CLIPS OF THE WEEK
CHRISTINA GREER
How the Biden administration’s legislation could impact racial inequity
CNBC 01-20-21
Christina Greer, author of “Black Ethnics” and professor at Fordham University, joins CNBC’s Shep Smith to reflect on the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
DEAN MCKAY
Why good manners are more important than ever during pandemic travel
Washington Post 01-20-21
Dean McKay, a psychology professor at Fordham University, is researching mental health issues related to the pandemic.
SAUL CORNELL
What today’s Second Amendment activists forget: The right to not bear arms
Washington Post 01-18-21
Saul Cornell is the Paul and Diane Guenther chair in American History at Fordham University and co-author of “The Partisan Republic: Democracy, Exclusion, and the Fall of the Founders’ Constitution, 1780s–1830s.”
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
KEVIN O’BRIEN
Santa Clara University President Presides at Inaugural Mass
Santa Clara University 01-20-21
This morning, Santa Clara University President Kevin O’Brien, S.J. [GSAS ’01 and Fordham trustee], celebrated a Roman Catholic Mass for President-elect Joe Biden, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, their extended families, and Congressional leadership before Biden’s inauguration as the 46th President of the United States.
ADMINISTRATORS
ED KULL
After COVID-19 cancels again, Fordham extends Federation basketball tournament through 2024
Rockland/Westchester Journal News 01-21-21
“Absolutely. I think we feel honored to host it,” Fordham’s interim athletic director Ed Kull said.
SCHOOL OF LAW
Can U.S. Spy Agencies Stop White Terror?
The Daily Beast 01-17-21
Pence “needs to build a wall between himself and all these white supremacists,” Soufan said during an online discussion co-hosted by his New York-based global security firm and the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School.
FORMER SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY
SUZANNE GOLDBERG
U.S. Department of Education Announces Biden-Harris Appointees
U.S. Department of Education 01-21-21
Before Columbia, she was on the Rutgers-Newark Law School faculty and an adjunct faculty member at Fordham Law School.
SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY
ARIELE ELIA
What Rejoining the Paris Agreement Signals to Fashion
WWD 01-21-21
“I think when you see the administration then signing back on, [fashion companies]realize that at some point there will be some accountability, so they need to start considering [sustainability], and considering it beyond just a marketing plan — but from the scientific perspective,” said Ariele Elia, assistant director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law School, a first-of-its-kind institute dealing with the intersection of law and the fashion business.
ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
Jimmy Van Bramer announces bid for Queens borough president
QNS 01-19-21
Van Bramer was again endorsed by Cynthia Nixon, star of “Sex and the City” and former candidate for New York state governor, and her partner Christine Marinoni, a political activist, as well as Zephyr Teachout, a nationally recognized professor at Fordham University who previously ran for political office.
ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
‘A Terrible Idea’: Biden Warned Against Picking Big Tech Lawyers to Lead DOJ Antitrust Division
Common Dreams 01-19-21
Zephyr Teachout, an associate professor of law at Fordham University and a prominent critic of tech monopolies, echoed that message in an interview with The Prospect.
JED SHUGERMAN
Steve Bannon’s Pardon Complicates Case Against Co-Defendants
Bloomberg 01-20-21
Jed Shugerman, a law professor at Fordham University in New York, noted that the government had a large amount of evidence against the men, including emails and texts.
JED SHUGERMAN
Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Poem: Watch Her Powerful & Moving Speech In Full
Hollywood Life 01-20-21
“So much to love about poet Amanda Gorman, age 22. I’m struck by her echoing lines from the Bible and the musical Hamilton: ‘Sit under our own vine and fig tree.’ ‘History has its eyes on you,’” Fordham University law professor, Jed Shugerman, tweeted.
JED SHUGERMAN
As Trump prepares for final presidential pardons, will he attempt to pardon himself?
Vox 01-18-21
Fordham law professor Jed Shugerman says, “Clearly, a self-pardon is a breach of fiduciary duty because it’s manifestly self-interested.
JED SHUGERMAN
Donald Trump faces an array of legal trouble when he leaves office
The Economist 01-17-21
Jed Shugerman of Fordham law school notes another conceivable fount of lawsuits stemming from Mr Trump’s actions on January 6th: civil tort claims from families of the six people who died in the mayhem.
OLIVIER SYLVAIN
How Responsible is Social Media for the U.S. Capitol Riots?
