Frank Evangelista, Scott Chierchio and Daron Foster
Frank Evangelista, Scott Chierchio and Daron Foster, Heating Plant, completed Applied Skilled Trades Program (ASTP) traineeship programs through the NYS & CSEA Partnership for Education and Training. Evangelista and Chierchio were awarded journey-level electrician positions at the College and Foster was promoted to a journey-level refrigeration mechanic position after completing the required two-and-a-half years of instruction in trade theory and 4,000 hours of on-the-job training in their respective trades.
Peter Ducey
Peter Ducey, Biological Sciences Department, co-authored the presentation “Predator-Prey Relationships Between Streamside Salamanders and Earthworm Communities Inhabiting the Riparian Zone” recently given by lead author and Cortland alumna Rebecca Forrest Pinder ’02 at the 10th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology held in Athens, Ga., in June. Pinder has recently completed her Ph.D. at University at Albany in ecology and evolutionary biology and is currently a faculty member at Columbia-Greene Community College. The presentation was part of a broader study investigating the influences of non-native earthworms on biotic and abiotic components of stream ecosystems.
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, presented on a virtual roundtable, “Queer Kinship,” on Sept. 24 at University of North Carolina Greensboro in honor of his book, co-edited with Elizabeth Freeman, Queer Kinship: Race, Sex, Belonging, Form. The book is forthcoming with Duke University Press.
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.
Alexandru Balas
Alexandru Balas, International Studies, published a book chapter about organizing experiential learning Model European Union conferences. The book chapter titled “What is Model EU?” was published in the book Practising Transnational Politics. Preparing and Participating in UN and EU Simulations, Edward Elgar Publishers, 2026.