Research Day Celebration 2025
Monday, April 28, 2025
Walsh Library, 4th Floor - O'Hare Room
Rose Hill campus
2691 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10458
Organized by
Office of the Provost
Office of Research
University Research Council
Research Deans’ Council
10:00 am - 10:45 am - Award Ceremony
O’Hare Room, 4th Floor
Introduction: George Hong, Chief Research Officer and Associate Provost for Research
Opening Remarks: Tania Tetlow, President
Award Presentation
Chair: Dennis Jacobs, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
1. Distinguished Research Award in the Humanities:
Sarah Elizabeth Penry, Department of History
2. Distinguished Research Award for Interdisciplinary Studies:
Courtney Cox, School of Law
3. Distinguished Research Award for Junior Faculty:
Elizabeth Thrall, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
4. Distinguished Research Award in the Science and Mathematics:
Eduardo Gallo, Department of Biological Sciences
5. Distinguished Research Award in the Social Sciences:
Allie Kosterich, Department of Communications & Media Management, Gabelli School of Business
SESSION I
Faculty Research Abroad Program Forum
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
O’Hare Room, 4th Floor
Chair: Lisa Lancia, Director of International Initiatives, Office of the Provost
Presenters:
1. Catalina Alvarez, Visual Arts Department, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FRAP partner: Sophia University, Japan): “Modos de Transporte”
2. Brenna Moore, Theology Department, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (FRAP partner: Esade University, Spain): “Interreligious Experiments and Best Practices: Engaging Religious Diversity Across the International Association of Jesuit Universities”
3. Jie Ren, Information, Technology, and Operations, Gabelli School of Business (FRAP partner: IE University, Spain): “Hashtags to Headlines: The Linguistic Clash of Left vs. Right News in the Age of Social Media Movements"
4. Sarah Wu, Information, Technology, and Operations, Gabelli School of Business (FRAP partner: Sophia University, Japan): “The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosures in Auditors’ Risk Assessment”
5. Dongli Zhang, Information, Technology, and Operations, Gabelli School of Business (FRAP partner: Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan): “Process Management, Quality Management, and the Application of AI”
SESSION II
Fordham Research Fellows & Interns Forum:
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
O’Hare Room, 4th Floor
Chair: Robert J. Hume, Interim Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Presenters:
1. Yiyin Zhou, Fordham – Columbia Research Fellow, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, and research intern, Alyssa Hull, undergraduate student in integrative neuroscience at Fordham College at Rose Hill
Odorant Mixture Representation in the Drosophila Early Olfactory System
2. Yi Ding, Fordham–NYU Research Fellow, Fordham Graduate School of Education, and research intern Xiaoyu Zhang, PhD student in School Psychology, Graduate School of Education.
Experiences, Perceived Challenges, and Needs of School Psychology Graduate Students from Racially, Ethnically and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds
3. Mohamed Rahouti, Fordham–IBM Research Fellow, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, and research intern Mariyam Mapkar, graduate student, Data Science, Fordham University.
Enhancing Network Security Through Generative AI for Augmented Predictive Anomaly Detection
4. Wenqi Wei, Fordham-IBM Research Fellow, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, and research interns Xiang Li, Doctoral student in Computer Science & Vaishnave Jonnalagadda, Master of Science student in Data Science
Benchmarking Audio Deepfake Generation and Detection Models
1:00 pm Lunch
O’Hare Room, 4th Floor, Walsh Library
Registration for this event is not required.
See highlights from Research Day 2024 here.