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.
Melissa Battista
Global Academic Programs English Language InstituteMelissa Battista, M.S., and Sabina Khantimirova, both learning specialists at the NYIT English Language Institute, presented "Developing Interactive Activities for Hybrid, Flipped, or Non-Traditional Online Instruction" at the Kaplan and NYS TESOL One-Day Mini-Conference in New York City on May 11, 2019.
Emily Rukobo
Global Academic Programs | English Language InstituteEmily Rukobo, M.A., executive director for global engagement, presented "The American Cultural Immersion Experience: English through Service Learning" at the Kaplan and NYS TESOL One-Day Mini-Conference in New York City on May 11, 2019.
Nada Anid
Strategic Communications and External AffairsNada Anid, Ph.D., vice president of strategic communications and external affairs, and Terry Nauheim Goodman, M.F.A., associate professor of digital art and design, had their work with the Viscard Industry Project highlighted in the book, Strategic Doing: 10 Skills for Agile Leadership, published by Wiley on May 7, 2019. The project was the primary outcome of NYIT's participation in the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter) program, which sought to increase opportunities for students to participate in innovation and entrepreneurship activities in 50 universities across the country.
Kate E. O'Hara
College of Arts & Sciences Interdisciplinary StudiesKate E. O’Hara, Ph.D., associate professor of interdisciplinary studies, exhibited her photograph, Opening the Canopy, at the "Do One Thing to Make to the World a Better Place" benefit at Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY on May 4, 2019. O’Hara's current scholarship explores the use of photography as a research method. She will be leading a fall 2019 course, IDSP 300 – Lived Experience in a Multimedia World, based on the field of phenomenology, a philosophical approach to understanding how human beings experience the world, which will use multimedia artifacts, including photographs, narratives, and personal stories as tools for research.
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School of Architecture & Design ArchitectureDongsei Kim, M.Des., assistant professor of architecture, presented his research paper, “Constructing Ambivalent Korea(s): Architecture, Urbanism, and Statecraft” in the “Seoul Under Construction: Politics, Memory, and Urbanism in Korea” conference at the University of Pennsylvania's James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies on May 3, 2019.
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College of Arts & Sciences EnglishLissi Athanasiou-Krikelis, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, discussed autofiction in relation to Amanda Michalopoulou's Baroque on May 2, 2019 at a salon at the home of the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York City. The event, which included a reading by the author, was a collaboration between the German and Greek consulates in New York.
Edward Guiliano
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishEdward Guiliano, Ph.D., professor of English, had his book, Lewis Carroll: Worlds of His Alices (Writers and Their Contexts), published by Edward Everett Root on April 30, 2019. The book is a comprehensive analysis of the creative works of Lewis Carroll.
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., associate professor of English, published an essay, "Joyce & the Dems: Ulysses, Politics, and Cultural Capital," on the Modernism/modernity Print+ page on April 29, 2019. The essay analyzes recent invocations of James Joyce's Ulysses by US presidential hopefuls.
Rajendram Rajnarayanan
College of Osteopathic Medicine-JonesboroRajendram Rajnarayanan, assistant dean of research and publications at NYITCOM-Arkansas, was selected for the Society for Science & the Public's Advocate Grant Program on April 26, 2019. SSP advocates work to mentor underrepresented and low-income students and guide them in entering science research competitions.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, recently had two video interviews posted on the Vlog "Posthumans" on April 26, 2019. One interview (Episode 10: "Robots in Ancient Times") is based on his book Artificial Slaves, while the second (Episode 11: "Technological Unemployment") is based on his book, Surviving the Machine Age. The Vlog is run by Dr. Francesca Ferrando, a philosopher working at NYU, and features interviews with different philosophers, scholars, artists, and scientists whose works revolve around the topic of the posthuman—the convergence of humans and AI. The interviews are recorded at the Digital Studio, New York University (NYU), New York City.
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