Stephen Farnsworth, author, political analyst and professor, will serve as moderator for the University of Mary Washington’s Fredericksburg Forum on Wednesday, September 28. The program, which features political strategist Karl Rove, will be held at 8 p.m. in George Washington Hall’s Dodd Auditorium. Tickets are required.
Farnsworth, an expert on media and politics, will rejoin the faculty of UMW in January to open the Center for Leadership and Media Studies on the Fredericksburg campus and to teach in the Department of Political Science and International Affairs. He taught at UMW for 13 years until 2008 and has researched elections, the mass media, the presidency and public opinion in the United States. Farnsworth is currently associate professor of communications at George Mason University.