Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, political science, is the author of a recently published book titled Gun Control: A Documentary and Reference Guide. The book brings together more than 50 primary documents, from early colonial laws to contemporary court cases, that illuminate the evolution of gun policy in the United States. Each document is accompanied by the author′s analysis and commentary to explicate the document′s significance. The book includes original photography by Dawn Van Hall, library, and is published by Greenwood Publishing Group. Spitzer also was interviewed in July on CNN′s ″Lou Dobbs Tonight″ on the nationwide shortage of bullets.
Ralph Dudgeon
Ralph Dudgeon, performing arts, traveled to China May 6-14 where he taught trumpet students from Beichuan Middle School, now relocated in Mianyang in Sichuan after being devastated by the earthquake on May 12, 2008. Dudgeon also worked with graduate students as they taught there as part of the ″Music from the Heart″ relief program developed by Capital Normal University in Beijing. On May 13, Dudgeon gave a lecture/recital on keyed bugle at Capital Normal University for graduate music research students and faculty.
Also, Dudgeon participated in the Historic Brass Society Early Brass Festival July 17-19 in New London, Conn., where he gave a paper ″The Privilege of Joseph Riedl and Joseph Kail: 1 November 1823″ dealing with the development of valve brass instruments patents in Vienna. As a part of the festival's finale concert, Dudgeon performed with the Berlioz Historical Brass Ensemble and also conducted the world premiere of Jonathan Miller's ″Jump In″ for natural trumpet ensemble and percussion.
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.
Nancy Kane
Nancy Kane, Performing Arts Department, was awarded one of the highest honors given to statewide United University Professions members at a ceremony held Oct. 4 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The SUNY union gave her the 2013 Fayez Samuel Award for Courageous Service by a Part Time Faculty Member for her work on behalf of the LGBTQIA community at SUNY Cortland. In Kane’s acceptance speech, she acknowledged the efforts of fellow union members, allies at the Cortland campus and across the state, and especially the students, faculty and professionals who fight discrimination and bullying on campus.
Jeremy Jiménez
Jeremy Jiménez, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had his article “Waves of Diversity: Depictions of Marginalized Groups and their Rights in Social Science Textbooks, 1900-2013” accepted for publication in the forthcoming May 2019 issue of the Comparative Education Review. The article was co-authored with Julia Lerch of University of California, Irvine.
Deborah Warnock
Deborah Warnock, Sociology/Anthropology Department, presented about class and and higher education on two panels at the annual meetings of the Working Class Studies Association in early June at SUNY Stony Brook.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of two recent articles: “An Assault Weapons Gambit Backfires,” which appeared on the editorial page of the New York Daily News on April 9, and “Sensible Regulation of Guns,” which appeared in the Sunday opinion section of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle on April 13.
Jim Hokanson, Erik Lind, Deborah Van Langen and Larissa True
Jim Hokanson, Erik Lind, Deborah Van Langen and Larissa True, Kinesiology Department, had their manuscript, “Run Economy on a Normal and Lower Body Positive Pressure Treadmill,” published in the International Journal of Exercise Science. The manuscript was co-authored by exercise science undergraduate student Corey Temple ’16 and exercise science student Saige Hupmann ’15 Exercise Science and ’17 MS Exercise Science. The research was conducted using the Kinesiology Department’s new Alter G treadmill.
Benjamin C. Wilson
Benjamin C. Wilson, Economics Department, had his article, “Stop Trying to Find the Money—Create It,” published in the October issue of Academe, a publication of the American Association of University Professors.
Robert Darling
Robert Darling, Geology Department, co-presented a paper with a former student John-Luke Henriquez ’09, at the Northeast/Southeast Regional Meeting of the Geological Society of America held in March in Baltimore, Md. The title of the paper is “Zircon-clinging, Inferred Analectic Melt Inclusions in Adirondack Garnet.” Henriquez is currently a graduate student at the University of Maryland.