Jim Groom, executive director of teaching and learning technologies, presented the keynote at the University of Oklahoma’s 2015 Academic Technology Expo discussing the vision undergirding the Domain of One’s Own initiative that originated at UMW. The presentation, “Domain of One’s Own: Digital Agency in the 21st Century,” explored the importance of providing students, faculty, and staff with an innovative, web-based platform for owning, managing and migrating the digital work they create over the course of their academic careers.
Paul D. Fallon Presents at Linguistics Conference
Paul D. Fallon, Associate Professor of Linguistics, presented a poster at the annual meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, held in Portland, Oregon, from Jan. 8-11, 2015. His poster, “The Qualitative Lexicostatistics of Central Cushitic (Agaw)” applied a new method to analyze the layers of vocabulary and EthioSemitic borrowings in this language family of Eritrea and Ethiopia. As a member of the American Dialect Society, whose meeting was held concurrently, Fallon also participated in the voting of the ADS “Words of the Year” for 2014. The overwhelming winner of 2014 Word of the Year was #blacklivesmatter.
Kisila and Students Publish Research
Ben Odhiambo Kisila, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, and his former UMW research students Elyse Clark, Sunnan Yoon and Laura Pilati had their research paper, “Hydroacoustic and spatial analysis of sediment fluxes and accumulation rates in two Virginia reservoirs, USA” published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Science and Pollution Research.
Farnsworth Discusses McDonnell Conviction in Regional News
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, has appeared in a number of media outlets discussing the sentencing of former Governor Bob McDonnell over his federal corruption conviction as well as the start of the 2015 Virginia legislative session, including the Washington Post, National Public Radio, WUSA-TV, WJLA-TV, the Richmond-Times Dispatch, and Reuters.
Jason James Publishes Chapter in Volume on East German Cities
Jason James, Associate Professor of Anthropology, contributed a chapter entitled “Restoration and Redemption: Defending Kultur and Heimat in Eisenach’s Cityscape” to a new collected volume on East German cities. Entitled Bloom and Bust: Urban Landscapes in the East Since Unification and published by Berghahn books, the volume focuses on the transformation of East German cities and their place in the cultural landscape of unified Germany.
Keith Presents at Confab Higher Ed
Shelley Keith, director of digital communications, gave a presentation at Confab Higher Ed 2014 in November entitled “Non-Invasive Governance: Meeting People Where They Are.” The presentation discussed (1) how to establish a web governance structure that meets users where they are (2) how to focus on users’ own goals to sell them on the importance of content strategy and governance (3) tactics and strategies for turning other-duties-as-assigned content contributors into quality stewards.
Here’s a storify of the attendees:
https://storify.com/shelleykeith/non-invasive-governance-meeting-people-where-they
Helen Housley Presents Paper at Conference
Helen Housley, Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance, presented her paper, “Shakespeare’s Buzz: Lessac’s Tonal NRG and the Shakespearean Actor,” at the Annual Conference of the Lessac Training and Research Institute, Jan. 8-10, 2015, at the University of Memphis.
Cassandra Good Publishes Book, Founding Friendships
Published by Oxford University Press
Cassandra Good, Associate Editor of the Papers of James Monroe, published Founding Friendships: Friendships Between Men and Women in the Early American Republic with Oxford University Press. The book is a cultural history of male/female friendships in the period 1780-1830 using letters, diaries, novels, portraits and more to explore issues of gender and power. Good will be doing book talks at a number of venues in the coming months, including Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Feb. 14, and the Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville on March 22.
UMW Welcomes New Director for Counseling Services
Please join me in welcoming a new member of the Division of Student Affairs at the University of Mary Washington, Dr. Tevya Zukor, director of the Talley Center for Counseling Services. Zukor’s office in Talley Center is located on the first floor of Lee Hall and the main contact number is (540) 654-1053.
Zukor comes to us most recently from the University of Pittsburgh, where he served as the director of the University Counseling Center. Zukor’s prior experiences include serving as the director of Counseling and Psychological Services at the University of Mary Washington, and as the practicum coordinator at the Thomas E. Cook Counseling Center at Virginia Tech. He earned his bachelor of science in psychology from James Madison University, and his master of arts and doctorate of philosophy in clinical psychology from George Mason University. He is a licensed clinical psychologist and a certified group psychotherapist. He is very experienced in many areas and will provide excellent leadership for our counseling program and support for the UMW student population.
Groom Featured in Tech Trends Article
Jim Groom, executive director of teaching and learning technologies, was featured in Hack Edu’s “Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2014” discussing the Domain of One’s Own project at UMW. Check out the full article at http://2014trends.hackeducation.com/indie.html.