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.
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
College of Arts and SciencesKate 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.
\nYusui Chen
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 and SciencesAmanda 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.
Sophia Domokos
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 and SciencesAmanda 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.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts and SciencesAmanda 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.
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.
Kate E. O'Hara
College of Arts and SciencesKate 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.