DYSON DIGITAL DIGEST
Winter 2025
Pace Fed Reserve Challenge Team Wins Regional Competition and Ranks Top Five in Nationals
The Pace University Federal Reserve Challenge team won the New York Regional College Federal Reserve Challenge competition, and ranked in the top five nationally, competing in the latter with institutions including Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Miami, the University of Virginia, and the University of Michigan.
James Kennedy: Pace Psychology Graduate Fast Tracks to Doctoral Program
After his research-rich undergraduate experience at Pace, James Kennedy is now enrolled in a prestigious five-year social-personality doctoral program at the University at Buffalo. Learn more.
PaceDocs Wins FilmArte Festival Award for Faculty-Student Produced Documentary
Pace University’s documentary film team, PaceDocs, was announced as a winner in the 2024 edition of the FilmArte Festival for its production, The Cooper: Crafting the Soul of the Cask (El Tonelero: Creando El Alma Del Barril).
From Practitioner to Professor
Professor Ty Defoe, a clinical associate professor and writer-in-residence at Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, is a visionary in his field. But Defoe’s medium is sentient, and his outputs are new communities committed to what he calls “radical acceptance and radical care.”
Economics Professor Collaborates to Build a Unique Program, Computational Economics
We talked with Professor Kaltenberg about the new computational economics program she co-created and her research interests.
Dean’s Message
Understanding how to improve the functioning of society, and the skills necessary to do so, are the very fundamentals of what Dyson College’s social science programs offer. In this issue, we share how Dyson’s social science faculty and students have made us proud.
Dean’s Message
Understanding how to improve the functioning of society, and the skills necessary to do so, are the very fundamentals of what Dyson College’s social science programs offer. In this issue, we share how Dyson’s social science faculty and students have made us proud.
Dyson Notes
Dyson Notes
Alumni News
Lyndsi Cortese ’24, BS Digital Cinema and Filmmaking/ MA Communications and Digital Media, is a social media health communications fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Natalia Cruz ’24, Criminal Justice, Political Science, is a judiciary clerk for Somerset County Court in Somerville, NJ.
Katherine Garcia ’14, Business Economics, is senior counsel at Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP.
Viktoriya Gutkevich ’98, Chemistry, is a doctor of optometry with a private practice in Brooklyn, serving patients of different ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Christian Ptak ’23, MA Homeland Security, is an emergency preparedness officer (level II) for the Suffolk County Fire Rescue.
Stephen Shallo ’11, MPA, has been appointed deputy village manager of Scarsdale, NY.
Faculty News
Associate Professor of Economics, Veronika Dolar, PhD, penned an op ed for the Times Union, ” Soaring Inflation Helped Lead Trump to Victory–Here’s Why Some of His Policies Might Drive Prices Higher Again.”
Adjunct Professor of Art Anders Goldfarb’s (MFA) solo exhibition “Ash Avenue,” was shown at Ten Haaf Projects in Amsterdam, Netherlands from November 16– December 21, 2024.
Professor of Psychology Anthony Mancini, PhD, was quoted in NJ.com about how losing a child to violence can intensify grief.
Professor of Communication and Media Studies Seong Jae Min, PhD, authored two articles in The Korea Times, one discussing the gender divide among young voters in Korea, and the other on the nation’s remarkable democratic resistance.
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Science Anne Toomey (PhD)‘s book, Science with Impact: How to Engage People, Change Practice, and Influence Policy, was a topic of discussion on various media outlets, including WCAI, Land & Climate Review, and Ecotopia KZFR.
Student News
The Pace University Federal Reserve Challenge team won the New York Regional College Federal Reserve Challenge competition, and ranked in the top five nationally, competing in the latter with institutions including Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Miami, the University of Virginia, and the University of Michigan.
Co-Captains Liam Chentoufi ‘25, Economics, and Suraj Sharma ’25 ’26, Business Economics/MS Applied Quantitative Economic Analysis and Policy, led a team of undergraduate and accelerated combined degree students, including Justin Boudreau ‘25, Computer Science (Seidenberg), Economics, Brooklyn Bynum ‘26, Business Economics/MS Applied Quantitative Economic Analysis and Policy, Gunnar Freeman ’26, Computational Economics, Shaniah James ’26, Economics/MS Applied Quantitative Economic Analysis and Policy, Grace McGrath ‘26, Economics/MS Applied Quantitative Economic Analysis and Policy, Kristina Nasteva ’26, Business Economics, Harvey Nguyen ’26, Economics/MS Applied Quantitative Economic Analysis and Policy, Giancarlo Raspanti ’26, Business Economics/MS Applied Quantitative Economic Analysis and Policy, and Viktoriia Yevtushenko ‘25, Business Economics.