Judy Tint, clinical assistant professor of music business, has more than twenty five years of experience as an attorney, consultant, and producer in the entertainment industry. A graduate of Columbia Law School, she serves as a Governor of the Recording Academy’s New York Chapter and travels regularly to Capitol Hill to advocate for artists’ rights. […]
Category: Faculty
American Heart Association: Literacy Can Impact Health
A literacy problem can make it difficult to understand the nature of a chronic condition, keep up with doctor’s appointments, or read a medicine bottle. Studies suggest that literacy may be linked to heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. Susan B. Neuman, professor of childhood and literacy education, tells the American Heart Association that the most […]
A Collaboration Between NYU Steinhardt and the College of Dentistry Brings Nutrition Education to Patient Care
Research shows a clear link between nutrition and oral health. Food plays a key role in tooth decay and gum disease, as well as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, which also have important implications for oral health. Dentists have frequent contact with patients. In fact, people see dentists more often than any other health professional, […]
Faculty First Look: An NYU Steinhardt Higher Education Success Initiative
By mentoring a select group of fellows from underrepresented groups, Steinhardt’s Faculty First Look program is building a recruitment pipeline of diverse applicants for the academic job market. “First generation faculty of color and those from underserved backgrounds have taken on the great challenge of entering the academy with enormous skill sets in their fields, […]
Selcuk Şirin Receives 2018 Klaus J. Jacobs Prize for Project Hope, an Online Videogame Platform for Refugee Children
Selcuk Şirin, professor of applied psychology at NYU Steinhardt, has been awarded the Jacobs Foundation’s 2018 Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prize for Project Hope, an online platform that allows children to play videogames anywhere in the world with an internet connection. Şirin, one of ten researchers to be honored by the foundation, will receive […]
The Dark Side of Data Research: An Interview with Laura Norén
Laura Norén writes about the social impact of technology. She has taught Steinhardt’s undergraduate and graduate students Data Science for Social Impact (with Steinhardt Professor Jennifer Hill), Ethics for Data Science, and New Media Research Studio. Norén is director of research at Obsidian Security in Newport Beach, California and a contributing editor of the Data Science Community Newsletter. She earned […]
ALT Faculty Members Share LEARN Projects at 2018 Learning Analytics Summer Institute
Alyssa Wise, associate professor of learning sciences, spoke about LEARN, NYU’s university-wide Learning Analytics Research Network, at the 2018 Learning Analytics Summer Institute on June 11th at Columbia University. The event was co-hosted by NYU and Teacher’s College Columbia University. In her powerpoint presentation, New Frontiers in Learning Analytics, Wise described the goals of the LEARN network, which helps […]
At Langone’s Health Tech Symposium 2018, NYU Steinhardt Presents Research and Creative Projects
Members of the NYU Steinhardt community presented research at NYU Langone’s Health Tech Symposium 2018 on June 8th. The one-day professional conference brought together NYU faculty, clinicians, students, researchers, and developers for lightening talks, panels, and poster sessions aimed at finding technological solutions that enhance patient care. In a poster session, Iris Fishman, director of Steinhardt’s […]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, A Voice for Generation Z, to Receive Honorary Doctorate Presented by Professor Niobe Way at NYU’s 186th Commencement
On Wednesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will receive an honorary doctorate at NYU’s 186th All-University Commencement at Yankee Stadium. The award will be presented by Steinhardt Professor Niobe Way, who nominated Trudeau because he shares the core values of the NYU community. “Justin Trudeau speaks to a generation taking the fight for human decency, love, and respect […]
Non-White Scholars Are Underrepresented in Scholarly Articles in Communications, Finds NYU Steinhardt Study
Non-White scholars continue to be underrepresented in publication rates, citation rates, and editorial positions in communications and media studies, finds a new study by NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and published in the Journal of Communication. “The article was published in a special issue surveying changes in the field of communication […]
