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Faculty Achievements

Awards

  • Juntao Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Sciences, received a grant from the National Science Foundation to advance research on cyber-physical energy system's security and resilience.
  • On behalf of the American Educational Research Association, Leah Feuerstahler, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, has been chosen as an Outstanding Reviewer for 2021 for the Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics.
  • Sarah Grey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Spanish and Linguistics, and Language Program Director, was awarded the FCRH Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentor of the Year prize.
  • Stephen R. Grimm, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy, has been awarded a $300,000 grant, from the Teagle Foundation‘s “Knowledge for Freedom” initiative, to support a summer program in philosophy for high school students in the Bronx. He also received Fordham’s Distinguished Research Award in Humanities.
  • Robb Hernández, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English, was named a member of the newly created Scholarly Advisory Committee at The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino. The goal of the committee it to guide the museum on important matters and provide input on the museum’s comprehensive plan to preserve, document, display/interpret and promote knowledge of U.S. Latino history, art and culture.
  • Marija Kundakovic, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, received Fordham’s Distinguished Research Award in Science and Mathematics.
  • Father Bryan Massingale, Professor of Theological and Social Ethics, as well as the James and Nancy Buckman Chair in Applied Christian Ethics and Senior Fellow in Center for Ethics Education, received the Yves Congar Award for Theological Excellence from Barry University. He gave the Congar Lecture, titled, "A Spirituality of Racial Metanoia."
  • Michael C. McCarthy, S.J., former Vice President for Mission Integration and Planning and Associate Professor of Theology, has been named Dean of the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, effective July 1.
  • Elizabeth Penry, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History and Latin American and Latinx Studies, has been awarded a Franklin Research Grant from the American Philosophical Society. The grant will be used to support her new research project titled “The Italian Renaissance in Diaspora: Jesuit Education and Indigenous Modernities.” Her project reexamines early modern Jesuit education in the Viceroyalty of Peru. She also won the Best Book Prize from the Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, which recognized her first monograph, The People Are King: The Making of an Indigenous Andean Politics.
  • Joshua Schapiro, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in the Department of Theology, has been chosen to receive the 2022 Cura Personalis Award from Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business.
  • Stephen Hong Sohn, Ph.D., Professor of English and the Thomas F.X. and Theresa Mullarkey Chair in Literature, has been selected as a recipient of an Alpha Chi Omicron (AXO) Teaching Award for Outstanding Teaching in Upper Division English Courses. 
  • Cynthia Vich, Ph.D., Professor of Spanish, won 2nd prize in the category of Best Edited Collection by the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies for her recent co-edited book on Peruvian Cinema, Peruvian Cinema of the Twenty-First Century.
  • Tiffany Yip, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Psychology Department, received Fordham’s Distinguished Research Award in Social Sciences.

Books & Essays

  • Christine Firer Hinze, Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Department of Theology, published the book, Radical Sufficiency: Work, Livelihood, and a U.S. Catholic Economic Ethic, which offers transformative strategies and strategic policy directions for achieving the radical Christian goal of dignified work 
  • Karina Martin Hogan, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Ancient Judaism, and Harry Nasuti, Ph.D., Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, contributed to Jerome Biblical Commentary for the Twenty-First Century.
  • A 1993 book by Elizabeth Johnson, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor Emerita of Theology, has been translated into Spanish and published with a new Introduction covering the past thirty years: Mujeres, Tierra y Espíritu Creador: Claves para una espiritualidad de la creación. 
  • Guillermo Severiche, Ph.D., Lecturer of Spanish, published his first novel, El agua viene de noche.
  • Nicholas Tampio, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, published the essay, “Scepticism as a Way of Life.”
  • The College Theology Society annual volume for 2021, The Human in a Dehumanizing World: Reexamining Theological Anthropology and Its Implications, has been published with Cristina L. H. Traina, Ph.D., Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., Chair in Catholic Theology, contributing a paper entitled "'The Power of Anger and the Work of Love,' Revisited: Theological Anthropology, Ethics, and Emotion."

