In 2017, Dr. Pumar was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the University of Valladolid in Spain.  In the fall of 2017, Dr. Pumar was named Visiting Lecturer at the Cultural Institute Felix Varela in La Habana, Cuba, a degree granting institution sponsored by the Vatican. The author of over 50 publications, he serves in the editorial board of multiple academic journals and is the Contributing Editor for Sociology for the Handbook of Latin American Studies published by the Library of Congress. Dr. Pumar is a Senior Fellow at SCU Center for Arts and Humanities.