Dan Hirshberg, assistant professor of religion, delivered a paper titled “Spontaneous Presence: The Rapid Normalization of Padmasambhava’s Iconography in Image (and Text)” at McGill University’s School of Religious Studies (Montréal, Quebec, Canada). Drawn from research he is pursuing for his Jepson Fellowship, this paper focuses on the earliest extant paintings of a renowned 8th ce. master of esoteric Buddhism, and […]
Rosalyn Cooperman, Associate Professor of Political Science, delivered a paper, “Republican Women for Whom? Republican Women for Hillary and the Future of the Republican Party,” at the 2017 New Research on Gender in Political Psychology Conference at Tulane University, Oct. 22-24, 2017.
Brian Baker was elected to the Board of Directors for the Rappahannock Economic Development Corporation (REDCO). In that role he serves on the governance and loan committees. REDCO is a certified development corporation that facilitates fixed asset commercial lending under the U.S. Small Business Administration 504 program.
Sushma Subramanian, assistant professor of English specializing in journalism, was recently awarded a Genetics and Human Behavior Journalism Fellowship. For the GHA Fellowship, Subramanian will observe researchers studying the physiology of the Bajau laut, a group in Indonesia known for their unique ability to see underwater and hold their breath for long periods while diving, […]
Carolyn Parsons, Head of Special Collections and University Archives, recently presented “Preserving Virginia’s Local Architectural Legacies: A Case Study” at the Digital Archives in the Commonwealth Summit at the University of Virginia. The conference explored present, past, and ongoing digital archives projects as well as practical and theoretical issues regarding the convergence of archival practice, […]
