Amanda Golden, Ph.D. had an article, "Textbook Greek: Thoby Stephen in Jacob's Room," published in the 2017 volume of Woolf Studies Annual, a "refereed journal publishing substantial new scholarship on the work of Virginia Woolf and her milieu."

Daniel Cinotti, Ph.D., assistant professor of school counseling, was selected to present at the American Counseling Association's (ACA) 2017 Conference & Expo. "Promoting the Role of the School Counselor in Bullying Prevention and Intervention," focused on the role school counselors play in identifying and addressing bullying within their schools. "A Tale of Two Worlds: The School Counselor and The School Counselor Educator," discussed their evolving role and impact on the "education, identity development, leadership, and advocacy skills of school counselors." Cinotti was also named to the ACA's Advisory Committee on the Roles and Opportunities for School Counselor Educators.

John Hanc, M.A., associate professor of communication arts, published two articles: "The Pilgrim Leader You Should Really Be Thankful for This Thanksgiving," about Edward Winslow, who helped save the Plymouth colony and is responsible for our knowledge of the first Thanksgiving feast in 1621, was on the Smithsonian magazine's website; and "Freeport's Hellfighter: Behind the Lines, But No Less Vital," a cover story for Newsday tied to Black History month tells the story of Arthur Weaver who served in the segregated Army during World War II.

Hui-Yin Hsu, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Teacher Education, had her peer-reviewed article, "Preservice Teachers' Uses of SMILE to Enact Student-Generated Questioning Practices," published in the International Journal of Innovation in Education. Hsu was re-elected president of The Chinese American Academic and Professional Society (CAAPS). She delivered a lecture at the invitation of NYITCOM, titled "Applying Learning Theories in Medical Education," to medical scholars of 2017. Hsu led a group of Childhood Education students in NASA STEM workshops at New York Hall of Science and Partnership for After School Education.

Carol Dahir, Ed.D., professor and chair of school counseling, was the keynote speaker for the School Counselors' Circle of the Philippines event in Manila in December. She delivered "Multicultural Competencies and Ethical Issues: Millennial Concerns for School Counselors."

Kevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, had his article, "Early Modern Literature," published in December 2016 in The Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Posthuman, an interdisciplinary publication on technology and literature. LaGrandeur's article takes the form of an actual chapter in the book, which is published by Cambridge University Press.

Nicholas Bloom, Ph.D., associate professor of social sciences, had his book, Public Housing That Worked: New York in the Twentieth Century, featured in "Bronx Tale: A Young Progressive Addresses Poverty on His Home Turf," an article about New York City Councilman Ritchie Torres, in the December 12 issue of The New Yorker magazine. Torres named the book as one of the go-to publications he keeps on his office shelf. The article also ran online as "Fighting for the Poor Under Trump."

Amanda Golden, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, gave an interview, "Bringing Anne Sexton Back into the Conversation: Q&A with Amanda Golden," in Cultural Compass, a blog at the Harry Ransom Center of the University of Texas at Austin, in November. Golden discussed her new book, The Business of Words: Reassessing Anne Sexton, a collection of essays by literary critics and poets, which brings "new attention to Anne Sexton's poetry, archives, and legacy." Known for her confessional style of poetry, Sexton won a Pulitzer for her work in 1967.

Christian R. Pongratz, M.Arch., professor and interim dean, wrote the foreword to two books. In Architectural Stone Elements, Research, Design and Fabrication, he explores versatility and sustainability in the combined use of advanced fabrication technology and natural stone applications. In Mater(i)a: Conoscenza e Progetto, Nuovo Polo Museale multifunzionale per Matera 2019, he discusses student design proposals for the city of Matera in the Basilicata region of Southern Italy.

Roger Yu, Ph.D., professor of physics, published "Chaos in a Stadium-Shaped Acoustic Cavity" in the November issue of The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA) in which he discusses "a numerical scheme [that] has been developed to solve wave equations for chaotic systems such as stadium-shaped cavity."