Fordham University’s faculty and staff remain leaders in their fields, innovating and making meaningful contributions across disciplines. Their dedication and expertise are regularly recognized with prestigious honors and awards. Take a look at the latest achievements from our community below.
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Aaron Hollander, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, adjunct professor of theology, has been promoted to become the first lay director of the Graymoor Ecumenical and Interreligious Institute, a ministry of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement.
Carey Kasten, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, associate professor of Spanish and director of the Initiative on Migrants, Migration and Human Dignity, was a coauthor of “Accompaniment as Institutional Practice: A Transdisciplinary Initiative Bridging Fordham University and the US-Mexico Border” in Best Practices in Jesuit Education published in February.
She also published “A Ruined Peace: Memorials, Youth and the Francoist Celebration of XXV Años de Paz” in the Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies on Feb. 17.
Kelly Roberts, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, adjunct professor of English, was invited to serve as a resident writing mentor in Lambda Literary’s LGBTQ+ Writers in Schools Program. From March to April, she will lead a writing workshop for LGBTQ+ high schoolers, supporting them as they develop an original piece to be included in a city-wide anthology of student writing.
Lance Strate, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of communication and media studies, was a guest on the podcast Your Undivided Attention, episode 105, “The Man Who Predicted the Downfall of Thinking,” on March 6.
He also published the article, “The Shield of Perseus” in the journal ETC: A Review of General Semantics, Vol. 81, No. 1.
Larry Welborn, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of theology, published “To Repoliticize Paul: 1 Corinthians 11:19 and a Subterranean Stream of Greek Political Thought,” in the journal Novum Testamentum on March 6.
