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Professor of Historic Preservation Andrea Livi Smith will participate in a panel discussion on the history of death industries as part of the Library of Virginia’s Archives Month programming.
The discussion will take place Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. Learn more from WRIC.
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Professor of English Antonio Barrenechea published the article “Post-Boom(er) Maximalism in the Americas: Valeria Luiselli’s Lost Children Archive” in RSA Journal. The article appears in the journal’s 2026 special issue, “(Re)reading Encyclopedic Narratives in the Digital Age.” Read more in RSA Journal.
Barrenechea also published a review of “Swallowing a World: …
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UMW Head Equestrian Coach Victoria Sullivan was featured in a Free Lance–Star article titled “UMW’s Equestrian Program Gets Jolt Under New Coach Sullivan.”
The article highlights Sullivan’s first year leading the Eagles and the program’s move to Memory Lane Farm, the Stafford County facility she opened in 2019. Sullivan discussed her longtime connections …
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Professor of Sociology Eric Bonds was featured in an NPR report titled “NDAs Are Hiding Data Center Deals, Drawing Ire From Locals — and Attention From Lawmakers.” The report examines the use of nondisclosure agreements in data center development projects across the country. Bonds discussed research he conducted with a colleague in Virginia, …
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Professor of English Maya Mathur has published an article titled “Fantasies of Assimilation: Multicultural Casting and Migrant Narratives in Tim Supple’s and Adam Smethurst’s Adaptations of Twelfth Night.” The article was included in The Sad and Merry Madness of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night edited by Louise Roszak and Nora Galland, University of Nanterre Press, 2026.
Mathur’s …
