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 ManagementKaren Vahey, M.S.Ed., dean of admissions and financial aid, was included in the essay “Will Your College Close?” published by The Chronicle of Higher Education on February 7, 2020. Vahey has been researching Utica's tuition reset as a doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research has also been included in the book “The College Stress Test,” published by Johns Hopkins University Press on February 25, 2020 .
Elizabeth Donaldson
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishElizabeth J. Donaldson, Ph.D., professor of English and associate dean of curriculum and student engagement for the College of Arts and Sciences, published her chapter, “Mental Health Issues: Alienists, Asylums, and the Mad,” in A Cultural History of Disability in the Long Nineteenth Century, Volume 5, edited by Joyce Huff and Martha Stoddard Holmes. The book was published on February 6, 2020, by Bloomsbury Press.
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., associate professor of English, published an essay, “How Dorothy Parker Got Fired from Vanity Fair,” in The Public Domain Review on February 6, 2020. The piece is a result of research for his site New York 1920: 100 Years Ago Today, a project sponsored by a two-year ISRC grant.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, was invited to speak at the Ulrich Museum of Art of Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas on emerging technology and art on February 6, 2020. In his talk,“Voices from the Vault,” he spoke about Brooklyn artist Lee Adler's artwork and the anticipated the bonding of humans and machines in the 21st century.
Jordan Thompson
Legal General Counsel's OfficeJordan Thompson, deputy general counsel and privacy officer, served as a panelist at Law.com's Legalweek conference on February 4, 2020, in New York City. The topic of the panel was "Algorithmic Malpractice & Lawfare."
Susana Case
College of Arts & Sciences Behavioral SciencesSusana Case, Ph.D., professor of behavioral sciences, had her poem, “Hold Me Like You'll Never Let Me Go,” a part of a theatre event, Let Lightning Set Us on Fire, a work of modern love to celebrate Valentine's Day on February 3, 2020 in New York City.
Dong-Sei Kim
School of Architecture & Design ArchitectureDongsei Kim, M.Des., assistant professor of architecture, was invited to deliver a talk titled “Imagining the Impossible: The Demilitarized Zone as a Proving Ground” at the Center for Critical Korean Studies at the University of California, Irvine on January 30, 2020.
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NYITElizabeth J. Donaldson, Ph.D., professor of English and associate dean of curriculum and student engagement for the College of Arts and Sciences, was invited to be the “Narrating Disease” panel commentator at the “Feeling DIS/EASE” conference at the Max Planck Institute for Human Behavior, in Berlin, Germany, on January 30, 2020.
Shinu Kuriakose
School of Health Professions Physician Assistant StudiesShinu Kuriakose, D.H.Sc., PA-C, associate professor of physcian assistant studies, published his article, “Telepsychiatry: Opportunity and Challenges,” in the Journal of Healthcare Communcations on January 27, 2020.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, was invited to join the Editorial Board of Bloomsbury Academic's Modernist Archives book series on January 27, 2019.