University of Mary Washington Museums Executive Director Scott Harris appeared on a recent episode of the Town Talk radio show on WFVA to talk about the James Monroe Museum, Gari Melchers Home and Studio and The Papers of James Monroe. Hear the episode.
Elizabeth Johnson-Young, Associate Professor of Communication, published her work regarding birth trauma experiences in the journal, Qualitative Research Reports in Communication. Stemming from research conducted as part of her Jepson fellowship in 2021, this article reports on the results of qualitative in-depth interviews of women who defined their births as difficult or traumatic. With the […]
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of Political Science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently presented a lecture, “The Rising Threat of Disinformation” to the Lake of the Woods Forum in Locust Grove, VA. The talk was derived from portions of Dr. Farnsworth’s recently published co-authored book, Producing News in a Time […]
Associate Professor of Linguistics Paul D. Fallon presented his research to the North American Association of the History of Linguistics (NAAHoLS) on Jan. 5, 2024. His talk, “The undead nature of the term ‘Hamito-Semitic’,” presented qualitative and quantitative research over the decades on the varying names of the Afroasiatic phylum of languages.Associate Professor of Linguistics […]
Research led by Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Tyler Frankel was recently featured in an article titled “Cancer-causing metals leak into water near coal ash landfills,” which was featured in Earth News and Mirage News. Researchers from the University of Mary Washington have discovered alarming levels of cancer-causing metals in both the sediments […]