Presentations, Podcasts, Radio, & Television

  • Garrett Broad, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies, participated in the “Eat for the Planet” podcast to discuss a new vision of food tech justice.
  • Anjali Dayal, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of International Politics, was a guest on the NPR podcast “All Things Considered” twice - once to discuss what a UN vote shows about how the world views the war in Ukraine and another time to talk about how the U.S. plans to focus on Russia's war in Ukraine and rising food prices.
  • John Davenport, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy and Director of Peace & Justice Studies, appeared on NBC to discuss how President Biden warns on imminent attack on Ukraine. He and Olena Nikolayenko, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, were also guests on “Tough Times with Lou Young,” Episode #8, where they discussed long-ranging effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
  • George Demacopoulos, Ph.D., Professor of Theology and Fr. John Meyendorff & Patterson Family Chair of Orthodox Christian Studies, appeared on FOX News to discuss how Putin reportedly sees himself as the defender of Orthodox Christianity. He was a guest on the podcast “The Greek Current” to discuss the ‘Russian World’ ideology, the invasion of Ukraine, and the Orthodox Church.
  • Sarit Kattan Gribetz, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Theology, delivered the 2022 Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Jerusalem Lecture, titled "The Curious Case of Queen Helena of Adiabene in Jewish and Christian History," on in late March via Zoom.
  • Christina Greer, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science, appeared on NY1 Inside City Hall to discuss Mayor Adams holding multiple events after leaving quarantine and was a guest on the Mehdi Hasan Show on MSNBC to discuss overturning Roe v. Wade. 
  • Paul Levinson, Ph.D., Professor of Communications and Media Studies, interviewed Polish poet and musician (member of Trupa Trupa) Grzegorz Kwiatkowski about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and how music and poetry can play a role in the struggle for freedom.
  • Jason Munshi-South, Ph.D., Professor of Biological Sciences, participated in NPR's history podcast “Throughline” to discuss how rats became one of the planet's most successful mammalian colonizers. 
  • Olena Nikolayenko, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, was a guest on Fordham’s WFUV to discuss the crisis in Russia and Ukraine. She participated in Ukrainathon, a 24-hour marathon on topics related to Russia's invasion of Ukraine to raise funds for Ukrainian students and scholars, which was organized by PONARS Eurasia, The Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at The George Washington University, and George Washington University’s Petrach Program. She also participated in the international conference “Between the EU and Russia: Domains of Diversity and Contestation,” where she discussed gender outcomes of the Revolution of Dignity and Russia's war on Ukraine.
  • Aristotle Papanikolaou, Ph.D., Professor of Theology, Archbishop Demetrios Chair in Orthodox Theology and Culture, and Co-Director, Orthodox Christian Studies Center, was on KCBS Radio to discuss how Orthodox Christianity splinters as Russia ignores calls for Easter ceasefire in Ukraine.
  • John Seitz, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Theology, delivered a paper on March 28 entitled “‘He talks to me’: Exposure and Knowledge in Jesuit Sexual Abuse, or, The Power of Priesthood” at the symposium "Gender, Sex, and Power: Towards a History of Clergy Sex Abuse in the U.S. Catholic Church" sponsored by the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame. 

