December 2024
Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
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- Professor Ava Chin (English) was named a finalist for the prestigious PEN/Open Book Award for Mott Street and will be a visiting scholar at Oxford University in the Oxford Center for Life Writing.
- Professor Olalekan Adepoju (English) published an article in the Writing Center Journal.
- Dr. Joseph Frusci (History) published a peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research & Practice.
- Professor Grace Cho (Sociology/Anthropology) delivered the keynote address for the National Alliance for Mental Illness's Schizophrenia Day.
- Professor Philippe Marius (Sociology/Anthropology) published an article in the Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology.
- Professor Giancarlo Lombardi (World Languages & Literatures) will be the keynote speaker for Media & Comparative Literature at the upcoming NEMLA convention in Philadelphia.
- Professor Janet Ng Dudley (English) published the book Popular Culture in Hong Kong after the National Security Law 2020-2022.
- Professor Simon Reader (English) published an article in New Literary History.
- Professor Matt Brim (English) delivered the keynote address at the Queer Theory Symposium at the University of Colorado.
- Professor Ashley Dawson (English) published an article in the Los Angeles Review of Books.
Division of Science and Technology
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- Dr. Syed Rizvi (Engineering & Environmental Science) received a $914,000 grant from CUNY Green Economies Initiative "Developing Sustainable workforce for a sustainable growth of Green Economy."
- Dr. Kamau Kingora and Dr. Vinay Vaishampayan (Engineering & Environmental Science) received a $150,000 sub-award from the Department of Energy- SUNY Stony Brook.
- Dr. Sos Agaian (Computer Science) published a book chapter and 4 new articles in IEEE Transactions and Journal of Quantum Computing.
- Dr. Shuqin Zhou (Chemistry) published 2 articles in RSC Advances.
- Dr. Anatoly Kuklov (Physics & Astronomy) published an article in Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics.
- Dr. Xiaowen Zhang (Computer Science) published 2 articles in Proceedings of the IEEE.
- Dr. Alan Benimoff (Engineering & Environmental Science) gave a conference presentation and assumed the position of Chair of Geology and Society Division of the Geological Society of America.
- Dr. Jane Alexander (Engineering & Environmental Science) gave 2 conference presentations at AGU24.
- Mr. Sean Thatcher (Engineering & Environmental Science) gave 2 conference presentations at American Geophysical Union.
- Dr. Lisa Manne and Dr. Richard Veit (Biology) published an article in the Journal of Urban Ecology
Chazanoff School of Business
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- Professor Mark Stroud (Economics) published an article in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and presented at the Society of Marketing Advances Fall Conference.
- Dr. Xiaomin Guo (Accounting & Finance) served on the Scholarship Review Panel for the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) Board.
- Dr. Bryan Weber (Economics), Dr. Kristin Mammen (Economics), and Dr. Hyoung Suk Shim (Accounting & Finance) and their work were cited in a press release by the NYC Vision Zero Task Force.
- Dr. Banu Aslanertik (Accounting & Finance) completed a Certificate in Strategic Planning from AACSB.
- Dr. George Wang (Accounting & Finance) received a CUNY Inclusive Economy grant.
School of Education
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- Dr. Gene Fellner (Educational Studies) had a book launch at the CUNY Graduate Center for Arts-Based Research and the Practice of Freedom in Education: Reflections from a Doctoral Course.
- Dr. Marta Cabral (Curriculum & Instruction) and the SLS/Childhood Education students presented their interdisciplinary exhibition, A Look into the Creativity of Future Teachers, at the Library.
- Dr. Ting Yuan (Curriculum & Instruction) presented at the National Council of Teachers of English conference, was an AI Education panel discussant at CUNY’s IT Conference, and held a publishing party with Early Childhood teacher candidates and 1st graders at PS 45.
School of Health Sciences
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- Dr. Randelle Sasa (Nursing) was selected as a 2025 Fellow of the New York State Postsecondary Career and Technical Education.
- Dr. Jean-Philippe Berteau (Physical Therapy) gave an interview for an Australian newspaper called the Epoch Times alongside the president of the Australian Physical Therapy Association.
- Dr. Paul Archibald (Social Work) organized and facilitated the film screening of the documentary Alive Inside for Social Work students, faculty, and staff.
- Dr. Sonia Brown (Social Work) received an award to host Dr. Aneela Sultana, a Fulbright Visiting Scholar from Pakistan. Dr. Brown also facilitated the Social Work Club's recent work with the Faith United Methodist Church on Staten Island.
