Dr. Fernando Arzola, Jr.

Dr. Gerard Becker

Prof. Marc D'Augusto

Prof. D'Agusto, art history adjunct, was the winner of the ArtSlant 3rd 2014 Showcase competition in the category of sculpture. Showcase winners have been designated as promising artists. For more information, click here.

Prof. D'Agusto's work will be displayed at two shows: The MFA National Competition at First Street Gallery in Chelsea, NY and an inclusion at Gateway Plaza Gallery's Emerald City Exhibit in Newark, NJ. For information about The First Street Gallery, click here. For information about The Gateway Project, click here.

Dr. James Danaher

Dr. Danaher's latest book, The Second Truth: A Brief Introduction to the Intellectual and Spiritual Journey That Is Philosophy, was published by Paragon House in February 2014. Taken from the back cover, "We are born into families, language communities, and cultures that provide us with an initial understanding (first truth) through which to interpret our experience. Civilization advances, however, because certain authentic individuals like Copernicus, Socrates, and Jesus pursued a better way (second truth) to conceptualize and interpret their experience. Eventually, we inherit filtered versions of their second truth as part of our initial understanding, but such an understanding originated out of a specific form of thinking known as philosophy." To read more about this book and Dr. Danaher's previous publications, click here.

Dr. Amy Davis Abdallah

This fall Dr. Amy Davis Abdallah initiated the fifth cohort of Woman, the rite of passage program for Nyack College female seniors. With 26 participants, this is the largest class thus far. The ceremony was celebrated with 15 mentors and eight alumnae. Book of Womanhood written by Dr. Davis Abdallah is in its second version and is the text being studied. 

Dr. Jeffrey Dueck

Dr. Dueck published a chapter entitled "Religious Exclusivism and the Ethics of Diversity," in Civility, Religious Pluralism, and Education, published by Routledge. This book focuses on the problem of religious diversity, civil dialogue, and religion education in public schools, exploring the ways in which atheists, secularists, fundamentalists, and mainstream religionists come together in the public sphere, examining how civil discourse about religion fits within the ideals of the American political and pedagogical systems and how religious studies education can help to foster civility and toleration. For more information, click here.

Dr. Jonathan Gates

Dr. Gates' book of poems, Summer's Lease Too Short a Date, was published by Finishing Line Press in January. His poems have also appeared in Shawangunk Review, The Fine Print, Scribner's Encyclopedia of American Lives, and College Faith.

Dr. Len Kageler

Dr. Kageler was a mainstage speaker in May at a youth worker event, Youthwork Summit 2014, in Birmingham, United Kingdom. While in the U.K., he spent a day lecturing in classrooms at the University of Bristol and spent a day providing staff training for a large parachurch organization, Youthscape, based north of London.

Dr. Kageler's book, Youth Ministry in a Multifaith Society: Forming Christian Identity Among Skeptics, Syncretists, and Sincere Believers of Other Faiths, was published by InterVarsity Press in May. InterVarsity Press reported on the advanced reviews of this book saying, "these endorsements are stunning." To read the reviews, click here.

To read more about Dr. Kageler, visit his webpage at lenkageler.squarespace.com.

Dr. Marie Kenote

Dr. Kenote attended the Macro Analysis Creative Research Organization Conference (MACRO) in Madison, WI in June. MACRO's goal is "to promote musical understanding through a practical synthesis of analysis, pedagogy, performing, composition, and informal listening." In July, she attended the "Colloquy on Christian Education" in NYC with speaker Mark Tooley of the Institute on Religion and Democracy (IRD). She also collaborated with Dr. Tammy Lum in a performance in Shuman Hall on the Rockland campus for the Atlantic Bridge youth visiting from Hungary.

Dr. Kenote visited a Benedictine Monastery, Holy Wisdom, in Middleton, WI, where she participated in singing psalms and where she attended a workshop on "Psalms and Prayer" led by Stephen Honeygosky, OSB. Dr. Kenote visited a Benedictine Monastery, Mount St. Benedict, in Erie, PA, where she enjoyed the rhythm of the life of prayer and praise, while having time to fellowship with the Sisters over meals and conversations.

Dr. Maureen Kroning

Dr. Kroning wrote a brief article for iCNN, an online site entitled Emergency Preparedness: A Must in Today's World. To read the article, click here.

Dr. Kroning and Nyack student Jason Carhart collaborated on the research and writing of an article, which was published in the Journal of Nursing. Click here to read "Going Against the Norm: Treating Cancer as a Metabolic Disease."

