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Faculty Scholarship Symposium Series<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The Provost\u2019s Office and Faculty Assembly invite our community to participate in and attend a symposium series highlighting faculty scholarship, in all its forms\u2014research, policy, creative activity, etc.\u00a0 The purpose of this series is to highlight our community\u2019s value of and commitment to faculty scholarship. The symposium series will provide a platform for faculty members to present their current research projects, creative works, findings, methodologies, and impact to their peers and others across the college.<\/p>\n

2026-2027 Events<\/strong><\/p>\n

All presentations will be held on Wednesdays from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in presenting, please email your request to the Provost at provost@ramapo.edu<\/a> and Professor Ellsworth, FA President at jellswor@ramapo.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>September 30, 2026 - Sabbatical Showcase (25-26)<\/div>
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Location<\/strong>: Student Center (Alumni Lounges) 156<\/p>\n

Theme\/Prompt<\/strong>: Sabbatical Showcase (25-26)<\/p>\n

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  1. Eric Daffron, Professor of Literature<\/li>\n
  2. Zach Layton, Associate Professor of Music<\/li>\n
  3. Jeremy Teigen, Professor of Political Science<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
    <\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>October 28, 2026 - canceled<\/div>
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    The October event is canceled; see you in the spring!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

    <\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>February 17, 2027<\/div>
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    Location: TBD<\/p>\n

    Theme\/Prompt: TBD<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

    <\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>March 24, 2027<\/div>
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    Location: TBD<\/p>\n

    Theme\/Prompt: TBD<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

    <\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>October 29, 2025 - Sabbatical Showcase (2024-2025)<\/div>
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    Location:\u00a0 Padovano Commons<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Theme\/Prompt:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

    A core value of °®ÒºAƬ is the pursuit of knowledge through research, scholarship, and creative endeavors. Faculty sabbaticals provide essential time for deep intellectual engagement, allowing scholars and creative artists to advance their fields, develop new pedagogical approaches, and contribute meaningfully to their disciplines.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Our faculty symposium for October will be a \u201cSabbatical Showcase\u201d, highlighting sabbatical projects from the 2024-25 Academic Year. By sharing and celebrating the diverse and impactful work of these faculty, we hope that this symposium will reaffirm our commitment to inquiry and the essential role of sabbaticals in fostering scholarly and creative excellence.<\/p>\n

    Schedule of Talks:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Sabbatical Episode I: A New Hope for Traditional Teaching – <\/em>slides<\/a><\/p>\n

    Professor Tim Haase (ASB)<\/p>\n

    Just like Sarah Connor warned us about Skynet, we should be skeptical about letting technology replace human interaction in the classroom. During my sabbatical, I completed a research project examining whether virtual learning could actually substitute for traditional classroom instruction in business statistics – spoiler alert: it doesn\u2019t. Using data from six course sections across three semesters (2021-2022), I analyzed how virtual versus in-person attendance and absenteeism affected student performance. My first study found that students attending virtually scored significantly lower on exams, with excessive absences reducing homework performance by 26% and creating compounding negative effects for virtual attendees. The second study used probit modeling on item-level analysis, pairing individual student attendance to specific exam questions and assignments directly reflecting those class sessions\u2019 learning objectives, and found that virtual attendance reduced the probability of answering questions correctly by 6.7-7.5 percentage points, while consistent in-person attendance improved homework performance by 12.6 percentage points, which then boosted exam success by another 23.6 percentage points. The bottom line is that physical classrooms and face-to-face instruction remain essential for student success in quantitative courses – the resistance against the technological revolution (replacement?) in education lives on.<\/p>\n

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    Implications of China\u2019s State-Driven Industrial Planning: International Crises, Techno-nationalism, and Grand Strategies –\u00a0<\/em>slides<\/a><\/p>\n

    Professor Dean Chen (HGS)<\/p>\n

    Since the early twentieth century, international contingencies have served as the systemic catalysts that motivated the Chinese statist industrial planning and aspirations in scientific and technological (S&T) advancement. The preliminary study here compares two pivotal junctures of imminent external shocks confronting China: (1) the 1930s Nationalist era as Chiang Kai-shek prepared for military struggles of WWII; and (2) Xi Jinping\u2019s techno-security programs in recent years amidst heightening great-power competition. Though these structural challenges are vastly different, they are determinative of China\u2019s geoeconomic and strategic interests as well as relations with the United States. Primary archival sources, including the diaries and speeches of Chiang Kai-shek (as deposited in the collection of Taiwan\u2019s Academia Historica), are utilized and analyzed to support the comparative case studies in this work.<\/p>\n

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    Reimagining Addressing Drug Use By Centering People In The Context Of Structures –\u00a0<\/em>slides<\/a><\/p>\n

    Professor Stephanie Sarabia (SSHS)<\/p>\n

    This presentation offers a critical examination of our current approach to addressing drug use from a social justice lens, and proposes adopting a humanistic, pragmatic, and evidence-informed approach. A reconsideration of societal perceptions and policies is presented that includes advocating for decriminalization and a public health approach that includes harm reduction strategies and equitable access to treatment. It underscores the importance of data to inform practice and policy decisions, addressing structural factors that contribute to the complexity of drug use risk. The overarching approach to the presentation is a person in environment stance recalibrating the balance between individual responsibility and society\u2019s responsibility to its people, wherein centering the intertwined social work priorities of ethical and socially just social work macro practice.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

    <\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>December 3, 2025 - New Faculty Research Showcase<\/div>
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    Location:\u00a0 Padovano Commons<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Theme\/Prompt:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>New Faculty Research Showcase<\/p>\n

