Category: Professional Notes

Farnsworth Comments in the News

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently commented on the following news stories:Virginia Senate Approves Bill that Would Make Masks Optional in Schools (WSET; ABC 7 News; WJLA)Judge temporarily halts Youngkin order making masks optional in Va. schools after lawsuit from school boards (The […]

Rettinger Comments on Decrease in Cheating in Online Courses

Professor of Psychological Science David Rettinger, director of Academic Integrity Programs at UMW, was interviewed for a CampusTechnology.com article, “Cheating Concerns in Online Courses Have Eased.”“The actual belief that their peers are cheating is one of the most important predictors of academic dishonesty,” added David Rettinger, director of academic programs at the University of Mary […]

Subramanian Article Published in Washington Post Magazine

Assistant Professor of Communication Sushma Subramanian penned an article for Washington Post Magazine entitled, “States are increasingly considering equal shared parenting in custody cases. This young Kentucky couple serve as a test case.”Judge Brent Hall had some stern words of advice for the young couple seated before him at Hopkins County Family Court in Madisonville, […]

Wilson Interviewed for Vox Article, “The School Shooting Generation Grows Up”

Associate Professor of Psychological Science Laura Wilson was recently interviewed for a Vox.com article, “The School Shooting Generation Grows Up,” about survivors of the early wave of school shootings in the ’80s, ’90s and early 2000s.Each survivor was trying to make sense of an experience with mass tragedy with a brain that was still developing. […]