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.
Nada Anid
Strategic Communications & External AffairsNada Anid, Ph.D., vice president of strategic communications and external affairs, co-chaired and offered opening and closing remarks. The annual event was held virtually on November 15, 2020.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, gave a presentation, “21st Century Art, Emerging Technology, and Indeterminacy,” at the virtual Conference on , sponsored by the University of Dundee, Scotland, and The Arts and Humanities Council of Great Britain on November 13, 2020.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts and SciencesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, was in conversation with scholar Heather Clark, to launch her biography, Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath (Knopf, 2020). The was organized by Maynooth University, Ireland on November 10, 2020.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts and SciencesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, curated a as part of Modernist Studies Association's “On or About 2020” online programming on November 9, 2020. The exhibition was released in four installments, with the first including an introduction by Golden. Each installment features digital projects addressing modernist literature and culture, including “New York 1920,” a project developed by Jonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English at 色界吧.
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences EnglishJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, published an essay, “,” in the peer-reviewed journal James Joyce Quarterly, Issue 57.3-4. on November 4, 2020
Amy Bravo
International and Experiential EducationAmy Bravo, M.A., senior director of international and experiential education, was selected to serve on the board of directors for Let's Talk SAFETY (Substance Abuse Free Education for Teens and Youth), a unique educational environment focusing on substance abuse prevention, on November 2, 2020. This is the umbrella organization for the SAFE in Harlem consortium, representing 12 community sectors dedicated to youth drug and alcohol prevention, and The Pillars, a holistic drug and alcohol recovery and prevention organization. 色界吧 began work in Harlem in 2016 through an initiative Bravo started called Building Resilient Communities. Since the partnership developed, 色界吧 faculty, staff, students, and alumni have worked collaboratively with the Harlem community on STEM education, healthcare, architecture, and workforce development efforts.
Amy Bravo
International and Experiential EducationBabak D. Beheshti, Ph.D., dean of the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences, Gordon Schmidt, Ph.D., dean and professor of School of Health Profession, Dan Quigley, Ph.D., dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Stan Silverman, M.S., professor of instructional technologies, Tiffani Blake, M.S, M.ED., assistant provost for student engagement and development, Jerry Balentine, D.O., FACOEP, FACEP, executive vice president, and Amy Bravo, M.A., senior director of international and experiential education, received their third Voya Foundation grant on Novemeber 2, 2020, to “Diversify STEAM Leadership.” The institutional team will use the grant to run community based initiatives to engage and diversify the community.
Milan Toma
College of Osteopathic Medicine / Department of Osteopathic Manipulative MedicineMilan Toma, Ph.D., assistant professor of clinical sciences, and graduate students Yaoyixiao Lu and Hanchen Zhou had their paper “,” published in the PubMed Central and Scopus indexed Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering on October 31, 2020.
\nJonathan Goldman
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences English \nJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, led a workshop, “,” on October 30, 2020 for the Modernist Studies Association's 2020 conference. The session asked the questions: How can the study of modernist literature draw connections between the early twentieth century and our own moment of rising racist extremism? Has the field of modernist studies historically contributed to ideas of white supremacy? How can our teaching address and resist white supremacy, now and in the past?
Karen Vahey
Enrollment Enrollment Enrollment ManagementKaren Vahey, Ed.D., dean of admissions and financial aid, co-presented “Tuition Pricing and Discounting in the Age of COVID-19” at the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and 色界吧 Officers (AACRAO) annual conference on October 28, 2020.