The UMW community will be able to experience firsthand the dangers of distracted driving on Wednesday, Aug. 26. The University has teamed up with AT&T and DRIVE SMART Virginia to bring the “It Can Wait” virtual reality driving simulator to Ball Circle on the Fredericksburg campus. The simulator will be set up in front of […]
Rosalyn Cooperman, associate professor of political science, authored an analysis of the Aug. 6 Republican presidential nominees’ debate for U.S. News and World Report’s Debate Club. Professor Cooperman’s piece may be accessed here: http://www.usnews.com/debate-club/who-did-the-best-at-the-gops-first-debate.
This summer, Professor of English Chris Foss published an article entitled “Fin-de-Siècle Indian English-Language Poetry: British Imperialism, India, and the Irish Question” in English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920. Now in its 58th year, ELT is one of the most established venues for scholarly work on literature from the late Victorian, Edwardian, and early Modernist periods.In this […]
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently gave a lecture entitled, “Evaluating Public Opinion Polls: A Brief Introduction to Survey Research,” in Washington for the Macedonia Media Leaders Program (MMLP), an international journalism initiative sponsored by the International Research & Exchanges Board.
Jon Pineda, assistant professor of English and acting coordinator of the concentration in creative writing, has had four poems recently featured in high-profile venues of publication. “Translation” was one of the featured “Father’s Day” poems on The Poetry Foundation’s “Poetry Off The Shelf” podcast: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/features/audioitem/5250. “Cinque Terre” and “The Muse, or Stars Out on Interstate […]
