Robert Spitzer
Background:
B.A., SUNY Fredonia summa cum laude; M.A., Ph.D. Cornell University
Teaching Areas:
American Government: Presidency, Legislative Process, Mass Media, Elections, Political Parties, Public Policy.
Publications:
Books
- The Presidency and Public Policy (1983).
- The Right to Life Movement and Third Party Politics (1987).
- The Presidential Veto (1988).
- The Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution (1990).
- President and Congress (1993).
- Media and Public Policy (1993).
- The Politics of Gun Control (1995, 1998, 2004)
- Politics and Constitutionalism (2000).
- The Right to Bear Arms (2001).
- Essentials of American Politics (2002).
- The Presidency and the Constitution (2005).
- Saving the Constitution from Lawyers (2008).
- Editor, Book Series on American Constitutionalism for SUNY Press.
Awards and Honors:
- SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2003.
- President, Presidency Research Group of the American Political Science Association, (2001-2003).
- Cortland College Student Association Outstanding Faculty Award, 1987, 1991 and 2003.
- New York State/United University Professions Excellence Award, 1991.
- Best Paper Award, American Political Science Association, 1996.
- Member, New York State Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, 1986-1990.
- Former Chair, Homer Zoning Board of Appeals.
- Hearing Officer, Cortland Tompkins and Chenango County Boards of Health.
- Spitzer has been interviewed on NBC's "The Today Show," ABC's "Good Morning America," "ABC Nightly News," PBS's "The News Hour With Jim Lehrer," CNN, CNBC, NHK (Japanese TV), the BBC, Canadian Broadcasting, and been quoted in many national newspapers and magazines, including Time, the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, and the Wall Street Journal.