
Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies Stephen Farnsworth
Professor of Political Science Stephen Farnsworth has been named a 2025 Fulbright Faculty Specialist to teach and share his professional expertise overseas. Farnsworth, who also directs the Center for Leadership and Media Studies at UMW, will travel to Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus to serve this Fulbright assignment in summer 2025 to lecture on U.S. politics and assist in the development of political science courses.
The Fulbright Program, a U.S. flagship program of international educational and cultural exchange, offers accomplished students and scholars in more than 160 countries the opportunity to study, teach, conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to mutual understanding. Talented scholars, educators and professionals from all backgrounds utilize Fulbright opportunities to innovate and contribute to finding solutions to challenges facing our communities and our world.
This is Farnsworth’s fourth professional Fulbright award. He previously served as a Distinguished Scholar in Humanities and Social Sciences at University of Warsaw, Poland (2024), as a Fulbright Faculty Specialist at Methodist College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2019), and as a Canada-U.S. Research Chair in Public Policy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (2006-2007).
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