[2] A specialist of the Renaissance, Reformation of Italy, and Behaviorist History, Trexler had over fifty published works.
He was best known for revolutionizing the field of public life as historically significant.
[clarification needed] To celebrate his career and retirement, Binghamton University on April 14, 2004, had a symposium in his honor where renowned scholars in Early Modern Europe spoke on his behalf.
Trexler retired from the faculty of Binghamton University a year before his death.
His final course was a history of Child Abuse in Europe and the United States, offered in the spring of 2006.