It’s the shot discussed—and disputed—around the world: Babe Ruth’s home run during the third game of the 1932 Chicago Cubs – New York Yankees World Series. Did the Yankees’ Babe Ruth really (and perhaps arrogantly?) point to the outfield before he slammed a ball into the center-field bleachers at Chicago’s Wrigley Field? Opinions have usually fallen along partisan lines, but in an article for ChicagoSide, an online sports magazine, Reference and Humanities Librarian Jack Bales quotes Cubs players who insisted that Babe Ruth did indeed point to the bleachers and Yankees players who said that the tale was all made up. Bales originally wrote about the Called Shot for his website, http://WrigleyIvy.com, which he created while participating in UMW’s “Domain of One’s Own” faculty initiative this past spring. His extensive article on Chicago Cubs President William Veeck Sr. will soon be published in the peer-reviewed Baseball Research Journal, the publication of the Society for American Baseball Research.
Barrenechea Presents at Comparative Literature Conference
Antonio Barrenechea, Associate Professor of English, recently presented “All-American Literature” within an experimental “Ideas of the Decade” panel at ACL(x)/E(x)amine, a conference of the American Comparative Literature Association. Hosted by Penn State University, the conference ran September 27-28, 2013.
Sally Scott Participates in Celebration of Learning Under Section 504
Sally Scott, director of disability resources at the University of Mary Washington and a member of the Association on Higher Education and Disability participated in the Forty Years of Learning Under Section 504 celebration on Thursday, September 26 at the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. Highlights included U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan who gave remarks and participated in panel discussions about the advances made since the law’s passage and its benefits to today’s students.
Gupta Presents Research on Indian Foreign Policy
Surupa Gupta, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, presented her co-authored paper on India’s foreign policy at a seminar on “Foreign Policies of BRICS Countries” organized by the Royal Danish Defense College on September 9 2013, in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Rosalyn Cooperman Presents at Conference
Rosalyn Cooperman, Associate Professor of Political Science, presented a paper, “The Elephant in the Room: Conservative Women’s Groups and Republican Women Candidates in U.S. Congressional Elections, 2008 – 2012,” at the 2013 European Consortium for Political Research General Conference in Bordeaux, France.
Farnsworth Gives Lecture in D.C.
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, delivered a lecture entitled, “The State of American Politics: Obama Faces Syria, the Federal Budget and Congress,” at The Norwegian Washington Seminar in Washington, D.C., on September 23.
In addition, Farnsworth was interviewed by a number of news outlets about the ongoing race for governor of Virginia. Recent interviews include the Richmond Times Dispatch, Reuters, WTOP, WAMU, and the Free Lance-Star.
Baker Serves as a Panelist at Senator Warner Event
Brian Baker, UMW executive director for economic development, was a guest on Senator Mark Warner’s Small Business Panel which was hosted at Marstel-Day on September 4. He was joined by Natailia Olson-Urtecho, Mid-Atlantic SBA administrator, and Amy LaMarca, director for business development at Affinity Fidelis. The panel discussed new initiatives in federal contracting and updates from the White House Business Council, followed a town hall style meeting featuring Senator Warner.
Jason Sellers Presents at Conference
Jason Sellers, assistant professor of history and American studies, presented a paper, “‘Wee drink one water’: Rivers and intercultural relations in the eighteenth-century Mid-Atlantic,” at the American Society for Ethnohistory’s annual meetings in New Orleans. The paper was part of a panel addressing waterways as borders in native North America.
Farnsworth Co-Authors Opinion Columns
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, is co-author of two opinion columns, “Arabic Media’s View of Obama,” published in Politico, and “Fox News: Tougher on Obama than Hezbollah’s TV news,” published at the Daily Kos. The columns were drawn from Farnsworth’s new co-authored book, “The Global President: International Media and the U.S. Government,” published last month by Rowman & Littlefield.
COE Faculty Member to Present at VERA Conference
Janine S. Davis, assistant professor of curriculum and instruction, will co-present at the Virginia Educational Research Association conference in Charlottesville, Va. on Friday, September 20 with two recent graduates of the five-year secondary/PK-12 M.Ed. program. The research studies are entitled “Navigating Learning with Digital Natives,” with Dana Cazan, and “Drama and Adolescent Social-Emotional Development,” with Charlotte Maalouf.