Alan Clark, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, biology professor, conducted research on urban bats with Bronx High School of Science student Eiki Shido. With Clark’s mentorship, Shido was named one of the top 300 Scholars in the 81st Regeneron Science Talent Search—the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and mathematics competition for high school seniors.
Sarit Kattan Gribetz, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, associate professor of theology, was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities grant of $60,000 for her project titled Jerusalem: A Feminist History.
Leo Guardado, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, assistant professor of theology, presented “Evaluating the Churches’ Teaching on Migration Ethics” at the annual Society of Christian Ethics conference, which was held virtually from January 6 to 11.
Bryan Massingale, S.T.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, the James and Nancy Buckman Chair of Applied Christian Ethics, was presented with the 2020 Isaac Hecker Award for Social Justice by Boston’s Paulist Center. Father Massingale shares this prestigious award with such prominent social justice proponents such as Dorothy Day, Cesar Chavez, Michael Sheen, and Sr. Joan Chittister. He was recognized by the Paulist Community for his work in racial justice as well as his stance in promoting the justice and dignity of our LGBTQ sisters and brothers.
Taylor Ott, ARTS AND SCIENCES, Ph.D. candidate in theology and social ethics presented “Conflict and Catholicism: A Methodology for Ethical Engagement with Catholic Institutions” at the annual Society of Christian Ethics conference.
John C. Seitz, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, associate professor of theology, presented “From Angelica to Angelica Garcia: Rock Guadalupe and a New Latina Roots Music” at the American Historical Association meeting.
Cristina L. H. Traina, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., Chair of Catholic Theology, participated in a panel, “Whither Catholic Theology (and Ethics) Departments,” and in a session titled “Ecclesiology and Trans Inclusion” at the annual Society of Christian Ethics conference.
Christiana Zenner, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, associate professor of theology, science, and ethics, presented “Institutionalizing the Anthropocene: How the Epoch of Climate Change Reinscribes Theological Attachment to ‘the’ Normative Human” at the annual Society of Christian Ethics conference.
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Benjamin Dunning, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of theology, was elected to the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas / Society for New Testament Studies.
Sarit Kattan Gribetz, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, associate professor of theology, wrote an essay, “Come Visit Jerusalem at Fordham” for the Jerusalem exhibit currently on display in the O’Hare Special Collections in Walsh Library. “She also published an essay about pedagogy titled “Musical Preludes: Getting Back into the Rhythm of Teaching and Learning” in the journal Ancient Jew Review. An excerpt of her book, Time and Difference in Rabbinic Judaism, appeared in Tablet Magazine over the summer.
Karina Martin Hogan, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, associate professor of theology, is the guest co-editor, with Jason Zurawski, of a special issue of the Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, on the Wisdom of Solomon. She is also the author of the chapter on the book of Baruch in the recently published Oxford Handbook of the Apocrypha.
Joseph Lawton, M.F.A., ARTS AND SCIENCES, photography professor, is pleased to present Being and There, a photography exhibit at the Aurelia Gallery in New York beginning September 23rd through October 24th.
Thomas Massaro, S.J., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of theology, published an article entitled “The Peace Advocacy of Pope Francis: Jesuit Perspectives,” in the Journal of Jesuit Studies (Sept. 2021): 523-46. He also published a book review of Pedro Miguel Lamet’s Pedro Arrupe: Witness of the Twentieth Century, Prophet of the Twenty-first, in the Journal of Jesuit Studies (2021): 701-04.
Doyle McCarthy, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of sociology, was awarded the 2021 Life Achievement Award of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction in August.
Angela Alaimo O’Donnell, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, associate director of Curran Center for American Catholic Studies, was the first prize winner of the 2021 Paraclete Poetry Prize for her manuscript, HOLYLAND. The prize is $1,000 and book publication.
Aristotle Papanikolaou, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, co-director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Department and theology professor’s article, “How I Teach Theology to Undergrads,” was translated into German and published in Religion & Gesellschaft in Ost und West. His book, The Mystical as Political: Democracy and Non-Radical Orthodoxy, was published in Russian. He also participated in the Ecumenical Summer School of Theology with the theme, “(a)Political Faith: The Christian in Political Arena,” sponsored by the Dubrovnik Diocese, where he taught classes and presented a lecture, “The Ascetical as the Civic: Civil Society as Political Communion.”
Harold Takooshian, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of psychology, was awarded The Frances Mullen Award for Distinguished Contribution to International Psychology in October. This award is presented to honor a member of the ICP who has a long and distinguished history of research or applied contributions to one or more international areas.
