Research @ Pace
A newsletter highlighting faculty research & scholarship
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Li-Chiou Chen, PhD, is a professor at the Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems. Her research areas include security risk perception, data analytics in cybersecurity, user authentication, cybersecurity education, and network security. Professor Chen has published papers in various academic journals, including Computer & Security, Decision Support Systems and IEEE Transactions. Among her recent publications are “A Security Risk Perception Model for the Adoption of Mobile Devices in the Healthcare Industry,” Security Journal, “Carp: A Cost-Aware Relaxed Protocol for Encrypted Data Stores the Journal of Information Security and Applications, and “A Dictionary-Based Method for Detecting Machine-Generated Domains,“ Information Security Journal: A Global Perspective.
Professor Chen had conducted various projects focusing on cybersecurity education. One of these projects focused on developing a set of teaching materials for secure web application development. She is the principal investigator of the CySP and GenCyber programs, supported by the Department of Defense and of the CyberCorps program at Pace University, supported by the National Science Foundation. Most recently, Professor Chen, along with Co-PIs Professor David Paul Benjamin, PhD, (Seidenberg), Professor Darren Hayes, PhD, (Seidenberg), Professor Andreea Cotoranu, PhD, (Seidenberg), and Joseph Ryan, PhD (Criminal Justice and security, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences), was awarded an NSF grant to support Pace’s CyberCorps program and its activities. Over the past ten years, the program graduated 29 alums who now work in various cybersecurity positions in the government. The new award will support 21-23 new scholars in the next five years.
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Matthew Aiello-Lammens, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Environmental Studies and Science Department. Professor Aiello—Lammens’ research spans several sub-disciplines of ecology, including population biology, community ecology, and quantitative ecology, and also spans taxa. He has published on birds, herps, inverts, and plants. His recent publications include “Observations of extended lag phase of nonnative invasive Frangula alnus (Rhamnaceae) may be spatial-scale dependent” in The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, which focuses on invasive spices spread in our region and his work, along with Melissa Grigione, PhD (Biology) and Pace MS Environmental Science student Josh Barry on carnivores, “Pumas as ecosystem engineers: ungulate carcasses support beetle assemblages in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem,” Oecologia 186 (2019).
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Li Chiou-Chen, PhD (Seidenberg School of CSIS), with Co-PIs David Benjamin, PhD (Seidenberg School of CSIS), Darren Hayes, PhD (Seidenberg School of CSIS), Andreea Cotoranu, PhD (Seidenberg School of CSIS), and Joseph Ryan, PhD (Criminal Justice and Security, Dyson School of Arts and Sciences ), were awarded $3.8million from the National Science Foundation for the student scholarship program CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: Strengthening Cyber Community and Pathways Using Research Experiences, Technical Training and Institutional Outreach. Started in 2010, through two previous NSF awards, Pace’s CyberCorps program has grown a community of cybersecurity scholars and established a pipeline of cybersecurity students at Pace. Many of the program’s alums work in the government and in the industry pursuing careers in cybersecurity.
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Pauline Mosely, PhD (Seidenberg School of CSIS) was awarded the National Security Agency GenCyber grant of $39,841 for her CryptoBot Alumni Project (CAP). The grant enables Pace to extend the efforts of Camp CryptoBot by encouraging high schools to host a cybersecurity event at their respective high schools working with their guidance counselor and a selected high school teacher. In addition Pace will coordinate Open Houses with these guidance counselors to recruit high school students interested in pursuing cybersecurity as a career option and marketing Seidenberg programs in an effort to increase more women and minorities entering this field.
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Faculty Publications and News |
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Martha Driver, PhD (English, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences) published John Gower in Manuscript and Early Printed Books, ed.with Derek Pearsall and Robert F. Yeager, Boydell and Brewer (April 2020), “Medieval Women Writers and What They Read, ca. 1100 to ca. 1500” in The Edinburgh History of Reading: A World Survey from Antiquity to the Present, (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2020) and “John Gower and the Artists of M.126,” in Studies in the Age of Gower, A Festschrift in Honour of R. F. Yeager, (Cambridge: Boydell, 2020).
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Volume 23 of the Journal of the Early Book Society, which Professor Driver edits annually, was out from Pace University Press in January 2021. She also presented a talk, “How English Is it?,” at The 56th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, and chaired and ran six sessions at the conference. Professor Driver also introduced the seventeenth biannual EBS conference, “Precarious Lives: Loss, Recovery and/or Survival of MSS and Early Printed Books, 1350—1550,” that was held (virtually) at Bangor University in July.
