The Spring 2025 Faculty Showcase features presentations on research, teaching, and community engagement. All rooms are inside the ADP Center, first floor of University Hall.
Breakfast and registration: 9-9:30
ADP Center Commons
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Session 1: 9:30-10:30
Campus Collaboration and Community Engagement (UH 1120)
Melissa Baralt (Biology), “Planting and Nourishing Your Seed: Is Your Garden Growing?”
Donnette Green (Social Work and Child Advocacy), “Championing Literacy and Community Growth”
Phoebe Farber (Theater and Dance) and Elenice De Souza Oliveira (Justice Studies), “Imagining Models of Justice”
Moderator: David Vincenti, Information Management and Business Analytics
2024-2025 TIP Teams (UH 1121)
Haiyan Su, STAT 109 (GenEd Statistics)
Alan Blanco, FMTV 120 (Filmmaking I)
Henk Eshuis, CHEM 120 & 121 (Intro & General Chemistry)
Yan Kong, CSIT 104 (Python)
Moderator: Vera Senina, OFE
Curricula Innovations I (UH 1143)
Grace Cook (Bloomfield College, Computer and Mathematical Sciences), “Meet Your New Major: Informatics”
Donald L Crooks (School of Business), “‘Perception is Reality’: Are we FAILING to Prepare our Students?”, with Dr Jet Mboga, and students, Michael Delaney, Nkechi Whitaker, Suzanne Shiobara, and Andrew Simon
Moderator: Courtney Crimmins, OFE
Developments in AI and Research (UH 1145)
Rui Li (School of Computing), “Emotions in Human-Machine Interaction”
Weitian Wang (School of Computing), “Montclair AI Hub: An Interdisciplinary and Innovation-driven Collaborative Cluster for AI Research and Development”
Chao Huang (Computer Science), “Collaborative Machine Learning on The Edge”
Moderator: Catherine Keohane, OFE
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Session 2: 10:45-11:45
HEAL Fellows I (UH 1120)
Alicia A. Broderick (Teaching and Learning), “Disrupting Institutionalized Neuronormativity through the Development of an Institute for Neurodivergent Innovation & Leadership”
Livia Alexander (Art and Design) and John Soboslai (Religion), “Power and Providence: Prototyping Pedagogy through Historical Role-Play and Game Design”
Moderator: Catherine Keohane, OFE
Research: Self- and Community-Understanding (UH 1121)
Blanca Elizabeth Vega (Educational Leadership) and Jane Sanchez Swain (University College), “HSI Student Leadership: Countering the Dominant Leadership Narrative”
Drew Wallace (University Libraries), “Foregrounding Epistemic Justice in Human Subject Research: A Montclair Faculty Collaboration”
Moderator: Courtney Crimmins, OFE
AI and Teaching (UH 1143)
Alfredo Toro Carnevali (Political Science and Law), “Exploring AI as a Pedagogical Tool: Lessons from the Classroom”
Deborah Chatr Aryamontri (Classics and General Humanities), “ChatGPT in the Classical World Classroom: AI Tools for Critical Thinking and Student Engagement”
Koen DePryck (Challenge-based Impact Lab), “Using AI to Support Stakeholder Management in Challenge Based Learning”
Moderator: Vera Senina, OFE
Teaching Strategies for Civic Engagement (UH 1145)
Natascia Boeri (Social & Behavioral Sciences, BCMSU),“Open Educational Resources for Civic Engagement and Voting Rights”
Daniela Peterka-Benton (Global Center on Human Trafficking), “Education as a Tool to Combat Human Trafficking”
Eunice Park (Public Health), “Democratic Practices in a Public Health Ethics Class”
Moderator: David Vincenti, Information Management and Business Analytics
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Lunch: 12-1
ADP Center Commons
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Session 3: 1-2
What does language communicate? (UN 1120)
Adam Rzepka (English), “Can We Mean What We Say?”
Bond Benton (Strategic Communication) and Daniela Peterka-Benton (Global Center on Human Trafficking), “Studying Misinformation – A Cross Disciplinary Perspective”
Moderator: Catherine Keohane, OFE
Student Engagement (UH 1143)
Martina Santia (Political Science and Law), “Harnessing Student Agency in Public Relations Campaigns Courses”
Jerise Fogel (Classics and General Humanities), “Humanities Labs: Thinking about Hands-On Activities for the Arts and Literature”
Fiona Harris Ramsby and Nora McCook Humanities, BCMSU), “Presentation and Process in the Age of AI: First Year Writing at Bloomfield College”
Moderator: Jessica Murphy, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Success, and Academic Innovation
HEAL Fellows II (UH 1145)
Blanca Elizabeth Vega (Educational Leadership), “Understanding the Role of Faculty at an HSI: Toward a Framework of Servingness Pedagogy”
Chris Donoghue (Sociology), “Enhancing Student Belonging & Resilience in Higher Education: A Competing Demands Framework”
Moderator: Emily Isaacs, Interim Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs
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Session 4: 2:15-3:15
Research on Teaching and Learning (UH 1120)
Joseph DiNapoli (Mathematics),“The Relationship between Instructional Time and Perseverance Growth in Montclair Elementary Pre-Service Teachers”
Ilse Wambacq (Communication Sciences and Disorders &Challenge-based Impact Lab), and Koen DePryck (Challenge-based Impact Lab), “Advancing Undergraduate Satisfaction through Challenge-Based Learning: Student Perspectives on Key Competencies and Practical Implementation”
Brandon Fralix (Bloomfield College Humanities), “”National Trends in Writing Instruction: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Census of Writing”
Moderator: Vera Senina, OFE
The Classroom and the Self (UH 1143)
Robert Donnelly (School of Communications), “Develop your Personal Brand to Market Yourself More Effectively in the New World of Work”
William Colucci (Information Management and Business Analytics), “Crash Course in the Conservative Worldview for Curious Denizens of the Left/Liberal Echo Chamber”
David Vincenti (Information Management and Business Analytics), “Updating Our Stories – Advice for Adjuncts”
Moderator: Catherine Keohane, OFE
Curricula Innovations II (UH 1145)
Jonathan Howell, Lauren Covey, and Larissa Goulart (Linguistics), “Getting students involved in your research: A course-based solution”
Esperanza Brizuela-Garcia (History), “Building a Public Purpose: The Ken Brook Archive History Harvest”
Moderator: Courtney Crimmins, OFE