Scholarly Research

As stated in the NYFC Constitution, the duties and membership of the Scholarly Research committee are composed of the following:

1. The Committee on Scholarly Research is composed of 15 elected voting members of the NYFC. Two additional alternate seats are reserved for tenure-track and contingent faculty of the NYFC.
2. The duties of the Committee on Scholarly Research are:
   1. To make policy recommendations to the NYFC on all matters pertaining to providing support in the form of released time and/or direct financial support for scholarly research;
   2. To meet at least once each semester to consider requests by faculty for support for scholarly research.

Allocated: 15 members and 2 alternates

Currently has: 14 members and 2 alternates

Committee chair: Zafir Buraei

Current committee members: (Fall 2023 - Spring 2025)

• Zafir Buraei, Biology (Dyson) - Chair
• Leigh Anne Donovan, Marketing (Lubin)
• Namchul Shin, IT (Seidenberg)
• Judi Pajo, Sociology & Anthropology (Dyson)
• Sid Ray, English (Dyson)
• Linda Gottesfeld, Art (Dyson)
• Brenna Hassinger-Das, Psychology (Dyson)
• Ron Frank, History (Dyson)
• Kristen Di Gennaro, English (Dyson)
• Jennifer Pranolo, Film and Screen Studies (Dyson)
• Andriy Danylenko, Modern Languages (Dyson)
• MyoJung Cho, Accounting (Lubin)
• Canan Corus, Marketing (Lubin)
• Soyoung Kim, Marketing (Lubin)
• Freddy Huang, Accounting (Lubin)

1st alternate: Meng Xu (Mathematics)

2nd alternate: Melvin Williams (Communication Studies)

Forms

Scholarly research applications for either release time or research expenses are available on the NYFC's Faculty forms webpage.

• Fall due date: Wednesday, October 11, 2023
• Spring due date: Wednesday, March 6, 2024
• Send completed form via Echosign to your Chair, followed by your Dean, followed by the Chair of the SRC to zburaei@pace.edu.

Applicants should allow time for signatures in their planning. All applications must arrive to the SRC before the deadline.