    Fake Estates LLC: New Media Arts and Property Rights<\/em><\/p>\n

    Professor Brian McSherry (CA) – slides<\/a><\/p>\n

    Fake Estates LLC is an ongoing web design performance parody of the real estate market that sells non-fungible tokens (NFT) including GPS-located augmented reality (AR) experiences. These purchasable and scarce AR experiences are attached to private property, public monuments, and privately owned public spaces (POPS).<\/p>\n

    One of the main goals of Fake Estates LLC is to utilize new media arts, which in this case are NFTs, AR, and legal writings as new media in order to comment on and critique physical structures. By utilizing NFTs, AR, and legal writings as an art tool that attaches and mixes with real property we are hoping to present the following inquiries, and possible solutions.<\/p>\n

    Will GPS-located digital art and augmented reality be considered works of art under the Visual Arts Rights Act (VARA)? Is the work installed without permission, and if not\u2026 does it matter? Is the work removable? Are NFTs and Smart Contracts valid forms of editions? How will the courts and legislatures confront visible\/invisible works of art & design? Does the new augmented reality work distort, mutilate, or modify the originally fixed spaces?<\/p>\n

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    The Neuroethology of Avian Brood Parasitism<\/em><\/p>\n

    Professor Kathleen Lynch (SSHS) – slides<\/a><\/p>\n

    Avian brood parasites do not build their own nests, incubate their own eggs, or provision their own young. Instead, they put their eggs in the nest of another species so that a host parent will raise their young for them. While other bird species are busy with the work of raising offspring, the brood parasite continues reproducing so that they have at least a 10-fold higher increase in annual fecundity compared to other bird species. Thus, brood parasites tradeoff parental care for increased reproductive output. My research uses the comparative approach to examine this and other neurobiological adaptations that evolved to make the brood parasitic strategy a successful one. I will discuss how studies that use a comparative framework can help identify whether the brain serves as a major target for evolution, which in turn, results in major behavioral shifts that ultimately lead to the appearance of novel and unique behaviors such as avian brood parasitism.<\/p>\n

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    What is AI?<\/em><\/p>\n

    Professor Zachary Peck (HGS) – slides<\/a><\/p>\n

    Over the past few years, \u201cAI\u201d has rapidly become a ubiquitous term, yet its meaning remains surprisingly unsettled. Although the acronym stands for artificial intelligence, it can denote a technical artifact, a research field, an industry, or even a quasi-agentive interlocutor. More recently, the term is often used in a way that only refers to a specific subfield of artificial intelligence, namely generative AI. In this talk, I examine how the concept of AI has evolved, how current usage reflects shifting technological and social practices, and how we ought to understand the term moving forward. My aim is to offer both a conceptual map of AI and to show how AI connects the three sub-disciplines of philosophy with which my research engages, namely social ontology, ethics of technology, and the philosophy of science.<\/p>\n

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    <\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>February 18, 2026 - Canceled<\/div>
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    Canceled<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

    <\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>April 1, 2026 - Open Session\/Contributed Talks<\/div>
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    Location:\u00a0 Padovano Commons<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Theme\/Prompt: Open Session\/Contributed Talks<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Schedule of Talks:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \u201cPage to Stage\u201d Costume Design Process – <\/em>slides<\/a><\/p>\n

    Professor Austin Blake Conlee (CA)<\/p>\n

    In both theatre and film, the costume design process involves a variety of different methods of preparation, planning, and collaboration. These include dramaturgical analysis of the script, curating research images of historical clothing, developing costume renderings and technical drawings of the garments, swatching fabric samples and sourcing materials, coordinating with drapers, tailors, and other costume technicians to create the garments, fitting the pieces on individual performers, and editing the overall design through technical rehearsals and preview performances. In this presentation, we will focus on the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey\u2019s 2025 production of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.<\/p>\n

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    Can We Predict Which Students Won\u2019t Show Up? A Data Science Approach to College Enrollment – <\/em>slides<\/a><\/p>\n

    Professor Osei Tweneboah (TAS)<\/p>\n

    This talk explores how data science can address the \u201csummer melt\u201d problem in higher education, which involves students who commit to enroll but ultimately do not show up. Using real admissions data, we apply machine learning techniques to identify students at risk of not enrolling. The focus of the presentation is not on technical modeling but on how data-driven insights can support institutional decision-making, improve student engagement, and boost enrollment outcomes. This work shows how applied data science can move beyond theory to solve real-world challenges in education and improve results for both institutions and students.<\/p>\n

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    Let’s Go to the Board! Active Learning in the In-Person (Philosophy) Classroom – <\/em>slides<\/a><\/p>\n

    Professor Lisa Cassidy (HGS)<\/p>\n

    This talk is based on a recently published paper in which I argue that a post-pandemic return to in-person undergraduate philosophy instruction is an opportunity to have students engage in active learning by taking advantage of the physical classroom space. I recommend having students go to the chalkboard or dry erase board to write and draw together. While this is a decidedly retro active learning activity, going to the board is actually well-suited to the post-pandemic philosophy classroom. The paper outlines pedagogical support for having students go to the board and includes ten suggestions for board activities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

    2024-2025 Events<\/strong><\/p>\n

    <\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>October 30, 2024 - Undergraduate Research: Success Stories and Lessons Learned<\/div>
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    Location:\u00a0 Trustees Pavilion<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Undergraduate research is a high impact practice that is central to °®ÒºAƬ\u2019s academic mission. Many faculty are intrigued by the idea but unsure of how to get started, due to issues such as how to develop good projects, identify candidates and build teams, and break students out of the more predictable classroom learning mindset.<\/em><\/p>\n

    For this session, we invite faculty members who have had success in working with undergraduates to present their research and to share a little bit about their experiences and approach to involving undergraduates in their project. The goals of this session include: learning about each other\u2019s research, celebrating successes, and sharing practical lessons learned and helpful recommendations for others who may be interested in engaging undergraduates in their own research projects.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Schedule of Talks:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Faculty Student Research on Intervention Modalities, Preferences and Access Patterns of Support Services by Generation Z Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence<\/em><\/p>\n

