Christine Henry, assistant professor of historic preservation, was recently featured as the member of the month on the Urban History Association blog.
Read more here: https://themetropole.blog/2018/02/27/member-of-the-week-christine-henry/.
Al-Tikriti Joins Middle East Studies Book Prize Committee
On Feb. 19, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern History Nabil Al-Tikriti agreed to join the 2018 Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Book Prize Committee. For this service, the five committee members must review a total of approximately 125 books for three prizes:
The Albert Hourani Book Award was established in 1991 to recognize outstanding publishing in Middle East studies. The award was named for Albert Hourani to recognize his long and distinguished career as teacher and mentor. The winning book recognizes the very best in Middle East studies scholarship.
The Nikki Keddie Book Award was established in 2017 to recognize an outstanding contribution on religion, revolution, and history/society. The annual award was named for Nikki Keddie to recognize her long and distinguished career as a scholar and teacher.
The Fatima Mernissi Book Award was established in 2017 to recognize an outstanding contribution to studies of gender, sexuality, and women’s lived experience. The annual award was named for Fatima Mernissi to recognize her long and distinguished career as a scholar and as a public intellectual.
Book submissions are due April 1, and the committee will be continuing reviews throughout the summer months. The remaining members of the 2018 MESA Book Committee include: Professor Heather Sharkey (Chair, University of Pennsylvania), Professor Laleh Khalili (School of African and Oriental Studies), Professor Yaseen Norani (University of Arizona), and Professor Nayareh Tohidi (California State University, Northridge). MESA’s Sara L. Palmer will serve as the Book Awards Coordinator.
For more information about the MESA Book Prize contests, see: http://mesana.org/awards/book-awards.html.
Rettinger to Head Academic Integrity Center
David Rettinger, Associate Professor of Psychology, was recently named President of the International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI). He was formerly a member of the ICAI Advisory Board. He is a both a scholar and practitioner within the field of academic integrity, having published research in Ethics and Behavior, Theory into Practice, and other journals and serving as Procedural Advisor to UMW’s student-run Honor System.
ICAI was founded to combat cheating, plagiarism, and academic dishonesty in higher education. Its mission has since expanded to include the cultivation of cultures of integrity in academic communities throughout the world. ICAI offers assessment services, resources, and consultations to its member institutions, and facilitates conversations on academic integrity topics each year at its annual conference.
The Center has operated for 25 years as an independent organization, with past affiliations with Clemson and Duke Universities.
Lynne Richardson’s Weekly Column Published in FLS
Lynn Richardson’s weekly column, Ask for What you Want, recently appeared in The Free Lance Star.
“A young friend of mine recently asked me a great question regarding career progression,” Richardson writes. Read the whole column here:
Robert Rycroft Publishes Economics Book
Professor of Economics Professor Robert Rycroft recently had a book published: The Economics of Inequality, Discrimination, Poverty and Mobility, 2nd Edition, Routledge.
Read more about the book here:
Professor of Economics
Bessette Publishes in Chronicle of Higher Education
Lee Skallerup Bessette recently published a blog post on The Chronicle of Higher Education’s website.
You can find it here:
https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/author/lbessette
Emile Lester Featured in Dallas Examiner
Political science professor Emile Lester was recently featured in an article in The Dallas Examiner: Ideology tops facts in Texas history curriculum, experts say.
“The quibble over wording here could not be more misleading,” said Emile Lester, a report co-author and political science professor at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia.
Read more here:
http://dallasexaminer.com/news/2018/mar/05/ideology-tops-facts-texas-history-curriculum-exper/
Lynne Richardson’s Weekly Column Featured in FLS
Lynne Richardson’s most recent weekly column in the The Free Lance-Star explores how exit interviews can identify issues for organizations.
“You work in an organization that seems to be experiencing an unusually high turnover rate in the past few months. Why?” Richardson writes.
Read the whole column here:
Larus Discusses Economy on The Heat
Elizabeth Larus, Professor of Political Science, appears on “The Heat” talking about U.S. economy under the Trump administration. To view the interviews go to:
https://america.cgtn.com/2018/02/27/the-heat-us-economy-under-trump-administration and
https://eblnews.com/video/heat-us-economy-under-trump-administration-pt-2-340350.
Jason Sellers featured in FLS column
History professor Jason Sellers was recently featured in a column in The Free Lance-Star called Friends of Rappahannock rolling out connections to river via new oral history program.
“To create the program, FOR started working with faculty from UMW’s Department of History and American Studies in 2016, and not long after engaged a UMW student intern to help get the project off the ground.
“Jason Sellers, an assistant professor of history and American studies who has worked with the program, called it ‘a great opportunity for students to put a lot of different skills to work, and get real experience doing public history.’”
Read the whole story here: