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.
John Misak
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishJohn Misak, D.A., assistant professor of English, published an article, A (Virtual) Bridge Not Too Far: Teaching Narrative Sense of Place with Virtual Reality," in Computers and Composition, Volume 50 on November 13, 2018. The article explains how virtual reality (VR) games can help students realize the importance of narrative sense of place and outlines a VR exercise for students to experience immersion as a parallel to how written works transport readers to their environments.
Milan Toma
College of Engineering & Computing Sciences Mechanical EngineeringMilan Toma, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, presented a paper titled "Predicting Concussion Symptoms Using Computer Simulations," at the Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2018, in Vancouver, BC, Canada, November 13-14, 2018. The associated paper is published in Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 880, pages 557-568, Springer. Toma also chaired a session titled "Software Engineering" at the conference.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, published Cancelled in Purple: Alice Walker’s Virginia Woolf Calendar in Modernism/modernity Print Plus, Volume 3, Cycle 3, on November 13, 2018.
Carol Dahir
College of Arts & Sciences Masters School CounselingCarol Dahir, Ed.D., adjunct professor and chair of the Department of School Counseling, was the keynote speaker and a workshop presenter at the 18th Annual Convention of the School Counseling Circle of the Philippines, November 13-14, 2018 in Manilla, Philipenes.
Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa
School of Architecture & Design ArchitecturePablo Lorenzo-Eiroa, M.Arch., associate professor of architecture, had his peer-reviewed article, "Data and Politics of Information: Rezoning New York City through Big Data" included in Data, Architecture and the Experience of Place, edited by Anastasia Karandinou and published on November 12, 2018. In his essay, he discusses the neoliberal model of city planning with regard to the current environmental crisis, issuing a call to action with radical futuristic proposals that can be implemented today through information-based surveying data gathering processes that can inform participatory city growth in an interactive real-time process through an interface application project.
Jonathan Goldman
Spanglish FlyJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., associate professor of English, was featured in a review of the new album, "Ay Que Boogaloo," from Goldman's Latin music group, Spanglish Fly, in All About Jazz on November 12, 2018. According to reviewer Chris M. Slawecki, "Jonathan Goldman sure seems like one interesting dude. An Associate Professor at New York Institute of Technology, Goldman edited the seminal study Joyce and the Law (University of Florida Press, 2017) and leads one of the most famous reading groups for one of Joyce's most infamous works, Ulysses. And as lead trumpet and bandleader for New York's own Spanglish Fly, he's one of the world's leading proponents of the irresistibly liberating rhythms, sounds and beats of Latin soul and boogaloo."
John Misak
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishJohn Misak, D.A., assistant professor of English, served as a panelist at Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association's 116th conference at Western Washington University in Bellingham on November 10, 2018. As part of his presentation, "More Than Just Words, Words, Words: Using AR to Illustrate the Context Behind the Text of Hamlet, Misak displayed a prototype of an Augmented Reality application that both he and Kevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, are working on to teach complex humanities texts, like Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, organized and presented on the roundtable, "Feminist Designs: Visualizing the Future of Modernist Digital Humanities" at the Modernist Studies Association Conference in Columbus, Ohio, November 10, 2018.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, had her collection, This Business of Words: Reassessing Anne Sexton, published in paperback by the University Press of Florida on November 9, 2018.
David Nadler
NYITDavid Nadler, Ph.D., assistant professor and chair of the Department of Environmental Technology and Sustainability, presented "Translating Agency-Collected Data to Inform Policy" as a panelist at the New York City Town+Gown Construction Data Analytic Symposium, presented by the NYC Department of Design and Construction on November 9, 2018. Along with other panelists from the University of Chicago, Columbia University, and NYU, he spoke about the horizontal and vertical logistics city agencies face during the implementation of new local environmental laws.