School of Management Human Resource StudiesRadoslaw (Radek) Nowak, Ph.D., assistant professor of human resource studies, has his research on strategic management in the healthcare industry “Process of strategic planning and cognitive diversity as determinants of cohesiveness and performance,” published in Business Process Management Journal on July 7, 2020. The study's findings reveal that business organizations must encourage their employees to participate in the process of strategic planning. Such a participatory goal-setting process will increase collective support for the organization's strategic objectives, which leads to better business performance.
John Hogan
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences Interdisciplinary StudiesJohn Hogan, Ph.D., adjunct assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies, had his book, The Tragedy of the Athenian Ideal in Thucydides and Plato, published by Lexington Books on July 1, 2020. The book was published as part of a series of Interdisciplinary approaches to ancient Greek studies with Professor Gregory Nagy of Harvard University as the series editor. The book aims to be part of a developed scientific understanding of governmental constitutions. Hogan wishes to thank Ellen Katz, associate professor of social sciences, for her interest and encouragement.
Chinmoy Bhattacharjee
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences PhysicsChinmoy Bhattacharjee, Ph.D., assistant professor for physics, had his article, “On Beltrami States Near Black Hole Event Horizon,” published in AIP on July 1, 2020. In this article, he describes how the study of plasma dynamics near black hole event horizon. Plasmas at certain regions near black hole event horizon exhibits properties analogous to a superconductor.
Chinmoy Bhattacharjee
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences PhysicsChinmoy Bhattacharjee, Ph.D., assistant professor for physics, had his article, “Classifying Diamagnetic States of Plasma Near Schwarzschild Event horizon: Local Approximation” published in Science Direct on July 1, 2020. In his article he describes how magnetic field structures are characterized by two distinct physical parameters which can be used to predict different physical phenomena near black hole event horizon.