COAS Faculty Research News

Dr. John B. Stranges, University Professor, and two former NU students, Matthew Troia and Claudette Walck, have published an article entitled “Limited Victory: Love Canal Reclaimed” in ICON: The Journal of the International Committee For The History of Technology, 23 (2017): 55-82. read on →

Nanette Harmon, director of ASL and deaf studies and modern languages faculty fellow, published Saying Goodbye to Sound in The Hearing Journal. read on →

Dr. Milen Radell, visiting professor of psychology, co-authored Intolerance of Uncertainty and Conditioned Place Preference in Opioid Addiction in PeerJ with colleagues from other institutions.  read on →

Dr. Jamie Carr, associate professor of English, published "Colonel Peter A. Porter and the Emersons" in Western New York Heritage. Here is the abstract:"When Peter A. Porter died in 1864, many suggested an elegy he penned for a close friend could, indeed, be applied to himself. The mention of a... read on →

Dr. Doug Tewksbury, associate professor of communication studies, published  Networking #Ferguson: An Ethnographic Study of Ferguson Protesters’ Online-Offline Community Mobilization in Democratic Communique.Here is the abstract: "This paper presents the results of a qualitative, ethnographic... read on →

Dr. Steve Petersen, associate professor of philosophy, published Composition as Pattern in Philosophical Studies.  read on →

Dr. Virginia Glazier, assistant professor of biology, co-authored Transcription Factor Network Efficiency in the Regulation of Candida Albicans Biofilms: It is a Small World in Current Genetics with Dr. Damian Krysan from University of Iowa.  read on →

Dr. Talia Harmon, professor of criminology and criminal justice, co-authored Lethal Rejection: An Empirical Analysis of the Astonishing Plunge in Death Sentences in the United States From Their Post-Furman Peak in Albany Law Review with David McCord, professor of law at Drake University Law... read on →

Dr. Michael Barnwell, associate professor of philosophy, published Why Can’t the Devil Get a Second Chance? A Hidden Contradiction in Anselm’s Account of the Devil’s Fall in The Saint Anselm Journal. read on →

Dr. Craig Rivera and Dr. Timothy Lauger, associate professors of criminology & criminal justice, co-authored "Religiosity, Marijuana Use, and Binge Drinking: A Test of the Moral Community Hypothesis" in Sociology of Religion with Michael A Cretacci from Buffalo State College. Here is the... read on →

Dr. Joseph Sirianni, assistant professor of communication studies, published Adopting Computer-Based Assessments: The Role of Perceived Value in Classroom Technology Acceptance in Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies with Yu Jie Ng of Nanyang Technological University,... read on →

Dr. Laurence Boxer, professor of computer & information sciences, recently published The Saukas-Song Selection Algorithm and Coarse Grained Parallel Sorting in arXiv. read on →

Dr. Robyn Goacher, associate professor of chemistry, has co-authored two peer-reviewed articles with Niagara University alumni. She wrote Comparison of Three Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Sampling Techniques for Distinction between Lignocellulose Samples with Mohit Gogna... read on →

Dr. Steve Petersen, associate professor of philosophy, published "Superintelligence as Superethical" in Robot Ethics 2.0.  read on →

Dr. Dana Radatz, assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice, co-authored The Criminogenic and Noncriminogenic Treatment Needs of Intimate Partner Violence Offenders in International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology with N. Zoe Hilton from University of... read on →