    Professor Satarupa Dasgupta (CA) – Slides<\/a><\/p>\n

    My students – many of whom are first generation College students and often face intersectional barriers to academic success – are generally delighted to discover the importance of research in academics, career development and daily life. An ongoing faculty-student research project, that I have been conducting with multiple students, explores preferences and patterns of access of support services by Generation Z survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). The project investigates intervention modalities based on digitally mediated communication strategies to understand optimal IPV response and mitigation strategies for providing support to young adults over time. It is explored how technology-based IPV intervention tools including safety apps can offer risk and danger assessment and referral to trusted care, and can be tailored to mitigate user burden and maximize safety among Generation Z survivors. The project also looks at the gaps in support for LGBTQ+ survivors of IPV in traditional violence mitigation services. Offering accessible and appropriate services, and incorporating an understanding of barriers to help-seeking among different demographics of Generation Z survivors, are shown to be essential for improving support services among this population.<\/p>\n

    Investigating the Aroma-Producing Genetics of Brewing Yeast: A Productive Collaboration Between Beer and Undergraduates<\/em><\/p>\n

    Professor Joost Monen (TAS) – Slides<\/a><\/p>\n

    Undergraduate research experiences are transformative, empowering students in their respective journeys as they are tasked to problem-solve, think critically, collaborate, communicate, and become independent learners. There is no substitute for the learning gains and growth that take place in the research lab, and I have come to recognize the research space as my most effective teaching grounds.<\/p>\n

    A current research project, and the undergraduate collaboration that will be the focus of the scholarly piece of my talk, looks into the role that yeast genetics play in the production of aromatic compounds during fermentation, giving nuanced flavor to beer. Specifically, we are looking into the production of isoamyl acetate, a desirable banana-like note and a staple of a good hefeweizen. To investigate the genetic underpinnings for isoamyl acetate production, we examined twelve commercial brewing strains ranging in their ability to produce this aromatic ester, and tested the expression of three genes involved in its production (ATF1, ATF2, and IAH1), using quantitative PCR. The results of our study indicate that isoamyl acetate production is not determined by the expression of one single gene alone, but rather the ratio of ATF1+ATF2:IAH1 expression, which strongly correlates with higher levels of isoamyl acetate. These findings have laid the foundation for ongoing studies as we aim to increase isoamyl acetate production using CRISPR-Cas9 genome-editing to alter gene expression.<\/p>\n

    Sustainable Threads Research Collective <\/em><\/p>\n

    Professors Rick Nunez, Fariba Nosrati, and Desi Budeva (ASB) – Slides<\/a><\/p>\n

    The Sustainable Threads Research Collective brings together faculty experts from Marketing, Management, and Information Technology Management to investigate sustainability and its integration into experiential learning for future managers. Our inaugural project employed a mixed-methods approach to examine college students’ perspectives on government interventions aimed at enhancing sustainability in the fashion industry.<\/p>\n

    Our findings revealed that Gen-Z consumers favor a multifaceted strategy to drive sustainable changes in the fashion industry. Importantly, our research highlighted the need to consider diverse priorities when implementing sustainability measures in the fashion sector.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

    <\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>December 4, 2024 - Enhancing Research Through Community-Engaged Scholarship<\/div>
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    Location: Alumni Lounges (SC-158)<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Theme\/Prompt:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Community-engaged scholarship involves partnering with groups or communities \u2013 who are the focus of study or affected by the study \u2013 in a research project or creative activity. Meaningful partnering with community members can lead to the formation of more impactful research questions, incorporating innovative methodologies, and leading to outcomes that hold more meaning for communities and may yield immediate real-world impact. Engaged external partnerships may also provide access to data, resources, expertise, and equipment that would not otherwise be available to scholars. It is important to note that there may be many ways to engage community members in scholarship and creative activity.<\/em><\/p>\n

    For this symposium, we invite faculty who have had success in forming external partnerships in their own scholarly and creative work to discuss both the projects they have worked on as well as the approach that they took to forming and capitalizing on those partnerships. Talks will be followed by a panel discussion with the speakers.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    Schedule of Talks:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Action Research: Going from Pilot to Scale with Community-Based Organizations<\/i><\/p>\n

    Professor Michael Bitz (SSHS)<\/p>\n

    The foundation of educational reform and progress is based upon action research: testing, adjusting, and retesting new concepts and methods in the field. As with any other method of research, action research requires a rigorous methodology to determine whether the actions led to the intended impact. This presentation explores the methodology of action research in the context of the Comic Book Project (CBP), where youths design and publish original comic books as a pathway to academic growth, social understanding, and community development. By partnering with community-based organizations around the world, CBP went from a small local pilot to a large-scale international project with multiple independent assessments, demonstrating the efficacy of not only the model but also the methodology. The presentation highlights the process of going from pilot to scale with action research, using CBP as a model, with a focus on lessons learned to help others interested in pursuing action research.<\/p>\n

    Undergraduate Research in Applied Math Using Industry-Supplied Problems<\/i><\/p>\n

    Professor Debbie Yuster (TAS)<\/p>\n

    Many students would love to apply the math they learn to problems in the real world. The PIC Math program (Preparation for Industrial Careers in Mathematical Sciences) aims to educate and prepare STEM majors for industrial careers using their quantitative skills. With funding and faculty training from PIC Math, I ran an upper-division math elective course in 2017.\u00a0 Students were divided into groups, each of which researched a problem of interest to a partner company, using math and computer programming.<\/p>\n

