Graduate Studies faculty members are actively engaged in innovative research and have won a variety of prestigious awards, fellowships, and grants.

Scholarship

Renee Robinson, Ph.D., professor, has published:

• Considerations for creating paper-pencil tests. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 13(2).
• Embracing and rejecting student agency: Documenting critical reflection practices in the basic communication course classroom. The Basic Course Annual, 25, 38-69.
• e-Tools: Using mindmeister in the classroom. Invited article by the National Communication Association E-Tool Series
• From conventional spaces to virtual places: Enhancing teacher-student communication in the hybrid-online course. In C. Maddux (Ed.) Research Highlights in Information Technology and Teacher Education 2009. Chesapeake, VA: Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE).
• Picture this: Exploring nonverbal communication through self-portraiture, Communication Teacher, 23, 62-65.
• The role of an institution-level assessment committee in faculty professional development initiatives. Assessment Update
• The role of communication in student achievement. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 11.
• Communicating with technology@work: A guide for professional digital interactions. Bookboon.
• Digital thinking and mobile teaching: Communicating, collaborating, and constructing in an access age. Bookboon.
• Public schools as interactive organizations: Developing a model of media and public relations strategies for altering public school perception. LAP Publishing.

Ruth Tsuria, Ph.D., assistant professor, has published:

• Approaches to Digital Methods in Studies of Digital Religion. The Communication Review, Vol. 20(2).
• Jewish Q&A Online and the Regulation of Sexuality: Using Foucault to read Technology. Social Media + Society, July-September 2016, Vol. 2(3).
• Islamophobia in Arab Online Media. CyberOrient, Vol. (9)1.
• Reading Religion in Internet Memes. Journal of Religion, Media & Digital Culture, Vol. 2(2).
• Islamophobia and Polemics Online. Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis Vol. 25, based on the Donner Institute conference on Digital Religion, Turku University, Finland.
• Book Review: The Mediatization of Culture and Society by Stig Hjarvard. New Media & Society, Vol. 17(10).
• Book Review: Deconstructing Islamophobia in Poland by Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska. Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture, Vol. 5(1).
• Online around the World: A Geographic Encyclopedia of the Internet, Social Media, and Mobile Apps.

Petra Chu, Ph.D., professor, has published:

• “An Orphan in Church by Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret.” Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide 14, 1 (2015)
• Bibliographic Essay on Gustave Courbet Oxford Bibliographies , 2015
• “Le ‘Marketing’ du Château de Chillon.” Essay in cat. exh. Gustave Courbet. Les années suisses (Geneva: Musée Rath, September 2014-January 2015), 186-193.
• “Pathos et Mystère: La Figure de Fantaisie Endormie” (Pathos and Mystery: The Sleeping Fantasy Figure). Essay in cat. exh. Figures de Fantaisie, Toulouse (France), Musée des Augustins.
• Qing Encounters: Artistic Exchanges between China and the West (co-edited with Ding Ning). Getty Publications, 2015.

Juergen Heinrichs, Ph.D., associate professor, has published:

• "Mixed Media, Mixed Identities: The Universal Aesthetics of Marc Brandenburg (Book Chapter)." In Maria Diedrich (Eds.), From Black to Schwarz: Cultural Crossovers between African America and Germany, Berlin, June 2011.
• "Paul Gilroy: Black Atlantic. Modernity and Double Consciousness (Book Chapter)." In Claus Leggewie, Anne Katrin Lang & Dariuš Zifonun (Eds.), 101 Schlüsselwerke der Kulturwissenschaften, Bielefeld: Transcript, May 2011
• "Philadelphia (Book Chapter)." In Cary D. Wintz and Paul Finkelman, (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance, New York: Routledge, 514- 518, October 2004.
• "Primitivism." (Book Chapter) In Cary D. Wintz and Paul Finkelman (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance, New York: Routledge, 992- 994, October 2004.

Charlotte Nichols, Ph.D., associate professor, has published:

• Co-author, A Documentary History of Naples: The Renaissance 1400-1600 (New York: Italica Press, forthcoming 2017).
• “Ecclesiastical Architecture and the Religious Orders in Naples,” in Marcia Hall and Thomas Willette, eds. Artistic Centers of the Italian Renaissance1300-1600: Naples (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2016).
• "Review of “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology,” Metropolitan Museum of Art, Italian Art Society Newsletter 27:3 (2016), 9-10,
• Review of Writing Fashion in Early Modern Italy: from Sprezzatura to Satire by Eugenia Paulicelli, caareviews.org (2016)
• "Review of “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology,” Metropolitan Museum of Art, Italian Art Society Newsletter 27:3 (2016), 9-10,
• “’Rethinking Savoldo’s Magdalenes: a ‘Muddle of the Maries?” California Italian Studies 5 (2015), 175-203

Gregory Stevens, M.A.T., faculty associate, has published:

