Office of Research Events

Monday, April 28, 2025

Walsh Library, 4th Floor - O'Hare Room
Rose Hill campus
2691 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10458

10:00 am - 10:45 am - Award Ceremony  
O’Hare Room, 4^th Floor

Introduction: George Hong, Chief Research Officer and Associate Provost for Research
Opening Remarks: Tania Tetlow, President

Award Presentation
Chair: Dennis Jacobs, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs  

1. Distinguished Research Award in the Humanities:
Sarah Elizabeth Penry, Department of History

2. Distinguished Research Award for Interdisciplinary Studies:
Courtney Cox, School of Law

3. Distinguished Research Award for Junior Faculty:
Elizabeth Thrall, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

4. Distinguished Research Award in the Science and Mathematics:
Eduardo Gallo, Department of Biological Sciences

5. Distinguished Research Award in the Social Sciences:
Allie Kosterich, Department of Communications & Media Management, Gabelli School of Business

SESSION  I

Faculty Research Abroad Program Forum

10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 
O’Hare Room, 4^th Floor
 
Chair: Lisa Lancia, Director of International Initiatives, Office of the Provost

Presenters: 

1. Catalina Alvarez, Visual Arts Department, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FRAP partner: Sophia University, Japan): “Modos de Transporte”

2. Brenna Moore, Theology Department, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (FRAP partner: Esade University, Spain): “Interreligious Experiments and Best Practices: Engaging Religious Diversity Across the International Association of Jesuit Universities”

3. Jie Ren, Information, Technology, and Operations, Gabelli School of Business (FRAP partner: IE University, Spain): “Hashtags to Headlines: The Linguistic Clash of Left vs. Right News in the Age of Social Media Movements"?

4. Sarah Wu, Information, Technology, and Operations, Gabelli School of Business (FRAP partner: Sophia University, Japan): “The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosures in Auditors’ Risk Assessment”

5. Dongli Zhang, Information, Technology, and Operations, Gabelli School of Business (FRAP partner: Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan): “Process Management, Quality Management, and the Application of AI”

SESSION II

Fordham Research Fellows & Interns Forum:

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. 
O’Hare Room, 4^th Floor

Chair: Robert J. Hume, Interim Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Presenters: 

1. Yiyin Zhou, Fordham – Columbia Research Fellow, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, and research intern, Alyssa Hull, undergraduate student in integrative neuroscience at Fordham College at Rose Hill
Odorant Mixture Representation in the Drosophila Early Olfactory System

2. Yi Ding, Fordham–NYU Research Fellow, Fordham Graduate School of Education, and research intern Xiaoyu Zhang, PhD student in School Psychology, Graduate School of Education.
Experiences, Perceived Challenges, and Needs of School Psychology Graduate Students from Racially, Ethnically and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds

3. Mohamed Rahouti, Fordham–IBM Research Fellow, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, and research intern Mariyam Mapkar, graduate student, Data Science, Fordham University.  
Enhancing Network Security Through Generative AI for Augmented Predictive Anomaly Detection

4. Wenqi Wei, Fordham-IBM Research Fellow, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, and research interns Xiang Li, Doctoral student in Computer Science & Vaishnave Jonnalagadda, Master of Science student in Data Science
Benchmarking Audio Deepfake Generation and Detection Models

1:00 pm Lunch

O’Hare Room, 4^th Floor, Walsh Library

International Conference on Im/migration, AI and Social Justice

March 10-11, 2025

12th Floor Lounge - Lowenstein E. Gerald Corrigan Conference Center 

South Lounge - Leon Lowenstein building, Plaza level

Lincoln Center Campus, Fordham University

113 West 60th Street, New York, NY 10023

Organized by:

Fordham University

Sophia University (Japan)

Sponsored by:

Fordham Office of the Provost

Fordham Office of Research

Fordham Graduate School of Social Service (GSS)

Fordham GSS Her Migrant Hub

Fordham Strategic Research Consortium on Global Studies

Fordham Working Group on AI and Fordham-IBM Partnership

Fordham Initiative on Migrants, Migration, and Human Dignity

Conference Summary and Goals

Global developments at the intersection of migration, immigration, and artificial intelligence (AI) raise urgent concerns about fairness, equity, human dignity, and social justice. Immigrant and migrant populations, often among the most vulnerable, face systemic challenges such as limited access to resources, discrimination, exploitation, and ongoing violations of their dignity and security. The rapid integration of AI into decision-making processes presents both opportunities and challenges, highlighting the critical need to address biases, ensure transparency, and promote accountability to prevent AI from perpetuating injustices in employment, healthcare, law enforcement, and other migration-related sectors.

Building on the success of Fordham University’s 2023 International Conference on Social and Environmental Justice, this international conference seeks to examine the connection of migration, immigration, and AI through the lens of social justice and human rights. It aims to foster meaningful dialogue on creating more equitable and humane systems with marginalized communities to protect rights and leverage responsible AI to advance justice for all.

Through keynote speeches, panel discussions, roundtables, and collaborative sessions, participants will explore actionable and sustainable strategies to promote justice, accountability, and participation in policies and technologies impacting marginalized communities. The conference will provide valuable insights and policy recommendations to ensure human rights are prioritized while responsibly harnessing AI to address pressing challenges in migration and immigration.

