Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, and Noah Gardner, a 2018 graduate of Mary Washington and a former research associate at the Center, were co-authors of a research paper, “Late Night with Donald Trump: Political Humor and America’s Top Comedy Target,” recently presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Gardner graduated from UMW last year with Distinction and with Departmental Honors in Political Science after completing an honors project examining U.S. public opinion.