Dr. Kroning's article entitled "Advanced Directives Education: A Critical Need" is the Oct/Nov. issue cover story for the Journal of Christian Nursing. Her article, "The Importance of Integrating Active Learning in Education," was published in June.

This summer, Dr. Kroning worked alongside nursing educators at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, NY to develop and implement an interactive educational program for nurses and ancillary staff to improve the patient's hospital experience. The program was well-received. She was voted in as president of the Professional Nurses Association of Rockland County, a community nursing organization.

Dr. Mayra Lopez-Humphreys

Dr. Lopez-Humphreys participated in the Summit: World Change through Faith and Justice Conference from June 18-21 at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. She was invited to serve as a panelist on a discussion regarding Racial and Ethnic Implicit Bias. The panel provided insights into how the Church might begin to dismantle implicit bias within its structures and culture. The annual Sojourner's-sponsored summit conference selects 300 invitation-only leaders from a variety of faith-based sectors to meet, discuss, strategize, and create opportunities to act on some of the most pressing justice issues in our nation and world.

Dr. Lopez-Humphreys published an article in the July edition of Sojourner's Magazine, Faith in Action for Social Justice newsletter entitled "Silence: A Path to Action."

To read the article, click here.

Dr. Elaine Lux

Dr. Lux's article entitled "The Narrative Shaping of Meaning in Gail Godwin's A Southern Family: Why Fiction?" was published in the peer-reviewed journal, Narrative Works, 3.2 (2013): 29-48. For more information, click here.

Her article, "Release from Torment: Finding Grace in Arthur Miller's After the Fall, John Osborne's Luther, and C.S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces," was accepted for publication in a book on Luther. It is an expanded and enriched version of the paper she presented at the NE Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature (St. Francis College).

Prof. Bradley McDuffie

Prof. McDuffie published a poem, "From New York to North Dakota At First Light," in North Dakota Quarterly (NDQ), Volume 79, 3-4. North Dakota Quarterly is a literary journal whose roots extend back to the early days of the University of North Dakota. One of the famous "little magazines" that have been the traditional seed beds of talented writers, it puts UND on the map while contributing to the nation's cultural and artistic life. Click here for more information on NDQ.

Dr. Steven Notley and Prof. Jeffrey Garcia co-published an article in Biblical Archaeology Review entitled "Queen Helena's Jerusalem Palace--In a Parking Lot?" To read the full article, click here.  

Dr. Peter Park

Dr. Park was involved in a "BioBlitz" event at the NY Botanical Gardens in the Bronx in September. During a BioBlitz, biologists intensely survey wildlife within a designated site for 24 hours. This data can then be used for a variety of research purposes. Dr. Park represented Nyack College as the event's Fish Taxon leader. He led groups of students to seine parts of the lakes and the Bronx River at the gardens to identify the types of fish inhabiting this area of the Bronx. Click here for more information.

Dr. Larry Poston

Dr. Poston co-authored a paper with Nyack student Pamela Code entitled "Not Going Gentle into that Good Night: Science and Religion in the Face of Death." This paper was co-presented to the Evangelical Theological Society in spring 2013 and then at the Nyack Scholar's Symposium last fall. Baylor University's Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging has accepted it for publication.

Dr. Poston published a review on "Theosis, Sino-Christian Theology and the Second Chinese Enlightenment: Heaven and Humanity in Unity" in Missiology: An International Review. Continuing in the tradition of its predecessor, Practical Anthropology, Missiology is a forum for the exchange of ideas and research between missiologists and others interested in related subjects. To read the book review, click here. For more information on Missiology, click here.

Dr. James Romaine

Dr. Romaine's book, ReVisioning: Critical Methods of Seeing Christianity in the History of Art, was published by Cascade Books in 2014. This anthology of seventeen essays explores the applications of art historical methodologies to the history of Christianity and the visual arts. Over the last two decades, there has been a growing scholarly interest in the rich and diverse history of Christianity and the visual arts. ReVisioning provides strategies for a renewed seeing of this history. For more information, click here.

Dr. Romaine published "Duration, Direction, Devotion" in ArtWay. The essay focuses on the use of visual arts in devotional meditation. ArtWay intends to bring Christian art and reflection about art to a greater public. To read the essay, click here.

