CUNY 2x Tech $1.4M Grant for the department of Computer Systems Technology
City Tech’s CUNY 2x Tech program will support nearly 2,000 students from the Computer Systems Technology department majoring in Computer Information Systems, Computer Systems Technology, and Data Science,” said Pamela Brown, provost and vice president, academic affairs, City Tech. “With a hands-on approach, these majors prepare students for careers in emerging information technologies, with applications […]
Best paper award at ASEE Mid-Atlantic Conference
We are honored to receive a best paper award at the ASEE Mid-Atlantic Fall 2020 Conference for our paper entitled “Impact of Open Education Resources (OER) on Student Academic Performance and Retention Rates in Undergraduate Engineering Departments” with Yongchao Zhao and Cailean Cooney.
Journal article published at Learning Communities Research and Practice (LCRP)
I am pleased to announce that the article titled: “Our Stories: First-year Learning Communities Students Reflections on the Transition to College”, is published in Learning Communities Research and Practice (LCRP). This article is co-authored by the FYLC (First Year Learning Community) researchers: Karen Goodlad, Jennifer Sears, Mery Diaz, Sandra Cheng and Philip Kreniske. The full […]
Paper accepted at IEEE FIE 2019 conference
I am pleased to announce that our paper titled: “Using Prescriptive Data Analytics to Reduce Grading Bias and Foster Student Success” is accepted for publication at the IEEE Frontiers in Education (FIE) conference 2019 to be held in October 16-19, 2019. This paper was co-authored by Reneta Lansiquot (City Tech) and Christine Rosalia (Hunter College). This […]
Paper accepted and presented at ASEE National Conference 2019
I am pleased to announce that our paper titled: “Using Natural Language Processing Tools on Individual Stories from First Year Students to Summarize Emotions, Sentiments and Concerns of Transition from High School to College” was accepted and presented at ASEE National Conference held in Tampa, FL between June 15th-19th, 2019. It was a project in collaboration with […]
Awarded PSC CUNY Grant (Traditional A)
I am pleased to announce that I have been awarded the 2019-2020 Cycle 50 PSC-CUNY Research Award (Traditional A) for research in “Using Data Analytics for Personalization of Online Tutoring Systems” to begin July 1st 2019.
Upcoming Workshops at CityTech
I will be presenting the following workshops during March and April 2019 Scholarship Workshop on “Scholarship of Teaching and Learning” (Location: Academic Building 209, March 15th, 9 – 11:30am) Teaching Workshop on “Overcoming Apathy in the classroom”. The same workshop will be presented at the following dates and times. Please pick one that suits you. […]
Received Teach Access Grant
I am pleased to announce that I have received the Teach Access Faculty Curriculum Development Grant award to advance the teaching of the design and development of accessible technologies. About Teach Access: Teach Access is a unique collaboration among members of higher education, the technology industry and advocates for accessibility, with a shared goal of making technology broadly accessible […]
Poster accepted at ACM SIGCSE 2019 Conference
I am pleased to inform that our Poster titled “A Peer based Tutoring and Mentoring Model for First Year Computer Science Courses Based on Strategies Used by Songbirds for Learning”, (with co-author L. Baron) has been accepted for publication at the 50th ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’19) to be held from February 27– […]
Upcoming Talks (Science Fiction Symposium and CUNY IT Conference)
I will be giving talks (as part of panel discussions) at the following venues: Third Annual City Tech Symposium on Science Fiction, Tuesday, Nov 27th, 2018. 4:00pm-4:50pm Topic: Frankenstein Panel: Mary Shelley’s Novel’s Influence on Scientists and Technologists Location: Academic Complex A105 Moderator: Justin Vazquez-Poritz Panelists: Heidi Boisvert, Entertainment Technology Department Robert MacDougall, Social Sciences Department […]