    The projects came from:<\/p>\n

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    • A shipping company, who asked students to create a model that estimates their ships\u2019 toxic emissions<\/li>\n
    • A financial company that must check account holder names against a terrorist watch list, who asked students to evaluate the performance of their name-matching algorithm<\/li>\n
    • A digital forensics company, who asked students to analyze a method used to avoid computer network congestion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      In this talk, I will discuss the projects in more detail, as well as the logistics of finding partner companies and projects, and running the course.<\/p>\n

      Animating Public Acts of Care: FOOD STORE(Y)<\/i><\/p>\n

      Professor Ann LePore (CA)<\/p>\n

      What is an artist\u2019s responsibility when trouble surfaces? How can a visual practitioner use their skills and partner with organizations to address fear, isolation and division?<\/p>\n

      This talk provides an intimate look into the planning, execution and results of a multi-year project called FOOD STORE(Y). FOOD STORE(Y) is a series of performance actions that generate animated gestures and an archive of stories, each resulting from a meal with a stranger. In this project, I document feeding a stranger at my table in exchange for recording their story, which I then condense into an animation of just a few, intimate gestures, to be exhibited publicly.<\/p>\n

      I spent over a year working with Artist Residency In Motherhood and the NYC Parks Department to perform public acts of care for anyone who wanted something to eat and someone to listen to them. The stories shared with me were beautiful, sad, funny and exciting. The people who told them used their bodies and expressions to communicate the intensity, actions and emotions of their experiences in a way which was truly mutually intelligible.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

      <\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>February 19, 2025 - Sabbatical Scholarship and Creative Activity Projects<\/div>
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      Location:\u00a0 Padovano Commons<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Theme\/Prompt:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      A core value of °®ÒºAƬ is the pursuit of knowledge through research, scholarship, and creative endeavors. Faculty sabbaticals provide essential time for deep intellectual engagement, allowing scholars and creative artists to advance their fields, develop new pedagogical approaches, and contribute meaningfully to their disciplines. Our faculty symposium for February will focus on faculty sabbatical scholarly projects. The symposium celebrates and showcases this work by providing a platform for faculty to share their research, creative projects, and innovations with colleagues and the broader campus community.<\/p>\n

      The symposium will feature faculty who have recently completed sabbatical projects presenting their work and reflections, including:<\/p>\n

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      • Research findings in disciplinary and interdisciplinary fields<\/li>\n
      • Creative projects, performances, or artistic works<\/li>\n
      • Pedagogical innovations informed by sabbatical scholarship<\/li>\n
      • Community-engaged research or applied scholarship<\/li>\n
      • Strategies for planning sabbatical and using the time well<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        By showcasing the diverse and impactful work of our faculty, we hope this symposium will reaffirm our commitment to inquiry and the essential role of sabbaticals in fostering scholarly and creative excellence.<\/p>\n

        Schedule of Talks:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

        My Sabbatical Journey in Pictures<\/em><\/p>\n

        Professor Elvira Kati\u0107 (SSHS)<\/p>\n

        During my sabbatical, I analyzed data from a 15-year case study on teacher images drawn by students. I designed this semiotic study to better understand how my students viewed the teaching profession, as well as their \u201cteacher\u201d and\/or \u201cteaching profession\u201d ideologies. I hoped that this study could be an important part of understanding my students\u2019 beliefs and values about the teaching profession, professional identity development, and career choices. My primary data was comprised of images, since text, both spoken and written, is regularly manipulated to achieve particular ends. Image data (especially hand-drawn by non-artists) is less \u201cprocessed\u201d and yields surprising, visceral messages. I used a mixed methods approach (quantitative and qualitative) to triangulate and validate my analyses of 852 visual images and just as many reflective textual responses, textual collaborative group responses, and stimulated-recall interview data.<\/p>\n

        Doing Well by Being Well: Leader Development as the Pursuit of Well-being<\/em><\/p>\n

        Professor Sridevi Shivarajan (ASB)<\/p>\n

        The primary focus of my recent sabbatical was on building the theoretical foundation for a well-being-based leader development model, which I now use to teach my MBA leadership class. Although leader development is personal and sensitive to individual differences, it is usually taught in business schools using a cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all model. The well-being-based model, on the other hand, is personal yet universal. It views leader development as the pursuit of happiness<\/em>. Happiness is defined as the maximization of one\u2019s potential, using the concept of psychological well-being (PWB), which in turn is based on Aristotle\u2019s views of a good life. The well-being-based leader development model illustrates how pursuing the six dimensions of PWB is also associated with leader development. This leader development model adopts justice as its guiding virtue, thus giving it a sound moral foundation.<\/p>\n

        \u201cHere We Stand,\u201d a Musical Piece for 2 Rappers\/Vocalists and Orchestra<\/em><\/p>\n

        Professor Gilad Cohen (CA)<\/p>\n

        My Spring 2023 sabbatical allowed me to start working on a large-scale musical piece for rappers and orchestra, which became “Here We Stand,” a 25-minute composition inspired by Paul Robeson. The first phase included finding a collaborator (lyricist\/rapper), identifying a lyrical and musical concept for the piece, and applying to grants and ensembles in order to secure additional funding and a future premiere for the piece. Once my collaborator, New York-based lyricist\/rapper\/composer Ronve O’Daniel came on board and suggested a concept, we developed initial ideas and started creating lyrical and musical sketches while learning about each other and our creative process. The one-term sabbatical served as a seed for further work that has continued since, and the piece is now coming into fruition in a World Premiere in New York in June 2025 as well as a Schomburg Fellowship residency at °®ÒºAƬ.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

