Tag Archives: Faculty and Staff

Faculty Profile—Aaron Joyal

It was the generosity and interest from certain professors along Aaron Joyal’s academic journey that he credits for guiding him on a path to Daemen, where he’s an assistant professor of business administration. The impact of mentorship in his own… Read More »

Buffalo Humanities Festival: Utopia Features Daemen Faculty

The eighth Buffalo Humanities Festival—centered around the theme of “Uptopia” this year—featured a cross-disciplinary presentation by Daemen entrepreneurship and political science faculty. The session, titled “Ritual and Place: Towards a Utopian Policy,” was delivered by Dan Shanahan, assistant professor and… Read More »

Miguel Rodriguez—Staff Profile

Miguel Rodriguez is known for his rapport with students. As a former campus safety supervisor—and Daemen’s first director of community standards and student advocacy—he’s a bridge between the college and students, supporting their well-being while running a fair conduct process.… Read More »

Professors Study an NYC Election First

In New York City’s mayoral primary on June 22, ballots will be cast for the first time using an uncommon—but not unproven—method for choosing candidates: ranked choice voting (RCV). Using exit poll data to study voters’ perceptions of RCV’s effects… Read More »

Margaret (Meg) Artman—Faculty Profile

Margaret (Meg) Artman serves as faculty advisor to The Insight, the student-run newspaper of Daemen College, which just published its most recent issue. It’s a fitting role for the assistant professor of English; Artman was a frequent contributor to… Read More »

Daemen in the News

Will local private colleges require in-person students to get vaccinated? Buffalo Business First: Greg Nayor, vice president for strategic initiatives Sluggish start dooms FCY New York in first-ever UPSL home match Buffalo News: Bediako Swan, head coach, men’s… Read More »

VPA’s Xiao Yang Exhibits in NYC Art Installation

Xiao Yang, an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and a 2016 graduate of the college, displayed her work “Made In Power” in one of New York City’s largest annual outdoor installations of artwork.… Read More »

Daemen in the News

On Daemen’s esport team, they’re all gamers WIVB-CBS: Patrick Ryan, head coach of Esports teams at Daemen College.

Erie County school districts to provide Pfizer vaccine clinics for students 12 and older WIVB-CBS: Greg Nayor, vice president for

Daemen “Selfie” Spot Highlights Inventive Arts and Business Collaboration

A popular “selfie” spot in downtown Buffalo is bringing attention to an innovative collaboration between Daemen College and the Western New York Book Arts Center. Since its installation in late April, the window display by Daemen has served as an… Read More »

Staff Profile – Mike Morgan

A love of learning and education has always played a pivotal role in major life endeavors for Mike Morgan, the director of publications at Daemen College since 1984. Morgan has fond memories of attending Buffalo State College, earning a bachelor… Read More »

Study Cites Significant Shortcomings in Common Tool for Assessing Trauma

A common tool used by an array of professionals to assess experiences of trauma in the first 18 years of life fails to adequately uncover and contextualize adverse experiences—and has the potential to re-traumatize an individual by the manner in… Read More »

Students and Faculty Create Aids for Developmentally Disabled During Pandemic

Combating COVID challenges unique to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) is focus of state grant and partnership. With funding from the New York State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council (DDPC), the Daemen College Department of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)… Read More »

Daemen in the News

Should Covid-19 vaccines be required on Buffalo-area campuses? Not yet, colleges say (Buffalo News)

Peoples-Stokes hosts Buffalo marijuana expungement clinic (WGRZ-NBC)

Challenges of teaching democracy in Poland, U.S. is focus of virtual event (Am-Pol Eagle)

Fredonia All-WNY guard Tyler Putney

Margaret Phililps Earns Fulbright Specialist Award for Projects in South Asia

In early March 2020, Margaret Phillips traveled to India for a conference—funded through the Daemen Global Education Task Force—and to set the foundation for a service-learning study abroad program for the college. Before the pandemic shut down international travel, and… Read More »

Staff Profile – Daniel Robison

Daniel Robison outside building with presidential debate posters behind him

Joining Daemen College as director of institutional communication in mid-April, Daniel Robison is moving to Western New York for the second time. Originally from Louisville, KY—and raised on the other side of the Ohio River, in New Albany, IN—Robison began… Read More »