Category: Professional Notes

Liss Explains What the Happiest States in America Are and Why People are Unhappy

“Increasing wealth does not make you happier, but the experience of poverty can definitely make you unhappy ,” says Miriam Liss , professor of psychology at the University of Mary Washington. That’s because basic needs for housing, food, clothing, security, health care and transportation are difficult to meet when people are not financially secure, she […]

Farnsworth Gives Input on all Things Political

Lucas: Alexandria arena deal is dead as far as she’s concerned (Virginia Business)Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor and director of the University of Mary Washington’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, said Monday that he thinks “greater deference and a sweeter deal are necessary to make this package happen. At some point, if Youngkin […]

Davidson Pens Essay on NATO Strategy for Atlantic Council

Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Jason Davidson wrote an essay titled “NATO should be ambitious with its new Southern Flank Strategy” for the Atlantic Council’s online publication, The New Atlanticist. The article begins: When the leaders of NATO member states gather for the Alliance’s seventy-fifth anniversary summit in Washington in July, they will […]