        <\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>April 2, 2025 - Faculty Scholarship Focused on Creating a More Sustainable Future<\/div>
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        Location:\u00a0 Padovano Commons<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Our faculty symposium series provides the opportunity for colleagues across campus and disciplines to share their research, creative work, and initiatives addressing key issues in their field and in the community. For our April symposium, a panel of faculty will explore their efforts to contribute to a more sustainable future.\u00a0 We hope you’ll join us to engage with their innovative ideas and actions as well as to consider further discussion and collaboration.<\/p>\n

        Schedule of Talks:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Laboring in Tropical Heat: Colonial Climatic Imaginaries, Thermal Inequality, and the Farmers\u2019 Movement in India<\/em><\/p>\n

        Professor Sanghamitra Padhy<\/p>\n

        Heat on the planet has reached record-breaking levels, exceeding the thermal thresholds within which humans can safely adapt and function. In many parts of India, summer temperatures have risen above 104\u00b0F, with little diurnal variation, creating extremely dangerous conditions for outdoor laborers and communities without access to cooling. As Bharat Venkat (2023) argues, heat is not experienced uniformly: farm workers, in particular, endure extreme heat and humidity without legal protections such as access to shade, water breaks, or wage security\u2014protections that ought to be recognized as fundamental human rights. Unlike hurricanes or cyclones, which are spectacular and visibly destructive, heat waves arrive invisibly and are, therefore, often illegible and considered difficult to regulate (Goodell 2023).<\/p>\n

        Drawing on the thirteen-month-long Indian farmers\u2019 movement and an analysis of two prominent grassroots publications (Trolley Times and the People’s Archive of Rural India), alongside colonial records, I examine how the embodied experiences of heat among farm laborers are rendered illegible by the state, and how farmers are made disposable in the pursuit of neoliberal agricultural policies. Building on James Scott\u2019s framework of legibility and illegibility, I explore the farmers’ movement in India to trace the entanglement of climate and agrarian crisis, as well as the modes of resistance that challenge climatic injustice. Thermal inequality, I argue, is not a new phenomenon – it is historically rooted in colonial climatic imaginaries that portrayed native bodies as biologically acclimatized to heat and the tropics as \u201cdangerous spaces\u201d riddled with heat, humidity, and disease. Yet colonial accounts reveal that the British were deeply anxious about heat. European discomfort in tropical climates was hyper-visible – in sartorial choices, specific foods believed to ward off heat, epidemiological ideas about heat, and the stationing of officials at hill stations, among other practices \u2014 while native exposure was normalized and invisibilized. These racialized climatic imaginaries justified the use of native labor for economic and military interests while erasing imperial responsibility for the production of agrarian crises, which persists in neoliberal contexts as well.<\/p>\n

        An Interdisciplinary Approach to Environmental Project Design and Permitting<\/em><\/p>\n

        Professor Timothy Judge<\/p>\n

        Projects that require governmental approval at the federal, state and local levels require an interdisciplinary approach to conceptual design, permitting and execution. Successful projects require the application of ecological sciences, engineering, business, regulatory processes and stakeholder engagement. This presentation will discuss past projects that demonstrate how this approach can create value for the project\u2019s sponsor, meet and exceed the regulatory compliance and can be leveraged to enhance benefits to the community, the environment and be used in the classroom. Students in the capstone Environmental Assessment course are currently conducting a feasibility study and mock permit application to dredge Kameron Pond on the °®ÒºAƬ campus that employs the same interdisciplinary approach used in professional practice.<\/p>\n

        Tim Judge, an Adjunct Professor in Environmental Studies at Ramapo since 2005, is also the president of EcoAssessment, LLC, an environmental consulting firm focused on environmental permitting and ecological assessment. Professor Judge received his BA in Biology from The University at Albany and a MS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. A former field ornithologist for World Wildlife Fund, Professor Judge has also worked in biomedical research at Albany Medical College, and has held senior positions in the private sector.<\/p>\n

        The Increasingly Dynamic State of Forest Ecosystems in the °®ÒºAƬ Mountains and Throughout the New Jersey Highlands<\/em><\/p>\n

        Professor Eric Wiener<\/p>\n

        My intention for this talk is to provide a nuanced perspective about the ecology of the wonderful \u2013 but increasingly changing \u2013 forest ecosystems in our region. Through a series of group capstone projects and TAS Research Honors projects, students and I have developed a fairly comprehensive understanding of the increasingly dynamic state of forest tree communities in the °®ÒºAƬ Mountains and throughout the New Jersey Highlands. As invasive insects, tree diseases, severe storms, droughts and intense deer browsing are causing declines in beech, ash, oak, and other tree genera, our reams of field data suggest that maples, birches, and possibly others appear to be in position to thrive. Given that invasive plants may also benefit and issues such as increased prevalence of forest fires could be on the horizon, however, caution should be paramount before anyone thinks we can accurately predict future trends during a time of such accelerated ecological change.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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        <\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>Past Presentations - formerly known as Provost's Bite Size Research Presentations<\/div>
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        Monday, October 3, 2022<\/h3>\n

        Professor Malavika Sundararajan (ASB), “Discerning the Nature of Uncertainties to Lead Sustainably”<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Abstract:<\/em> Disparate definitions and categorizations of uncertainties faced by leaders have led to less than optimum solutions for companies, making it unsustainable to lead effectively. Based on the key variables, definitions, and categorizations of uncertainties across the management literature, a causal model that integrates all the uncertainties is designed. The integrated model provides a clear layout of types, sources, levels, and obstacles related to uncertainties faced by leaders and four possible outcomes that leaders must anticipate. The more precise the leader’s understanding of the uncertainties, the greater their ability to address the gaps in their knowledge and alleviate the uncertainties present in the firm’s innovation processes. Consequently, the integrated model allows leaders to design strategic solutions of more outstanding quality and impact. The paper puts forth three brief sample scenarios and shows how to categorize them based on the nature of uncertainties.<\/p>\n

