A newsletter highlighting faculty research & scholarship
from the Office of Research
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Christelle Scharff, PhD is a Professor of Computer Science at the Seidenberg School of CSIS. Her research focuses on artificial intelligence, global software engineering, and Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICTD). Professor Scharff was awarded grants from NSF, IBM, Microsoft, VentureWell, and Google.
From October 2019 to March 2020, Professor Scharff has been a Fulbright scholar in Senegal with a project entitled “Aligning Computer Science Curricula with Mobile Device Literacy and Technology Needs in Senegal”. A book chapter based on her research project, “Mobile Device Literacy: Status and Needs of Women in Senegal,” will be published this November in Critical Mobile Pedagogy: Cases of Digital Technologies and Learners at the Margins, ed. John Traxler and Helen Crompton. While in Senegal and when back online, Dr. Scharff taught courses on Mobile App Development and Artificial Intelligence for Master’s Students at the University of Bambey in Senegal.
In January-February 2020, Professor Scharff curated an exhibition on Fashion Tech for Goethe-Institut Senegal at the Musée de la Femme Henriette Bathily (Woman Museum) in Dakar. The exhibition was the culmination of a workshop she taught for fashion designers who worked in collaboration with computer science students to produce clothing and accessories based on Arduino technology and 3D printing to empower the African Woman.
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Musée de la Femme Henriette Bathily (Woman Museum) in January-February 2020 in Dakar |
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Professor Scharff is also a recipient of a Google TensorFlow grant which led to the development of workshops on Deep Learning that will be taught online in Spring 2021.
During the summer, Dr. Scharff co-designed the first online edition of the STEM Institute for high school students for Seidenberg. 60 students from across the US participated in the 2-week program that focused on data science with Python and working on the data of the Billion Oyster Project https://www.billionoysterproject.org.
Professor Scharff volunteered to teach the Code in Place course, part of a program offered by Stanford University in April and May 2020 to teach coding with Python to 8000 adult students around the world during the pandemic. She also taught Python to 90 high school students in Senegal.
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Melvin L. Williams, PhD is Assistant Professor in the Communication Studies Department (NYC Campus). His research examines the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality in popular culture. Specifically, he considers the political functions of popular culture to investigate how minority communities use its mediums – most notably, film, music, new media, and television – to create public voices for themselves in spite of disparaging representations and limited media ownership. His recent publications include “Social Media's Commodified, Transgender Ambassador: Caitlyn Jenner, Celebrity Activism, and Social Media” in Celebrity Studies; “TiVo” in The Sage International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society, “Meditate, Don't Medicate!” An Analysis of Addict Rap, Black Men's Social Issues, and J. Cole's K.O.D. Album” at Howard Journal of Communications, “The "Un-Quiet Queen:" An Analysis of Rapper Nicki Minaj in the Fame Comic Book” in Feminist Theory and Pop Culture, and “Better than Steph Curry and More Profitable than LeBron James: An Analysis of LaVar Ball's Agenda Building of the Ball Brothers” in the Journal of Sports Media . Vol 14 (Issue 1-2).
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A lecture Janetta Rebold Benton, PhD presented on Andy Warhol at Tsinghua University in Beijing during her Fulbright Award as visiting professor in the Graduate School of Art History, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China, spring 2018, was just published in Chinese translation. “Andy Warhol: King of Pop” (安迪·沃霍尔：波普艺术之王), in the Periodical of Tsinghua University Art Museum (清华大学艺术博物馆馆刊), Tsinghua University Press, Beijing, 2020, 33-39.
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Sarah Blackwood, PhD was interviewed as part of the Writing for the Public Series hosted by the CUNY Graduate Center. Anecdotal evidence suggests that academics are more attuned than ever to the importance of reaching beyond the ivory tower and engaging with a wider public. This two-part speaker series featured trained academics who write for a wider public.
