Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently delivered a lecture titled, “The State of the 2016 Presidential Campaign,” to the Women’s Club of Richmond.
Landphair Publishes Article
Juliette Landphair’s article, “Bringing Life to Learning: Civic Engagement, Intersections, and Transforming College Students,” co-authored with Amy Howard and Amanda Lineberry, was published in Intersectionality in Action: A Guide for Faculty and Campus Leaders for Creating Inclusive Classrooms and Institutions (Stylus: 2016), Brooke Barnett and Peter Felten, eds.
Harris Presents Paper at University of Pennsylvania
Steven E. Harris, Associate Professor of History, presented his chapter, “Cold War Friendly Skies: Pan Am, Aeroflot and the Political Economy of Détente,” at the Russian History and Culture Workshop at the University of Pennsylvania on March 18. Harris was invited to present this chapter, which is part of his current monograph project, “Wings of the Motherland: Soviet and Russian Cultures of Aviation from Khrushchev to Putin.”
Johnson Places a Range of Poems
Luke Johnson, adjunct professor of English, has had his poem “Sally Takes an Art Class” featured as Poem of the Week at The Missouri Review (http://www.missourireview.com/archives/luke-johnson-sally-takes-an-art-class/). He also has two poems included in the new issue of Painted Bride Quarterly and two poems in the new issue of Image.
Cooperman Comments on Role of Women and Fundraising in 2016 Presidential Contest
Rosalyn Cooperman, Associate Professor of Political Science, discusses the role of women as donors to presidential campaigns and political candidates in Presidential Gender Watch:
http://presidentialgenderwatch.org/emilys-list-lends-fundraising-might-help-hillary-clinton-conservative-womens-pacs-non-factor-republican-presidential-candidates/#more-7176
Good Receives Research Fellowship
Cassandra Good, associate editor of the Papers of James Monroe, has received an Andrew W. Mellon Research Fellowship at the Virginia Historical Society. She will spend two weeks there conducting research for her book project on George Washington’s family and their political role in the 19th century.
Chiang Publishes Research Article in CCM
Yuan-Jen Chiang, Professor of Mathematics, has published a research article titled “Exponentially Harmonic Maps, Exponential Stress Energy and Stability” in Communications in Contemporary Mathematics by World Scientific Publisher.
Farnsworth’s Book Chapter Published
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, is co-author of a book chapter, “News Coverage of U.S. Presidential Campaigns: Reporting on Primaries and General Elections, 1988-2012,” published in The Praeger Handbook of Political Campaigning in the United States (William Benoit, ed.).
Farnsworth Discusses Primaries on CTV News
Political analyst Stephen Farnsworth joins CTV News Channel to weigh in on just how crucial the recent primaries are, and what they mean for presidential hopeful Donald Trump.
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Snyder Performs at SCI Regional Conference
Assistant Professor of Music Mark Snyder, performed his piece Qwee for processed soprano, harp, accordion and video at the 2016 Society of Composer Incorporated Region III Conference at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, on Feb. 26. Accompanying him were UMW alums harpist Becky Brown ’15 and soprano Paige Naylor ’14.
Dr. Snyder’s former students also presented their works at the same conference. Becky Brown’s Hold Still, a multimedia self-portrait for pencil, copper and Arduino on paper and video in Max/MSP/Jitter and original poetry from the composer was featured on concert 4:
along with Stephen Hennessey’s Ausgang, a sentimental work structured around the development of a simple melody through episodic processing featuring the composer on guitar.
In addition to performing at SCI, Mark gave a master class on his music at the University of Louisville and performed his solo show at Dreamland on Feb. 24.
Performances of his solo show were also held at Eyedrum in Atlanta Feb. 29, at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA March 1, and the show at Zeitgeist Gallery was the Nashville Scene’s Critics pick for Feb. 28.