2022 Faculty Convocation Program - Office of The Provost

2022 Presidential Excellence Awards

New Full-Time Faculty

Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs

Felicia Arriaga
Assistant Professor

Ryan Coughlan
Associate Professor

Ashley Gaskew
Assistant Professor

Thomas Leavitt
Assistant Professor

Sherry Ryan
Marxe Dean and Professor

George and Mildred Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

Keisha Simone Allan
Assistant Professor
Department of Black and Latino Studies

Christine Abegail Ballesteros
Substitute Lecturer Doctoral Schedule
Department of Mathematics

Shoumik Bhattacharya
Substitute Lecturer
Department of English

Valerie Biwa
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication Studies

Christopher Campanioni
Substitute Lecturer Doctoral Schedule
Department of English

Deepshikha Chatterjee
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology

Joshua Dentz
Substitute Lecturer
Department of Mathematics

Angelo Dicuonzo
Lecturer Doctoral Schedule
Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature

Benjamin Gillespie
Lecturer Doctoral Schedule
Department of Communication Studies

Violet Gitman
Substitute Lecturer
Department of Psychology

Anna Godollei
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics

Claire Grandy
Assistant Professor
Department of English

Rasheed Hinds
Lecturer Doctoral Schedule
Department of English

Titcha Kedsri Ho
Lecturer
Department of English

Sabrina Kizzie
Lecturer Doctoral Schedule
Department of Communication Studies

Manpreet Kaur Kohli
Assistant Professor
Department of Natural Sciences

Karol Koziol
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics

Christian Lewis
Substitute Assistant Professor
Department of English

Carmen Maria Machado
Sidney Harman Visiting Professor
Department of Journalism and the Writing Professions

Alexander Manevitz
Assistant Professor
Department of History

Tiffany J. Millett
Chief College Laboratory Technician
Department of Natural Sciences

Gino Perrotte
Lecturer
Department of Communication Studies

Sam Pollard
Sidney Harman Visiting Professor
Department of Journalism and the Writing Professions

Anna Pun
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics

Baofu Qiao
Assistant Professor
Department of Natural Sciences

Melissa Rogers
Substitute Lecturer
Department of Mathematics

Heather Schultz Gittens
Lecturer
Department of Communication Studies

Kuhuk Sharma
Substitute Lecturer Doctoral Schedule
Department of Natural Sciences

Victor Sierra Matute
Assistant Professor
Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature

Evan Smith
Lecturer
Department of English

James Sundstrom
Lecturer Doctoral Schedule
Department of Mathematics

Andrea Lynne Taylor
Substitute Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology

Stephanie Vella
Assistant Professor
Department of English

Xiaonan Wang
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science

Yoori Yang
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication Studies

Zicklin School of Business

Ramah Al Balawi
Assistant Professor
Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and Statistics

Berhanu Alemayehu
Lecturer Doctoral Schedule
Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and Statistics

Mohammadreza Bolandnazar
Assistant Professor
Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance

Chengxin Cao
Assistant Professor
Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and Statistics

Arthur Chivvis
Lecturer Doctoral Schedule
Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management

Morris D. Didia
Substitute Lecturer
Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management

David Fung
Substitute Lecturer
Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management

Leonard Kostovetsky
Associate Professor
Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance

D. Edward Martin
Lecturer
Stan Ross Department of Accountancy

Roger McKechnie
Substitute Lecturer
Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management

Michael A. Meisler
Lecturer Doctoral Schedule
Stan Ross Department of Accountancy

Murray Mizrachi
Substitute Lecturer Doctoral Schedule
Allen G. Aaronson Department of Marketing and International Business

Ronyhel Peguero
Lecturer
Stan Ross Department of Accountancy

Michael Richter
Assistant Professor
Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance

Edgar A. Rodriguez-Vazquez
Assistant Professor
Stan Ross Department of Accountancy

Amitai Touval
Lecturer Doctoral Schedule
Allen G. Aaronson Department of Marketing and International Business

Arthur Troast
Lecturer
Stan Ross Department of Accountancy

Yun Wang
Assistant Professor
Allen G. Aaronson Department of Marketing and International Business

Diana Weng
Assistant Professor
Stan Ross Department of Accountancy

Sooin Yun
Assistant Professor
Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and Statistics

Qiuping Zhang
Lecturer Doctoral Schedule
Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance

Tenure and Promotion

Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs

Frank Heiland
Promotion to Professor

Judith Kafka
Promotion to Professor

Joselyn Muhleisen
Lecturer Doctoral Schedule
Granted Certificate of Continuous Employment

Alexis Perrotta
Lecturer Doctoral Schedule
Granted Certificate of Continuous Employment

Ideen Riahi
Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure

Ryan A. Smith
Promotion to Professor

George and Mildred Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

Glenn L. Albright
Promotion to Professor
Department of Psychology

Carla Bellamy
Promotion to Professor
Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Kamal Belmihoub
Lecturer Doctoral Schedule
Department of English
Granted Certificate of Continuous Employment

Tatiana Aloi Emmanouil
Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure
Department of Psychology

Vera Haller
Promotion to Professor
Department of Journalism and the Writing Professions

Laura Kolb
Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure
Department of English

Sean O’Toole
Promotion to Professor
Department of English

Ryan Ronan
Lecturer Doctoral Schedule
Department of Mathematics
Granted Certificate of Continuous Employment

Beth Seplow
Lecturer Doctoral Schedule
Department of Communication Studies
Granted Certificate of Continuous Employment

Myeika Steward
Promotion to Senior College Laboratory Technician
Department of Natural Sciences

Zhiqing Zhou
Promotion to Associate Professor with Early Tenure
Department of Psychology

Zicklin School of Business

Yuanfeng Cai
Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure
Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and Statistics

Guillaume Haeringer
Promotion to Professor
Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance

Aditya Jain
Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure
Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management

Nanda Kumar
Promotion to Professor
Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and Statistics

Ivan Montiel
Promotion to Professor with Early Tenure
Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management

Nizan Packin
Promotion to Professor
Department of Law

Judith Ryba
Lecturer
Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management
Granted Certificate of Continuous Employment

Karthik Sridhar
Assistant Professor with Tenure
Allen G. Aaronson Department of Marketing and International Business

Dexin Zhou
Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure
Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance

Independent Units

Jessica Wagner Webster
Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure
William and Anita Newman Library

Faculty Grants and Awards

Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs

Enrique Desmond Arias
Professor and Chair of Western Hemisphere Affairs
University of Arizona/Arizona Board of Regents

Nancy Aries
Professor
Volcker Alliance, Inc

Cristina Balboa
Associate Professor
Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Outreach (ARNOVA) Board

Deborah Balk
Professor
European Commission
National Science Foundation
NYC Panel on Climate Change, 4th Assessment, Co-Chair
NYS Climate Impacts Assessment, Society and Economy Working Group

Jessica Greene
Professor and Robert P. Luciano Chair of Health Care Policy
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Frank Heiland
Professor
National Institutes of Health

Sanders Korenman
Professor
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Panel on Evaluation and Improvements to the Supplemental Poverty Measure

Tiffany Lewis
Associate Professor
2021 Book of the Year Award, Argumentation and Forensics Division, National Communication Association
2022 Top Paper Award, Western States Communication Association in the Rhetoric, Culture, and Advocacy Division

Michael Seltzer
Distinguished Lecturer
NY Community Trust Fellowship Core
Robinhood Foundation

Robert C. Smith
Professor
Eastern Sociological Association, President
Rose Series Book Seminar and Grant, Russell Sage Foundation

George and Mildred Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

Stefan Bathe
Professor
Department of Natural Sciences
Department of Energy

Katherine Behar
Associate Professor
Department of Fine and Performing Arts
Santa Fe Art Institute, Labor Resident

Els de Graauw
Professor
Department of Political Science
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Editorial Board
Urban Affairs Review, Editorial Board

Krista Dobi
Assistant Professor
Department of Natural Sciences
National Institutes of Health

Johanna Fernández
Associate Professor
Department of History
American Book Award

Jamal Jalilian-Marian and Adrian Dumitru
Professors
Department of Natural Sciences
Department of Energy

Andrew Obus
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics
National Science Foundation

Jaihyun Park
Professor
Department of Psychology
National Science Foundation

Pablo M. Peixoto
Associate Professor
Department of Natural Sciences
National Institutes of Health

Erica Richardson
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Institute of Citizens and Scholars, Career Enhancement Fellowship

Rojo Robles Mejias
Assistant Professor
Department of Black and Latino Studies
Andrew Mellon Faculty Fellow

Adam Sheffer
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics
National Science Foundation

