FAC U LT Y & S TA F F Achievements
Throughout the year, faculty and staff
The City, September 7–8, 2015, where he
College in Oakland, California where he
publish in professional journals and public
presented on “Emerging Trends in Interior
successfully completed the advanced-level Arabic course. He has since enrolled in NYU's
magazines and participate in conferences
Architecture: Impact of Neuroscience.” Dr.
and exhibitions as guest speakers and
Amor served as a moderator for the Qatar
Certificate Program in Arabic to English
artists /designers. A few examples of these
Green Building Conference that was held in
translation. Dr. Bianchi is also translating
endeavors are listed below. Position titles
April 27–28, 2015 at Qatar National Conven-
Classical Arabic religious texts for the Bahá'í
and achievements reflect the academic year
tion Center. Likewise, in collaboration with a
World Centre on a volunteer basis. In terms of
2014–15.
doctoral student from Texas Tech University,
research, he published an article on 3arabizi
Law Alsobrook, Assistant Professor in Graphic Design, exhibited his interactive sculpture, “Te kalliste: to the fairest,” at the
Dr. Amor presented “Learning and applying
in Q-Science's Tasmeem journal in Spring
sustainability principles is a challenging edu-
2014, completed a book chapter for Springer
cational task.” The outcome was published in
Publishing Company on English language
QScience Proceedings, (2015), 26.
education in Palestine, which is forthcoming,
20th International Symposium on Electronic
George Awde, Assistant Professor of Photog-
Arts (ISEA) in Dubai, UAE. He presented “Are
raphy, exhibited in the critically acclaimed
we our fictions? The narrative boundaries of
exhibition Imagined Cities at the Los Angeles
and drafted another book chapter on the future of the Arabic language for Akkadia Press. On a creative note, he has almost completed his first novel, “7abibi.”
self” at Fak’ugesi, a Digital African Arts
Municipal Gallery in the fall of 2014 and “I
Conference, hosted by University of the
Spy with my Little Eye” at The Mosaic Rooms
Ryan Browning, Assistant Professor in the
Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South
in London in May 2015. He also had a solo ex-
Art Foundations Department, had an FRG
Africa. The paper was subsequently published
hibition “Fragile States” in May 2015 at East
grant-supported solo exhibition of paintings
in Technoetic Arts: Journal of Speculative
Wing in Dubai and was an artist-in-residence
entitled “Cruiselandia” at ADA Gallery in
Research. He was invited to submit an
at Light Work in Syracuse, New York, during
Richmond, Virginia in the fall of 2014. He
article, “The Tesseract: between mediated
the summer of 2015. His work has just been
received a Faculty Research Grant in the
consciousness and embodiment” to the
featured on the cover of this month’s Canvas
spring of 2015 supporting an upcoming solo
online journal Noema: Technology & Society.
magazine and there is an article on his work
exhibition, entitled “General Drift” which will
In June 2015, together with Diane Derr, he
in this month’s Art Asia Pacific.
conducted the workshop “Variable There: Reconfiguring narrative through urban data” at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa and at the conference Arte Present: Mapping Space that Could Return to Earth Again in Havana, Cuba. His TedxEducation City talk was recently included on the list of “50 of the best inspirational and motivational talks for creatives.” Ranked number 14, he shares the list with JJ Abrams, Neil Gaiman, and Steven Spielberg. He also published poems in Petite Hound Press, The Volta, Typehouse Literary Magazine, and After the Pause.
Dr. Summer Bateiha, Assistant Professor of Mathematics in the Liberal Arts & Sciences
be held in 2016 at The Third Line gallery in Dubai, UAE. In June 2014, Marco Bruno, Assistant
Program, was the keynote speaker at The
Professor in the MFA in Design Program,
3rd Abu Dhabi University Annual Interna-
together with Simone Muscolino, Director
tional Conference in March 2015. She also
of Art Foundation, presented an interactive
presented her research in the “Show and Tell
installation titled “Borrowed City Flip” at
Series” at Virginia Commonwealth University
Crow's Eye View (CEV), the Korean Pavilion
in Qatar and in the Mathematics Depart-
at the XIV Venice Architecture Biennale.
ment at Qatar University. In addition, she
Due to the success of the exhibition (the
gave a talk at the competitive 2015 Liberal
Korean Pavilion received the Golden Lion
Arts and Sciences Conference at Texas A&M
for Best National participation), the CEV
University in Qatar. Two of her papers were
was installed again in Seoul at Arko Center
accepted for publication—one as an article
(March–May 2015) and in New York City at
in Investigations in Mathematics Learning
Tina Kim Gallery (September–October 2015).
Cherif Amor, Chair of the Department of
and the other as a book chapter in “Learning
During the New York opening, Professor
Interior Design, presented at and served on
Across Borders: International and Trans-
Bruno participated in a public talk at the
the conference committee for EDRA 46 Los
national Education.”
Storefront for Art and Architecture and
Angeles Conference, May 27–30, 2015. He also served as the conference chairman for the Future Interiors Qatar conference that was held at the Intercontinental Hotel
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Assistant Professor of English, Dr. Robert Bianchi, was selected to attend the prestigious Arabic Language School of Middlebury
lectured at Rhode Island School of Design School of Architecture. In addition, a revised second edition of his book “Borrowed City,”