Faculty and Staff Activities

Robert Spitzer

Robert Spitzer, Distinguished Service Professor of political science emeritus, is the author of two new articles: “Understanding Gun Law History after Bruen: Moving Forward by Looking Back,” published in the most recent issue of the Fordham Urban Law Journal, and “Historical Weapons Restrictions on Minors,” published in the Spring 2024 issue of the Rutgers University Law Review.

Mark A. Sutherlin

Mark A. Sutherlin, Kinesiology Department, gave two presentations at the National Athletic Trainers’ Association 68th Clinical Symposia & AT Expo, was accepted into the NATA Foundation Research/Faculty Mentor Program, and participated as part of the Athletic Training Research Agenda Focus Group this summer in Houston, Texas. 

Noelle Chaddock Paley

Noelle Chaddock Paley, Multicultural Life Office, and Joshua Price, Binghamton University, spoke about their research and experiences with the Broome County Jail Project on Feb. 4 at Union College. Paley and Price co-authored an essay titled “Violent Interruptions.” The essay was published in the anthology Interrupted Life: Experiences of Incarcerated Women in the United States, edited by Rickie Solinger, Paula C. Johnson, Martha L. Raimon, Tina Reynolds and Ruby Tapia.

Cynthia J. Benton

Cynthia J. Benton, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, co-presented a paper with Undergraduate Research Council Fellowship Awardee Jeremiah J. Best, a senior childhood education major from Inlet, N.Y. They delivered “Gender and Teaching Choice: Males’ Career Decisions and Elementary Teaching as a Profession” at the International Conference on Education held in January in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Claus Schubert

Claus Schubert, Mathematics Department, gave two talks at the Joint Mathematics Meetings 2010 held Jan. 13-16 in San Francisco, Calif. The first talk, “Displaying Mathematics with Plain HTML,” was part of a session on publishing mathematics on the Web. The second talk, “Teaching Abstract Algebra using Technology,” was part of a session on the scholarship of teaching and learning in undergraduate mathematics.  

David Snyder

David Snyder, Sport Management Department, wrote a book chapter titled, “Age Discrimination in Employment Act,” recently published in the fifth edition of Kendall Hunt’s Law for Recreation and Sport Managers.  

Anthony Taylor

Anthony Taylor, professor emeritus of psychology, serves as a pro bono consultant in the research unit at the headquarters for Wildlife Conservation Society in the Bronx, N.Y. In 2009, he co-authored two journal articles: “Belonging at the Zoo: Retired Volunteers, Conservation, Activism and Collective Identity,” that appeared in Ageing & Society (29, 2009, 351-368); and “What Information Do Zoo and Aquarium Visitors Want on Animal Identification Labels?” that ran in Journal of Interpretation (14, No.2, 2009, 7-19).

Robert Spitzer

Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of a book chapter titled “Gun Control: Constitutional Mandate or Myth?” for a book titled Moral Controversies in American Politics, to be published later this year by M.E. Sharpe.

Rhiannon Maton

Rhiannon Maton, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, recently had a co-authored article published in Journal of Educational Change. The article, “Educators Learning through Struggle: Political Education in Social Justice Caucuses,” explicates how five forms of political education support educators’ political learning within and beyond their unions. 

Bonni C. Hodges

Bonni C. Hodges, Health Department, was a participant in the Assembly on Health Equity and Prosperity held Aug. 4-5. Hosted by the University of Maryland’s Center for Health Equity and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the assembly brought practitioners, academics, business leaders, and government officials together to build skills and capabilities to empower local actions to improve health equity and prosperity.