Professor of English Chris Foss participated in a Book Party event at a conference reception for the annual meeting of the North American Victorian Studies Association (NAVSA), held this year on Friday, Nov. 14 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.The event celebrated the publication of books by NAVSA members in 2024/2025. Foss’s book, […]
Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Political Science and International Affairs Rosalyn Cooperman authored an article titled “Policy and Electoral Implications of Democratic Women Candidates’ Wins in Virginia 2025 Elections” for the Center for American Women and Politics. Cooperman’s piece highlights major gains by Democratic women in Virginia’s 2025 elections, where […]
Professor of Communication and Director of the Center for AI and the Liberal Arts Anand Rao appeared on News Talk 1230 WFVA’s Town Talk last month to discuss why the Center was created and why this kind of work is so important right now. The program digs into how UMW students are using AI, how […]
Director of Continuing and Professional Studies Teresa Segelken was highlighted by Virginia Business in an article titled “100 People to Meet in 2026: Educators.” The profile includes details on Segelken arriving in Fredericksburg in 2020 as a training and curriculum specialist for the Marine Corps, a job that had her focusing on family members of […]
Steven E. Harris, professor of Russian and Eurasian history in the Department of History, American Studies, and Sociology, has published the peer-reviewed article, “The Martyrdom of Nadezhda Kurchenko: Soviet Hero Cults and the Spiritual Turn in Late Socialism,” in The Russian Review.This article examines the martyrdom of Nadezhda Kurchenko, a flight attendant killed by hijackers […]
