Justin Bucciferro
Justin Bucciferro, Economics Department, had the article “A Lucrative End: Abolition, Immigration, and the New Occupational Hierarchy in Southeast Brazil” published in March in Cliometrica: Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History. Also, his book chapter, “The Evolution of Regional Income Inequality in Brazil, 1872–2015,” coauthored with P. Ferreira de Souza, was published in December 2020 in Time and Space: Latin American Regional Development in Historical Perspective.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, distinguished service professor emeritus of political science, recently was interviewed on the Canadian Broadcasting System and the Australian Broadcasting System on the New York attorney general’s ongoing legal action against the National Rifle Association and its former executive director Wayne LaPierre, who is currently being tried for a series of violations.
Alexandru Balas
Alexandru Balas, International Studies Department and director of the Clark Center for International Education, had his book, The Puzzle of Peace. The Evolution of Peace in the International System, published in February by Oxford University Press. The book is co-authored with Gary Goertz and Paul Diehl. The Puzzle of Peace moves beyond defining peace as the absence of war and develops a broader conceptualization and explanation for the increasing peacefulness of the international system. The authors track the rise of peace as a new phenomenon in international history starting after 1945.
Thomas Hischak
Thomas Hischak, Performing Arts Department, has written a chapter on the “American Musical Theatre” for The Oxford Handbook of American Drama, published by Oxford University Press in December 2013.
Scott Flickinger
Scott Flickinger M ’19, Campus Recreation, was elected president of the National Intramural and Recreational Association (NIRSA) Board of Directors, the leading professional organization for campus recreation and wellness.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Political Science, has been informed that his new book has been accepted for publication by Oxford University Press. The book, Gun Law History: How Three-Hundred Years of Weapons Laws Built the Nation, brings together, for the first time, the full panoply of types of old weapons laws, numbering in the thousands, spanning the period from the 1600s to the early 1900s. The book frames the analysis in the context of America as a developing nation-state. It also demonstrates that the Supreme Court’s recent history-based interpretation of America’s gun laws is entirely wrong.
Carol Van Der Karr
Carol Van Der Karr, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Institutional Effectiveness, is one of 24 people selected to be among the inaugural SUNY Academic Momentum Campaign fellows. She will help lead evidence-based work to support student retention and success.
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, had his article titled “Graphic Attachment: Relational Formalism and Queer Dependency," published on March 27 in ASAP/J.
David L. Snyder
David L. Snyder, Sport Management Department, appeared as a guest on the community syndicated cable television show, “Beyond the Game.” The show, hosted by John Vorperian, appears in prime time twice a week on White Plains Cable Television Channel 76. The episode in which Snyder appears as a guest is tentatively scheduled to air on Monday, April 5, to coincide with the opening games of the 2010 Major League Baseball season. The 30-minute segment featuring Snyder was taped on March 19 and addresses some unique aspects of baseball in Japan. Prior to his arrival at SUNY Cortland, Snyder was president of a sports marketing company based in Tokyo. His primary research interest involves the business of Japanese professional baseball. Since the show started in 2002, Vorperian has interviewed hundreds of guests on “Beyond the Game.” The show has been the subject of many feature stories, including a 2007 article in The New York Times.
Melinda Shimizu
Melinda Shimizu, Geography, prepared and guided a virtual workshop about the Humap mapping platform as a tool for digital cultural heritage for members of WHIPIC in Korea on Dec. 3, 2025. WHIPIC is the International Centre for the Interpretation and Presentation of World Heritage Sites under the auspices of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The workshop developed as a collaboration between Shimizu and Heekyoung Yeo, head of office at WHIPIC, following their work as co-presenters at the 2025 Digital Heritage Forum in Abu Dhabi in a session co-convened by Bekeh Ukelina and Tokie Laotan-Brown.