Second Annual Cross-College Faculty Research Symposium Program

1. Chaoqun Deng, Zicklin School of Business, Assistant Professor, Information Systems and Statistics, “How Consumers Perceive Trustworthiness of Providers in Sharing Economy: Effects of Profile Photos and Customer Comments on Property Demand at Airbnb”
2. Babak Somekh, Zicklin, Lecturer, Economics and Finance, “Inside the NBA Bubble: How Black Players Performed Better Without Fans”
3. Betsy Yoon, Assistant Professor, Library, “Genealogy of Open”
4. Yanghui Liu, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, Assistant Professor, Mathematics, “How Rough is Volatility?”
5. Radhika Jain, Zicklin, Associate Professor, Information Systems and Statistics, “An Exploratory Investigation of Open-Source Software Business Model”
6. Liuren Wu, Zicklin, Distinguished Professor, Economics and Finance, “Option Pricing Bottom Up and Top Down”
7. Rebecca Spokony, Weissman, Associate Professor, Natural Sciences, “Metabolic Control of Developmental Timing and Adult Size”

1. Jean Gaffney, Weissman, Associate Professor, Natural Sciences, “Lighting up the Night: A Story of Bioluminescence”
2. Mark Rice, Weissman, Associate Professor, History, “Converging Paths: Road Construction and Social Change in Peru, 1920-1950”
3. Naomi Gardberg, Zicklin, Associate Professor, Management, “Corporate Corruption, Corporate Reputation, and Recovery”
4. Christopher Stults, Weissman, Assistant Professor, Psychology, “Development of an Intimate Partner Violence Intervention for Young Sexual Minority Men”
5. Ted Joyce, Zicklin, Professor, Economics and Finance, “The Impact of COVID-19 on Reproductive Choices in New York City”
6. Jessica Wagner-Webster, Associate Professor, Library “Archival Labor and Historical Memory”

“Artificial Intelligence as the Glue for Interdisciplinary Research”
Vasant Dhar, Professor of Technology, Operations, and Statistics, NYU Leonard N. Stern School of Business

1. Tanuka Ghoshal, Zicklin, Assistant Professor, Marketing and International Business, “Light is Attractive, but Dark is Competent: How Skin Tone Influences Human Brand Perceptions in India”
2. Bin Chen, Professor, Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, “What Matters the Most in Curbing Early COVID-19 Mortality? A Cross- Country Necessary Condition Analysis”
3. Yijun Zhou, Zicklin, Assistant Professor, Economics and Finance, “Artificial Intelligence and Debt Collection: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment”
4. Valerie Watnick, Zicklin, Professor, Law, “How Big Agriculture and Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (‘CAFOs’) are Primarily an Environmental Justice Issue: ESG and the Non-E’s and Ss of Factory Farming.”
5. Jennifer Caroccio Maldonado, Weissman, Assistant Professor, English, “Latinx Graphic Counter Histories”
6. Ecem Basak, Zicklin, Assistant Professor, Information Systems and Statistics, “Do the First- and Last-Mile Matter? Examining the Complementary and Substitution Effects of Bike-Sharing Platforms on Public Transit”

1. TJ Desch-Obi, Weissman, Associate Professor, History, “The Afro-Colombian Martial Arts of Grima”
2. Yao Shen, Zicklin, Assistant Professor, Economics and Finance, “ESG-linked Pay Around the World: Trends, Determinants, and Outcomes
3. Robin Root, Weissman, Professor, Sociology and Anthropology, “Pastors’ Aporia: Religion, Science, and HIV/AIDS in eSwatini”
4. Xi Dong, Zicklin, Assistant Professor, Economics and Finance, “Flows to International Mutual Funds: Old Money vs. New Money”
5. Gail Levin, Weissman, Distinguished Professor, Fine and Performing Arts, “Proving Theft from the Edward Hopper Estate: Discovering New Evidence”
6. Sankar Sen, Zicklin, Professor, Marketing and International Business, “The Rhetoric of Marketplace Morality: A Consumer Perspective”
7. Donna Gitter, Zicklin, Professor, Law, “Achieving Genetic Data Privacy Through Enforcement of Property Rights”