Dyson News

Pace University’s Political Science Professor Laura Tamman was front-and-center in the media for her expert commentary on the historic 2024 Presidential Debate. She joined Fox 5 News for a post-debate analysis.

The Hudson Valley Post has reported that Pace University is among the nearly 50 colleges in New York (and among only 15 percent of US colleges that made the national list) highlighted in the 2025 "Best College" rankings by The Princeton Review, "one of the nation’s leading education services companies."

Unlike other rankings that are based on academics, institutional data, or college administrators' opinions, The Princeton Review's rankings are based on opinions from actual students, who complete an 89-question survey about their school. Categories to rate include professors, administrators, financial aid, campus amenities, school services, and other aspects of life at their respective colleges.

Clinical Assistant Professor Akil DuPont, MFA, Media, Communications, and Visual Arts, won the Best Production award at the Spring/Summer 2024 New York Theater Festival for Underground, a story of the enslaved, told with the spirituals that guided them to freedom, and inspired by real events in America’s history. His role was as a writer, producer and director.

Clinical Associate Professor of Economics Mark Weinstock, MA, appeared on News12 Westchester to weigh in on the similarities and differences between the economic plans and platforms of US presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

With AI increasingly influencing how we learn and work, Dyson Professor of Philosophy James Brusseau, PhD, offers a thought-provoking perspective, diving into the philosophical and practical implications of AI in the classroom.

Associate Professors of Psychology Brenna Hassinger-Das, PhD, and Leora Trub, PhD, along with Paulette Didia, PsyD, a licensed clinical psychologist, co-authored a study, “Stuck in the DMs: The Association between Introversion/Extraversion and Self-Confidence through Text-Based Communication,” in Psychology of Popular Media, about how the impact of texting affects both introverts’ and extroverts’ self-confidence.

Dyson Professor Melvin Williams joined CBS News to discuss how celebrities like Oprah and Hulk Hogan impact politics, a trending topic this election season. Professor Williams continues to share his insights regarding this topic with multiple media outlets, including Vox and CBC Radio-Canada.

Professor of Film and Screen Studies Catherine Zimmer, PhD, authored an article in Avidly (a channel of the LA Review of Books) titled “A Feminomenology of Chappell Roan,” in which she discussed the “phenomenon” of the singer-songwriter, which includes, among other things, “an earnest and passionate longing for the analog,” something Zimmer feels the artist herself embodies.