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.
Jonathan Goldman
CASJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, Department of Humanities, presented the paper, "Failing for Joyce: De Oliveira's 'Je rentre la maison'," at on June 14, 2021. The presentation continued Goldman's analysis of the way Joyce's Ulysses is used in popular and visual cultures.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts and Sciences EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, chaired the roundtable "Modernisms--Xtended: Bringing Extended and Virtual Reality (XR/VR) into a Virginia Woolf Seminar" at the , held virtually by the University of South Dakota on June 11, 2021. The session focused on the work of California State University, Fresno Assistant Professor J. Ashley Foster's advanced undergraduate and graduate students, who created XR/VR exhibitions interpreting modernist texts. The exhibitions are each in rooms, as part of a virtual exhibition hall. Golden, who was invited to one of the class sessions as a guest speaker, also curated a room. The conference is holding virtual receptions when attendees can tour the rooms.
Claude Gagna
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences Biological & Chemical SciencesClaude E. Gagna, Ph.D., professor of biological and chemical sciences, had his "Letter to the Editor" titled "" published in the Chemical & Engineering News (Volume 99, Number 21) on June 7, 2021. The article discusses the potential of the DNA molecule as a novel way to store huge amounts of computer-based data for commercial and private use.
Kate E. O'Hara
CAS/ Interdiscplinary StudiesKate E. O鈥橦ara, Ph.D., associate professor of interdisciplinary studies, presented "Relationship Building through High Impact and Engaging Practices" at the Relation-Centered Education Conference on June 7, 2021. In her session, O鈥橦ara explored a variety of approaches for developing positive educational relations with college-level students, including the implementation of engaging, student-centered, high-impact practices (AAC&U, 2008), such as service-learning and capstone courses. The presentation also addressed culturally responsive pedagogy within the context of curriculum design.
Pejman Sanaei
MathematicsPejman Sanaei, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics, with his students from 懂色帝, Dave Persaud, and Mikhail Smirnov, published an article entitled The article was published in Fluids on June 5, 2021.
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CASYusui Chen, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, published an article entitled in Scientific Reports on June 4, 2021. This research work, co-authored by Peng Zhao, a 懂色帝 CoECS master's student, demonstrated two-time correlation functions in a non-equilibrium environment and revealed the significant differences beyond the results from a traditional quantum regression theory. This work, as the start of a research project on quantum chemistry/biology, has paved the way for applying non-equilibrium quantum theories in chemical and biological systems.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, presented the paper, 鈥溾�楢rmed with Poetry鈥�: Sylvia Plath鈥檚 Marianne Moore Archive,鈥� and chaired the panel, "Reading Moore's Poems," at the , hosted virtually by the State University of New York at Buffalo on May 25, 2021.
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CASSophia Domokos, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, and Melissa Huey, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology, had their paper, 鈥溾�� published to the Journal of Education on May 23, 2021. This interdisciplinary study investigated the effect of simple self-reflection assignments 鈥� like 鈥渕inute papers鈥� 鈥� on students鈥� performance in physics and psychology classes, using a benchmark exit test as our metric. The positive impact of the assignments was significant in psychology and marginally significant in physics. Interviews with a focus group of students revealed that the metacognitive assignments helped them organize their studying, and helped them locate new concepts in the context of familiar ideas.
\nAmanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, published the essay, 鈥淒igital Landscapes: Mapping Global Modernist Women Writers,鈥� in the collection , edited by Janine Utell and published by the Modern Language Association on May 22, 2021.
\nAmanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, presented “Ecovering Gwendolyn Brooks's Pedagogy” at the Society for , hosted virtually by The New School in New York, NY on May 19, 2021.