        Professors Liat Shklarski & Kathleen Ray (SSHS), “Back to the Future: How Master of Social Work Students Adjusted to Returning to In- Person Instruction during the COVID-19 Pandemic”<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Abstract:<\/em> The global COVID-19 pandemic impacted everyone’s life. As such, social work students who have traditionally studied the profession predominantly in an in-person learning method had to adjust to remote learning. During the Fall of 2021 and Spring of 2022, many institutions required social work students to return to in-person classes after utilizing remote platforms. Research on the transition of social work students to remote learning has been developed. However, little research examines the impact back to in-person learning during the global pandemic. The current study used a convenience sample of 135 Master Social Work students in the tri-state area in the United States. The study’s goal was to explore the emotional and cognitive impact of transitioning back to in-person classes after they have spent a minimum of one semester studying remotely. Results from the current study reveal the following elements: (1) Students want to be able to choose the way they study (in-person vs. remote); (2) emotional preparation is required for students to better adjust back to in-person learning; (3) students have multiple psycho-social concerns that impact their ability to engage in their social work education. We recommend that institutions be flexible in their delivery of academic content and provide additional support to their students with an emphasis on emotional support to allow them to process the effect of the global pandemic on their social work education.<\/p>\n

        Thursday, November 3, 2022<\/h3>\n

        Professor Sam Mustafa (HGS), “Look Who’s Back: Germany’s Cautious Return as a Military Power”<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Abstract:<\/em> In 1990, when the two Germanies reunited, their combined military strength was nearly a million soldiers, by far the strongest army in Europe.<\/p>\n

        Over the next three decades this strength ebbed away as the federal government kept cutting the budget and the force structure until it rested at about 170,000 – one-sixth its former size. Surrounded by friends and allies for the first time in their history, and with Russia apparently a friendly trade partner, German leaders had no political will for defense. Defects and scandals plagued the institution. Experienced personnel left in droves. By 2020 the Bundeswehr was in such a miserable condition that it couldn’t even equip a parade force for the annual NATO parade in Paris. French President Macron snorted that NATO had become “a joke.”<\/p>\n

        The Russian invasion of Ukraine changed everything. Within two weeks the parliament had voted a massive budget increase and pledged to sustain it over a decade until Germany was once again a significant military power in Europe. Orders for new equipment have gone out. A new recruiting effort has begun.<\/p>\n

        In years past, Germany’s neighbors would have looked at this with alarm. Today, they seem grateful that Germany is rearming at last. How will a united, democratic Germany get its head around this major taboo against militarism that has dominated its politics for more than a generation?<\/p>\n

        This topic is part of my larger project on Germany’s 21st century re-thinking of its image, its past and future, and its role in the world.<\/p>\n

        Professor Fariba Nosrati (ASB), “The power of stories for impression management: evidence from a city cultural digital storytelling initiative”<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Abstract:\u00a0<\/em>This research responds to a growing interest among cultural organizations regarding how to use emerging digital technologies in the communication of cultural content. The need to investigate various aspects of digital transformation for cultural organizations has been heightened during the COVID-19 pandemic. This presentation explores how city cultural organizations can utilize digital stories for impression management to enhance public perceptions of a city. The aim is to understand how end-users are affected by a city cultural digital storytelling information system and the benefits of using such a system.<\/p>\n

        An interpretive case study was conducted on a digital storytelling initiative carried out by three cultural organizations in a medium-sized city in Canada. Data collection included 95 interviews with the general public, questionnaires, and the gathering of documents.<\/p>\n

        Findings suggest that digital storytelling can be a viable tool to share city cultural heritage information and positively affect end-user perceptions of a city. The overall outcome of creating\/maintaining a positive favorable impression is shaped through a layered experience of benefits by users. Through digital stories, users are first personally engaged and informed about a city’s cultural heritage, and then they are influenced and inspired positively towards the city. Further, factors, such as leisure learning, cultural heritage information, and cultural organizations situate this context of use.<\/p>\n

        Monday, January 23, 2023<\/h3>\n

        Professor Erin Augis (SSHS), “Reverend John Bennington Mahan\u2019s anti-slavery sermons and letters: The influence of the Second Great Awakening on early human rights activism in the American Midwest”<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Abstract<\/em>: I will present an analysis of the southern Ohio Reverend John Bennington Mahan’s calls for social justice for enslaved people in the 1830s and 40s, using newly discovered sermons and letters he wrote from a Kentucky prison as primary sources. Reverend Mahan, who was unlawfully imprisoned in Kentucky for hiding an escaped enslaved person in his home in Ohio, used evangelical discourses and imagery characteristic of the Second Great Awakening’s definitions of righteousness to 1) rally support for his release, 2) spur public outrage about his impending trial in Kentucky, and 3) build abolitionist sentiment in states of the Northwest Territory. The pro-slavery judge in his case had become gravely concerned about increasing civil unrest around the trial, and he wrote of the necessity for an unbiased decision. Mahan’s acquittal and release from prison in Kentucky set a legal precedent that law enforcement officials from slave states could not arrest or prosecute anti-slavery activists who lived in and carried out their activism in free states, helping to catalyze the Civil War. Therefore, the intersection of religious ideology, popular activism, and legal interpretation became integral to abolition, and Mahan’s engagement of scripture for this purpose served as a precursor to similar activist strategies during the Civil Rights era.<\/p>\n

        My hope is that my talk will be of interest to History, Africana Studies, Sociology, Law and Society, Social Work, and Literature faculty at the College, in terms of their research. I also find Reverend Mahan’s bravery and passion quite inspiring, and I hope faculty in all disciplines would enjoy this aspect. My talk features some of my prized collection of archival photographs of documents, artwork, and early American portrait photography.<\/p>\n

