Category: Professional Notes

Parker Teaches the Ins and Outs of Ground Penetrating Radar to Volunteers in Search of Mary Washington’s Final Resting Place

Historians and officials with Washington Heritage Museums, which own the monument site along Washington Avenue, don’t know the precise location of Mary Ball Washington’s grave. Washington Heritage Museums is working with the University of Mary Washington’s Department of Historic Preservation to understand what lies beneath. Read more. 

Frankel Explains Threats Posed by Cancer-Causing Contaminants in Major Waterways

According to the study’s lead author, Tyler Frankel, who was quoted in Phys.org, coal ash contaminants increase in concentration as they work their way up through the food web, threatening a number of predatory fish and birds. “These waterways serve as important routes for several migratory fish species and sensitive nursery habitats for various endemic […]

Online Magazine Reviews Barry’s Book, ‘Bishop in Flight’

On February 11, 2024, the online magazine, Ancient Jew Review, published a shining review of Prof. Jennifer Barry’s first book Bishops in Flight.The review can be found here:Bishops in Flight: Exile and Displacement in Late Antiquity in Review, Book NotesBarry, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, is currently on research leave as the Harvard Loeb Classics Library Fellow […]

Thaxter Speaks on the Conflation of Self-ish vs. Self-care

“There are a number of different ways of thinking about selfishness and where those messages come from,” said Adjunct Professor of Psychology Peter Thaxter. “I think sometimes that message on self-ish vs. self-care or self-preservation often can get misconstrued or conflated based on the messaging in our society.” Read more.