Faculty and staff awards, honors and appointments

Congratulations to the following faculty and staff members for their notable awards, honors, appointments and promotions:

DANA ARTHUR (Communication Disorders) has been hired as Lecturer.

LYNN BATCHELDER (Art) has been hired as Lecturer.

LISA BAUER (Psychology) has been hired as Lecturer.

ANTHONY BRUNO (Custodial) has been hired as Cleaner.

ROSANNA BRUNO (Custodial) has been promoted to Janitor.

MICHAEL CAMARGO (Psychology) has been hired as Lecturer.

MIN CHEN (Computer Science) has been hired as Assistant Professor.

TYRELL CONNOR (Sociology) has been hired as Assistant Professor.

REENA DEPAOLO (School of Science & Engineering) has been promoted to Program Director for CSTEP and AMP.

DANIEL FREEDMAN (Dean, School of Science & Engineering) has received a $16,000 grant from the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering for his project titled, “Molecular Organometallic Resists for EUV Year 3- Modification #1.”

ADOLFO GARCIA (Communication) has been hired as Assistant Professor.

MARIA MONTSERRAT GIMENO (Music) has been promoted to Associate Professor.

JULIE GORLEWSKI (Secondary Education) has been promoted to Associate Professor.

JAMES HALPERN (Director, Institute of Disaster Mental Health) has received a $25,000 grant from the New York State Office of Mental Health for his project titled, “Disaster Mental Health Training Curriculum Revision.”

JOSH HANLEY (Custodial) has been hired as Cleaner.

JONG-KYUM KIM (School of Business) has been hired as Lecturer.

JOSHUA KORENBLAT (Art) has been hired as Assistant Professor.

ERIN KOWALSKI (Admission) has been hired as Freshman Admission Advisor.

HEATHER LAI (Electrical and Computer Engineering) has been hired as Assistant Professor.

CHANTAL LAROSE (School of Business) has been hired as Assistant Professor.

ANGELA LEBBON (School of Business) has been hired as Assistant Professor.

SANG-YOUN LEE (School of Business) has been hired as Assistant Professor.

MARITZA LEWIS has been transferred from EOP to the School of Business, where her title will be Secretary 1.

KATHLEEN LORD (Elementary Education) has been promoted to Associate Professor.

PABLO MARTINEZ (Custodial) has been hired as Cleaner.

JAMES MINAS (School of Business) has been hired as Assistant Professor.

SCOTT MINKOFF (Political Science) has been hired as Assistant Professor.

ANDREA NOEL (Elementary Education) has been promoted to Professor.

JUSTIN PFEFFERLE (English) has been hired as Visiting Assistant Professor.

VANESSA PLUMLY (Languages, Literatures & Cultures) has been hired as Lecturer.

SARAH ROWLEY (History) has been hired as Visiting Assistant Professor.

LARA SANTORO (Languages, Literatures & Cultures) has been hired as Lecturer.

ELIZABETH SHUIPIS has been transferred from Records and Registration to the Division of Academic Affairs/Office of the Provost, where her title will be Senior Staff Assistant for Academic Programs and Communication.

BRUCE SILLNER (Dean, Center for International Programs) has joined the Forum of Education Abroad Board of Directors. The Forum of Education Abroad is a non-profit membership association recognized by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission as the Standards Development Organization (SDO) for the field of education abroad.

MEGAN SPERRY (Digital Media & Journalism) has been hired as Lecturer.

DIMITRY TETIN (Art) has been hired as Assistant Professor.

CHIH-YANG TSAI (School of Business) has been promoted to Professor.

ALEXANDER TULCHINSKY (Biology) has been hired as Lecturer.

ROBERTO VELEZ-VELEZ (Sociology) has been promoted to Associate Professor.

BRIA WALKER (Theatre Arts) has been hired as Assistant Professor.

ROBERT WALLNER (Custodial) has been hired as Cleaner.

LESLEY WAMSLEY (Art) has been hired as Lecturer.

JENNIFER WAWRZONEK has been transferred from Transfer Admissions to Records and Registration, where her title will be Assistant Registrar.

JI YU (School of Business) has been hired as Assistant Professor.

RUSSELL ZWANKA (School of Business) has been hired as Lecturer.