Christopher Schwartz, research scientist in the Department of Cybersecurity, and
Matthew Wright, O’Sullivan Professor and chair of the Department of Cybersecurity, along with Andrea Hickerson, former director of RIT's School of Communication and current dean of the School of Journalism and New Media at University of Mississippi, published the book Fake-Checking: A Journalist’s Guide to Deepfakes. It serves as a practical reference for journalists and advanced media students who are increasingly required to identify and verify potential deepfakes and their future iterations. The guide aims to assist journalists in understanding the complexities of deepfakes from several angles, including philosophical, historical, technical, and methodological.
Jessica Hardin, associate professor of sociology and anthropology;
Katie Healey, adjunct faculty member in science, technology, and society;
Kristoffer Whitney, associate professor in science, technology, and society; and
Kaitlin Stack Whitney, associate professor in science, technology, and society, co-published the article
“Design, Disability, and Critical Pedagogy in STS”
in the journal
Science, Technology, & Human Values. The article, which was co-published by Anna Carter ’25 (sociology and anthropology, biomedical engineering), Lee Smith ’24 (individualized study, sociology and anthropology), and Angeline Hamele ’25 BS (sociology and anthropology), MFA (industrial design) explores how the design of course assignments, curricula, classrooms, and buildings imagines particular learners and ways of being and how STS can provide liberatory ways to interrogate and intervene to make more inclusive, expansive futures in higher education and beyond.
Jason Rakowsky ’23 (physics) and
Pratik Dholabhai, associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, published “Interface layer chemistry dependent oxygen defect formation in BaZrO3(110)/SrTiO3(100) heterostructures” in Energy Advances. Their work sheds light on the fundamental aspects of mismatched perovskite oxide interfaces and their influence on thermodynamic stability of oxygen vacancy defects and charge transfer, which has energy applications in designing next-generation thin film oxide electrolytes.
Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, wrote the Ninth Edition of the
CompTIA Network+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide. The book prepares candidates for the new Network+ exam with learning objectives, exam tips, practice exam questions, and in-depth explanations of concepts, including network connectivity, configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, security, and more.
Miranda Garvey, a fourth-year neuroscience major, presented “The Effects of Developmental Hearing Loss On Cognitive Flexibility using Reversal Learning in Gerbils” at the
Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists
in San Antonio, Texas. Garvey’s research focuses on individuals with developmental hearing loss showing reduced cognitive flexibility. Research showed that while gerbils could learn and adapt to changing rules, those with developmental hearing loss learned more slowly and performed worse than controls, suggesting early hearing loss may impair the ability to switch between mental tasks.
