Category: Professional Notes

Larus Comments on Taiwan, U.S. Elections

TaiwanElizabeth Freund Larus, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs and Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Pacific Forum, offered commentary to international media on Taiwan’s 2024 Presidential and Legislative elections: Pre-election commentary, WION News India, January 12, 2024. View the segment. Election commentary, BBC Chinese, January 13, 2024. Learn more. Election commentary, France24, […]

Bales Fills Retirement With Research and Writing

Jack Bales’ vocation for more than 40 years was assisting students, faculty, and staff in Mary Washington’s library. His avocation, research and writing, was always an important part of his life as well, and now that he’s retired, the Reference and Humanities Librarian Emeritus happily stays busy with these interests. Bales continues to present Zoom […]

McDonald Talks ‘Super Tuesday’ With The Conversation

Assistant Professor of Political Science Jared McDonald shared his expertise with media, earning recent mentions, including: Super Tuesday voters turn out to select parties’ presidential nominee (Courthouse News Service) “There are enough delegates out there that that if things changed dramatically, Nikki Haley could start reeling off wins and amass enough delegates,” said Jared McDonald, […]

Parker’s Hunt for Mary Washington Grave Continues to Make Headlines

Assistant Professor of Historic Preservation Katherine Parker’s work with UMW students to locate Mary Washington’s grave continues to catch media attention. Mary Washington’s Grave Location a Mystery (Mount Vernon Gazette)The team was led by historians from Washington Heritage Museums, and a professor from the University of Mary Washington who manned the GSSI Ground Penetrating Radar apparatus […]

Rao Presents at International AI Conference

Anand Rao, Chair of Communication and Digital Studies, attended the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) meeting in Vancouver, Canada, to share research on the development of AI tools to support the teaching of argumentation and debate. He and his co-authors had a poster presentation at the AAI Conference’s AI4Education Workshop titled “Augmented […]