Category: Professional Notes

Richardson Column in The Free Lance-Star

College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson’s latest column in The Free Lance-Star is entitled, “How to Handle Your Email.” WE LIVE in a world of instant gratification. When I think of my childhood, I remember having to wait until 6 p.m. or 10 p.m. to watch the news on television to learn what was going […]

Bonds Publishes Updated and Expanded Edition of Social Problems Text

Eric Bonds recently published a second edition of his textbook, Social Problems: A Human Rights Approach with Routledge Press. The book uses an international human rights framework as a jumping-off place to teach students about power and inequality in U.S. society. This revised and expanded edition includes new chapters on human rights and immigration, climate […]

Larus Comments on Americans’ Negative Views of China

PSIA Professor and Chairman Elizabeth Freund Larus commented in Courthouse news that negative rhetoric coming out of the Trump White House was not the only factor in American’s increasing negative views of China. She indicated that Americans’ once overly optimistic views of China have been trending downward amidst concerns over China’s record on politics, economics, […]

Rettinger Comments on Cheating During Remote Learning in Teen Vogue

Professor of Psychological Science David Rettinger, who is also the director of Academic Integrity at UMW, recently contributed to a Teen Vogue article about remote learning and the rise of cheating.“I call it a game of whack-a-mole,” says David Rettinger, president emeritus of the International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI) and director of academic integrity […]