Dr. Lisa Steiner

Dr. Elizabeth Swanson

Dr. Swanson began her second season as the Conductor and Artistic Director of the Jubilee Chorus, a NYC-based Christian community choir. All faculty, staff, and alumni are invited to sing with the Jubilee Chorus! The ensemble wishes to proclaim a message of hope and healing through music and to empower God's people with the gifts of music and fellowship. During the coming months, the Jubilee Chorus will bring its ministry to The Bowery Mission and NYC Rescue Mission as well as present their annual Christmas program. The chorus rehearses on Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Nyack College Manhattan campus. More information can be found here. If you are interested in joining the Jubilee Chorus or have questions, e-mails can be sent to:  info@jubileechorus.com.

Dr. Swanson published a four-page article entitled "August 4, 1964 -- 50 Years Later" in the Choral Journal (American Choral Directors Association). The article is about a musical work, August 4, 1964, by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steven Stucky. Scored for large chorus and full orchestra, the themes of this musical work focus on events from the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War during Lyndon Baines Johnson's presidency. The summer of 2014 marked 50 years since this transformational and tumultuous time in American history. The Choral Journal is the leading publication in choral music, circulating to more than 20,000 readers each month.

Dr. Ron Walborn

Dr. Walborn was interviewed by Rich Birch, Operations Pastor at Liquid Church of New Jersey. During the interview, Dr. Walborn addresses some of the pressures of church leadership today and how an institution like ATS is attempting to prepare students for ministry and helping existing pastors lead better. Click here to listen to the podcast.

Dr. Steven Ware

Dr. Ware's book, When Was Jesus Really Born?: Early Christianity, the Calendar, and the Life of Jesus, was published by Concordia Publishing House in 2013. Beginning with an exploration of the essential calendar dates of Jesus' life, it goes on to explain the development of the Easter calendar, and why the dates of Easter are so varied today.

His essay, "The Stones of Easter: Stone Inscriptions of the Easter Calendar from the Late Ancient through Late Medieval Eras," was published in Mittelalterliche Astronomische Grossuhren (Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsanstalt, 2014). This volume contains the presentations made at the Sixth International Symposium on Astronomical Clocks at Rostock, Germany in 2012.

Dr. Ware invites interested readers to peruse a variety of materials at his recently launched website, Where's Ware?

Dr. Jacqueline Washington

Dr. Washington published a case study on a genetic disorder commonly found in the Amish and based on a true story in the book, Science Stories You Can Count On: 51 Case Studies with Quantitative Reasoning in Biology. This book helps to promote scientific and data literacy in ways to prepare students to reason quantitatively and, as the authors write, "to be astute enough to demand to see the evidence." For more information on the text, click here.

Dr. Andrzej Wlodarczyk

Dr. Keyone Kale Yu

Dr. Yu received the 2014 Columbia University Libraries Research Award. Grants are awarded on a competitive basis to scholars whose research proposals demonstrate a compelling need to consult Columbia University Libraries holdings for their work. Dr. Yu's project is entitled "Conceiving a Religious and Social Movement: Henry G. Appenzeller in Late Nineteenth Century Korea." For more information, click here.

Dr. Yu was honored by Wheaton College's Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals (ISAE). He was selected as one of the winners of the Diversity in American Evangelicalism research travel grants. Dr. Yu was recognized for his work on Korean immigrant congregations in the New York City area. For more information on the ISAE, click here.

Mrs. Christy Choi

Christy Choi earner her second master's degree in Library Science. She began her studies at Southern Connecticut State University and completed her degree at Queen's College, City College of New York. Christy says, "I couldn't have done it without the help from my loving family and awesome colleagues at Bailey Library. Once again through this journey, I found that 'all things are possible in HIM.'"

Mr. Earl Miller

Earl Miller, Nyack's executive director of community relations, represented the college at several events this year. He was guest speaker at Suffern United Methodist Church's Martin Luther King, Jr. service, where Nyack professor Rev. K. Kale Yu is pastor and at the Orange & Rockland Black History Month event. Miller participated in the Rockland Community College "Evening of Hope Fundraiser" celebrating the life of the late Melissa Dimataris, a RCC performing arts student. He is pictured above with officials of the four member colleges of Rockland Colleges Care (l-r, Earl Miller; Dr. Kirk Manning, vice president and dean of student development, St. Thomas Aquinas; Sister Mary Eileen O'Brien, president of Dominican College; and Dr. Cliff L. Wood, president of Rockland Community College.)

Mr. Miller was recently quoted in the cover story of the Sunday Journal News "Diverse Yet Separated." The article focuses on the Lower Hudson's diverse population, which in many towns is still divided along racial lines. Read the article here.