Library
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- Associate Dean Amy Stempler received a grant from the NYS Education Department for the Library Collection Aid project.
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Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
November 2024
- Dr. Valkiria Duran-Narucki (Psychology) presented at the Carl Woese Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Chicago, as part of their DEI series.
- Dr. Eric Ivison (History) published an article in Byzantinische Zeitschrift, the leading journal in the field of Byzantine Studies.
- Dr. Siona Wilson (Performing & Creative Arts) published an essay in the premier German art history journal, Zeitschrift für Kunsgeschichte.
- Professor George Sanchez (Performing & Creative Arts) will perform his play, In the Court of the Conqueror in December at La MaMa Theatre.
- Dr. Sylvia Kahan (Performing & Creative Arts) will present two papers in November at the Weekend Musical of the Association des Amis de Winnaretta Singer at the Palazzo Polignac in Venice, Italy, and at an international conference Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris.
- Dr. Bill Bauer (Performing & Creative Arts) gave a workshop hosted by Dalcroze Society of America/NY "Time Travelin': Tempo Relations of 2:3 and 3:2 at the Lucy Moses School, Kaufman Music Center.
- Professor Miguel A. Aragon (Performing & Creative arts) will have his work included in a Curated Group Exhibition: Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair in Woolwich, England.
- Dr. Oswaldo Zavala (World Languages & Literatures) published an article and gave talks at Harvard and Cornell.
October 2024
- Dr. Ashley Dawson (English) was awarded the title of Distinguished Professor.
- Dr. Katharine Goodland (English) was published by Bloomsbury-Arden and co-edited a volume by Manchester University Press entitled, Transforming Traditions in Shakespeare and Early English Drama.
- Professor Chris Verene (Performing & Creative Arts) curated one-person exhibitions: "Chris Verene: Home Movies" at the Museum of Art at the University of Kentucky and "Chris Verene: Town Hall Meeting" at Camera Club Projects, NY, NY.
- Dr. Sylvia Kahan (Performing & Creative Arts) curated and performed in a two-concert musical celebration of Gabriel Fauré at the CUNY Graduate Center.
- Professor Miguel Aragon (Performing & Creative Arts) was part of the AIR Exhibition: Pulp, Paper, and Possibilities at the Morgan Conservatory Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
Division of Science and Technology
November 2024
- Dr. Sos Agaian (Computer Science) was awarded top 0.05% among over 30 million academic, industrial, and governmental scholars from 55,000 institutions worldwide for impact through ScholarGPS, is co-chair of IEEE International School of Imaging, and was published in 4 additional high impact publications.
- Dr. Li Ge (Physics & Astronomy) published 4 articles in Nature Communications, Nature Photonics, Physical Review A, and Physical Review B, and gave 2 invited talks.
- Dr. Alan Lyons (Chemistry) published 2 articles in Photochemistry and Photobiology and ACS Applied Bio Materials.
- Dr. Sebastien Poget (Chemistry) published an article in Structure.
- Dr. Lisa Manne and Dr. Richard Veit (Biology) published an article in Global Ecology and Biogeography.
- Dr. Vadim Oganesyan (Physics & Astronomy) published an article in Physical Review B.
- Dr. Dwight Richards, Dr. Neo Antoniades, and Dr. Xin Yang (Engineering & Environmental Science) were published in IEEE: 2024 24th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON).
- Dr. Charles Liu (Physics & Astronomy) will be presiding over the Astronomical Society of NY Fall 2024 meeting at RPI.
- Dr. Sarah Zelikovitz (Computer Science) published an article in International Symposium on String Processing and Information Retrieval.
- Dr. Kevin O'Bryant (Mathematics) was an invited speaker at the Canadian Math Society winter meeting.
October 2024
- Dr. Erlan Feria (Engineering & Environmental Science) had a patent awarded: Method for Controlling Lingeratureof Chemical Reaction.
- Dr. Zheng Huang (Mathematics) was an invited speaker for a Geometric Analysis Seminar at Beijing Normal University and has a paper forthcoming in Peking Mathematical Journal.
- Sean Thatcher (Engineering & Environmental Science) was a session chair and received a travel grant award for the American Geophysical Union 2024 annual meeting.
- Dr. WenjuanLi (Mathematics) was honored as an AMTE Star Fellow: 2024 Association of Mathematics Teacher Educations Summer Institute, in Park City, UT.
