Janusz Konieczny, professor of mathematics, co-authored a research article, “Decidability and independence of conjugacy problems in finitely presented monoids,” published in the journal Theoretical Computer Science.
Jesse Stommel Interviewed By The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Jesse Stommel, executive director of the Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies, was recently interviewed for a story in The Chronicle of Higher Education called One Way to Show Students You Care — and Why You Might Want to Try It:
“When professors write course policies, they draw on past experiences with students, said Jesse Stommel, executive director of the Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies at the University of Mary Washington. And not necessarily the positive ones. So the words they choose often sound defensive, and suggest that the professor has thought of every issue that might arise. The problem with that, Stommel said: ‘Even though I’ve been teaching for 18 years, I can’t possibly imagine what we’re going to do together this semester.’”
Miriam Liss Talks About Balance in The Enterprises Project
Blended, not balanced: 8 ways to reclaim sanity at work and home (The Enterprisers Project)
“Balance is tricky because it implies a dynamic of either/or: Either you are working or you are with your family and you need to balance the two,” says University of Mary Washington psychology professor Miriam Liss, co-author of Balancing the Big Stuff: Finding Happiness in Work, Family, and Life.
Bowen Publishes Article on American Oil Colony in Aruba
An abandoned home in the Colony.
After first discovering the remnants of the American oil colony on Aruba in the 1980s, Dawn Bowen has finally published an article in the Journal of Cultural Geography on the creation of this place and the lived experiences of children who made the colony their home.
Buster-Williams Published in College & University Journal
Kimberley Buster-Williams, vice president for enrollment management, had an article featured in College & University’s fall edition (Vol. 93, Issue 3). The article was titled “The Caterpillar Way: Lessons in Leadership, Growth and Shareholder Value and Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education.” College & University is AACRAO’s educational policy and research journal focusing on emerging concerns, new techniques, and technology in higher education. It is published four times a year.
Ben Kisila and Students Publish Two Articles
Dr. Ben Odhiambo Kisila, associate professor of Earth and environmental sciences, along with his UMW undergraduate research students, had two research papers published in peer-reviewed journals.
“Analysis of spatial distribution of trace metals, PCB, and PAH and their potential impact on human health in Virginian Counties and independent cities, USA,” was published in Environmental Geochemistry and Health.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10653-018-0172-2
“Sediment and Phosphorous Fluxes Analysis in Aquia Creek, a Sub-watershed of the Chesapeake Bay Basin, VA, USA,” was published in the journal of Water, Air and Soil Pollution.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11270-018-3886-y
Pamela Grothe Co-Authors Nature Review Article
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Pamela Grothe co-authored a Review paper in the esteemed Nature journal, titled “El Nino-Southern Oscillation complexity”
Juliette Landphair Op-Ed Appears in FLS
College is key to attaining the American Dream (The Free Lance-Star)
As a new academic year approaches and immigration debates dominate the news, I have been thinking about the American Dream, particularly about how college factors into what we call this somewhat elusive concept.
Martha Burtis Interviewed By Inside Higher Ed
The End of a Blogging Era at Harvard (Inside Higher Ed)
The University of Mary Washington still has an active institutionally hosted blogging platform called UMW blogs, said Martha Burtis, director of the digital knowledge center of the university. But the popularity of the platform has diminished since the university started offering faculty and students the opportunity to control their own blogs through an initiative called Domain of One’s Own.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/08/20/end-era-old-harvard-blogging-site
Fontem and Student’s Research Paper Accepted for Publication
Bellah Fontem, assistant professor in the College of Business, and business student Jeremiah Smith, had a paper accepted for publication by the European Journal of Operational Research. The paper is titled “Analysis of a Chance-Constrained New Product Risk Model with Multiple Customer Classes.”