Conference Focus Areas and Topics

This international conference invites participation on a range of topics, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary perspectives on social justice issues in migration, immigration, and AI. Participation is sought in two ways: Area One) Interdisciplinary Keynote Speeches and Roundtables that bring together experts in Im/Migration and AI to discuss the intersection of the two phenomena from a social justice perspective. Area Two) Paper Presentations that connect social justice, immigration, and AI.

Area One: Intersecting Issues of Im/migration and AI

For those who are exploring the intersection of im/migration and AI from a social justice perspective, we are particularly interested in topics that address the following:

• AI in Migration Accompaniment and Advocacy
• AI and the Everywhere Border
• Data Privacy and Cybersecurity with/for Communities in Migration
• Algorithmic Injustice in the U.S. Immigration System
• Using AI to Combat Discrimination in Immigration Policies
• Access and Barriers to Linguistic Support with AI-driven Services 
• Digital Surveillance of Migrant Workers and Workplaces
• Ethical AI and Refugee Resettlement
• AI Access Gaps and Communities in Migration
• Use of AI in Detention Centers
• AI Governance, Regulation, and Investment

Area Two: Interdisciplinary Discussions

For participants exploring im/migration or AI from a social justice perspective and wish to participate in an interdisciplinary discussion, we are particularly interested in panelists focused on the following:

     1. Social Justice in Migration and Immigration

• Human Rights and Legal Protections: rights awareness and access to legal resources
• Labor and Economic Rights
• Access and Utilization of Health and Mental Health Care and Social Support for Immigrants, Asylum Seekers, and Refugees
• Creating Safe Spaces: Social integration and community building
• Education and Employment Rights: Access to education, vocational training, and job development
• Gender and Migration: Specific challenges for women and women-identifying migrants/immigrants
• Youth and Migration: The impact of family separation on children and youth
• Detention and Deportation Policies: implications for human rights and social justice
• Anti-Discrimination Measures: xenophobia, racism, and discrimination against migrants.

     2. Social Justice in AI: Responsibly harnessing AI algorithms and systems to ensure sustainable and trustworthy social justice practice and system.

• Responsible, Sustainable, and Trustworthy AI Algorithms and Systems
• Ethical and Legal Issues of AI
• Identifying and Managing Bias, Discrimination, and Fairness in AI
• Responsible AI in Healthcare, Employment, Criminal Justice, and Immigration
• Removal and Elimination of Risk in AI Implementation and Practice, e.g. Security and Privacy.

Submission Process and Deadlines

Faculty, scholars, professionals, and students as well as community partners, professionals, and practitioners are welcome to attend and participate in the international conference. To help better plan for the event and logistics, those who are interested in attending are required to register by March 3, 2025. 

Registration form: https://form.jotform.com/243405756369162

Please contact us at researc[email protected] if you have any questions.

Fordham University Student Research Job Fair

Friday, December 6, 2024

10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Joseph McShane Campus Center Multipurpose Room 311, Rose Hill Campus

Lunch will be provided starting at 12:00 pm.

Sponsored by:

The Office of the Provost

The Office of Research

The University Research Council

The Office of Sponsored Programs

Purposes

The Fordham Office of Research invited 9 externally funded principal investigators including 7 Fordham professors, an associate vice president, and a postdoctoral fellow from the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and the Graduate School of Social Service to participate in this Student Research Job Fair. The purpose of this event is for these selected speakers to showcase their research projects, recruit students to join their externally funded research projects, and provide a casual setting for faculty and students to initiate professional connections.

Agenda

I. Introduction & Welcome Remarks (10:00 a.m.– 10:30 a.m.)

Dr. George Hong, Chief Research Officer and Associate Provost for Research

Dr. Dennis Jacobs, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

II. Project Introduction by Principal Investigators (10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.)

Dr. Juntao Chen, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer and Information Sciences

“Education DCL: EAGER: Experiential Learning Platform and Curricular Modules for Quantum Computing Security and Privacy Education”, $299,999, National Science Foundation

“XTRIPODS: Advancing Quantum Data Science Research and Education: Resilient Quantum Learning in NISQ era”, $199,996, National Science Foundation

Dr. Julie Gafney, Associate Vice President, Strategic Mission Initiatives

“Flourishing in Community: Fordham in Community Environmental Justice Grantmaker Initiative”, $50,000,000, US Environmental Protection Agency

Dr. Eduardo Gallo, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

“Cholinergic interneuron D2 receptor function in impulsive behavior: implications for addiction”, $1,158,210, NIH-National Institute on Drug Abuse

Dr. Janna Heyman, Professor, Graduate School of Social Service

“Pipeline for Youth Health Project”, $1,893,726, DHHS - Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

Dr. Marija Kundakovic, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

“Epigenetic Regulation of Brain and Behavior by the Estrous Cycle”, $1,897,020, NIH-National Institute of Mental Health

“Decoding the X-chromosome Dynamics in the Adult Female Brain”, $375,337, NIH-National Institute of Mental Health 

Dr. Ying Mao, Associate Professor, Department of Computer and Information Sciences

“ERI: Harnessing Quantum-Classical Computing with a Cloud-Edge Framework for Cyber-Physical Systems”, $199,708, National Science Foundation

“ExpandQISE: Track 1: Collaborative Optimization and Management for Iterative and Parallel Quantum Computing”, $690,583, National Science Foundation

“Education DCL: EAGER: Experiential Learning Platform and Curricular Modules for Quantum Computing Security and Privacy Education”, $299,999, National Science Foundation

