Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

D Y S O N C O L L E G E O F A R T S A N D S C I E N C E S 23 PaceDocs New Film Viola da Terra: Harmony of the Azores Pace University's award-winning student documentary team, PaceDocs, premiered their latest film, Viola da Terra: Harmony of the Azores, on May 5, 2025, at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, New York. The film also premiered in Terceira, Po ugal. The team filmed over spring break on Po ugal's Azorean islands of São Miguel and Terceira. The film explores the story of the Viola da Terra, a traditional 12–15 string instrument with deep roots in Azorean identity, music, and cultural preservation. The documentary was co-produced by Dyson College of A s and Sciences Professors Maria Luskay, EdD, and Lou Guarneri, MA, and Pace University's documentary student film team. It is the focus of the popular class Producing the Documentary, which is pa of the Dyson College of A s and Sciences at Pace University's highly regarded film program that requires students to complete a full-length documentary within 14 weeks. During the process, students learn teamwork, problem-solving, research, and organization, along with technical skills such as lighting, sound, camera work, interviewing, and other real-life lessons necessary to complete a film. Meghana Nayak, PhD, Political Science Tilt: A Novel on Intergenerational Trauma This novel is an immersive examination of what it means for our bodies, families, and global politics to hold on to oppression, wherein personal and political wounds get stored and reenacted. Anne Toomey, PhD, Environmental Studies and Science Science with Impact Toomey tackles what it means to have one's science make a difference in the real world and addresses how research can make its way into policy and shi societal norms in a meaningful way. Ying Wang, PhD, Modern Languages and Cultures Le handicap dans la li érature féminine au XIXe siècle en France (Representation of Disability in Nineteenth-Century French Women's Writing) Wang examines the complex, o en-overlooked role of disability in nineteenth-century French women's literature, exploring how disabled figures are represented in the novels of four women writers, revealing how these po rayals intersect with gender, social norms, and the constraints placed on women's writing at the time. Serving the Education Community With more than three decades of experience making significant contributions to documentary production and experiential education at Pace, Professor of Media, Communications, and Visual A s Maria Luskay, EdD, has served as an expe on the Bovée/Thill Faculty Advisory Board and was a contributor in the 16th edition of the Pearson textbook Business Communication Today.

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