Published Articles & Quotes

  • Garrett Broad, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies, was mentioned in the Newsy article, “How Lab-Made Milk Could Change The Food Industry” and the Sentient Media article, “Does Veganism Really Make People Sick?”
  • Charles Camosy, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Theological and Social Ethics, was mentioned in The New York Times Op-Ed, “How the ‘Whole Life’ Movement Challenges the Politics of Left vs. Right.”
  • Andrew H. Clark, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, and Professor of French & Comparative Literature, and Matthew Weinshenker, Ph.D., Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, were quoted in the NY City Lens article, “Asian Men Get a Safe Space to Discuss the Roots of Sexism.”
  • Saul Cornell, Ph.D., Paul and Diane Guenther Chair in American History, wrote the New York Daily News Op-Ed, “Guns, Guns Everywhere: Last Week’s Subway Shooting was Horrifying. If the Supreme Court Creates a National Right to Carry, the Future Will be Worse.”  
  • John Davenport, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy and Director of Peace & Justice Studies, was quoted in the Reader’s Digest article, “What Is a No-Fly Zone? And How Would It Change the War in Ukraine?” He was also mentioned in the Religion News Service article, “Ukraine Offers a Middle Path Between Just War and Pacifism” and quoted in The New Republic article, “Donald Trump’s Dead Tweets.”
  • Anjali Dayal, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of International Politics, published the Foreign Policy article, “Russia’s Invasion Has Created Victims the World Recognizes.”
  • George Demacopoulos, Ph.D., Professor of Theology and Fr. John Meyendorff & Patterson Family Chair of Orthodox Christian Studies, was quoted in The New Yorker article, “The Long Holy War Behind Putin’s Political War in Ukraine” and published the Commonweal article, “The Orthodox Response to Putin’s Invasion.”
  • Christopher Dietrich, Ph.D., Associate Professor of the History Department and Director of American Studies, published the book review, “Harvesting” on Los Angeles Review of Books.
  • Christina Greer, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science, was quoted in the NBC article, “Hochul Honeymoon Is Over for Livid Albany Lawmakers,” The New York Times article, “Some of Eric Adams’s Hires Have Troubling Pasts. He’s Fine With That,” and another New York Times article, “Alvin Bragg Says He’s Not a Politician. Is That the Root of His Trouble?”
  • Boris Heersink, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Science, published the article, “Southern Republicans in Congress during the Pre-Reagan Era: An exploration,” in Party Politics. 
  • Christine Firer Hinze, Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Department of Theology, was quoted in the National Catholic Reporter article, “Cardinals, Theologians Gather to Plan How US Church Can Support Pope Francis.”
  • Beth Knobel, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, Department of Communication and Media Studies, and Director, Public Media MA Program, published the Op-Ed, “Keep Foreign Reporters in Russia Despite the Kremlin’s Crackdown” in the Los Angeles Times. 
  • Paul Levinson, Ph.D., Professor of Communications and Media Studies, was quoted in the Lifewire article, “Why Twitter Users Are Flocking to Mastodon.”
  • Monika McDermott, Professor of Political Science, Ph.D., was quoted in the Yahoo News article, “Republicans’ Midterms Pitch: Never Mind the Policy, Here’s the Culture War.”
  • Jason Munshi-South, Ph.D., Professor of Biological Sciences, was mentioned in the Knowable Magazine article, “Urban Evolution: How Species Adapt to Survive in Cities.”
  • Zein Murib, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, published The Washington Post article, “Laws Targeting Transgender Youths Lean on Myths about White Childhood Innocence. This Explains How.”
  • Nana Osei-Opare, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of African & Cold War History, published The Washington Post article, “Anti-Black racism is upending easy narratives about the exodus from Ukraine.”
  • Aristotle Papanikolaou, Ph.D., Professor of Theology, Archbishop Demetrios Chair in Orthodox Theology and Culture, and Co-Director, Orthodox Christian Studies Center, published the article, “Eastern Orthodoxy's Estrangement from Democracy After the End of Communism” in Church Life Journal, as well as the article, “A Christian Secularism or Fundamentalism as Anti-Pluralism?" in Orthodoxy and Fundamentalism.
  • Kathryn Reklis, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Theology, published The Christian Century article, “Robert Pattinson Gives Us the Batman We Need.”
  • Chris Rhomberg, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, was mentioned in the Fortune article, “Thousands of Etsy Sellers are Planning a Strike to Protest New Fee Increases,” and the ABC News article, “After Spate of Strikes, Big Raises for Kellogg Workers.” 
  • Giacomo Santangelo, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in Economics, was quoted in the ABC News article, “How Effective are Gas Tax Holidays at Helping Motorists' Wallets?” and the Forbes article, “Russia’s Move To Gold May Jolt Your Company.”
  • Asif Siddiqi, Ph.D., Professor of History, was mentioned in the Scientific American article, “Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Strains International Space Station Partnership,” in the Popular Science article, “Ukraine was About to Revive its Space Program. Then Russia Invaded,” and in the Nature article, “Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine is Redrawing the Geopolitics of Space.”
  • Kirsten Swinth, Ph.D., Professor of History and American Studies, was quoted in the Repro Rights NOW article, “Universal Daycare: Is it Something that Could Happen Now?”
  • Warren W. Tryon, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Psychology, published the Psychology Today article, “A 50-Plus-Year Perspective on Personality Theory.”