“XTRIPODS: Advancing Quantum Data Science Research and Education: Resilient Quantum Learning in NISQ era”, $199,996, National Science Foundation

Dr. Monica Rivera Mindt, Professor, Department of Psychology

“Study of Aging Latinas/os for Understanding Dementia in HIV (SALUD HIV)”, $ 4,134,428, NIH-National Institute on Aging

“Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI4)”, $ 1,831,284, National Institutes of Health through Northern California Institute for Research and Education (NCIRE)

“The CEDAR Study: Community-Engaged Digital Alzheimer's Research”, $ 170,164, Genentech, Inc. through University of California San Francisco

Dr. Clivia Zhang, Postdoctoral Fellow on behalf of Professor Tiffany Yip, Department of Psychology

“Discrimination and Adolescent Substance Use: Understanding Moderating Mechanisms of Sleep and Neighborhood Environment in the ABCD Study”, $ 807,066, NIH-National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities through Michigan State University

“Social-Environmental Predictors of Sleep Disparities During the Transition to College”, $ 2,044,367, NIH-National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

“Social-Environmental Predictors of Sleep Disparities During the Transition to College - SUPPLEMENT”, $ 303,029, NIH-National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Dr. Elizabeth Thrall, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

“Molecular Mechanisms of Y-Family Translesion Polymerase Activity in Bacillus subtilis”, $ 495,166, NIH-National Institute General Medical Services

III. Table Interview and Discussion between Faculty and Students (11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.)

Tables will be set up in the JMC Multipurpose Room 311 for the 9 speakers. At these tables, the speakers will discuss their research projects and potential research assistant or job opportunities with interested students.

      Please contact Ms. Tihana Abiala at [email protected] with any questions.

Fordham University’s Research Day Celebration - Monday, April 22, 2024

Walsh Library, Rose Hill Campus, 2691 Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY 10458

Organized by

Office of the Provost

Office of Research

University Research Council

Research Deans’ Council 

Schedule of events: 

10:00 am - 10:30 am - Award Ceremony  

O’Hare Room, 4^th Floor

Introduction: George Hong, Chief Research Officer and Associate Provost for Research

Opening Remarks: Tania Tetlow, President

Award Presentation

Chair: Dennis Jacobs, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Distinguished Research Award in the Humanities - Kirsten Swinth
Distinguished Research Award in Interdisciplinary Studies - Jie Ren 
Distinguished Research Award for Junior Faculty - Mohamed Rahouti 
Distinguished Research Award in the Science and Mathematics - Christopher Koenigsmann
Distinguished Research Award in the Social Sciences - Marc Conte

10:30 am -11:30 pm - Keynote Speech

O’Hare Room, 4^th Floor

Chair: Jonathan Crystal, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

Keynote Speaker: David Chalmers, Professor of Philosophy and Co-director, Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness, New York University

“Can ChatGPT Think?”

Generative AI systems such as ChatGPT and its many relatives have taken the world by storm.  They show many impressive abilities that would require intelligence if done by humans.  But is ChatGPT really intelligent?  Can it understand what it says?  Is it conscious? Can it think? If not, could a successor to ChatGPT think? These are difficult questions that require philosophical analysis. Dr. Chalmers will address some aspects of these questions here.

CONCURRENT SESSION A:

Fordham – IBM Research Fellows & Interns Forum

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 

O’Hare Room, 4^th Floor

Chair: Ann Gaylin, Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Presenters: 

1. Navid Asgari, Associate Professor, Strategy and Statistics Area of the Gabelli School of Business, and research intern Reanna Ishmael, undergraduate student of Global Business, Concentration in Digital Media and Technology, Minor in Mathematics, Gabelli School of Business

    “Differential, Finetuned, RAG-based Attribution, Measurement (DiFRAMe) for Foundational Models: Application to Knowledge Evolution Analysis”

   IBM Partner: Eitan Farchi, DE, AOT, Software and AI Testing Analysis and Reviews (STAR), Haifa Research Lab, Haifa, Israel

2. Juntao Chen, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, and research intern Son Tung (Bill) Do, Computer and Information Sciences M.S. student in Data Science, Fordham Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

    “Adversarial Manipulation of Learning in Dynamic Systems and Games”

   IBM Partner: Yingdong Lu, Research Staff Member, Mathematical Sciences, IBM Research, Yorktown Heights, NY

3. Frank Hsu, Distinguished Professor, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Fordham Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, and research intern Sean Patten, Master of Science student, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Fordham Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

    “Sentiment Analysis through Combinatorial Fusion”

   IBM Partner: Pin-Yu Chen, Chief Scientist, RPI-IBM AI Research Collaboration; Principal Research Staff Member, Trusted AI Group, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, NY, USA

4. Wenqi Wei, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Fordham Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and research intern Xirong Cao, graduate student Master of Science, Computer Science program, Fordham Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

    “Invisible Watermarking for Audios Generation Diffusion Models”

   IBM Partners: Divyesh Jadav, Manager & STSM, Applied Intelligence Research, IBM Research-Almaden, San Jose, CA, and Mu Qiao, Research Group Leader, Master Inventor, Member of IBM Academy of Technology, IBM Quantum Ambassador, Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA, USA

CONCURRENT SESSION B:

Faculty Research Abroad Program Forum

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 

Lower Level, Classroom 041, Walsh Library
 
Chair: Lisa Lancia, Director of International Initiatives, Office of the Provost

Presenters: 

