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.
Edward Guiliano
College of Arts and SciencesEdward Guiliano, Ph.D., president emeritus and professor of English in the Department of Humanities, published two articles in . The first was published on March 18, 2024: 鈥�," in vol. 55, no. 1 (2024), 69-77. The second was published on October 15, 2024: 鈥�,鈥� in vol. 55, no. 2 (2024), 219-259.
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts and SciencesJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, Department of Humanities, published a short essay contributing to a print roundtable, , in The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review 2023, published September 2024. The feature addressed the expurgated, serialized 1937 version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Goldman's section analyzed the novel's chapter 5, the central chapter of the novel.
Claude Gagna
College of Arts and SciencesClaude E. Gagna, Ph.D., professor of biological and chemical sciences, published an article, in SKINmed, a peer-reviewed publication, on September 21, 2024. Gagna examined the pathological consequences of this skin disorder, via histopathological staining methods, to improve clinical diagnosis of the pathology. Mpox is a very infectious disease that can cause painful enlarged lymph nodes, rash, fever, and muscle pain. Mpox is caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV), which is an enveloped double-stranded DNA virus.
William Letsou
College of Arts & Sciences/Department of Biological & Chemical SciencesWilliam Letsou, Ph.D., assistant professor of biological and chemical sciences, recently published an article entitled , in the December 2024 issue of BioSystems, published online on September 21, 2024. It talks about the mathematical biology autonomous development in the journal BioSystems. The paper reimagines the famous Waddington landscape of developmental biology, by blending concepts from the physics of vector fields and rotational motion.
Edward Guiliano
College of Arts and SciencesEdward Guiliano, Ph.D., president emeritus and professor of English in the Department of Humanities, has written a a new book, , available from the University of Virginia Press. It was published on September 13, 2024.
William Letsou
College of Arts & Sciences/Department of Biological & Chemical SciencesWilliam Letsou, Ph.D., assistant professor of biological and chemical sciences, published an invited editorial in JNCI Cancer Spectrum entitled on September 2, 2024. The article explores the study on social determinants of hypertension risk in cancer survivors.
Nayoung Kim
CAS/Psychology and CounselingNayoung Kim, Ph.D., assistant professor of behavioral science, received the on September 1, 2024. This recognition is given to only one pre-tenured faculty member each year in the North Atlantic region by NARACES, a regional branch of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. This award recognizes a pre-tenured or new professional counselor educator in the NARACES region who has demonstrated promise in all areas of an academic position: teaching, scholarship, and service.
Nicole Calma-Roddin
College of Arts and SciencesNicole Calma-Roddin, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology and counseling, had her article, published in Teaching of Psychology on August 23, 2024. The article discusses research on prejudice-reduction interventions and applies this to three topics common in psychology courses, to demonstrate where anti-ableist activities/discussion can be built into courses across the psychology curriculum.
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts and SciencesJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, Department of Humanities, was quoted in a Business Insider feature titled "." In the article, published August 19, 2024, Goldman discussed women's rights, economics, and immigration.
Claude Gagna
College of Arts and SciencesClaude E. Gagna, Ph.D., professor of biological and chemical sciences, published a peer-reviewed journal article titled "," on August 2, 2024. This research project reveals how advanced clinical dermatopathology immunohistochemical screening for squamous cell carcinoma can aid in the treatment of this potentially life-threatening disease. Metastatic squamous cancer with occult primary is a disease in which squamous cancer cells spreads to the lymph nodes in the neck.