Evan Faulkenbury
Evan Faulkenbury, History Department, had a peer-reviewed article published in the Journal of African American History. It is titled “‘An Uncommon Meeting of Minds’: The Council for United Civil Rights Leadership in the Black Freedom Struggle, 1963-1967.”
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, has been informed that his new book, Guns Across America: Reconciling Gun Rules and Rights, has been accepted for publication by Oxford University Press. The book argues that the contemporary debate pitting gun rights against gun regulations is based on a misunderstanding of America’s gun past. While gun possession is as old as the country, so are gun laws, and throughout most of our history, the two have gone hand in hand. Drawing on a vast new dataset of early gun laws, the book shows that gun regulations in America’s early history were, if anything, more strict than they are now. In addition, the book examines the Second Amendment and the assault weapons controversy, “stand-your-ground” laws, and New York state’s recent strict new laws. The narrative also includes the author’s effort to obtain a pistol permit. The book is scheduled for publication by Oxford in March 2015. Spitzer is the author of four other books on gun policy.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, chaired a panel on “Assessing the Presidency of Donald Trump” at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, held in Washington, D.C. Aug. 29 through Sept. 1.
Benjamin C. Wilson
Benjamin C. Wilson, Economics Department, presented with co-authors their paper titled “Spatial Analysis in Pursuit of Equity for Future Generations” at the 13th International Post Keynesian Conference held Sept. 15 in Kansas City, Mo. The conference was hosted by the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the Binzagr Institute for Sustainable Prosperity.
Seth N. Asumah
Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, was named a Boren Merit Review Panelist by the Institute of International Education and the National Security Agency, Washington D.C. Between Feb. 26 and March 1, the panel reviewed 27 National Security Education Program Merit Fellowship applications and selected finalists for the Africa Region Boren Fellowships for 2017. Serving on the panel with Asumah were Kelly O’Brien from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Lynn Westley from Lake Forest University.
Jessica Carrick-Hagenbarth, Avanti Mukherjee and Eric Edlund
Jessica Carrick-Hagenbarth and Avanti Mukherjee of the Economics Department and Eric Edlund of the Physics Department had an article titled “Analysis of Hybrid Epidemiological‑Economic Models of COVID‑19 Mitigation Policies” published in the Eastern Economics Journal.
Hilary Wong
Hilary Wong, Memorial Library, presented “Sowing Good Seeds: Outreach Strategies for Liaisons,” at the SUNYLA 2021 (Virtual) annual conference held June 16 to 18. Wong explained the strategies she has found most effective in creating new opportunities for instruction, both before and during the pandemic. The conference theme was “From Seeds to Service: Growing the New Academic Library.”
Tracy Rammacher and Tony DeRado
Tracy Rammacher and Tony DeRado, Publications and Electronic Media, recently received two Awards for Excellence from the SUNY Council for University Advancement for their work on two College publications. They won a Best of Category for the new financial aid award booklet and a Judges’ Citation for The Campaign for Raquette Lake fund raising piece.
Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, co-authored “Are Ticket Lotteries Fair Game? George v. NCAA Sets the Standard,” which was published in Sport Marketing Quarterly.
Thomas Lickona
Thomas Lickona, Center for the 4th and 5th Rs (Respect and Responsibility), has been invited to be a Distinguished Professor at the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues at England’s University of Birmingham.
During the week of June 23-27, Lickona will present “Integrating Ethics and Excellence: Educating for Both Moral and Performance Character” as part of the centre’s biweekly seminar series, and he will confer with teams working on different research projects within the centre. The invitation was announced in the March 2014 issue of the Jubilee Centre Research and Policy Digest.
The 2014 Winter-Spring issue of excellence & ethics, co-edited by Lickona and Office Manager Marthe Seales, focuses on how schools and parents can combat the rising rate of dating violence and sexual assault, which have received growing national attention. To download a copy, visit the center’s website at www.cortland.edu/character.