Faculty Achievements

Sponsored Research: New Contracts and Grants in 2021-2022

Arts and Sciences | Education | Law | Religious Education | Social Services

Arts and Sciences

Dr. Margaret Andover (PSYCH) received an award in the amount of $4,814.25 from New York City Department of Education entitled Non-Suicidal Self Injury Training for Professional Development.

Dr. Ipsita Banerjee, Dr. Patricio Meneses, Dr. Alma Rodenas-Ruano, Dr. Nicholas Sawyer, and Dr. Elizabeth Thrall (CHEM; BIOSCI; NATSCI) received an award in the amount of $152,850 from National Science Foundation entitled MRI: Acqusition of Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorter (FACS) for Multidisciplinary Research and Education at Fordham University.

Dr. Juntao Chen (CIS) received an award in the amount of $199,817 from National Science Foundation entitled ERI: Multi-Layer Dynamic Strategic Decision-Making for Integrated Cyber- Physical Energy Systems Security and Resilience.

Dr. Marc Conte and Dr. Stephen Holler (ECON; PHYSICS) received an award in the amount of $103,600 from Environmental Defense Fund through Resources for the Future entitled Hyperlocal Air Quality Monitoring.

Dr. Ayala Fader (SOC/ANTHRO) received an award in the amount of $20,000 from Wenner- Gren Foundation entitled The Demystifying Language Project.

Dr. Leah Feuerstahler (PSYCH) received an award in the amount of $26,509 from National Institutes of Health through University of Minnesota entitled Development of a PROMIS Measure for Adult Dental Patients.

Dr. Emanuel Fiano (THEO) received an award in the amount of $35,000 from Dunbarton Oaks entitled The Law and the Word: Theology and Canon in Late Antiquity.

Dr. Silvia Finnemann (BIOSCI) received an award in the amount of $239,086 from National Institutes of Health entitled Anti-Inflammatory Role of MerTK in the RPE Independent of Diurnal Outer Segment Phagocytosis.

Dr. Celia Fisher (PSYCH) received an award in the amount of $59,455 from Greenwall Foundation through University of Nebraska - Lincoln entitled Who Should be Treated? The Ethical Challenges of Administering Opioid Agonist Treatment (OAT) to People who Ineject Drugs during COVID-19.

Dr. Christine Fountain (SOC/ANTHRO) received an award in the amount of $18,615 from National Institutes of Health through Albert Einstein College of Medicine entitled MAP for Child Health Using Social Networks.

Dr. Stephen Grimm (PHIL) received an award in the amount of $100,000 from Teagle Foundation entitled Visions of the Good in the Bronx.

Dr. Crina Gschwandter (PHIL) received an award in the amount of $55,609 from Templeton Religion Trust through Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich entitled Non-propositional Concepts of Divine Revelation: Phenomenological and Hermeneutic Perspectives.

Dr. Thaier Hayajneh (FCC) received an award in the amount of $149,998 from National Security Agency entitled GenCyber Student Camp at Fordham University - 2022.

Dr. Thaier Hayajneh and Dr. Gary Weiss (FCC; CIS) received an award in the amount of $2,130,848 from National Science Foundation entitled CyberCorps Scholarships for Service: Preparing Future Cybersecurity Professionals with Data Science Expertise.

Dr. Dean McKay (PSYCH) received an award in the amount of $50,000 from National Intitutes of Health through Baylor College of Medicine entitled Trans-Ancestry Genomic Analysis of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

Dr. Patricio Meneses (BIOSCI) received an award in the amount of $5,000 from National Institutes of Health through Georgraphic Management of Cancer Health Disparities Region 4 entitled HPV L2 Protein Regulation of Immune Response.

Dr. Yuko Miki (HISTORY) received an award in the amount of $60,000 from National Endowment for the Humanities entitled Emancipation's Shadow: Stories of Illegal Slavery.

Dr. Haruka Minami (PSYCH) received an award in the amount of $28,372 from National Institutes of Health through Rutgers University entitled A Puff Topography Biofeedback Paradigm to Reduce Stress-Precipitated Smoking Reinforcement.

Dr. Sophie Mitra (ECON) received an award in the amount of $8,347 from Princeton University Center for Health and Wellbeing entitled Visiting Research Scholar Fellowship.

Dr. Brenna Moore and Dr. Carey Kasten (THEO; MODLANG) received an award in the amount of $15,000 from Henry Luce Foundation entitled Mutuality in El Barrio: Stories of LSA Family Health Services in East Harlem.

Dr. Jason Munshi-South (BIOSCI) received an award in the amount of $35,000 from National Science Foundation entitled Use of Rattus to Track Human Migration.

Dr. Johanna Quinn (SOC/ANTHRO) received an award in the amount of $16,311 from WT Grant Foundation through National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at University of Chicago entitled Using a Strategic Learning Community to Build Equity in Higher Ed.

Dr. Monica Rivera Mindt (PSYCH) received an award in the amount of $67,738 from Genentech through University of California San Francisco entitled Enhancing Diversity Engagement and Recruitment in Aging Research.

