Joy Guarino, professor of dance and director of the Center for Global Engagement, has received the National Dance Education Organization 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award. The NDEO award is given to an individual who has demonstrated excellence in creating innovative programs, curriculum, and/or projects that have had a significant impact on the field of dance education and who has demonstrated leadership on a national level. Ms. Guarino was officially recognized at the NDEO 2024 National Conference, held in Bellevue, Washington, September 29-October 1.

Thomas J. Reigstad, professor emeritus of English, gave the invited presentation "Mark Twain's Haunts in Western New York" as part of the Buffalo Humanities Festival: Hauntings at the downtown Central Library on Saturday, September 21. Dr. Reigstad's talk accompanied the two-day festival's spotlight speaker on Friday, author Percival Everett, whose latest novel, James, is a retelling of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn from the slave Jim's point of view. Buffalo State was a presenting partner of the festival.

Joelle Leclaire, professor and chair of the Economics and Finance Department, was interviewed by Jeff Shober about the impact of Lake Erie on the regional economy for the article "Local Innovation Strengthens the Great Lakes Ecosystem," published on the website Buffalo Tales on September 2, 2024.

Joelle Leclaire, professor and chair of the Economics and Finance Department, published the chapter "Government Debt in the Modern Money System" in The Elgar Companion to Modern Monetary Theory (Y. Nersisyan and L. R. Wray. eds.; Northampton, Edward Elgar, 2024).

Joelle Leclaire, professor and chair of the Economics and Finance Department, gave an invited presentation, "U.S. Economic and Financial Trends and Forecasts: Fall 2024," at the UNAM-CISAN (National Autonomous University of Mexico - Centre for North American Studies) international seminar, The Impact of U.S. Polycrisis on Mexico-US Bilateral Relationship, held at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico, on August 13.

Joelle Leclaire, professor and chair of the Economics and Finance Department, gave an invited presentation in French, "C'est quoi la dette du gouvernement? (What Is Government Debt?)," as part of a seminar series at the Centre d'Economie de l'Université Paris Nord (CEPN), in Paris, France, on June 10.

Dana Faye Serure, assistant professor of history and social studies education, published an online article, "Inquiry Design Method: Teaching September 11, 2001 and Post-9/11 History with Children's & Youth Literature," in the journal The Social Studies, July 15, 2024: 1-13.

A paper coauthored by Vida Vanchan, interim associate dean of the School of the Professions, director of the Buffalo State Global Studies Institute, and professor of geosciences, titled "Localised Waste Reduction Networks, Global Destruction Networks and the Circular Economy," has been published in the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsae026.

The study, which has been generating broad media coverage, explores post-consumer policies in the athletic wear sector to see how geography influences their efficacy. The findings suggest that consumers' physical location has a major impact on the effectiveness of "greener" circular economy policies designed to reduce waste.

The clothing industry is one of the biggest global polluters, with fast-fashion companies creating cheap clothing made of synthetic materials that soon ends up in landfills. According to the European Parliament (2020), less than half of used clothes are collected for reuse or recycling, and only 1 percent of used clothing is recycled into new clothes.

Anthony Chase, assistant dean in the School of Arts and Sciences, was inducted into the Buffalo Theater District's Plaza of Stars during the kickoff to the 41st anniversary celebration of Curtain Up! on September 9 in downtown Buffalo. The ceremony at the corner of Main and Tupper streets was hosted by the award-winning actor, director, and former Plaza of Stars inductee Stephen McKinley Henderson. The Plaza of Stars honors Buffalo's most talented and influential individuals in theater, including Christine Baranski, Michael Bennett, Saul Elkin, A. R. Gurney, Lorna C. Hill, and Vincent O'Neill.

Dr. Chase is the founder and producer of the Artie Awards, which for 33 years have recognized excellence in Western New York theater while raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for local AIDS charities. He has served as the host of Theater Talk on WBFO-FM 88.7 for more than 30 years, providing commentary on theater in Western New York, Southern Ontario, and across the continent. His reviews can be seen on his popular theater website theatertalkbuffalo.com. He holds a Ph.D. in English with a concentration in dramatic literature from the University at Buffalo and is a graduate of Trinity College in Hartford Connecticut, where he was President's Fellow in Theater Arts. He teaches theater history and graduate-level drama studies at Buffalo State.

Ji Young Lee, associate professor of fashion and textile technology, has published two journal articles: "Saving Brick-and-Mortar Retail: Effects of 'Consumer-Engaged' Retail-tainment on Consumers' Store Perceptions and Store Loyalty," published in the International Journal of Costume and Fashion, 24 (1): 19-38; and "Artificial Intelligence-Powered Chatbots in the Fashion Sector: The Affect-Behavior-Cognition Model of Attitudes," published in Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 53 (1): 5-24.