1. Kirk Bingaman, Professor, Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education

   “Religion in the Digital Age: An Irreversible Process”

2. Heining Cham, Professor, Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

   “Women’s depression and well-being during COVID-19 in Mexico: A longitudinal analysis of family and work dynamics”

3. Eric Chen, Professor, Psychological and Educational Services, Graduate School of Education

   “Transgender Individuals’ Navigation of Identity Disclosure and Interpersonal Relationships in the U.S. and the Philippines”

4. Su-Je Cho, Professor, Curriculum & Teaching, Graduate School of Education

   “Use of Protective and Preventative Strategies to Address Bullying and Cyberbullying Behaviors in the United States and the Philippines”

5. Ki-Eun Jang, Assistant Professor, Theology, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

   “The Other Nineteenth Century: Global Race Theory and the Migration of Christianity in the Korean Peninsula”

12:30 pm  Lunch 

O’Hare Room, 4^th Floor, Walsh Library

Keynote Speaker: David Chalmers, Professor of Philosophy and Co-director, Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness, New York University

“Can ChatGPT Think?”

Generative AI systems such as ChatGPT and its many relatives have taken the world by storm.  They show many impressive abilities that would require intelligence if done by humans.  But is ChatGPT really intelligent?  Can it understand what it says?  Is it conscious? Can it think? If not, could a successor to ChatGPT think? These are difficult questions that require philosophical analysis. Dr. Chalmers will address some aspects of these questions here.

David Chalmers is a University Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science and co-director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness at New York University. He is the author of The Conscious Mind (1996), Constructing The World (2010), and Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy (2022). He is a former president of the American Philosophical Association and the Australasian Association of Philosophy. He is known for formulating the “hard problem” of consciousness, which inspired Tom Stoppard's play The Hard Problem, and for the idea of the “extended mind,” which says that the tools we use can become parts of our minds.

International Conference on Social and Environmental Justice
May 1-2, 2023
Fordham School of Law, 150 West 62nd Street, NYC
Costantino Room

Organized by: Fordham University, Fordham Office of the Provost, Fordham Office of Research

Sponsored by Fordham Strategic Research Consortia on: Digital Scholarship, Disability, Global Studies, Science and Justice

Supported by: Columbia University, New York University, Georgetown University

Monday, May 1, 2023

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Opening Ceremony (Costantino Room)

Chair: Dennis Jacobs, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs (Fordham University)

Remarks: 

1. Tania Tetlow, President (Fordham University)
2. Nina Gray, Assistant Vice Provost for Research Planning and Analysis (New York University)
3. Billy Jack, Vice Provost for Research (Georgetown University)
4. Skyller Walkes, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Anti-Bias (DEIA), Climate School (Columbia University)

10:30 am -12:00 pm Keynote Address (I) (Costantino Room A)

Co-Chairs: Aseel Sawalha (Co-Director of the Strategic Research Consortium on Global Studies and Associate Professor of Anthropology, Fordham University) and Nicholas Paul (Co-Director of the Strategic Research Consortium on Digital Scholarship, Associate Professor of History, and Director of the Center for Medieval Studies, Fordham University)

Speakers: 

1) Molly Doane, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Fellow, Institute for Environmental and Social Policy (University of Illinois-Chicago), “Climate Stories: Gardening at the City's Edge in Chicago”

2) Alex Gil, Senior Lecturer II and Associate Research Faculty, Department of Spanish and Portuguese (Yale University), “Minimal Computing and Environmental Justice: A Humble Offering”

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch (Law School lobby - mezzanine level)

1:15 pm – 3:15 pm Panel Discussion Session I

Panel 1: Access to Healthcare and Social Protection for Persons with Disabilities

(Costantino Room A)

Chair: Ji Seon Lee, Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, Office of the Provost (Fordham University)

1. Ezekiel Kumwenda (Malawi Union of the Blind, Malawi), “Access to Health Care for People with Disabilities in Malawi: What are the Barriers?”
2. Mónica Pinilla-Roncancio (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia), “Disability as a Determinant of Access to Health Care Services in Colombia”
3. Md Khademul Basher (Disabled Child Foundation, Bangladesh) and Most Jahan Ara Begum (Alliance of the Urban DPO’s in Chittagong, Bangladesh), “Disability Justice In Bangladesh”
4. Divya Goyal (Centre for Evidence in Disability, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK), “Gender Responsive Inclusion in Social Protection: Towards an Intersectional Framework for Disability Inclusive Development”
5. Zachary A. Morris (Stony Brook University), “Preventing Catastrophe: The Welfare State and Disaster Risk for People with Disabilities”

Panel 2: Ecological Justice and Climate Change

(Costantino Room B)

Chair: Robert H. Beer, Fordham College at Rose Hill Associate Dean, Associate Professor of Chemistry (Fordham University)

1. Logic Giaccone (Georgetown University), “Dynamic Coupling of Economic Inequalities and Climate Change”
2. Gael Giraud (Georgetown University), “Extreme Climate Risks and Financial Tipping Points: A Case for Financial Justice”
3. Usha Sankar (Fordham University), “Mobile Air Quality Measurement”
4. Massaro Thomas (Fordham University), “What Precisely Did Pope Francis Contribute? Parsing Key Terms and Claims in Laudato Si’”
5. Carlos Zepeda (University of Oxford, UK), “Challenging Socio-Ecological Injustice with Integral Ecology”

Panel 3: Immigration Justice: Crossing Borders and Boundaries

(Costantino Room C)