Dr. Barry Rosenfeld (PSYCH) received an award in the amount of $4,500 from Empower, Assist, Care (EAC) Network entitled EAC Network Summer Student Funding.

Dr. Joshua Schrier (CHEM) received an award in the amount of $20,000 from US Department of Energy through Geometric Data Analytics, Inc. entitled DTFAAST: Distributed Topological Fingerprints Automating Anomoly Search & Testing.

Dr. Asif Siddiqi (HISTORY) received an award in the amount of $100,000 from Princeton University Davis Center for Historical Studies entitled Departure Gates: Space Age Infrastructure/Postcolonial Displacements.

Dr. Shiloh Whitney (PHIL) received an award in the amount of $50,000 from University of Connectictut Humanities Institute entitled Emotional Labor: Affective Economies and Affective Injustice.

Dr. Tiffany Yip (PSYCH) received an award in the amount of $176,995 from National Institutes of Health through Michigan State University entitled Discrimination and Adolescent Substance Abuse: Understanding Moderating Mechanisms of Sleep and Neighborhood Environment in the ABCD Study.

Dr. Tiffany Yip and Dr. Heining Cham (PSYCH) received an award in the amount of $591,241 from National Institutes of Health entitled Social-Environmental Predictors of Sleep Disparities during the Transition to College.

Dr. Yijun Zhao (CIS) received an award in the amount of $19,221 from National Institutes of Health through Massachusetts General Hospital entitled A Personalized, Patient-Centered Approach to Optimizing Lupus Care.

Dr. Molly Zimmerman (PSYCH) received an award in the amount of $47,648 from National Institutes of Health through Albert Einstein College of Medicine entitled Characterizing Persistent Subclinical Neurobehavioral Effects of Covid-19 in a Diverse Population.

Education

Dr. Anita Batisti (CEP) received an award in the amount of $1,711,630.8 from New York City Department of Education entitled NYC School Building Leaders Certification.

Dr. Anita Batisti (CEP) received an award in the amount of $360,000 from New York City Department of Education entitled Community Schools Services: CS Services for MS 331X (10X331).

Dr. Anita Batisti (CEP) received an award in the amount of $1,350 from City of New Rochelle City School District entitled Professional Development Workshop.

Dr. Anita Batisti (CEP) received an award in the amount of $110,000 from New York City Department of Education entitled R1150 - Whole School Reform Services.

Dr. Eric Chen and Dr. Keith Cruise (Psychology) received an award in the amount of $250,000 from Mother Cabrini Health Foundation entitled Clinical Mental Health Services in the Bronx Community.

Dr. Margaret Orr (EDLEAD) received an award in the amount of $64,610 from New York City Community Schools Distric #14 entitled Improvement of Science Leadership Training and Support to Reduce Disproportionality.

Dr. Chun Zhang and Dr. Yi Ding (C&T; SCHOOLPSYCH) received an award in the amount of $249,766 from US Department of Education entitled Enhancing Child Outcomes of Young Children with High Intensity Needs through Interdisciplinary Preparation of Early Childhood Special Educators and School Psychologists (ECO).

Law

Dr. John Pfaff received an award in the amount of $250,00 from Proteus Donor Advised Fund entitled Examining The Impact of Violence on Communities' Willingness to Vote for Criminal Legal Reforms.

Religious Education

Dr. Tom Beaudoin received an award in the amount of $191,861 from Templeton Religion Trust entitled The Art of the Pantheon: Learning from Visitors. Dr. Rachelle Green received an award in the amount of $40,000 from Louisville Institute entitled Have Mercy: A Practical Theology.

Social Services

Dr. Daniel Coleman and Dr. Jordan Devylder received an award in the amount of $81,205 from National Institutes of Health entitled High Traditional Masculinity and Suicide: Testing Direct, Moderation, and Mediation Models.

Dr. Jordan Devylder received an award in the amount of $35,800 from National Institutes of Health through University of California, Irvine entitled Youth Nominated Support Teams for Suicidal Adolescents.

Dr. Janna Heyman received an award in the amount of $10,000 from United Neighborhood Houses entitled Settlement Houses Survey.

Dr. Janna Heyman received an award in the amount of $45,000 from Children's Village entitled Research, Evaluation and Database Development for Children's Village.

Dr. Janna Heyman and Dr. Diane Ode received an award in the amount of $90,000 from New York State Department of Education entitled Liberty Partnerships Program (supplement).

Dr. Jenn Lilly received an award in the amount of $24,999 from New York Community Trust (Fahs Beck Fellowship) entitled Health Opportunity for Latina Youth (HOLA).

Dr. Marciana Popescu and Dr. Dana Alonzo received an award in the amount of $125,000 from Mother Cabrini Health Foundation entitled Health and Mental Health Care for Women Asylum Seekers in NYC.

Dr. Abigail Ross, Dr. Linda White-Ryan, Dr. Larry Farmer, Dr. Janna Heyman, and Dr. Elizabeth Matthews received an award in the amount of $474,562 from Health Resources and Services Administration entitled Pipeline for Youth Health Project.

Dr. Anne Williams-Isom received an award in the amount of $84,700 from Redlich Horwitz Foundation entitled Dumpson Chair Initiatives.