On May 8, 2018, Maria Bucur, John V. Hill Professor of History and Gender Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the National University for Political Science and Public Administration (SNSPA) in Bucharest.
She is the second member of the Indiana University faculty body to receive this honor, the first being Nicholas Spulber, Professor of Economics.
At the beginning of June, Jeffrey Isaac, Rudy Professor of Political Science, became the third recipient of this high honor.