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Nicolas Robinson, PhD published “The Next Pandemic is Here” in Environment Forum. The article discusses the steps to avert the next pandemic, and is the first time that this aspect of zoonosis and law has been published
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Darren Hayes, PhD published the second edition of A Practical Guide to Digital Forensics. The new edition—revised to reflect newer technologies, the latest challenges, technical solutions, and recent court decisions—reflects current best practices for securely seizing, extracting and analyzing digital evidence, protecting the integrity of the chain of custody, effectively documenting investigations, and scrupulously adhering to the law, so that your evidence is admissible in court.
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Pace University is going to remote operations beginning Wednesday, November 25 through Monday, January 18. Only essential personnel are allowed on campus during this time.
All research faculty are considered essential personnel and will be allowed to attend to their research needs on campus during this time period of remote operations. Student researchers also will be allowed on campus to conduct research only under direct, in-person faculty supervision. Thus, no students will be allowed on campus to perform research activities without faculty members present to supervise them.
• If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact Avrom Caplan
• If you have questions about IRB and human subjects research, please contact
• If you have questions about grant forms and budgets, please contact
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Opportunities for Faculty |
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Covid-19 Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research Award
We are seeking to integrate faculty expertise across disciplines and from each of the six schools at Pace University. The goal of this grant program is to seed new research in an interdisciplinary manner.
The program requires the research be collaborative to maximize novel and creative thinking about every aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic. We envision this program to be a forum for studying societal responses to the current crisis, recovery, resilience, and the reimagining of our lives and work.
Application deadline: Friday, December 4, 2020.
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Open Educational Resources (OER) Alternative Textbook Grants
Faculty is invited to apply for grants in researching and creating Open Educational Resources (OER) to be used in a class beginning in the Spring, Summer or Fall 2021 semester. OER are defined as high-quality curricular materials that are free to students and “open” to use by faculty with no copyright limitations. Information on OER can be found on Pace's OER website. Faculty can also email Sue Maxam, EdD to be put in contact with a member of the OER team from the library for assistance with identifying course materials and to answer any questions you have about OER.
Application deadline: Monday, December 14, 2020.
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Enroll in the Council on Undergraduate Research
CUR members can access resources and participate in disciplinary-based communities to enhance teaching and learning. During the COVID-19 crisis CUR has been showcasing virtual best practices and online events and you can explore what CUR has to offer.
If you have questions about Undergraduate Research and CUR contact Maria Iacullo-Bird, Ph.D., Ph.D. Assistant Provost for Research.
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National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR)
The conference will take place virtually on April 12-14, 2021.
NCUR is dedicated to promoting undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative activity in all fields of study by sponsoring an annual conference for students. Unlike meetings of academic professional organizations, this gathering of student scholars welcomes presenters from all institutions of higher learning across all disciplines.
Abstract submission deadline- December 1, 2020.
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Student Academic Conference Travel Fund for Virtual Undergraduate Presentations 2020-2021
For the 2020-2021 Academic Year, virtual conference fees for student presenters at External conferences are eligible for funding.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis subject to funding availability. Learn more and apply
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Webinar for Students and Faculty Mentors: NSF REU Opportunities for Summer 2021. Monday, November 30, 12:10-1:10 pm.
Learn about Summer 2021 National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU).
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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Opportunities for Students |
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The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSFGRFP) provides recipients a three-year annual stipend of $34,000 along with a $12,000 cost of education allowance for tuition and fees for an eligible graduate degree program, as well as access to opportunities for professional development available to NSF-supported graduate students. We are looking for current juniors (class of 2022) who intend to enroll or be enrolled in a research-based master’s or doctoral degree program in STEM after graduation to attend a workshop series throughout the spring 2021 semester to help and guide them as they prepare a NSFGRFP application for the 2022 program. If you know of students who may be interested, please reach out to Jenny Irwin.
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Questions? email Elina at ebloch@pace.edu |
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