Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

D Y S O N Y E A R I N R E V I E W 2 0 2 1 – 2 0 2 2 24 SETTER STORIES News & Notes Faculty Dyson Professors Receive Kenan Award for Teaching Excellence NEW YORK CITY CAMPUS—Ma hew R. Marcello, PhD, associate professor of biology, is a scholar of andrology, the study of male reproductive functions, and longtime member of the biology depa ment. Marcello has published several peer-reviewed studies throughout his time at Pace, while guiding students through the foundations of biology in courses such as General Biology and advanced studies in genetics and reproductive systems in courses such as Genomics and Fundamentals in Reproductive Biology. NEW YORK CITY CAMPUS—Anna Shostya, PhD, associate professor of economics, is the assistant chair of the economics depa ment, an adviser in the Pforzheimer Honors College, and involved in faculty supervision of the award-winning Federal Reserve College Challenge Team. Her research interests include transition economies, higher education, and economic studies of China, and she's been involved in the introduction of innovative courses such as the Economics of Immigration and Discrimination and Economic Issues through a Photographer's Lens. WESTCHESTER CAMPUS—Ramón Emilio Fernandez, PhD, assistant professor of mathematics, provides students with strong mathematical foundations, teaching fundamental introductory courses and serving as the coordinator of the developmental mathematics program. His research has included quantitative analysis of high school mathematics courses in the New York City public school system, policy and pedagogical innovations in math and engineering education, and technology for social good. Ellease Ebele N. Oseye Awarded Title of Distinguished Professor Ellease Ebele N. Oseye, MFA, professor of English, has been awarded the title of Distinguished Professor. Oseye joined Pace University in 1975, has served as poet-in-residence and an advisor for the Black Student Union and is known for her classes' visits to museums and theaters. Her book Let the Lion Eat Straw was voted a notable book by the New York Public Library and awarded a Core a Sco King Honor. Additionally, she was the recipient of the Gwendolyn Brooks Award for poetry in 1972 from the NAACP, was a member of the Panel of Judges for Fiction for the New York State Council on the A s in 1992 and served as a Fellow of the African Studies Institute of the University of Nigeria in 1998. Gina Scutelnicu-Todoran Earns ASPA Award Associate Professor and Director of the Master of Public Administration Program Gina Scutelnicu-Todoran, PhD, was presented with the Donald C. Stone Service to ASPA Award at the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference in Jacksonville, Florida, in March. The prestigious award honors public administration professionals who have shown unparalleled commitment to the society through service as a member of the National Council, excellent leadership in chapters or sections, and sustained effo to enhance the image of the profession of public administration. Melanie J. La Rosa Selected for Public Voices Fellowship Assistant Professor of Media, Communications, and Visual A s Melanie J. La Rosa, MFA, has been selected as pa of the third coho of the Public Voices Fellowship on the Climate Crisis, a collaboration between the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and The OpEd Project. Each year, the coho of fellows, o en mostly women and people of color, engage in work to develop leadership skills, embrace power, and encourage action in shaping the conversation around climate change. La Rosa, who is the director of the documentary How to Power a City and author of Communities and the Clean Energy Revolution—both of which tell the human stories of individuals bringing clean energy to their communities— was selected from a competitive applicant pool as one of 20 fellows for the 2022 coho . Maria Iacullo-Bird Re-elected to CUR Executive Board Assistant Provost for Research and Clinical Associate Professor of History Maria Iacullo-Bird, PhD, has been re-elected as a council representative on the Council for Undergraduate Research (CUR) executive board for a second three-year term. The CUR executive board provides guidance to the organization and its members while upholding its mission to involve undergraduate students in research and scholarly work.

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