Category: Professional Notes

Kilmartin Pens Column About Masculinity, Mass Shootings

Christopher Kilmartin, professor of psychology emeritus, co-authored a column titled “Reducing mass shootings requires changing expectations of men and their private pain,” which ran in the Akron Beacon Journal. “Thus far, there have been more mass shootings than days in the United States in 2023, forty within a three-week period, according to one report …,”  […]

Sanford’s Slave Dwelling Expertise Featured in ‘Washington Post’

Professor Emeritus of Historic Preservation Douglas W. Sanford’s expertise on slave dwellings were featured recently in an article titled “Rare 19th-century log cabin restored near Lake Mooney,” which ran in The Washington Post. “They were never built to last hundreds of years,” Sanford said. “This is truly a rare survivor.” Read more. The article also […]

Larus Lectures in Taiwan on U.S.-China Relations

Elizabeth Freund Larus,  Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs, offered the guest lectures【2023年中美關係路徑】(The path of US-China relations in 2023) to undergraduate students at Taiwan’s Tamkang University in Tanshui on February 23 and 【中美關係中近期的關鍵問題】(Recent critical issues in US-China relations) to graduate students at National Cheng-chih University in Mucha, Taiwan on February 24. In both […]

Farnsworth, Atkinson Publish Opinion Column in ‘Richmond Times-Dispatch’

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of Political Science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, and Cassandra Atkinson, a UMW junior majoring in political science and communication, are coauthors of an opinion column, “In border politics, Youngkin stays closer to home,” which was published recently in The Richmond Times-Dispatch. Read more. Farnsworth has […]

Gupta Discusses India’s Economy on NPR

Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Surupa Gupta spoke to NPR for a segment titled “What does the Adani Group’s crash mean for India’s economy?” “This is the last thing India needed,” Gupta said. “If you are looking for foreign investment, then you also want to signal that the policies framework in the country […]