Marketing Professors Contribute
Paper to Peer-Reviewed Journal Insights to a Changing World

Dr. Jonathan Hartman and Dr. Yassir Samra, assistant professors of marketing, published the paper “Crisis Management: An Empirical Investigation of the Effects of Improvisation on New Product Development in the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Industries” in the journal Insights to a Changing World. In addition, Hartman and Samra published “Effect on an Improvisational Approach to New Product Development During a Crisis: An Empirical Study of NPD Teams in the Field of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,” which Samra presented at the proceeding of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in Philadelphia this past November.

 

Faculty and Staff Accomplishments

Dr. Robert Sharp, professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been awarded two research grants from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection to study the impacts of chloramines on metal corrosion and leaching in water distribution systems. The first award is for $49,500 to continue an ongoing disinfection research project. The second award for $88,000 is for the study of nitrification in distribution systems. The money from these two projects will be used to support graduate and undergraduate research assistants in the civil and environmental engineering departments.

Dr. David Shefferman, assistant professor of religious studies, presented the paper “Transforming Tourism: Religion, Visual Culture and the Exuberance of Cuban State Spectacle” at the American Academy of Religion’s annual meeting in Chicago this past November.

Dr. Nada Marie Assaf-Anid, professor of chemical engineering, served as programming board chair for the Environmental Division at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Centennial Meeting in Philadelphia this past November. She chaired three sessions: One Hundred Years of Environmental Law and Policy, Water and Waste, and Inorganic Contaminants in Water.

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Welcome New Employees

Manhattan College welcomed two new employees in December: Jasma Credle and Sebrina Scott, who joined the College community as security officers. For a full list of recent new employees, click Here.

 

Manhattan College Milestones

Congratulations to Dr. Ahmed Goma, associate professor of accounting/computer information services, who celebrates his 20-year anniversary with Manhattan College in January. Nancy Cave (study abroad), Scott Lowe (environmental engineering) and William Staib (computer center) will celebrate their 15-year anniversaries.