Richardson: Agree to Disagree (The Free Lance-Star)
My mom used to tell me that there were two topics off limits in conversation: politics and religion.
Farnsworth Publishes Book on Presidential Communication
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, is author of a new book, Presidential Communication and Character: White House News Management from Clinton and Cable to Twitter and Trump, published earlier this week by Routledge Press.
The publisher’s description is below:
Presidential Communication and Character, written by Stephen Farnsworth
This book traces the evolution of White House news management during America’s changing media environment over the past two decades. Comparing and contrasting the communication strategies of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump, it demonstrates the difficulty that all presidents have in controlling their messages despite a seemingly endless array of new media outlets and the great advantages of the office. That difficulty is compounded by new media’s amplification of presidential character traits for good or ill. Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube notwithstanding, presidential power still resides in the “power to persuade,” and that task remains a steep challenge. More than ever, presidential character matters, and the media presidents now employ report on the messenger as much as the message.
The book also looks at the media strategies of candidates during the 2016 presidential campaign, puts presidential media use in global context, and covers the early phase of the Trump administration, the first true Twitter presidency.
Jesse Stommel Gets Mention in Chronicle of Higher Education
I’m Not Ready to Quit Grading (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
And just last October, a blog post called “Why I Don’t Grade” was retweeted onto my Twitter timeline maybe 25 times. Written by Jesse Stommel, executive director of teaching and learning technology at the University of Mary Washington, it breaks down the many reasons why he doesn’t grade his students’ individual assignments. Grades, he writes, “are the biggest and most insidious obstacle to education” — failing as incentive, as feedback, as sign of learning, or as assurance of fairness.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/I-m-Not-Ready-to-Quit/242832
Jon Pineda’s New Novel Highlighted in Richmond Times-Dispatch
Former Richmonder Jon Pineda’s new novel ‘Let’s No One Get Hurt’ generating buzz (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Former Richmonder Jon Pineda’s coming-of-age novel set in the American South nabbed a starred review in Booklist, was featured on the popular Page One column in Poets & Writers magazine and was named one of the most anticipated books of the year by the website PopSugar.
Cooperman Co-authors Book Chapter on Campaign Finance Networks
“A Run For Their Money: Republican Women’s Hard Road to Campaign Finance” co-authored by Rosalyn Cooperman, Associate Professor of Political Science, was published in The Right Women – Republican Party Activists, Candidates, and Legislators.
Michael Spencer Featured in FLS Story on Alms House
Michael Spencer, associate professor and director of the Center for Historic Preservation, was recently featured in a story in The Free Lance-Star about the Alms House.
Spencer and his students have studied the house and researched and recorded its history, according to Moves, modifications leave traces on Fredericksburg’s Alms House (The Free Lance-Star.)
Elizabeth Larus Featured in Financial Times Article
Elizabeth Larus, Waple Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, was featured in Financial Times article on US-Taiwan relations.
However, it is “increasingly unlikely” the US will use Taiwan as a bargaining chip,” said Taiwan defense expert Elizabeth Freund Larus, a political-science professor at the University of Mary Washington. “Trump appears to be disappointed not to have more co-operation from Xi Jinping after their Mar-a-Lago meeting,” she said.
Lynne Richardson Writes About Blind Spots in Weekly FLS Column
Lynne Richardson writes about blind spots in organizations in her most recent weekly column in The Free Lance-Star.
“Do you have a blind spot about anything in your organization? Is there a person in your organization that can do no wrong in your eyes?” Richardson writes.
Sabrina Johnson Featured in Diverse Issues in Higher Education
Sabrina Johnson was featured in Diverse Issues in Higher Education for her appointment as vice president for equity and access and chief diversity officer.
http://diverseeducation.com/article/111821/
Kilmartin Talks About Male Sexual Harassment Victims in Buzzfeed Article
Chris Kilmartin, professor emeritus of psychology, recently spoke to Buzzfeed for an article called “Why Didn’t you Fight Back?” And Other Questions That Keep Male Sexual Harassment Victims Silent.
“We have a culture that does not really want to deal with the victimizations of men,” said Chris Kilmartin, a psychologist who consults workplaces on preventing sexual harassment.