Zhang Jie, professor of sociology and director of the Center for China Studies, published his paper "Suicides and Medically Serious Attempters Are of the Same Population in Chinese Rural Young Adults," coauthored with Sun Long, Yeates Conwell, Qin Ping, Jia Cunxian, Xiao Shuiyuan, and Tu Xin-Ming, in the Journal of Affective Disorders 176: 176–182. Sun Long, Jia Cunxian, and Xiao Shuiyuan were visiting scholars to Buffalo State over the past few years.

Robert Delprino, professor of psychology, presented a two-day workshop on the foundations of strategic planning in higher education related to capital planning for Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, January 12 and 13.

A chapter by Mark Warford, associate professor of modern and classical languages, titled “Educational Innovation: Confronting Complexities,” was accepted for publication in the edited volume Unlocking Innovation, which was recently contracted by Springer.

Lindsey Freeman's article "Atomic Childhood around 1980" (PDF) appears in the current issue of Memory Studies 9 (1): 75–84.

Gerhard Falk, professor of sociology, has written his 24th book, End of the Patriarchy: The Rise of American Women in the 21st Century (Rowman & Littlefield, December 2015). The book's chapters are titled Women in the American Economy; Education and Female Achievements; Achieving Women: Their Careers and Their Families; American Women in Politics and Government; Women in the Military; Women in Religion; Women in Law Enforcement; and Women in Journalism. In his postscript, Falk predicts the feminization of the United States within one generation.

Lindsey Freeman, assistant professor of sociology, had a book launch for Longing for the Bomb: Oak Ridge and Atomic Nostalgia at CUNY's Center for Place, Culture, and Politics on December 10.

A collection of essays co-edited by John Abromeit, Bridget Chesterton, York Norman, and Gary Marotta, titled Transformations of Populism in Europe and the Americas: History and Recent Tendencies, was published by Bloomsbury Academic Press.

Ted Schmidt, associate professor of economics and finance, published his book The Political Economy of Food and Finance (Routledge, December 2015).

Gerald Mead, lecturer in the Design Department, chaired the review panel for the New York State Council on the Arts 2016 Individual Artist Decentralization Grants. His assemblage Oil Spill Commemorative was included in the curated exhibition Water: Elemental, Mutable, Essential, on view in the Allegheny College Art Gallery in Meadville, Pennsylvania, November 3–24. He also presented the lecture "Of Niagara: Works from the Gerald Mead Collection" at Genesee Community College's Stuart Steiner Theatre in Batavia, New York, on December 1. The lecture coincided with an exhibition of the same name, on view in the college's Roz Steiner Gallery through December 18.

Nancy Weekly, head of collections and Charles Cary Rumsey curator at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, was invited to publish two essays in the catalog The Armand and Eleanor Castellani Collection: Art for the Public Eye. The catalog accompanies the Castellani Art Museum's exhibition Highlights: The Castellani Collection, on view through July 2016. The cover of the catalog and central painting in the main gallery reflect Weekly's essay "Joan Mitchell (American, 1925-1992), Begonia, 1982.” Her other essay, “Tim Rollins (born 1955) & K.O.S. (established 1982), The Red Badge of Courage I (after Stephen Crane), 1985-86,” addresses the primary work in the education gallery.

The catalog was published by the Castellani Art Museum at Niagara University in November 2015. Weekly is also an instructor of museum studies for the Burchfield Penney Art Center and the Buffalo State History and Social Studies Education Department.