Chair: Robert J. Hume, Professor of Political Science, Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences (Fordham University)

1. Julie Kleinman (Fordham University) and Alassane Dicko (Afrique-Europe-Interact), “Migrant Rights and Land Rights in Contexts of Conflict and International Humanitarianism”
2. Clémence Démurger (Ecole Normale Supérieure), “Climate Migration as a Challenge for Justice: Understanding Earth as a Home and Sharing Its Hospitality”
3. Auel Aidan (Fordham University), “Hostile Terrain 94: Bridging Academia and Art to Deliver Effective Activism”
4. Salman Hafisat and Rasheed Adeniyi Tiamiyu (Department of Bursary, the Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria), “Effect of E-governance on Socio-Economic Development in Africa, a Case Study of Nigeria”

Panel 4: Digital Tools and Data Analysis: 

Challenges and Opportunities for Social Justice 

(Bateman Room)

Chair: Su-Je Cho, Co-Director of the Strategic Research Consortium on Digital Scholarship and Professor of Graduate School of Education (Fordham University) 

1. Robin Reich (Fordham University), Adam Matthews (Cornell University), Claire Dillon (Columbia University), Sarina Kuersteiner (Union College), “Academics but Not Activists: The Medievalist Toolkit for Building Bridges Between Disciplines”
2. Shawn Hill (Fordham University), “Reinforcing Structural Inequality: New York City’s Non-Random Shelter Geography”
3. Lauri Goldkind (Fordham University) and Jessica Baldwin-Philippi (Fordham University), “LOVE-AI - A Jesuit Approach to Studying, Teaching, and Doing Data Ethics”
4. Meiping Sun (Fordham University), “Is It Expensive to Be Poor? Public Transit in New York City”
5. Olena Nikolayenko (Fordham University), “Struggle for Justice in Europe's Last Dictatorship: Women's Marches in Belarus”

3:15 -- 3:30 pm Coffee Break (Law School lobby - mezzanine level)

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Panel Discussion Session II 

Panel 5: Environmental Justice in New York City 

(Costantino Room A)

Chair: Rachel Annunziato, Professor of Psychology, Associate Dean, Fordham College at Rose Hill (Fordham University)

1. Alex de Sherbinin, Thinus Venter, Muye Huang, Jane Roschen, Anwulika Molokwu, Yousif Adam, and Tricia Chai-Onn (Columbia University), “An Index of Flood Risk and Environmental Justice in New York City”
2. Paul Gallay, Aya Morris, Bernadette Baird-Zars, Jacqueline M. Klopp, Annel Hernandez, Lexi Scanlon, and Hannah Su-An Lin (Columbia Climate School, Center for Sustainable Urban Development), Victoria Sanders (New York City Environmental Justice Alliance), “Advancing Equitable Partnerships: Frontline Community Visions for Coastal Resiliency Knowledge Co-Production, Social Cohesion, and Environmental Justice”
3. Stephen Holler (Fordham University), “Project FRESH Air: A Community Engagement Project about Health and Climate”
4. Che Cooper (Bronx Green-Up), Audrey Jenkins (The New School; NYBG Mellon Fellow in Food Humanities), Samrah Shoaib (Humanities Institute, New York Botanical Garden), "Food, Knowledge, and Place: Community Gardens as a Tool for Healing and Justice in NYC"

Panel 6: Environmental Economics, Justice, and Policy

(Costantino Room B)

Chair: Marc N. Conte, Professor of Economics (Fordham University)

1. R. Jisung Park (University of Pennsylvania), “Climate Change, Human Capital, and Labor Market Inequality”
2. Beia Spiller (Resources for the Future), “Charging Stations and the City”
3. Marc N. Conte (Fordham University), “The Challenges of Studying Air Pollution's Health Effects”
4. Lanessa Owens-Chaplin (New York Civil Liberties Union), “A toolkit for Environmental Justice Advocacy, The SIGH Act”

Tuesday, May 2, 2023 

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Keynote Address (II) (Costantino Room A)

Chairs: Sophie Mitra, Professor of Economics, Founding director of the Research Consortium on Disability (Fordham University) and Steven Franks, Professor and Chair, Department of Biological Sciences and Founding Director of the Strategic Research Consortium on Science and Justice (Fordham University)

1. Michael Ashley Stein, Co-founder and Executive Director of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School (Harvard University), “Disability-Inclusive Climate Justice”
2. Fushcia-Ann Hoover, EcoGreenQueen, Founder, and Assistant Professor (University of North Carolina, Charlotte), “Planning with Green Infrastructure, Myth, Mystery or the Future?”

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch (Law School lobby - mezzanine level)

1:15 pm – 3:45 pm Panel Discussion III

Panel 7: Local and Community-based Data and Research for Disability Justice

(Costantino Room A) 

Chair: Ruhul Amin, Assistant Professor, Computer and Information Science (Fordham University)

1. Shaun Grech (CBM Christian Blind Mission & University of Cape Town, South Africa) and Joerg Weber (CBM Christoffel-Blindenmission, Germany & University of Cape Town, South Africa),“Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Action: Critical Readings from the Field”
2. Elizabeth Lockwood (Inclusion Advisory Group) and José Viera (International Disability Alliance), “Citizen-Generated Data and Organizations of Persons with Disabilities: Ensuring Inclusion and Representation”
3. Joerg Weber (CBM Christoffel-Blindenmission, Germany & University of Cape Town,South Africa) and Shaun Grech (CBM Christian Blind Mission & University of Cape Town, South Africa), “Localization of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD): from rhetoric to practice.” 
4. Pradeep Kumar Bagival (Humanity and Inclusion, Lao PDR), “Access to Justice through Effective Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Asia-Pacific Region”
5. Ben Mayala, Katherine Theiss, and Sophie Mitra (Fordham University), “Zooming in on Disability Rights within Countries” 

