Faculty

Faculty Profile: Nayoung Kim
Nayoung Kim, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and Counseling, is a champion for mental wellness and access to counseling services.

Faculty Profile: Yusui Chen
Assistant Professor of Physics Yusui Chen, Ph.D., is a first-generation college student and the first in his family to earn a doctoral degree. The personal honor is not one he takes lightly, as he committed early in his academic career to becoming an educator so he may help students with backgrounds like his own.

Putting Knowledge and Skill Into Action
Faculty and students from schools and colleges across the university come together to address the challenges of people living with Parkinson’s disease and autism spectrum disorder, allowing students to grow beyond their traditional career paths.

Medical Marathon
NYITCOM students and faculty volunteered at this year’s TCS New York City Marathon, providing medical support and cheering on the athletes

How Gamers’ Health Fared During the Pandemic
Researchers from the Center for Esports Medicine surveyed video gamers from all over the world to learn how COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns impacted gamers’ physical and mental health.

Faculty Participate in Modernist Studies Association Conference
Amanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor and director of writing, co-chaired the recent Modernist Studies Association conference, which drew more than 700 attendees. She talks about her experience and New York Tech’s participation.

Dangerous Books. Who Decides? And Should They?
In his course Dangerous Books, Professor Michael Schiavi, Ph.D., tackles book banning. Students will learn why books are censored and be asked to think about the assumptions that have caused them, as well as the effects these books might have if readers are permitted to discover them.

NYITCOM Hosts Cardiovascular Research Seminar
At a scholarly forum, NYITCOM faculty and students showcased scientific findings, exchanged ideas with researchers from other institutions, and forged collaborations that could one day result in life-saving discoveries.

Researchers Secure Prestigious Federal Grants
Five research projects led by faculty have collectively secured more than $1.6 million in federal funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.