Pablo Soberón-Bravo
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
2021 Feliks Gross Award
National Science Foundation

Steven Swarbrick
Assistant Professor
Department of English
2022 Feliks Gross Award

Zicklin School of Business

Linda Allen
Professor and William F. Aldinger Chair in Banking and Finance
Journal of Credit Risk, Co-editor in Chief

Alexander Chinco
Assistant Professor
Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance
2022 Best Paper Award, Review of Asset Pricing Studies

Marc Edelman
Professor
Department of Law
2021 Abraham J. Briloff Prize in Ethics

Raquel Fich
Professor
Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and Statistics
European Journal of Information Systems, Senior Editor

Jack Clark Francis
Professor
Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance
Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Associate Editor

Mahima Hada
Associate Professor
Allen G. Aaronson Department of Marketing and International Business
Journal of Consumer Psychology, Editorial Review Board
Journal of Marketing, Editorial Review Board

Sonali Hazarika and Radhika Jain
Associate Professors
Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance (Hazarika)
Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and Statistics (Jain)
Northeastern University Center for Inclusive Computing Diagnostics

Richard Holowczak
Associate Professor
Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and Statistics
New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority

Debbie Kaminer
Professor
Department of Law
2021 Charles M. Hewitt Master Teacher Award, Academy of Legal Studies in Business

Romi Kher and Scott L. Newbert
Assistant Professor (Kher)
Professor and Lawrence N. Field Chair in Entrepreneurship (Newbert)
Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management
Best Social Entrepreneurship Paper Award, Academy of Management

Bohdan Kukharskyy
Assistant Professor
Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance
2021 CUNY Junior Faculty Research Award in Science and Engineering

Kannan Mohan
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Innovation and Professor
Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and Statistics
The Heckscher Foundation for Children

Lilac Nachum
Professor
Allen G. Aaronson Department of Marketing and International Business
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award

Scott L. Newbert
Professor and Lawrence N. Field Chair in Entrepreneurship
Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management
Blackstone Charitable Foundation

Lin Peng
Professor and Krell Chair of Finance
Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance
Best Paper Award, International Conference on Smart Finance
Financial Management, Associate Editor
Financial Management Association Survey and Synthesis Series, Editorial Board
Journal of Empirical Finance, Associate Editor
Keynes Fund for Applied Economics Research Award

Ana Valenzuela
Professor
Allen G. Aaronson Department of Marketing and International Business
International Journal of Research in Marketing, Editorial Review Board
Journal of International Marketing, Editorial Review Board

Milestone: 25 Years of Service

Milestone: 30 Years of Service

Milestone: 40 Years of Service

Milestone: 50 Years of Service

Retirements*

Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs

David S. Birdsell
Professor Emeritus

George and Mildred Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

Ruth Adler
Professor Emeritus
Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature

John Brenkman
Professor Emeritus
Department of English

Harold Brent
Professor Emeritus
Department of English

Olga Casanova-Burgess
Professor Emeritus
Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature

Gerard Dalgish
Professor Emeritus
Department of English

Michael Goodman
Professor Emeritus
Department of Communication Studies

Christopher Hallowell
Professor Emeritus
Department of Journalism and the Writing Professions

Arthur Lewin
Associate Professor
Department of Black and Latino Studies

David P. O’Brien
Professor Emeritus
Department of Psychology

Jana O’Keefe Bazzoni
Professor Emeritus
Department of Communication Studies

Alvany Rocha
Professor Emeritus
Department of Mathematics

Aldemaro Romero
Professor
Department of Natural Sciences

Zicklin School of Business

Ta-lung William Chien
Professor Emeritus
Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management

Eleonora Curlo
Associate Professor
Allen G. Aaronson Department of Marketing and International Business

Shulamith Gross
Professor Emeritus
Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and Statistics

Christopher Hessel
Professor Emeritus
Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance

Narendra Paul Loomba
Professor Emeritus
Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management

Steven H. Lustgarten
Professor Emeritus
Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance

Ameet Padnani
Lecturer
Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance

Peter Pepper
Lecturer
Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management

Hannah Rothstein
Professor Emeritus
Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management

Anthony Tinker
Professor Emeritus
Stan Ross Department of Accountancy

Donald Vredenburgh
Professor Emeritus
Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management

Independent Units

Louise Klusek
Associate Professor
William and Anita Newman Library

*Those who retired between August 2, 2021 and August 25, 2022

In Memoriam