        Professor Chris Reali (CA), “Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals”<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Abstract<\/em>: The forceful music that rolled out of Muscle Shoals in the 1960s and 1970s shaped hits by everyone from Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin to the Rolling Stones and Paul Simon. This research provides an in-depth look at the fabled musical hotbed and examines the events and factors that gave the Muscle Shoals sound such a potent cultural power. The theoretical foundation of my work is the Muscle Shoals mystique: a nexus of musical and cultural events that facilitated the dissemination of music cultivated by Northern-based record executives and sought by many to satiate their musical needs for an “authentic” (Black) South. Many artists trekked to FAME Studios and Muscle Shoals Sound in search of the sound of authentic southern Black music – and at times expressed shock at the mostly white studio musicians waiting to play it for them. Others hoped to draw on the hitmaking production process that defined the scene. This work also chronicles the overlooked history of Muscle Shoals’s impact on country music and describes the region’s recent transformation into a tourism destination. Ultimately, this project interprets the long-lasting cultural effects of tracks produced in the region and situates the Shoals scene within the larger context of popular music studies.<\/p>\n

        A good portion of my research for this project was supported by grants and awards from the RCNJ Faculty Development Funds. My book, Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals<\/em>, was published in July 2022 by the University of Illinois Press.<\/p>\n

        Tuesday, February 14, 2023<\/h3>\n

        Professor Satarupa Dasgupta (CA), \u201cTransgender commercial sex workers in India: Health disparities, structural challenges and the road ahead\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Abstract:<\/em> Transgender commercial sex workers across the globe suffer significant health disparities due to complex barriers in multiple areas. In India, transgender sex workers have limited access to healthcare and suffer from poorer quality of wellbeing and health. Deep-seated stigma, discrimination, socioeconomic inequalities and institutional inequities act as barriers in healthcare seeking. Transgender sex workers comprise approximately 15% of Indian sex workers’ population, yet they remain an understudied and underserved group in the commercial sex work sector. There is also a significant lack of health communication research in India that focuses on population-specific interventions. The current study which aims to fill the gap in research on transgender sex workers in India examines the sexual identity negotiation, risk perception and condom compliance, sexual health screening and testing behavior, contextual barriers to healthcare seeking, and barriers to community mobilization among this population. The study was conducted in the red-light districts of Kolkata and rural subdivisions of West Bengal in Eastern India. The project utilized interviewer-led semi-structured interviewing of 38 transgender commercial sex workers. A significant section of the interviewees did not belong to a specific brothel in the red-light districts but shifted their location of operation frequently. Unlike female sex workers from the same region – who were unionized, and displayed consistently high condom usage, and engaged in community support of peers – the transgender sex workers had poorer access to and uptake of health resources, engaged frequently in high-risk sexual behavior, and showed overall poorer healthcare-seeking behavior. It is anticipated that the findings from the study will help to formulate future programmatic interventions that can cater more effectively to the health needs of the Indian transgender commercial sex workers, contribute to HIV\/STI risk reduction among this group and reduce barriers to achieving health. Utilization of community-based behavior change strategies, incorporating cultural contextualization in health communication, facilitating change in social norms, and finally collaboration with the local transgender groups themselves for program development and implementation, represent a vital next step to ensure the health and wellness of the transgender sex workers in India.<\/p>\n

        The current project, like my other research, is characterized by its interdisciplinary nature and hopes to emphasize the practical application of health communication research in program development and support service provision. The current study holds interest for faculty in the departments of social work and nursing, and in the public health minor. Interdisciplinary collaboration with faculty from these fields can help to formulate sustainable interventions among historically marginalized and vulnerable populations. My study will also benefit Ramapo as an institution. Engaging in research that fosters intercultural learning and deepens the understanding of social justice, establishes the mission and core values of Ramapo.<\/p>\n

        Professor Colleen Martinez (SSHS), \u201cWhat do organizations need to do to become anti-racist? Lessons from the grey literature\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Abstract:<\/em> Concerns about white supremacy’s influence on social work have been documented for decades. While most of the literature focuses on racist concerns in social work education and research, there is an emerging body of knowledge addressing racism in direct practice. A historical focus on micro-level interventions related to diversity may minimize the importance of equity based mezzo and macro-level practice and maintain the current system of institutional racism. An important avenue to correct this injustice is the implementation of anti-racist organizational change, to ensure that social work agencies are practicing from a racial justice approach that comprehensively addresses all levels of organizational performance. There is a dearth of academic literature about anti-racist organizational change in social work agencies. A number of scholars have called for increased use of grey literature to inform social work. Grey literature enables us to learn from leaders in the work, and their lived experience and wisdom, which may not always make it into academic sources. This presentation serves an important purpose in amplifying this previously marginalized body of work. Based on a review of the grey literature, an integrated framework was produced for social service leaders to use as a guide for re-designing their organizations to move away from historically white supremacist practices toward racially just institutions.<\/p>\n

        The framework is not meant to be a set of instructions for how to make change; organizations are unique and will all have different challenges, resources, priorities, and goals. How to make change will be determined by those individuals and groups who will lead the change efforts, and throughout that process we encourage them to use the source documents that we reviewed. Based upon our synthesis of the source documents, we identified 12 themes that may begin to answer the question “What do social work organizations need to do to become anti-racist?”. Themes will be shared, as well as source documents, which may be helpful to anyone working with social service and nonprofit organizations that strive to break down structures that maintain and reinforce white supremacy, and who seek to reimagine the future of these organizations.<\/p>\n

