Professor of Sociology Leslie Martin has been recognized by the Urban Affairs Association as a runner-up for the 2026 Best Reviewer Award for the Journal of Race, Ethnicity and the City.Martin’s scholarship focuses on housing, neighborhoods, homelessness and gentrification. She is the founding director of UMW’s Center for Community Engagement and the founder of the […]
Men’s Basketball Head Coach Marcus Kahn received the 2026 Glenn Robinson National Coach of the Year award, which is presented annually to the top head coach in NCAA Division III college basketball. He was featured in several media outlets for this accolade, including The Free Lance-Star in an article titled “UMW Men’s Basketball Marcus Kahn […]
Adjunct Instructor of Historic Preservation Michelle Arcari Rose was appointed Executive Director of Washington Heritage Museums (WHM). Rose was featured by FXBG Economic Development in an article titled “Washington Heritage Museums Welcomes New Executive Director.” Rose teaches historic preservation law at the University of Mary Washington and has played a key role in preserving Historic Pleasant […]
Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies Stephen Farnsworth was featured by CTV News in a piece titled “Trump Reiterates Threats if Iran Doesn’t Reach Deal.”In the segment, Farnsworth said “Well, I think this is a serious threat. It is quite clear that President Trump is willing to […]
Professor of English Antonio Barrenechea received a Dorothy Foehr Huck Research Award from Penn State University Libraries for the project “Luis Alberto Sánchez and the Literary Historiography of the Americas.” The project forms part of a book-in-progress “One Hemisphere, Many Nations: A Historiography of Literature of the Americas,” a first disciplinary history of its kind.