Panel 8: Global Perspectives on Environmental Justice

(Costantino Room B) 

Chair: Rachel Annunziato, Professor of Psychology; Associate Dean, Fordham College at Rose Hill (Fordham University)

1. Kevin Aviles-Rodríguez (Fordham University), “In Search of Resilience: Informing Biological Conservation in Puerto Rico Through the Perspective of Environmental Justice”
2. Dena Montague (University of California at Santa Barbara) and Stewart Isaacs (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), “Energy Justice: Green Hydrogen Production and Distribution in Namibia”
3. Eni Onyekachi (Alex-Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria), “Stemming the Tide of Environmental Injustice in Africa's Mining Industry through Judicial Activism: The Case of Nigeria and South-Africa”
4. Clara Rodriguez (Fordham University) and Carmen E. Collins (St. John’s University), “Puerto Rico and Efforts to Address Climate Change and Environmental Justice”
5. Meiyan Zhang (Sanming University, China), “Social Justice for Ecological Conservation and Easement for Household's Forestland in China”

Panel 9: Immigration Justice from Global Perspectives

(Costantino Room C) 

Chair: Lisa Lancia, Director, Office of International Initiatives (Fordham University)

1. Nehemia Abel (Georgetown University), “Challenges of Full Localization and INGO Exit Strategies”
2. Pavel Kantor (Center for Curative Pedagogics, Moscow, Russia), “Living Independently and Being Included in the Community for Individuals with Mental Disorders in Russia”
3. Nicole Spicer (Victorian Government Solicitor's Office, Australia), “Voice, Truth, and Treaty -- What is this and Why Does it Matter? What does it have to do with Justice?”
4. Yingyan Gong (Ningbo University, China), “Religious Faith vs. Social Justice: A Chinese Catholic in Ming-Qing Transition”

1. Gong will present online.

1. Volha Shalkouskaya (University of Manchester, UK and Saint Philaret's Institute, Russia), “Spacewalk: First Steps of a Russian NGO in Organizing Assisted Living for Ex-Residents of Welfare Institutions”

Panel 10: Digital Storyworlds: Recovery and Discovery

(Bateman Room)

Chair: Nicholas Paul, Associate Professor of History (Fordham University) 

1. Roger Panetta (Fordham University), “Shadows On Stone: The Sing Sing Admission Registers 1860-1925 - An NEH Digital Crowdsourcing Project”
2. Tianai Ren and Vineha Ramesh (Columbia University), “Counter-Narratives: A Digital Reimagination of Marginalized Stories”
3. Brian Reilly (Fordham University), “Rutebeuf's Brouhaha: A Data Analysis of the Construction of Difference in Thirteenth-Century French”
4. Christina Bruno (Fordham University) and Katherina Fostano (Fordham University), “Medieval New York: Immersive Digital Storytelling and the Global Middle Ages”

3:45 pm – 4:00 pm Coffee Break (Law School lobby - mezzanine level) 

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Closing Discussion (Costantino Room A)

Moderator:  George Hong, Chief Research Officer and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs (Fordham University)

Participants: Steven Franks; Nicolas Paul; Aseel Sawalha; and Sophie Mitra (Fordham University)

5:00 p.m. Closing Remarks:

George Hong, Chief Research Officer and Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs (Fordham University) 

The Conference organizing committee consists of Tihana Abiala, Steven Franks, George Hong, Sophie Mitra, Nicholas Paul, and Aseel Sawalha. The conference organizing committee is grateful for the considerable support received from the following colleagues: Su-Je Cho, Marc N. Conte, David Heston, Elizabeth Munnelly, Tripat Rihal, and Rafael Zapata.

For access questions, please contact Fordham University Office of Research at [email protected].

Fordham Reseach Day 2023 - Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Fordham Research Day Celebration 

March 22, 2023

Fordham School of Law

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – Award Ceremony

School of Law, Costantino A 

Introduction: Dr. George Hong, Chief Research Officer and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

Opening Remarks: Dr. Dennis Jacobs, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. – Presentations by the Awardees

School of Law, Costantino A 

Chair: Dr. Jonathan Crystal, Vice Provost

Distinguished Research Award in the Humanities 
Distinguished Research Award in Interdisciplinary Studies 
Distinguished Research Award for Junior Faculty 
Distinguished Research Award in the Sciences and Mathematics 
Distinguished Research Award in the Social Sciences

11:20 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Keynote Speech

School of Law, Costantino A 

Chair: Dr. Ron Jacobson, Associate Vice President, Office of the Provost

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jeannette Wing

Executive Vice President of Research and Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University, “Trustworthy AI”

CONCURRENT SESSION A: Meeting New Book Authors: Humanities – Costantino A – 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Chair: Dr. Ann Gaylin, Dean, Faculty of Arts & Sciences

Presenters:

1. Babette Babich (Philosophy). Günther Anders’ Philosophy of Technology: From Phenomenology to Critical Theory. London: Bloomsbury.  
2. Caitlyn Meehye Beach (Art History), Sculpture at the Ends of Slavery. Berkeley, California: University of California Press.
3. Silvana Patriarca (History). Race in Post-Fascist Italy: “War Children” and the Color of the Nation. Cambridge-New York: Cambridge University Press.

