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 and SciencesClaude E. Gagna, Ph.D., professor of biological and chemical sciences, published a peer-reviewed journal article abstract titled in The Biophysics Journal on February 7, 2020. The article discusses how different tissue fixatives can be used to preserve different conformations of nucleic acids, such as right-handed double-stranded B-DNA and left-handed double-stranded Z-DNA.
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., associate professor of English, was featured in the peer-reviewed journal, James Joyce Quarterly in an article titled “” on February 6, 2020. Goldman was interviewed about his position as vice president and incoming president of the James Joyce Society.
Elizabeth Donaldson
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishElizabeth J. Donaldson, Ph.D., professor of English and associate dean of curriculum and student engagement for the College of Arts and Sciences, published her chapter, “Mental Health Issues: Alienists, Asylums, and the Mad,” in , Volume 5, edited by Joyce Huff and Martha Stoddard Holmes. The book was published on February 6, 2020, by Bloomsbury Press.
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., associate professor of English, published an essay, “” in The Public Domain Review on February 6, 2020. The piece is a result of research for his site New York 1920: 100 Years Ago Today, a project sponsored by a two-year ISRC grant.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, was invited to speak at the Ulrich Museum of Art of Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas on emerging technology and art on February 6, 2020. In his talk,“,” he spoke about Brooklyn artist Lee Adler's artwork and the anticipated the bonding of humans and machines in the 21st century.
Susana Case
College of Arts & Sciences Behavioral SciencesSusana Case, Ph.D., professor of behavioral sciences, had her poem, “Hold Me Like You'll Never Let Me Go,” a part of a theatre event, , a work of modern love to celebrate Valentine's Day on February 3, 2020 in New York City.
Elizabeth Donaldson
College of Arts and SciencesElizabeth J. Donaldson, Ph.D., professor of English and associate dean of curriculum and student engagement for the College of Arts and Sciences, was invited to be the “Narrating Disease” panel commentator at the “” conference at the Max Planck Institute for Human Behavior, in Berlin, Germany, on January 30, 2020.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, was invited to join the Editorial Board of Bloomsbury Academic's book series on January 27, 2019.
John Misak
New York Institute of TechnologyJohn Misak, D.A., assistant professor of English, and Kevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, published an article, “” in Early Modern Culture Online on January 26, 2020.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, was asked to be a referee for the Canadian government's for 2020 on January 16, 2020.
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