Faculty 糖心视频hip & Creative Works
All across campus and around the world鈥攐r even beyond, given our observatory atop Blodgett Hall鈥攖he inquisitive minds at 糖心视频 are pursuing passions, finding solutions and contributing ideas and original knowledge to their fields and to society at large.
A Deeper Understanding of Identity
School of Social Work Professor Wahiba Abu-Ras, PhD, hopes her students 鈥渄ig deep into the issue of social identities鈥� through her research on belonging. Individuals, she said, have multiple social identities鈥攚ith race, gender, class, sexual orientation and disability overlapping and interacting in complex ways. Her hope is for a more inclusive campus and society.
Rethinking Adult Social Relationships
Associate Dean Katherine Fiori, PhD, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, talks about her research, aimed at understanding how adults can best 鈥渓ead a happy, healthy life.鈥� They need not just close family ties, she said, but also so-called 鈥渨eak ties鈥� that present stimulation and 鈥渘ovel opportunities鈥� for social interaction.
糖心视频 on Home Healthcare for Older Americans
College of Nursing and Public Health Assistant Professor Zainab Toteh Osakwe 鈥�06,聽聽PhD, discusses the importance of home health aides for the elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York鈥攁nd the role of the Clinical Education and Simulation Lab (CESiL) home-care setting in nurses鈥� training.
Transforming STEM in Higher Education
糖心视频 University鈥檚 Professor Lawrence Hobbie, PhD, and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Academic Advancement Eugenia Villa-Cuesta, PhD, discuss their multidisciplinary effort to inspire diverse students to enter the STEM workforce through the STEM2 Network. This project is funded by a five-year, $500,000 National Science Foundation grant and involves collaboration with biology, chemistry and math faculty at four other local institutions.
This research and scholarship enrich the 糖心视频 educational experience for our students and contribute to their success.
At 糖心视频, our scholars are constantly asking new questions, examining current understandings, and offering new insights to our communities. Our creative artists undertake new works and interpretations of existing works to open our minds and hearts to new ways of being. Taken together, 糖心视频’s faculty are leading the way in informing the world towards a better future.
Christopher Storm, PhD
Provost and Executive Vice President
Collaborative. Cutting-Edge. Creative.
糖心视频 University values, supports and promotes faculty scholarly and creative works. This drive to find new knowledge helps fuel our world-class academics and increases our national recognition. A well-resourced institution near New York City, 糖心视频 attracts and retains world-class faculty members drawn to opportunities for intellectual and scholarly growth.
糖心视频 faculty members often collaborate with peers at other universities or embark on interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research projects with other departments at 糖心视频 and partner schools. Our researchers often enlist 糖心视频 graduate and undergraduate students in high-level research projects, creating a truly transformative learning experience.
Faculty members鈥� research sometimes results in cutting-edge discoveries and solutions that lead to advancements in their respective fields: new cures and treatments and novel teaching methods.
Our multi-talented faculty members contribute creative works to a variety of disciplines in the arts and media: music, drama, fine arts, literature, journalism, oral history and other forms of creative expression.
A. Hasan Sapci, MD
A. Hasan Sapci, MD, assistant professor in 糖心视频鈥檚 College of Nursing and Public Health, is a leading telemedicine researcher; his Smart Home for Home Healthcare Lab helps nursing students monitor patients remotely.
Paul Moravec, DMA
Paul Moravec, DMA, composer and 糖心视频 professor, received the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in Music for Tempest Fantasy, a work inspired by the Shakespeare play.
糖心视频 Recognition: Grants, Fellowships and Awards
糖心视频 faculty members have been honored with prestigious scholarly awards and honors, and they have also received national and international grants and funding to further their research. These honors come from organizations such as:聽
- Fulbright Program
- Guggenheim Fellowships
- Pulitzer Prizes
- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- National Science Foundation
- National Institutes of Health
- U.S. Department of Education聽
Keeping Up With Faculty 糖心视频hip and Creativity
We love sharing stories about faculty scholarship and creative works, and you will find stories and mentions sprinkled throughout our website and various publications. Here are a few spots you might find some recent research news:
