Amanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, discussed her book, Annotating Modernism, with the New York City Irish Studies Symposium as part of an event called "Sylvia Plath and Irish Modernism," on July 27, 2020.

Pejman Sanaei, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics, had a research paper, “Effects of Particles Diffusion on Membrane Filters Performance,” published in MDPI on July 24, 2020. He worked on this paper along with his former students Shi Yue Liu and Zhengyi Chen at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University.

Kevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, was appointed to the editorial board of the new refereed journal The Journal of Posthumanism on July 20, 2020. "The Journal of Posthumanism is an international multilingual peer-reviewed scholarly journal promoting innovative work to transverse the fields ranging from social sciences, humanities, and arts to medicine and STEM. In line with the efforts of creating a broad network beyond disciplinary boundaries, the journal seeks to explore what it means to be human in this technologically-saturated, ecologically damaged world."

Jamel Vanderburg, M.P.A., adjunct instructor of interdisciplinary studies, served as a co-moderator on a panel entitled "Breaking Barriers: A Virtual Roundtable Discussing Racial Disparities in America," on July 12, 2020. The roundtable came out a discussion between Vanderburg and his co-moderators Andrew Oliver, senior project manager for Empire State Development and Kanell Harvard, an event planner with Dhat’s a Trip, about how to navigate racial issues in the current climate.

Kevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, had his article, "Here's how we can make AI for tracking Covid safer," published on the website for the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technology, a think tank where he is a Fellow, on July 9, 2020.

Nicole Calma-Roddin, Ph.D., assistant professor of behavioral sciences, had her article, "Music, Language, and The N400: ERP Interference Patterns Across Cognitive Domains," published in Scientific Reports on July 8, 2020. The article examines electrical responses of the brain (in the form of EEG/ERPs) linked to long-term memory processing. Results showed evidence of interference effects between ERPs elicited by music and language stimuli, suggesting shared neural processing across these domains.

John Hogan, Ph.D., adjunct assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies, had his book, The Tragedy of the Athenian Ideal in Thucydides and Plato, published by Lexington Books on July 1, 2020. The book was published as part of a series of Interdisciplinary approaches to ancient Greek studies with Professor Gregory Nagy of Harvard University as the series editor. The book aims to be part of a developed scientific understanding of governmental constitutions. Hogan wishes to thank Ellen Katz, associate professor of social sciences, for her interest and encouragement.

Lissi Athanasiou-Krikelis, Ph.D., associate professor of English, had her article, “Representing Turks in Greek Children's and Young Adult Fiction,” published in International Research for Children’s Literature (Vol 13.1) on July 1, 2020.

Chinmoy Bhattacharjee, Ph.D., assistant professor for physics, had his article, “Classifying Diamagnetic States of Plasma Near Schwarzschild Event horizon: Local Approximation” published in Science Direct on July 1, 2020. In his article he describes how magnetic field structures are characterized by two distinct physical parameters which can be used to predict different physical phenomena near black hole event horizon.

Chinmoy Bhattacharjee, Ph.D., assistant professor for physics, had his article, “On Beltrami States Near Black Hole Event Horizon,” published in AIP on July 1, 2020. In this article, he describes how the study of plasma dynamics near black hole event horizon. Plasmas at certain regions near black hole event horizon exhibits properties analogous to a superconductor.