- Dr. Tobias Johnson (Mathematics) received a Visiting Researcher Grant Award from Wenner-GrenFoundation.
- Dr. Antonia Foldes (Mathematics) was published in the Journal of Theoretical Probability.
- Dr. Andrew Poje (Mathematics) was published in Ocean Modelling.
- Dr. Stephen Wollman (Mathematics) was published in the Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics.
- Dr. Tobias Schaefer (Mathematics) was published in Physical Review Letters.
Chazanoff School of Business
November 2024
- Dr. Rizwana Rasheed (Management) published an article in Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management.
- Dr. Nancy Shuojia Guo (Marketing) presented at the 2024 INFORMS Conference (Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences) in Seattle.
- Dr. Simone Wegge (Economics) conducted her first journal meeting at the 2024 Social Science History Conference in Toronto in her role as the new journal editor of Social Science History.
October 2024
- Dr. Rizwana Rasheed (Management) published an article in Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management.
- Dr. Jong Gyu Park (Management) presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM) Conference.
- Dr. Bryan Weber (Economics) is presenting at the 7th Research on the Road symposium on the Vision Zero and Traffic Injury Prevention in New York City paper coauthored with Profs. Kristin Mammenand Hyoung Suk Shimthat was published in the Eastern Economic Journal in 2019.
- Dr. George Wang (Accounting & Finance) was interviewed by The Wire China for an article called Nongfu Spring's Big Splash.
- Dr. Xiaomin Guo (Accounting & Finance) presented at the 2024 Academy of Management meeting.
- Dr. Simone Wegge (Economics) began serving as editor-in-chief of Social Science History, a leading interdisciplinary history journal with Cambridge University Press.
School of Education
November 2024
- The School of Education was awarded a 3-year $300K transformation grant from the Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity. Thank you to Deirdre Armitage, Bethany Rogers, Rebecca Curinga, Stephanie Schmier, Contessa McNulty, and our partners at District 31 for helping to make this happen.
- Dr. Gene Fellner (Educational Studies) edited a book, Arts Based Research and the Practice of Freedom in Education, published by Brill. There will be a book launch at the Graduate Center in December.
- Dr. Marta Cabral (Curriculum & Instruction) published chapters in 2 books, The International Routledge Handbook of Intercultural Teacher Education and Training and Artes visuais na Educação Infantil a partir da abordagem triangular.
October 2024
- Dr. Ting Yuan (Curriculum & Instruction) received an OpenAI Researcher Access Program Grant for the project, "Pitfall or Panacea? Exploring the Potentials and Risks of Using OpenAI for Classroom Teaching."
- CSI School of Education Master's in Special Education ranked among the best in the country. Intelligent.com has ranked the program 19th overall among some 3,000 schools nationally.
School of Health Sciences
November 2024
- Chair Randelle Sasa (Nursing) received the 2024 Gene Tranbarger Research Award by the American Association for Men in Nursing.
- Dr. Sonia Brown (Social Work) organized and facilitated the very successful Department of Social Work sponsored event titled "Cultivating Global Citizenship," and was also awarded the Open Educational Resources Grant.
- Dr. Christine Flynn Saulnier (Social Work) received a mentoring award from the CSWE Council on the role and status of women in social work education.
- Dr. Vandana Chaudhry (Social Work) participated in the annual symposium organized by the Center for Democracy and Technology in Washington, DC.
- Dr. Paul Archibald (Social Work) was reappointed to the Board of Directors of the CSI Auxiliary Services Corporation as President.
October 2024
- Dr. Jean Berteau (Physical Therapy) published three peer-reviewed research articles and was awarded a grant from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Dr. Maria Knikou (Physical Therapy) chaired two grant review panels for the Department of Defense and NIH and has published two peer-reviewed articles.
- Dr. Esther Son (Social Work) had a presentation accepted at the SSWR 29th Annual Conference in Seattle, WA.
- Dr. Alexandra Hoffman-Steiman (Nursing) published a paper in the Journal of Doctor of Nursing Practice, which was highlighted in the OUTCOMES section.
Library
November 2024
- Mark Aaron Polger presented, "Bite-Size Market Research Tools: Micro Surveys and Usability Studies" at the national Library Marketing and Communications Conference in St. Louis, Missouri.
October 2024
- Professor Ewa Dzurakis presenting a paper at the "Rediscovering Native America" conference at the Center for American Studies at Warsaw University.