CONCURRENT SESSION B: Meeting New Book Authors: Interdisciplinary Studies – 

Costantino B – 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Chair: Dr. Sarah J. Wu, University Research Council Member and Professor of Operations Management Information, Technology, and Operations Area at Gabelli School of Business

Presenters: 

1. Anjali Dayal (Political Science). Incredible Commitments: How UN Peacekeeping Failures Shape Peace Processes. New York: Cambridge University Press.
2. Allie Kosterich (Gabelli School of Business). News Nerds: Institutional Change and Professional Journalists. Oxford University Press.
3. Tina Maschi (Graduate School of Social Services). Youdin, Robert. Social Worker as Researcher: Integrating Research with Advocacy. Boston, MA: Pearson Publishing.

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Lunch served for all attendees – Bateman Room

2023 Distinguished Research Awards

Distinguished Research Award in Humanities:

Asif Siddiqi, Ph.D. is the winner of the Distinguished Research Award in Humanities. He is a Professor of History in Arts & Sciences.

Distinguished Research Award in Interdisciplinary Studies:

Atinuke Adediran, J.D., Ph.D. is the winner of the Distinguished Research Award in Interdisciplinary Studies. She is an Associate Professor in the School of Law. 

Distinguished Research Award for Junior Faculty:

Juntao Chen, Ph.D. is the winner of the Distinguished Research Award for Junior Faculty. He is an Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science in Arts & Sciences.

Distinguished Research Award in the Science and Mathematics:

Ipsita Banerjee, Ph.D. is the winner of the Distinguished Research Award in the Science and Mathematics. She is the Chair and a Professor in the Chemistry Department in Arts & Sciences.

Distinguished Research Award in Social Sciences:

Hye Seung (Grace) Lee, Ph.D. is the winner of the Distinguished Research Award in Social Science. She is an Associate Professor of Accounting in the Gabelli School of Business.

The Office of Sponsored Programs will hold its next online workshop on October 11, 2022 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. See below for RSVP information.

Faculty Orientation to Research Funding
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Please register for this meeting and Zoom details will be included in a follow-up calendar invitation.

Agenda

• Welcome! George Hong introduces himself, the Office of Research (OR), Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) staff, and Institutional Giving (IG) staff
• Faculty Introductions
• Discussion of Office of Research Internal Funding Opportunities 
• Discussion of OSP Services
• Discussion of Institutional Giving
• Ask attendees about recent grants and problems they may have experienced in applying for and managing grants
• How can OR, OSP and IG help faculty obtain grants?
• Would faculty be interested in attending additional workshops? On what topics?
• Questions and comments

Fordham University’s Research Day Celebration
 
Organized by:
Office of the Provost
Office of Research
University Research Council 
Research Deans’ Council 

Monday, April 25, 2022
Fordham School of Law, 150 West 62nd Street, NYC

School of Law, Costantino Lobby 11:00 am-11:35 am

Keynote Speech School of Law, Costantino A

• Moderator: Dr. Donna Rapaccioli, Dean, Gabelli School of Business
• Introduction: Dr. Ron Jacobson, Associate Vice President, Office of the Provost
• Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, (Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University;
  President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and a Commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Development) The Role of Universities in Supporting Urban Sustainability
• Dr. Sachs will join this event online 11:35 am - 11:50 am - Award Ceremony School of Law, Costantino A
  • Introduction: Dr. George Hong, Chief Research Officer and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
  • Opening Remarks: Reverend Joseph McShane, S.J., President
  • Awards Presentation: Dr. Dennis Jacobs, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

11:50 am-12:10 pm - Presentations by the Awardees
Chair: Dr. Jonathan Crystal, Vice Provost

• Distinguished Research Award in the Humanities: Stephen Grimm, PhD 
• Distinguished Research Award in Interdisciplinary Studies: Ahir Gopaldas, PhD 
• Distinguished Research Award for Junior Faculty: Alesia Moldavan, PhD 
• Distinguished Research Award in the Sciences and Mathematics: Marija Kundakovic, PhD
• Distinguished Research Award in the Social Sciences: Tiffany Yip, PhD

CONCURRENT SESSION A:  

Meeting New Book Authors: Humanities – Costantino A
12:10 pm-1:00 pm 
Chair: Dr. Eva Badowska, Dean, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, and Associate Vice President, Arts & Sciences

Presenters:

1. Dr. Ayala Fader (Sociology and Anthropology), Hidden Heretics: Jewish Doubt in the Digital Age (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2020).
2. Dr. Christine Hinze (Theology), Radical Sufficiency: Work, Livelihood, and a U.S. Catholic Economic Ethic (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2021).
3. Dr. Daniel Soyer (History), ed., Left in the Center: The Liberal Party of New York and the Rise and Fall of American Social Democracy (Cornell University Press, 2021).

