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.
Kate E. O'Hara
College of Arts & Sciences Interdisciplinary StudiesKate E. O鈥橦ara, Ph.D., associate professor of interdisciplinary studies, was selected as one of the artists in the juried show, , at the Brush Art Gallery & Studios, Lowell, Massachusetts. O鈥橦ara鈥檚 two photographs, "Encouragement" and "Waiting," draw from her background in social science and arts-based research in particular. During the opening reception on May 8, 2021, O鈥橦ara shared that she considers her photography a phenomenological approach to understanding structures of experience and consciousness. Her aim is to capture the lived experience of her subjects, with a pictorial representation of their situatedness: context within place and space.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & SciencesKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, had his article, “,” published by the Journal of Posthumanism on May 8, 2021.
Jonathan Goldman
CASJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, published an article, “” on CUNY's Gotham Center for New York City History blog on April 15, 2021. The essay examines the career of Tanguay, hugely popular in the early 1900s but largely forgotten now, for her influential role in making racial and gender transgressions intrinsic to 20th Century celebrity.
Kate O鈥橦ara
Kate E. O鈥橦ara, Ph.D., associate professor of interdisciplinary studies, presented “Connecting During Covid” at the 32nd National Service-Learning Conference, April 14, 2021. The virtual conference was offered in a multiple-day, concurrent session format providing attendees a self-directed, facilitated learning environment with online sessions, discussion groups, and interactive workshops. O鈥橦ara鈥檚 session provided an overview of using asynchronous online environments to make meaningful connections while quarantining. O鈥橦ara related the details of her Spring and Fall 2020 FCIQ 101 Foundations of Inquiry service project. She presented the process of engaging in experiential learning with community partners, community partner feedback, and anecdotes of undergrad student challenges, as well as successes while sheltering in place during a global pandemic.
Pejman Sanaei
NYIT/CAS/MathematicsPejman Sanaei, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics, was awarded the from the College of Science & Liberal Arts (CSLA) at New Jersey Institute of Technology on April 9, 2021.
Pejman Sanaei
College of Arts & Sciences MathPejman Sanaei, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics, had his research paper, ““ published in the Journal of Engineering Mathematics on March 20, 2021.
Pejman Sanaei
College of Arts & Sciences MathPejman Sanaei, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics, gave a talk and chaired a focus session at the on March 17, 2021.
Yusui Chen
CASYusui Chen, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, gave a talk about the research on superconducting piezoelectric-optomechanical materials at the on March 17, 2021.
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College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences PhysicsYusui Chen, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, published an article entitled “” in Scientific Reports on March 10, 2021. This research work, co-authored by Peng Zhao, a 懂色帝 CoECS master's student and research assistant in the lab of Aydin Farajidavar, Ph.D., discovers a quantitative relation between the central frequency of the environment and the behavior of quantum entanglement in the steady-state of the piezoelectric optomechanical devices in the presence of a non-Markovian environment, which can be applied in the fields of electric/ optical switches and implantable devices, and long-distance distribution in a large-scale quantum network.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, chaired a panel and gave a presentation, “Are We Ready for Direct Brain Links to AI and Implanted Memory Chips?,” at the on March 2, 2021. The conference was based in Belgrade, Serbia and sponsored by The Center for the Study of Bioethics and the University of Oxford's Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities.