This October Associate Professor of Economics Amrita Dhar, and students Jarad Ponce and Peter Lermo, traveled to Dallas, Texas. They attended the 17th Annual Economic Scholars Program Conference for Undergraduate Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.Economics major Jarad Ponce presented “The Sidewalk Effect: A study on the demand for homes in Fredericksburg, VA.” […]
Professor of English Chris Foss presented a paper entitled “ ‘The secret of life is suffering’: Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis as Hard Times Survival Guide” on Sun. Oct. 8th at The Victorians Institute’s Annual Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. In the paper Foss argued that (as an analysis of De Profundis, his tour de force […]
On 6 November 2023, Dr. Nabil Al-Tikriti, Professor of Middle East History, was honored to join Marya Hannun of the Middle East Report (MERIP) and the University of Exeter in discussing both the general history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the specific ongoing crisis in Gaza, together with the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement […]
On Nov. 11, 2023, Patricia Orozco, Senior Lecturer in Modern Languages and Literatures, chaired the multi-session panel Spanish II Peninsular Literature: from 1700 to the Present at the 95 South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference, this year titled (In)Security: The Future and Language Studies, celebrated in Atlanta, Georgia. On this occasion, the panel consisted of […]
Professor of History Will Mackintosh was mentioned in an article titled “In Fredericksburg, Mackintosh, Holmes win Seats on City Council; McFadden, Bailey Earn School Board Seats,” which ran in The Free Lance-Star. “Fredericksburg voters Tuesday said hello to two soon-to-be new City Council members and goodbye to a longtime incumbent. Will Mackintosh, 45, and Jannan […]