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Bennett Gershman, JD (Elisabeth Haub School of Law) published "The Plot to Overthrow American Democracy" in the New York Law Journal. In this article, Professor Gershman discusses what he believes to be ex-president Trump’s three-part strategy to overthrow the 2020 election. Professor Gershman also published “Socrates in Cyberspace” in the New York Law Journal, where he reflects on his experience teaching law classes on Zoom.
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Smita Narula, JD (Elisabeth Haub School of Law) was invited by the American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL) to become a Fellow in the ACOEL. Professor Narula is among 22 new Active Fellows and two Honorary Fellows elected to membership in the College. The ACOEL notes that “[e]ach individual was selected for his or her distinguished experience, high standards of practice and substantial contributions to the field of environmental law.” In addition to Professor Narula, two Haub Law alumni were also elected to the ACOEL as fellows – Basil Seggos ‘01 and Marla Wieder ‘93.
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Daniel Greenberg, PhD (History, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences) and Antonia Garcia-Rodriguez, PhD (Modern Languages and Cultures, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences) published Latin America in the World (Routledge Press), a hybrid of college text and scholarly anthology. In 15 chapters, Professor Greenberg and Professor Garcia Rodriguez, along wit six other scholars from five disciplines, examine the impact of globalization on the region. The focus of Professor Greenberg’s and Professor Garcia-Rodriguez’s work for seven years, the project was considered by reviewers highly original and a major achievement in revealing the positive and negative effects of globalization.
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The Faculty Scholarship and Research Opportunities comprise of several different funding opportunities sponsored by the Office of Research. Each opportunity is open to all full-time faculty. Faculty are invited to apply to any of the different opportunities but can only expect to receive one award. |
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Bridge Fund Award is designed to support faculty who currently don't have support for their research but who are active in submitting competitive proposals to external granting agencies or foundations.
Application deadline: Friday, October 15, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.
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Book and Performance Completion Award is designed to support faculty who are working creative projects they are developing into publishable book manuscripts or performances. Funds will be awarded on a competitive basis to full-time faculty at any Pace University school to develop or complete a project. This program welcomes applications for projects that in the developmental stage as well as for projects that are nearing completion.
Application deadline: Friday, November 12, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.
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New IRB Form and Template-
Effective 1 September 2021
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The Pace IRB has designed two new IRBNet forms to facilitate conducting minimal risk research:
- A ‘Proposal (Application) Form’ (revised 21 July 2021) ’ -- required for all initial IRB applications
- An ‘Exempt Research Information Sheet’ template (new 13 July 2021)
The ‘Proposal (Application) Form’ will be required for all initial IRB applications starting this fall semester. This change will only impact new research that begins on or after 1 September 2021.
For questions, contact Susan DeMocker, Associate Director for Research Protections, sdumocker@pace.edu
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For the upcoming 2021-2022 academic year, the Center for Undergraduate Research Experiences reminds students and faculty to apply to the following undergraduate research opportunity |
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Federal Work-Study Undergraduate Research Assistantship Program 2021-2022 Academic Year
The Center for Undergraduate Research Experiences launched a pilot federal work-study undergraduate research assistantship program during the 2020-2021 academic year. The goal for 2021-2022 is to expand this program but to do so requires two essential elements:
1) faculty proposals for assistantship positions, and
2) student awareness that federal work-study awards can be used for campus research assistantships.
Please propose a student position to support your research! Additionally, please communicate this opportunity to your students and majors now so they understand their federal work-study funds can be earned working as research assistants.
Deadline: September 20, 2021
For more information contact Maria Iacullo-Bird, PhD, Assistant Provost for Research, miacullobird@pace.edu.
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Prestigious Fellowships and Awards |
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Did you know prestigious fellowships and awards are available for students at all levels, from freshman through graduate students? Jenny Irwin, Director of Prestigious Awards and Graduate Student Fellowships, is available to meet with your students or provide a brief presentation to your class about the opportunities available. Please reach out at jirwin@pace.edu for more information.
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The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSFGRFP) application is now open! The NSFGRFP provides recipients a three-year annual stipend of $34,000 along with a $12,000 cost of education allowance for tuition and fees for an eligible graduate degree program, as well as access to opportunities for professional development available to NSF-supported graduate students. Seniors (class of 2022) and alumni who intend to be enrolled in a research-based master’s or doctoral degree program in STEM in Fall 2022 are eligible to apply. If you know of students who may be interested, please contact Jenny Irwin.
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