CONCURRENT SESSION B:

Meeting New Book Authors: Interdisciplinary Studies – Costantino B
12:10 pm - 1:00 pm
Chair: Dr. Yi Ding, Chair of University Research Council, Professor of Graduate School of Education

Presenters: 

1. Dr. Juntao Chen (Computer and Information Sciences), Zhu, Q., Baras, J., Poovendran, R., Chen, J., eds. Decision and Game Theory for Security (Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2020).
2. Dr. Gregory Donovan (Communication and Media Studies), Canaries in the Data Mine: Understanding the Proprietary Design of Youth Environments (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020).
3. Dr. Sarah Lockhart (Political Science), Money, J., Lockhart, S. P., eds. Introduction to International Migration: Population Movements in the 21st Century (New York: Routledge, 2021).
4. Dr. Tina Maschi (Social Service), Morgen, K. Aging behind Prison Walls: Studies of Trauma and Resilience (New York: Columbia University Press, 2020).

10:00 am - 3:00 pm - New Book Exhibition
School of Law, Costantino Lobby

December 4, 2019

Lowenstein Cafeteria Atrium, Lincoln Center Campus

Sponsored by: The Office of the Provost, The Office of Research, The University Research Council, The Research Deans’ Council, The Office of Sponsored Programs

Purposes:

The Fordham Office of Research has invited to this Intern/Job Fair six Fordham-Columbia, NYU, and IBM fellows, and four external grant awardees who are Fordham professors from Arts & Sciences, Education, Social Service and Business. The purpose is for these invited faculty members to showcase their research projects, to recruit students to join their research activities, and to provide a casual environment for initiating these professional relationships between faculty and students.

Agenda

Introduction: Tihana Abiala, Research Initiatives Officer, Office of Research

Welcome Remarks: Dr. Dennis Jacobs, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

1. Project Introduction by the Fordham-Columbia, NYU and IBM Fellows

1. Dr. Christopher Conway (Psychology), Columbia Fellow, “Forecasting Suicidal Behavior with Intensive Longitudinal Data”
2. Dr. Kimberly Hudson (GSSS), NYU Fellow, “APPROACH (Assessing Perceptions of Practice Roles, Orientations, and Change)”
3. Dr. Alesia Moldavan (GSE), NYU Fellow, “Ontological Possibilities for Aesthetic Practices in Mathematics Education”
4. Dr. Michael Pirson (Gabelli School of Business), Columbia Fellow, “Social Innovation, Laudato Si, Humanistic Management and Transformation of Business Education”
5. Dr. Sudip Vhaduri (Computer and Information Science), IBM Fellow, “SmartAutoCough: Smartphone-based Automatic Cough Detection in Noisy Environments”
6. Dr. Yijun Zhao (Computer and Information Science), NYU Fellow, “Apply deep learning techniques to detect and reduce motion artifacts in brain MRI images”

2. Project Introduction by the Principal Investigators (PIs)

1. Dr. Anita Batisti (Associate Dean; Director, Center for Educational Partnerships， Graduate School of Education), three city-wide Technical Assistance Centers, sponsored by the New York State Education Department.
2. Dr. Brendan Cahill (Department of English, IIHA), “Ireland at Fordham Lecture Series” sponsored by IRISH Aid.
3. Dr. Thaier Hayajeneh (Computer Science, Fordham College at Lincoln Center), “Cyber Scholarship Program (CySP) at Fordham University—Capacity Boiling” sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense
4. Dr. Monica Rivera Mindt (Psychology), “Study of Aging Latinas/os for Understanding Dementia HIV (SLUD HIV)” sponsored by National Institutes of Health-NIA.

3. Table Interview and Discussion between Faculty and Students

The International Symposium on Digital Scholarship is organized by Fordham University London Centre and Birkbeck, University of London
June 3-5, 2019

Learn more about the International Symposium on Digital Scholarship 2019.

If you have any questions, please contact Tihana Abiala at [email protected].

International Conference on Sustainable Cities 2018
Columbia-Fordham-NYU
May 1-2, 2018

Fordham University
Lincoln Center Campus, McNally Amphitheatre
113 West, 60th Street, New York, NY

Creating sustainable cities has become one of the most pressing issues facing the United States and the global community. As Dr. Steven Cohen, Executive Director of the Columbia Earth Institute, has noted, a sustainable city “uses resources as efficiently as possible, uses renewable resources as much as possible, recycles as much as possible and has the least possible impact on the natural environment.” There is a growing consensus, Dr. Cohen argues, that our cities must be “attractive, exciting, healthy and productive places to live, learn, develop, work and play.”

There is, however, far less consensus about how cities can most efficiently and effectively design and implement the architecture and systems to grow and prosper sustainably, as the world’s population urbanizes and the threats to urban areas increase. Rigorous research related to sustainable cities is thus more central than ever, and the questions scholars face are urgent: What is a sustainable city? What is the role of climate change in sustainable cities? And what is the future of the sustainable city—and how can we best get there?

In a unique collaboration to help answer these questions, three universities—Fordham, Columbia and NYU—in the world’s greatest city are organizing a two-day interdisciplinary International Conference on Sustainable Cities. The Conference will bring together leading scholars from a range of disciplines with policymakers, business leaders, and advocates to share insights and set a comprehensive research agenda for this vital subject.

Keynote Speakers:

• Dr. Steve Cohen, Executive Director of the Columbia Earth Institute
• Nestor Davidson, Albert A. Walsh Chair in Real Estate, Land Use and Property Law at the Fordham Law School
• Dr. Julia Lane, Professor of Public Service at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
• Shelley Poticha, Director, Urban Solutions, NRDC-Natural Resources Defense Council
• Jonathan F.P. Rose, Jonathan Rose Companies

Learn more about International Conference on Sustainable Cities.