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.
Venugopal Prabhakar Gantasala
School of ManagementVenugopal Prabhakar Gantasala, Ph.D., associate professor and M.B.A. program director, Trinh La, and Swapna Bhargavi Gantasala, Ph.D., assistant professor of management, published a research article titled in Environment Systems and Decisions, on February 3, 2022.
Shaya Sheikh
School of ManagementShaya Sheikh, Ph.D., associate professor of quantitative and analytics, published his paper, in Computers & Industrial Engineering, on February 1, 2022.
Colleen Kirk
School of ManagementColleen P. Kirk, D.P.S., assistant professor of marketing, was interviewed by Lindsay Keener about her consumer behavior research for her article, published on the branding platform Quikly.com, on January 31, 2022.
Jonathan Goldman
HumanitiesJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., professor of English, Department of Humanities, published in the Village Voice, on January 31, 2022. The article celebrates the centenary of Joyce's novel Ulysses and specifically the women who helped it reach the public: New Yorkers Margaret Anderson, Jane Heap, Josephine Bell, and Frances Steloff, plus Sylvia Beach, Harriet Shaw Weaver, Josephine Murray, and of course Nora Barnacle. "Their efforts and sacrifices to support, publish, and promulgate Joyce鈥檚 work, and the disrespect and other [stuff] they put up with, were essential to the journey of Ulysses from Joyce鈥檚 hands into ours."
Radoslaw Nowak
School of ManagementRadoslaw (Radek) Nowak, Ph.D., assistant professor of human resource studies, had his paper, published in World Scientific's International Journal of Innovation Management on January 20, 2022.
Kapil Bajaj
College of Osteopathic Medicine Dean's Office-JonesboroKapil Bajaj, MCTP, director of academic and research technology at NYITCOM-Arkansas, was awarded Fellow status from , on January 14, 2022. This designation indicates professional status and advancement within the HIMSS professional society and is bestowed in recognition of service, professional participation, job experience, publications, and presentations.
William Gati
School of Architecture And DesignWilliam Gati, adjunct associate professor of architecture, received the , recognizing notable contributions and accomplishments by\nan architectural educator in New York State, on January 11, 2022.
Steven Shapiro
ManagementSteven J. Shapiro, Ph.D., professor of accounting and finance, and Nikanor Volkov, associate professor of finance at Mercer University, presented "Diversification Discounts and the Valuation of Businesses: An Industry Level Approach"\nduring a remote National Association of Forensic Economics Association Session at the Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting on January 9, 2022. The presentation by Shapiro and Volkov was based on a working paper that they co-authored with Garrett Smith, associate professor of finance at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Hyun-Tae Jung
School of Architecture and DesignHyun-Tae Jung, Ph.D., associate professor of architecture, appeared in a special documentary at the beginning of the year titled Seoul, Longing for Multi-layered City, featured on South Korean TV on the Maeil Broadcasting Network, Inc. (MBN), where he discussed the future of contemporary cities including New York and Seoul, on January 3, 2022.
Kate E. O'Hara
Interdisciplinary StudiesKate E. O鈥橦ara, Ph.D., associate professor of interdisciplinary studies, published her chapter 鈥淭ranscending and Transforming: Teaching and Learning in the Time of Covid 19,鈥� in the edited volume, from Information Age Publishing on December 30, 2021. O鈥橦ara鈥檚 chapter is part of a scholarly collection of creative pieces; stories of lived curricula. The chapter is a shared narrative, interspersed with writing and anecdotes from undergraduate students working remotely on a service-learning project. The shared narrative illuminates experiences of overcoming challenges while sheltering in place, contextualized in relation to Friere and van Manen, and identifying and articulating personal transformations.