WESH 2 01-15-21
Olivier Sylvain is a professor of law at Fordham University, researching communication law and policy.
COREY BRETTSCHNEIDER
Holding the President Accountable to the Oath He Swore to Protect Democracy
WESH 2 01-15-21
Corey Brettschneider is a professor of political science at Brown University and a visiting law professor at Fordham Law School.
JOHN FEERICK
Some are calling for the 25th amendment, but how does it work?
Yale News 01-15-21
Akhil Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, and David Mayhew, Sterling Professor of Political Science and a renowned scholar of Congress, were joined on the virtual panel by John Feerick, the former dean of the Fordham University School of Law, who had a hand in drafting the amendment. ISPS Director Alan Gerber, dean of the division of social sciences, moderated the discussion.
KAREN GREENBERG
Rare sedition charge gains interest after Capitol attack
Associated Press 01-15-21
Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at the Fordham University School of Law, said sedition charges in an attack against the center of U.S. government are even more appropriate than in the New York bombing plot.
DEBORAH DENNO
Boston Marathon Bomber Appeal Is Early Biden Test on Death Penalty
Bloomberg 01-15-21
Fordham law school professor Deborah Denno, whose scholarship has been cited in Supreme Court death penalty cases, said she thinks that Biden’s Justice Department will reverse course and withdraw the petition.
GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTY
NEMMARA CHIDAMBARAN
WTF is a SPAC?
Digiday 01-21-21
“The SPAC itself has no assets. It is just a shell company,” said Nemmara Chidambaran, professor of finance and business economics at Fordham University.
IRINA KIMELFELD
WHO’S NEWS: Appointments & promotions
Real Estate Weekly 01-20-21
She is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and an adjunct professor at the Fordham University Gabelli School of Business.
FORMER ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY
LEO O’DONOVAN
The clergy prayers at Biden’s inauguration are a signal of his priorities
Vox 01-18-21
Since leaving Georgetown’s presidency, O’Donovan has returned to teaching as a visiting professor at institutions including Fordham University, General Theological Seminary, and Union Theological Seminary.
ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY
LINDSAY TILL HOYT
Report Highlights COVID-19 Impact on College Students’ Mental Health
Diverse Education 01-13-21
“There was that hashtag going around that we are all in this together,” said Dr. Lindsay Till Hoyt, an assistant professor of psychology at Fordham University and co-author of this report.
AYANNA DOZIER
ART HISTORY FROM HOME: WORKING TOGETHER: PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE KAMOINGE WORKSHOP
doNYC 01-21-21
She is currently a Joan Tisch Teaching Fellow at the Whitney and a lecturer in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University.
PAUL LEVINSON
I’m a First Amendment scholar – and I think Big Tech should be left alone
The Conversation 01-20-21
Paul Levinson
Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Fordham University
BETH KNOBEL
Kamala Harris Shatters Barriers As First African-American, Asian-American, Woman Vice President
CBS New York 01-20-21
“For the last couple of years, students at Fordham, like at every other university in America, have been talking about feminism and about the place that women play in creating a more just and fair society,” said Prof. Beth Knobel of Fordham University.
CHARLES CAMOSY
Catholic Leaders Respond to Joe Biden’s Call for Unity
National Catholic Reporter 01-20-21
Dr. Charles Camosy, a theology professor at Fordham University and former board member of Democrats for Life of America, praised Biden for attending Mass at St. Matthew’s Cathedral on Wednesday morning, along with congressional leaders.
CHARLES CAMOSY
Joe Biden: Conservatives fear his social policy
Die Tagespost 01-20-21
But some have not yet given up hope, such as Charles Camosy: The Catholic theologian and social ethicist, who studied at the University of Notre-Dame in Indiana and now teaches at Fordham University in New York, points this out to the “Tagespost” that Biden was literally “pushed” into positions that were much more extreme than what he actually believed.
DEAN MCKAY
Why good manners are more important than ever during pandemic travel
Washington Post 01-20-21
Dean McKay, a psychology professor at Fordham University, is researching mental health issues related to the pandemic.
CHRISTINA GREER
Can Biden translate plea for unity from rhetoric to reality?
Christian Science Monitor 01-21-21
“Joe Biden is in a unique position, but that’s why he was chosen for this moment – because of his long-standing relationships with Republicans, and because of his compassion,” says Christina Greer, a political scientist at Fordham University.
