Patricia Roiger
Patricia Roiger, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, presented “Toddler Tales: Mothering Toddlers Brings Challenges and Pleasures Like Nothing Else. Tips, Tricks and Strategies to Navigate Gentle Discipline, Extended Nursing, Weaning and More” at the New York State La Leche League Conference, held Nov.7-9 in Syracuse, N.Y.
Greg Phelan
Greg Phelan, Chemistry Department, visited St. Mary’s School in Cortland on April 26 as part of the National Science Foundation-funded SUNY Cortland Noyce Project. He conducted chemistry experiments with the pre-K class. Twenty-one four- and five-year-olds participated in hands-on experiments to learn about phases of matter, vinegar and baking soda chemistry and cooking. Afterwards, the children “chewed on” the connection between the experiments and everyday life by eating Irish soda bread, which has visible bubbles and cavities.
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.