Cristina Traina, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of theology, delivered “Reenvisioning Our Relationship with Children in Light of the Abuse Crisis,” at a September 27 panel for the Taking Responsibility Initiative at Fordham. She also delivered the O’Callaghan Lecture on Women in Church and Society at Fairfield University on October 6, titled “Women and Children First? The Pandemic’s Lessons for Society and the Church.”
Kay Turner, ADMIN, vice president of Human Resources, delivered the keynote address at the Women of Color Conference virtually on October 22.
Larry Welborn, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of theology, published a chapter entitled “On the Basis of Equality: Paul between Protagoras and Ranciere” in Political Theology on Edge: Ruptures of Justice and Belief in the Anthropocene, (Fordham University Press, 2021)
]]>Anne Williams-Isom, GSS, James R. Dumpson Endowed Chair in Child Welfare, was a speaker at Rising Ground’s 190th Anniversary Discussion Series, exploring the historic links between human services, child welfare, and communities of color.
Francis Petit, GABELLI, associate dean, recently published “Coach Bob Hurley Sr.: A Jesuit Educated Heroic Leader” in Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal (Vol. 10, No. 1, 2021). Coach Hurley is a Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame Basketball Coach and former President of the now closed St. Anthony’s High School in Jersey City, New Jersey.
]]>Kirk Bingaman, Ph.D., GRE, professor of pastoral mental health counseling, has been appointed editor-in-chief of the journal Pastoral Psychology (Springer Publishing). The journal is one of the most well established academic publications in the field of psychology and religion/spirituality, pastoral care and counseling, and pastoral theology, offering an international interdisciplinary forum for original research.
George E. Demacopoulos, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of theology, the Father John Meyendorff & Patterson Family Chair of Orthodox Christian Studies, and director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center, has been invited to serve a three year term as a Senior Fellow in Byzantine Studies at the Dumbarton Oaks research institute in Washington, D.C.
Celia Fisher, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of psychology and the Marie Ward Doty University Chair in Ethics, chaired the revision committee for the Society for Research in Child Development, which revised its Ethics Code after 14 years.
Joshua Schrier, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of chemistry and the Kim B. and Stephen E. Bepler Chair, published two papers in the Journal of Chemical Education, “Solution Mixing Calculations as a Geometry, Linear Algebra, and Convex Analysis Problem” and “Determining the Activity Series with the Fewest Experiments using Sorting Algorithms” with Lillian Cain, FCRH ’21, and Michael Tynes, FCRH ’17, GSAS ’20.
Lance Strate, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of communication and media studies, had his article “The Supreme Identification of Corporations and Persons,” featured in a BlackRock on CNN Business video, “Searching For Purpose, Episode One: Why Purpose?” (2:43).
He delivered an address on Media Ecology for the International Online Series on Schools of Thought in Communication Studies: An Assessment of Their Currency and Contribution to the Field, sponsored by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid on May 6.
His essay “Understanding ‘Medium’ in the Context of the Media Ecology Tradition” was published in Media: A Transdisciplinary Inquiry, edited by Janet Wasko and Jeremy Swartz (Intellect, 2021).
His article, “Literally vs. Seriously: Analyzing a Contrastive Pair Applied to Interpretations of Trump’s Rhetoric” was published in ETC: A Review of General Semantics, Vol. 76, No. 3-4.
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Monica Rivera Mindt, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of psychology, was awarded a research grant from the Genentech Health Equity 2020 Fund for her project titled, Digital Engagement of Black/African American Older Adults in Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Research Using the Brain Health Registry.
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Amy Aronson, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor and chair of the Department of Communication and Media Studies, has been selected as a finalist for the Association of American Publishers Prose Award in history for her book, Crystal Eastman: A Revolutionary Life.
Elizabeth Cosenza, GABELLI, associate professor and area chair of law and ethics, was named one of 2020’s Best Undergraduate Business Professors by Poets and Quants.
Carole Cox, Ph.D., GSS, professor, published an article on Jan. 18 titled, “Addressing Anti-Semitism in Social Work Education” in the Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought.
Ayala Fader, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of anthropology, was a finalist for the Celebrate 350 Award in American Jewish Studies for her book, Hidden Heretics: Jewish Doubt in a Digital Age.
Sarit Kattan Gribetz, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, associate professor of theology, won the Nahum M. Sarna Memorial Award for her book, Time and Difference in Rabbinic Judaism.
Magda Teter, Ph.D, ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of history and Shvidler Chair in Judaic Studies, won the JDC-Herbert Katzki Award for her book Blood Libel: On the Trail of an Antisemitic Myth.
]]>Boris Heersink, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, assistant professor of political science, has been awarded the V.O. Key Award for his book Republican Party Politics and the American South, 1865-1968. This is a major book award given annually by the Southern Political Science Association.
