Rosalyn Cooperman, Professor of Political Science, appeared on WAMU’s Morning Edition to discuss early voting in Virginia ahead of the 2020 presidential and congressional elections.
Early Voting In Virginia Kicks Off With Long Lines Around The Polls
Larus Comments on Tik Tok on CBN News
Professor and Chairman of the Department of Political Science and International Affairs Elizabeth Freund Larus
Elizabeth Freund Larus, Chairman of the Department of Political Science and International Affairs, commented on CBN News on U.S. bans of popular Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat. In her September 18 interview, Professor Larus warned that TikTok, a Chinese video-sharing social networking service, feeds the facial recognition and user data that it collects to China. WeChat is a Chinese messaging app. Its messages are not encrypted, which allows the Chinese government to read messages.
View the interview at
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2020/september/us-banning-wechat-tiktok-citing-national-security
Lee Publishes Research Article in Applied Mathematics and Computation
Professor of Mathematics Leo Lee
Professor of Mathematics Leo Lee saw the recent publication of his paper “A Domain Decomposition Algorithm for Optimal Control Problems Governed by Elliptic PDEs with Random Inputs” in the Journal of the Applied Mathematics and Computation.
Barry Quoted in Daily Beast Article
Associate Professor of Religious Studies Jennifer Barry
Jennifer Barry, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, was recently interviewed and quoted on the online news and opinion site the Daily Beast. The article, titled, “Falwell’s ‘Blame the Woman’ Strategy Goes All the Way Back to Eden” was written by Candida Moss (the Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham, UK).
The article, written for a public audience, draws attention to the recent scandal of the former President of Liberty University, Jerry Falwell, regarding his recent sexual exploitations. Upon discovery of these allegations, he was subsequently removed from his very influential position. Moss was quick to note that Falwell’s deflection and shift to blame his wife was not an unusual tactic and quotes Barry to highlight the long Christian tradition of emphasizing the corrupting behavior of women that ultimately bring down powerful, and seemingly innocent, men.
Barry frequently teaches rhetorical strategies that target public and powerful women in Christian history. She was sought out by Dr. Moss for her expertise and interest in the study of gender, sexuality, and religion. And much of the material quoted stems from her most recent research project on gender-based violence in late ancient Christian texts.
Farnsworth Lectures on 2020 Elections
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently delivered an online lecture, “The Exceptional Election Year of 2020: Anger, Protest, Economic Anxiety and Covid-19,” for Virginia Revenue Commissioners Conference.
Dr. Farnsworth also has commented on the following national or regional news stories:
Early voting turnout hits record numbers in Virginia (Fox5DC)
Virginia early voting nears 200,000 in first week (WTVR; The Free Lance-Star; WHSV)
164,000 cast ballots in first week of early voting in Virginia (Daily Progress)
Polls show Virginia voters favor Biden (Galax Gazette)
Virginia sees massive early voting lines ahead of general election (New York Post)
Virginians to Decide Fate of Controversial Redistricting Amendment (Courthouse News Services)
Viewpoints with Todd van der Heyden (CJAD)
Debate Showdown (CTV News Channel)
Trump to Fill Supreme Court Vacancy (CTV News Channel)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies at 87 (CTV News Channel)
Expert tells ABC7 rapidly replacing RBG before the election would be ‘unprecedented’ (WJLA)
Wittman, Rashid exchange barbs in Monday night debate (The Free Lance-Star)
Richardson Column in The Free Lance-Star
UMW College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson
College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson’s latest column in The Free Lance-Star is titled, “CARE ENOUGH TO COACH.”
I once had a colleague who provided me with opportunities to be a coach. As a manager, he had a good heart and gave me every indication that he wanted to be a good manager. But there were many times he did things that ultimately gave me the opportunity to care enough about him to correct his behavior.
Did you catch that? I cared enough about him to have tough conversations with him. Eventually, he said that to me. He shared that he had told his wife about one of our recent conversations, and his wife remarked, “She must care a lot about you to keep sharing ways that you can get better.”
Have you either thought about corrective actions as caring? Most of us do not. Read more.
Larus Comments on U.S.-China Tech Cold War in South China Morning Post
Professor and Chairman of the Department of Political Science and International Affairs Elizabeth Freund Larus
Elizabeth Freund Larus, Chairman of the Department of Political Science and International Affairs, commented in the South China Morning Post (HK) on September 16 that regardless of a Trump or Biden victory in November, the U.S. will continue and possibly deepen scrutiny of Chinese acquisitions of technology. She also indicated that a second Trump administration is likely to further limit sales of advanced technology to China on national security grounds, and that there may be greater scrutiny of Chinese graduate students engaged in technology research in the U.S. Her comments also ran in the The Korea Times.
Read the article at
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3101636/us-china-tech-cold-war-has-turned-hot-would-biden-presidency-change
Larus Comments on U.S. Sanctions Against China in Indus News
Professor and Chairman of the Department of Political Science and International Affairs Elizabeth Freund Larus
Elizabeth Freund Larus, Chairman of the Department of Political Science and International Affairs, commented on Indus News on U.S. sanctions against Chinese construction companies. In her August 31 interview, Professor Larus argued that the U.S. sanctions are not intended to contain China’s rise, but are in response to their participation in China’s island building on disputed territories in the South China Sea. The U.S. sanctions threaten the future of Chinese development projects, such as construction of Sri Lanka’s Port City Columbo project. Professor Larus’ comments begin at 19:30 minutes into the program at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ1mCRNkptw
Gupta Speaks on the She-cession to Students in New Delhi
Surupa Gupta, professor of Political Science and International Affairs and director of UMW’s Women’s and Gender Studies program
Some of the same technology for online webinars was available even before the pandemic started but for the most part, few people were organizing webinars with global participation before March 2020. That has changed: students from Miranda House and Gargi College, two highly selective liberal arts colleges in New Delhi reached out to Surupa Gupta, director of UMW’s Women’s and Gender Studies Program and professor of Political Science and International Affairs with a request to speak in a webinar titled “Peace and Persistence – Assessing the ‘She-cession’ and Leadership of Women in Pandemic.” Gupta shared the panel, held on September 8, with two professors from New Delhi. The students belong to a campus group called Global Youth, which, among other things, seeks to expose Indian youth to diverse global perspectives on a variety of issues.
Farnsworth Lectures Online on Political Humor for Moldova
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently delivered an online lecture, “Presidents and Political Humor,” for the U.S. Embassy in Moldova. Professor Farnsworth, who has also talked with international audiences about U.S. politics, the mass media and political culture in more than a dozen nations on programs funded by the U.S. government, is the co-author of a new book, “Late Night With Trump: Political Humor and the American Presidency” (Routledge, 2020).
Dr. Farnsworth also has commented on the following national or regional news stories: