Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Ranjit Singh provided analysis for an article published by The Cradle, a news magazine covering the geopolitics of western Asia, on the Gaza crisis’ influence on the unexpected election campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris. Speaking days before the start of the Democratic National Convention, Singh was […]
Professor of Education Melissa Wells spoke to With Good Reason radio for a recent episode titled “Baby Babble – Bring Your Family to School.” Too often when it comes to helping minority kids succeed in school, families are seen as part of the problem to solve. Instead, Wells recognizes the strengths that families bring. She […]
Associate Professor of Sociology Eric Bonds penned a recent opinion piece titled “Fredericksburg Can Find Another Way on Data Centers,” published in the FXBG Advance. In the piece, Bonds discusses the concept of climate denialism and Fredericksburg City Council’s entertainment of a proposal to use $200,000 of city funds to conduct a preliminary study in […]
Assistant Professor of Communication Emily Crosby presented her research entitled “It’s Not Just Country Music: The Overlooked Rhetorical Reach of Today’s ‘Bro-Country’” at the 2024 Rhetoric Society of America’s biennial conference. Coined in 2013 by music journalist Jody Rosen as a “frat-boy beach-bum fantasy” for the “young America white dude,” Bro-Country emerged as a widely […]
Adjunct Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences John Tippett and student Kate Stoneman, a rising junior and research assistant, are trying to predict when the island in the Potomac River — formally named Hollis Island but colloquially called Shark Tooth Island — will disappear, and why. They say climate change is a key factor. Their […]