Tina Maschi, Ph.D., GSS, professor, published a new book, Aging Behind Prison Walls: Studies in Trauma and Resilience, in December about her research on aging people in prison and studies of trauma, coping, and resilience.
]]>Westenley Alcenat, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, assistant professor of history, published an essay with the Center for Humans and Nature, “First as Tragedy, Then as _____,” on Oct. 26. It explains how the history of epidemics in the United States is intertwined with the history of violence and economic insecurity—and what we can do to disrupt that pattern.
Vassilios Fessatidis, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of physics, and Girija Dubey, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, adjunct professor of physics, published a paper titled “Lattice thermal conductivity of pure and doped (B, N) Graphene” in Materials Research Express on Sept. 4.
Brent Horton, GABELLI, associate professor of law and ethics, was part of a panel discussion on Oct. 28 organized by The Council of Institutional Investors, titled “Primary Direct Listings: Implications for Investors and Corporate Governance.”
Paul Levinson, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor in the department of communication and media studies, was the subject of a book published in China devoted entirely to his work. The book was written by Cheng Gong, and the title translates to English as “Media Competition for Human Selection, Survival of the Fittest: Paul Levinson’s Media Evolutionary Theory.”
Antoine Lovell, GSS, adjunct professor of social policy, was featured in an ABC O&O’s five-part docuseries, Our America: Living While Black, which followed the experiences of Black families across America.
Robert J. Penella, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, emeritus professor of classics, recently published an article titled “A (Now) Illustrated Himerius: Greek Sophistic Meets Modern Art in the Work of Albert Adabody” in the electronic classics magazine In Medias Res. His paper “John Quincy Adams and the Ancient Classics, 1794-1817,” was read for him in September at the New York City conference “America and the Classical Past: Trends in Greco-Roman Reception,” cosponsored by Fordham and City University of New York.
Shannon Waite, GSS, clinical assistant professor in the Division of Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy, received a Collabo Grant from Educational Leaders of Color (EdLoc) for her project Developing Critical Consciousness in Educational Leaders. The funds will be used to support a professional development series for the Achievement First Amistad faculty and staff, focusing on developing critical consciousness and anti-racist pedagogies.
]]>Jordan Devylder, Ph.D., GSS, associate professor, published “Impact of Police Violence on Mental Health: A Theoretical Framework,” in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) with co-authors Lisa Fedina, Ph.D., and Bruce Link, Ph.D. on Sept. 14. This article explores why police violence differs from other types of violence in terms of its impact on health and mental health.
Clara E. Rodriguez, Ph.D, ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of sociology, won the award for Best Author Video Promoting a Book at the 22nd International Latino Book Awards Ceremony held virtually on Sept. 12.
]]>Bentley Anderson, S.J., ARTS AND SCIENCES, Associate Chair of the Department of African and African American Studies and associate professor of African and African American Studies, has been appointed to the Ursuline Academy “Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging” Task Force Steering Committee. He will serve on the Academic Affairs sub-group.
Frank Hsu, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, Clavius Distinguished Professor of Science, gave an online keynote talk from New York at the 15th Asia Joint Conference on Information Security (AsiaJCIS 2020), held on August 20-21, 2020 in Taipei, Taiwan. He discussed model fusion, blockchain, and public-private-academics partnership.
Mark Naison, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of history and African and African American studies, is one of the featured subjects in the New-York Historical Society’s outdoor exhibition, Hope Wanted: New York City Under Quarantine. The exhibition will run from Aug. 14 to Nov. 29, 2020 and is accompanied by an article in the New York Times.
Francis Petit, GABELLI, associate dean, recently published “The Bill Buckner Error: Lessons Decades Later” in The Journal of Sports Research, Vol. 7, No.1, 2020.
Nicholas Tampio, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of political science, is now an editor-in-chief of the journal Comparative Political Theory (Brill).
]]>Susanne Hafner, Ph.D, ARTS AND SCIENCES, assistant professor of German and director of the Center for Medieval Studies, contributed to an online journal which was released May 5 called Medievalism in the Age of COVID-19: A Collegial Plenitude.
Mark Street, ARTS AND SCIENCES, associate professor of visual arts, announced the digital premiere of his 2019 feature documentary Work Songs (showing with his 2000 short Happy?) which streamed May 8 to 31 at the Maysles Documentary Center. He was also featured in a Zoom Q&A session with other filmmakers on May 23.
Lance Strate, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of communication and media studies, recently released a new book, Diatribal Writes of Passage in a World of Wintertextuality: Poems on Language, Media, and Life (But Not as We Know It), published by the Institute of General Semantics.
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