        Thursday, March 9, 2023<\/h3>\n

        Professor Tufan Ekici (ASB), “Determinants of A Job’s Meaningfulness”<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Abstract: In this paper we analyze the subjective determinants of meaningfulness at workplace. According to self-determination theory (SDT), a meaningful work depends on perceptions on three psychological aspects, namely competence, autonomy, and relatedness. These traits all depend on each individual’s innate needs and these variables could be complementary to or substitute for other extrinsic factors in order to achieve overall job satisfaction. Also, the definition of these factors is likely to be different between a worker and an employer. Thus, we rely on self-reported subjective measures of these traits by the workers themselves. We use a nationally representative data set from 2008 to analyze the relative impact of these three measures on work meaningfulness in the United States. Multivariate regression analysis results show that all three measures are important for subjective meaningfulness at workplace, but the relative magnitudes of those are not the same. Furthermore, there are some differences in relative magnitudes among different demographic subgroups. These results are important for human resource researchers as they emphasize the importance of intrinsic factors in a workplace. It is not realistic to expect employers to provide working conditions for everyone to have a meaningful workplace (as these are rather subjective among employees), but it is recommended that employers attempt to understand workers’ well-being in the workplace (which is affected by these traits) as that will impact productivity, effort and turnover intentions. This paper is interdisciplinary and thus should be of interest to a wide range of audiences interested in human resource research.<\/p>\n

        Professor Lawrence Mascia (CA), “Gamification for Education and Business”<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Gamification has become a constant in high-level business and day to day operations to keep employees motivated. It is just beginning to take roots in higher education. Tedious and under-stimulating tasks can seriously compromise a student or employees long term retention, engagement, and attention. Retaining attention while keeping consistency means keeping your message and goals fresh and to the front of a person’s mind. Gamification can make these tasks easy, fun, and collaborative while building long term skills and group cohesion which makes for better productivity and diversity in thinking. In this talk I will show how Gamification is used in Fortune 500 companies, education, and design to broaden user experience and allow open collaboration and creative thinking. We will go over ways to shape empowerment and meaning through gamification in everyday tasks from both the managerial and student perspective while giving easy ways to incorporate it into a project or classroom.<\/p>\n

        Friday, April 14<\/h3>\n

        Professor Anne Marie Flatekval, “Implementation of a mindfulness bundle and its impact on perceived stress levels for junior students in their first semester in the nursing sequence”<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Abstract:<\/em> Mindfulness is a practice that is beneficial for reducing anxiety and stress (McVeigh, et al., 2021). It is very valuable to use with students. Nursing students undergo anxiety and stress in the nursing program. The reasons include the rigorous academic workload and the expectation to perform in the classroom as well as the clinical setting (Manocchi, 2018). It is crucial for nursing students to be able to manage their stress and anxiety, which will enable them to be successful in the nursing program. Several years ago, junior nursing students revealed that they were undergoing stress and anxiety and this had a negative impact on their academic performance. Short mindfulness sessions were introduced to begin class each day. Students are polled each semester and student feedback has been very positive for using a mindfulness application. This shows that there is a positive impact on the reduction of stress and anxiety which is beneficial in the classroom, clinical setting, and everyday practice.<\/p>\n

        IRB approval (#657) was obtained to conduct a research study called “Implementation of a mindfulness bundle and its impact on perceived stress levels for junior students in their first semester in the nursing sequence” for the fall semester 2022. The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS -14) 5-point Likert Scale was administered in week 2 of class for voluntary participation in the courses NURS 330-02, 330-03, 330-04. The Qualtrics survey will collect data for the students prior to the intervention of a mindfulness bundle to help them to manage anxiety and stress. A second PSS-14 tool will be distributed at the end of the semester on the last day of class. A paired t-test will be utilized to compare the data on the surveys pre and post mindfulness bundle intervention to determine if the mindfulness bundle had an impact on the student’s perceived stress. A Foundations Grant was received to fund the cost of supplies, a statistician (MS of Data Science student at the College), and to present an abstract with a possible poster presentation at the Nurse Tim Nursing Conference in February 2023.<\/p>\n

        Professor Stephanie Sarabia, “Complicating and Contextualizing Substance Use in Social Work Education”<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Abstract:<\/em> Academic approaches to substance use courses are often focused on acquiring clinical, content knowledge that reflects our culture’s weight on a more simplistic, personal responsibility view of substance use. This contrasts a more complex and contextualized person in the environment framework with a structural lens which also encompasses a society’s responsibility to its citizens.<\/p>\n

        Curricular Objective:
        \nThe objective of this study is to understand the impact of a redesigned substance use course with the intent of contextualizing substance use content knowledge by modeling a structured critical lens in a recovery ecosystem framework including such models as Metzl and Hansen’s (2014) Structural Competency approach. Students are taught to challenge the dominant narrative and oversimplified views of substance use fleshing out the complexity of risk factors and a recovery ecosystem. The study also aims to understand how this shift impacts their approach to working with people who use substances.<\/p>\n

        Methods: A qualitative survey was conducted of MSW students enrolled in multiple sections (both virtually and in-person) of a substance use course. Participants completed an anonymous survey via Qualtrics and their narrative responses were coded to determine themes.<\/p>\n

        Results: Data analysis reveals that participants reported an understanding of the complexity of structural factors and society’s overemphasis on personal responsibility rather than society’s responsibility to its citizens. Participants stated that they thought more critically about substance use which helped them see structural injustice that was in plain sight that they failed to notice before. Participants reported that their learning altered their practice in two significant ways: a deeper commitment to a compassionate, nonjudgmental, person-centered stance and a contextualized, complex view of substance use that fostered a nuanced person in environment view that encouraged advocacy along with clinical interventions.<\/p>\n

        Conclusions: Findings underscore the importance of contextualizing substance use using a complex, person in environment framework to recalibrate the balance between personal responsibility and society’ s responsibility to its citizens. Using this model, students demonstrated a commitment to integrated practice that embraced advocacy and macro practice alongside micro practice.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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