Lynn Richardson weekly column, Streamline Hiring, appeared in The Free Lance-Star. This week, she talked about
“Let’s say you find yourself with an opportunity to hire a new employee,” she writes. Read more:
Landphair Interviewed for New Orleans Radio Program
Juliette Landphair, Vice President for Student Affairs, was interviewed by WWNO, an NPR member radio station for New Orleans and southeast Louisiana. Read the article, “NOLA vs Nature: Building The Industrial Canal” or listen to the interview at http://wwno.org/programs/tripod-new-orleans-300. The interview is based on research she conducted after Hurricane Katrina on the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans. She is an expert on 20th century U.S. history, specifically New Orleans after WW II.
Broome Co-Authors Chapter on Critical Media Literacy and Civic Duty
John P. Broome, associate professor of education, and program director of elementary, preK-12 and secondary education in the College of Education, co-authored “Before You Click ‘Share’: Mindful Media Literacy as a Positive Civic Act” in the recently published book,”Critical Media Literacy and Fake News in Post-Truth America“, published by Brill.
His chapter, written with Dr. Jason Endacott (University of Arkansas), Matthew Dingler (University of Arkansas), and Seth French (University of Arkansas), provides classroom strategies for developing media literacy skills that emphasize substantiation and critical reflection on bias. These skills are then situated within the context of information sharing as a civic act, prompting students to consider the potential democratic consequences for clicking the “share” button.
Dr. Broome’s research interests focus on the intersection of civic learning and social justice in schools with a focus on race, equity, and privilege. He earned his B.A. in Government from The College of William & Mary, a M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction (Secondary Social Studies) from George Mason University, and a Ph.D. in Education (Social Studies Education) from the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. Before joining UMW, Dr. Broome taught secondary social studies in public and private schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Sabrina Johnson Featured in FLS Article
The Free Lance-Star recently featured a story about Sabrina Johnson, the university’s first vice president for equity and access and chief diversity officer.
“Sabrina Johnson’s boss, University of Mary Washington President Troy Paino, says she has a hard job ahead of her,” the article begins.
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Schiffrin, Liss, Erchull Study Featured in New York Times
A recent article in The New York Times featured a study by Holly Schiffrin, Miriam Liss, and Mindy Erchull and alumnae Haley Miles, Katherine Geary and Taryn Tashner.
The story, What Parents Can Learn From a Town That Produced 11 Olympians, by Karen Crouse, had this to say:
“[The parents] intuitively sense what a 2013 study in the Journal of Child and Family Studies concluded: that overprotective or helicopter parents thwart a child’s basic psychological need for autonomy and competence, resulting in an uptick in depression and lower life-satisfaction levels.”
Crouse wrote Norwich: One Tiny Vermont Town’s Secret to Happiness and Excellence.
Rafferty Publishes Latest Essay in Presidential Series
Colin Rafferty, Associate Professor of English, had his essay on William Howard Taft, “Judgment (#27),” published in the newest issue of The Collapsar.
This is the latest in his series of essays devoted to U.S. presidents.
Richardson’s Weekly Column Featured in FLS
Lynne Richardson’s latest column, Social Media and Emails, recently appeared in The Free Lance-Star.
“Far too often,” she writes, “it seems we hear stories where people ultimately lose their jobs because of information they put in emails or some form of social media.”
Read more here:
http://www.fredericksburg.com/business/columns/richardson-social-media-and-emails/article_879d6e10-0def-50ab-861a-5d8ed172be88.html?utm_source=WhatCountsEmail&utm_medium=Fredericksburg%20Business%20InsiderActive%20Subscribers&utm_campaign=Fredericksburg%20Business%20Insider
Schultz, Marvashti Present at State Conference
Maria Schultz and Lisa Marvashti
The Office of University Relations’ Assistant Director of Design Services Maria Schultz and Assistant Director of Media and Public Relations Lisa Chinn Marvashti presented at the College Communicators Association’s annual conference in Richmond on Friday, Feb. 2. Their presentation – Take Stock … and Ditch It, How to Achieve Authenticity in Campus Photos – covered the process of creating a complete branded marketing campaign that featured real UMW students in polished, yet genuine, photography accompanied by text that told each individual’s Mary Washington story.
Harris Co-Edits Special Issue of Journal of Urban History
Associate Professor Steven E. Harris (HISA) recently co-edited with Daria Bocharnikova (University of Leuven / Center for the Fine Arts BOZAR) a special issue of the Journal of Urban History, volume 44, no. 1 (2018).
The special issue, “Second World Urbanity: New Histories of the Socialist City,” features five research articles by scholars who participated in one of three conferences co-organized by Harris and Bocharnikova as the conveners of the Second World Urbanity project (http://www.secondworldurbanity.org).
Launched in 2012, this interdisciplinary project explores the architecture, urban planning and everyday life experiences of socialist cities past and present. The special issue of the Journal of Urban History is the first publication to come out of the Second World Urbanity project.
Bocharnikova and Harris’s introductory essay, “Second World Urbanity: Infrastructures of Utopia and Really Existing Socialism,” is also included in the special issue.
Roberts Elected Chair of Southern States Co-Op
Curry Roberts, president of the Fredericksburg Regional Alliance at the University of Mary Washington, has been elected chairman of the board of directors for Southern States Cooperative, one of the nation’s largest farmer-owned co-ops.
You can read more about it here:
http://www.fredericksburg.com/business/business_insider/curry-roberts-elected-chairman-of-southern-states-cooperative/article_823c7567-b962-500f-b3ec-3c7be63650f3.html