Category: Professional Notes

Williams Helps Unveil Fredericksburg, UMW Civil Rights Trail

James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Christopher Williams appeared in several media mentions for his work with the City of Fredericksburg’s Victoria Matthews. The two spearheaded the City’s recently unveiled civil rights trail, “Freedom: A Work in Progress,” of which the University of Mary Washington was a partner. Williams’ media mentions in reference to the […]

Farnsworth Presents Lecture on Biden Presidency

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently presented an online lecture, “Presidential Communication and Character: The Case of Joe Biden,” to students at McGill University in Montreal. The talk drew on Professor Farnsworth’s book, “Presidential Communication and Character.” Dr. Farnsworth previously served as a […]

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 […]