CHRISTINA GREER
A Biden administration
New York Amsterdam News 01-21-21
Christina Greer, Ph.D., is an associate professor at Fordham University, the author of “Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream,” and the co-host of the podcast FAQ-NYC and also What’s In It For Us podcast.
CHRISTINA GREER
Inauguration Day Insight and Analysis
The Brian Lehrer Show 01-20-21
As we await the swearing in of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, Christina Greer, political science professor at Fordham University, host of the podcast FAQNYC, politics editor at The Grio and author of Black Ethnics (Oxford University Press, 2013) offers analysis of the change of leadership and what comes next.
CHRISTINA GREER
It’s Inauguration Day With Political Scientist Christina Greer; Political Rhetoric Historian Jennifer Mercieca
WNYC 01-20-21
As we await the swearing in of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, Christina Greer, political science professor at Fordham University, host of the podcast FAQNYC, politics editor at The Grio and author of Black Ethnics (Oxford University Press, 2013), offers analysis of the change of leadership and what comes next.
CHRISTINA GREER
How Kamala Harris’ historic inauguration will impact Biden’s administration
CBS News 01-20-21
Christina Greer, an author and professor of political science at Fordham University, joins CBSN to discuss the historic day.
CHRISTINA GREER
How the Biden administration’s legislation could impact racial inequity
CNBC 01-20-21
Christina Greer, author of “Black Ethnics” and professor at Fordham University, joins CNBC’s Shep Smith to reflect on the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
CHRISTINA GREER
Gotham Book Prize Announces Finalists for Best New York City-based Novel
Finger Lakes Times 01-19-21
Fordham professor and political scientist Dr. Christina Greer
SAUL CORNELL
What today’s Second Amendment activists forget: The right to not bear arms
Washington Post 01-18-21
Saul Cornell is the Paul and Diane Guenther chair in American History at Fordham University and co-author of “The Partisan Republic: Democracy, Exclusion, and the Fall of the Founders’ Constitution, 1780s–1830s.”
LEONARD CASSUTO
What’s Wrong With Graduate Education — and 2 Scholars’ View on How to Fix It
The Chronicle of Higher Education 01-15-21
Cassuto, a professor of English at Fordham University and author of The Chronicle‘s “Graduate Adviser” column, and Weisbuch, a former president of both the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation and Drew University, envision doctoral programs calibrated to students’ broad career interests — particularly those outside the academy — and redefine academe’s relationship to the public.
TYESHA MADDOX
It’s Time to Build on a Long Tradition of Racial Justice Movements
Bloomberg 01-15-21
Tyesha Maddox is an assistant professor at Fordham University in the Department of African and African American Studies.
BRYAN MASSINGALE, S.T.D.
Podcast: The Capitol Hill rioters co-opted Jesus. How should Catholics respond?
America Magazine 01-15-21
Father Massingale teaches theological and social ethics at Fordham University in New York and is the author of Racial Justice and the Catholic Church.
STUDENTS
Report Highlights COVID-19 Impact on College Students’ Mental Health
Diverse Education 01-13-21
“This kind of combination of experiencing the stress of transitioning to online learning on your own and these added stressors from the home environment like these additional responsibilities made it particularly difficult for women and might have contributed to some of these differences that we found,” said Neshat Yazdani, a fourth-year doctoral student at Fordham University and co-author of this report.
Why We Should Read Martin Amis
Quillette 01-19-21
[Riley Moore] is an undergraduate currently studying philosophy at Fordham University.
Schuylkill Haven grad walks on to Fordham basketball team
Access NEPA 01-19-21
That’s certainly true for Fordham freshman Albe Evans, who is fitting in nicely in his new “home” at Fordham’s Bronx campus in New York City.
Westborough’s Cameron Pelkey, Holliston’s Brendon Geary receive Bruins-MIAA sportsmanship award on Zoom call with Bruins president Cam Neely
Milford Daily News 01-16-21
“It was great to see Cam Neely and it was great to be recognized and honored,” said [Brendon] Geary, who is a Fordham University freshman.
ATHLETICS
NYS Federation cancels 2021 Boy’s and Girl’s Federation Basketball Tournament of Champions
Troy Record 01-19-21
The New York State Federation of Secondary Schools Athletic Association (NYSFSSAA) has announced the cancellation of its 2021 Boys and Girls Basketball Tournament of Champions at Fordham University due to the impact of COVID-19.
SLU women must wait additional day for first game in six weeks
St. Louis Post-Dispatch 01-15-21
So, they will instead play Sunday against Fordham at Chaifetz Arena at 1 p.m.
ALUMNI
Helen Keller Intl Elects William Toppeta Chair of Board of Trustees
Globe Newswire 01-21-21
[William] Toppeta received his undergraduate degree from Fordham College in 1970, his J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1973 and his LL. M. in Corporation Law, also from NYU in 1977.
Glen Gregorio Joins Wealthspring As Head Of Trading
Financial Advisor 01-21-21
A Queens native, [Glen] Gregorio received his B.S. degree in business administration from Fordham University in the Bronx.
Challenger sets sights on Greenburgh supervisor seat
Scarsdale Inquirer 01-21-21
[Tasha Young] eventually decided to go back to school and enrolled at Fordham University where she studied business administration and gained an interest in forensic accounting.
“In With Flynn”: Why I Wrote the Book & How Political Levers Have Changed Since FDR
Brooklyn Eagle 01-21-21
Ed [Flynn], skipping college, graduated from Fordham law school at age 20 and was elected to the state assembly at age 25.
Manorville intersection renamed for college graduate who battled cancer and was ‘bright light’
Newsday 01-20-21
[Rachel Ragone] continued fighting her illness through four years at Fordham University in the Bronx.
Former Defense Lawyer Philip Granite Joins The Grossman Law Firm, LLC
24-7 Press Release 01-19-21
[Philip] Granite has always had a keen sense of the law, majoring in Political Science at Fordham University and obtaining his Juris Doctorate from the Rutgers University School of Law.
This former Queens Congress member was the first woman to run for U.S. vice president
QNS 01-19-21
But [Geraldine Anne Ferraro] sought more: Although female attorneys were rare, she took night classes at Fordham University and earned her law degree in 1960.
Bomchil promotes partner
Leaders League 01-19-21
Máximo [José] has been with the firm since 2006 in its financial services and capital markets and corporate practice areas. He is a graduate of the Universidad de Buenos Aires in 2007 and obtained an LLM in banking, corporate and finance law from Fordham University in New York in 2011.
Board of Regents elects Dr. Lester Young Jr. as chancellor
Troy Record 01-18-21
Dr. [Lester] Young received an Ed.D. degree from Fordham University and M.S. degree from Brooklyn College.
County Executive Latimer Promotes Blanca Lopez To Senior Operations Position
Hamlet Hub 01-18-21
[Blanca] López has a Bachelor’s Degree in Latin American and Latino Studies from Fordham University and a Master’s Degree in Urban & Public Policy and Management from the New School University.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England, Westchester, New York Properties Announces Leadership Changes
RIS Media 01-6-21
A Connecticut native, [Kathryn] Redican earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Political Economy from Fordham University.
Monica C. Murray Joins Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty
Patch 01-15-21
[Monica C. Murray] earned her law degree from Seton Hall University and a Bachelor of Arts from Fordham University.
Student Voices: Meet Daniel Johnson, Executive MBA Metro NY Class of 2022
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business 01-15-21
Daniel [Johnson] holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Fordham University in New York City and completed postgraduate studies in international relations and political economy at New York University’s Wilf Family Department of Politics.
Lori Martin Named Sternberg Honors Professor at Louisiana State University
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education 01-15-21
Professor [Lori] Martin is a graduate of Fordham University in The Bronx, New York.
Beloved Cardozo High School Secretary Dies At 75
Patch 01-15-21
Stacey and Christine became the first in their family to graduate from college — Stacey from NYU, where she now teaches dance, and Christine [Sund] from Boston University, then Fordham University as an MBA student.
OBITUARIES
Agnes Garrett, Playwright
Agnes Garrett, retired playwright
Cape Gazette 01-21-21
Her midlife accomplishment was earning her bachelor’s degree from Fordham University.
Doris Adams, 95, Of Fort Mill, SC, Social Worker
Doris Adams, widow of Adams Fairacre Farms co-founder Ralph Adams Jr., dies
Daily Freeman 01-17-21
After raising four children and returning to school to earn her master’s degree from Fordham University, Adams worked as a social worker in the field of mental health and opened her own practice, according to the obituary.