• Co-authored and co-edited (with Wendy Luke) A Life in Museums: Managing Your Museum Career (2012, The AAM Press)
• Wrote chapter “Then, Now, Next: Transferring A Lifetime of Careers” in Teaching the Museum: Careers in Museum Education, Leah M. Melber, ed. (2014, The AAM Press)
•  Wrote career essay in Creative Careers in Museums, Jan Burdick, ed. (2008, Allworth Press)
• Authored “Leadership, and Why You Need a SWOT Analysis (and a Personal Board of Directors).” Alliance Labs online (August 2, 2017), The American Alliance of Museums
• Authored “Excellence and Equity at 25: Then, Now, Next.” Museum (July/August 2017), The American Alliance of Museums
• Co-authored (with Marsha Semmel, Sam Moore, and Elizabeth Isele), “Generational Inclusion: Shattering Stereotypes and Questioning Assumptions.” Informal Learning Review (No. 144, May/June 2017), Informal Learning Experiences
• Co-authored (with Rebecca Sinel, Charlotte Martin, and Ashley Terrell-Rea) “Rise and Shine: Early Morning Programs for People with Autism.” Museum (September/October 2016), The American Alliance of Museums
• Co-authored (with Sheri Levinsky-Raskin) “Nothing About Us Without Us: Reflections on Inclusive Practice at Cultural Institutions.” Museum (January/February 2016), American Alliance of Museums
• Authored “ADA @ 25: A Look Back.” Museum (September/October 2015), American Alliance of Museums
•  Authored “Raise Your Hand: Professional Engagement Starts with You.” Museum (September/October 2015), American Alliance of Museums
• Co-authored (with Wendy Luke) “Happiness, Gratitude and Saying Thank You.” Museum (January/February 2015), American Alliance of Museums
• Authored “Mid-Year Career Checkup.” Museum (July/August 2014), American Alliance of Museums

Awards, Fellowships, and Grants

Renee Robinson, Ph.D., professor, received the following awards and made the following presentations:

• Robinson, R. (2015, March). Priest Interactions: Examining Individual, Professional, and Spiritual Identity in Social Media Environments. Presentation delivered to and workshop facilitated at the Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology, Seton Hall University.
• Keynote Speaker, University of Lodz (Poland) for the Digital Culture: New Skills and New Challenges Conference, May 2014. Paper title: Digital Interactions: Exploring the Communication Skills Required of a Digital Culture.
• Seton Hall University, Department of Catholic Studies Lecture Series Speaker, Digital Organizational Communication: Exploring the Implications of Social Media for the Church. Presented February 6, 2014.
• A Top Faculty Paper, Central States Communication Association, 2012
• Robinson, R. (2011, May). Invited communication analyst and commentator for the 15th National Appellate Practice Institute hosted by the American Bar Association and the Northwestern School of Law.
• A Top Faculty Paper, Central States Communication Association, 2011
• College of Arts and Sciences Teacher-Scholar Award Recipient 2009-2010
• ACE Award Recipient 2009-2010 (selected by campus student organizations)
• Nominated for Teaching Excellence Award 2011
• Nominated for Teaching Excellence Award 2010
• Nominated for Teaching Excellence Award 2009
• “Top 3 Paper,” Central States Communication Association, 2007
• “Top 10 Paper,” National Communication Association, 2005
• “Best Student Paper Award,” Tennessee Communication Association, 2002

Ruth Tsuria, Ph.D., assistant professor, received the following awards, fellowships, and grants:

• 2017 Tiffany Hunnicutt Award, Outstanding Graduate Student Award
• 2017 STAR Award, Dissertation Writing Fellowship - College of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University
• 2016 George Bush Foundation Graduate Student Travel Grant
• 2016 Dissertation Fellowship Award - Texas A&M Women and Gender Studies
• 2015 Top Graduate Paper Award - Communicating Diversity Student Conference
• 2014 The Association of Jewish Studies (AJS) Graduate Student Travel Grant
• 2012 Oticon Fonden, Graduate Student Award

Petra Chu, Ph.D., professor, received the following awards, fellowships, and grants:

• IRCA Fellow, University of Sydney (2015)
• Fellow Getty Research Institute (2013)
• Netherlands Institute of Advanced Research (NIAS), Wassenaar, Netherlands (2004)
• Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University, Canberra (2003)
• Whitney Art History Fellowship, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1994-95)
• Princeton, Institute for Advanced Study, Fellowship (1990)
• National Endowment for the Humanities, Research Grant (1986-87)
• John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (1986-87)

Juergen Heinrichs, Ph.D., associate professor, received the following fellowships:

• As 2011-12 Fellow with the American Council on Education (ACE), Heinrichs completed a higher education leadership training program.
• Summer Faculty Seminar Berlin, National Endowment for the Humanities, Germany, Summer 2000

Charlotte Nichols, Ph.D., associate professor, received the following awards, fellowships, and grants:

• Seton Hall University Provost's Fund, 1995
• National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar, Rome, 1990
• ACLS Grant, 1989
• The Frick Collection, Curatorial Fellowship, 1985-1988
• Florence Waterbury Fellowship, Institute of Fine Arts, 1983-1984
• Kress Triangulation Fellowship, American Academy in Rome, 1981-1983
• Bernard Berenson Fellowship, Institute of Fine Arts, 1980-1981