Bonnie Hall and Swati Agrawal, both faculty at teaching-focused institutions, recognize the challenges students face when presented with visually complex biomolecules. Both have looked for active-learning approaches to enhance student learning in this context.One approach is having students explore printed three-dimensional models of biomolecules, such as proteins or DNA, which can provide a much better […]
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 […]
