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.
Gary Richards Contributes to Southern Literature Collection
Gary Richards, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of English, Linguistics, and Communication, recently contributed the chapter “Southern Drama” in The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the American South. Edited by Sharon Monteith and published by Cambridge University Press in September, the collection features 14 essays analyzing southern literature from the rise of sectional literatures in the early 19th century to the contemporary moment. Richards’ essay surveys southern drama from antebellum manifestations through the masterworks of Tennessee Williams to 21st-century Broadway musicals.
Al-Tikriti Joins BBC Radio Panel
On September 12, Professor Nabil Al-Tikriti joined an evening panel of Fredericksburg area residents to discuss potential U.S. military intervention in Syria. The panel was organized by Fredericksburg Patch and the BBC’s Nuala McGovern, and was broadcast on BBC World Service during a four hour long world news show. In the course of the panel, Al-Tikriti expressed his reservations about a potential U.S. intervention, as both an area studies expert and experienced relief professional. For a posting explaining more about the broadcast, see: http://fredericksburg.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/fredericksburg-residents-respond-to-syrian-conflict.
Gaines’s Most Recent Translation Appears in TAEM
Jim Gaines, professor of modern foreign languages, recently contributed a translation of Alphonse Daudet’s short story, “The Ordeal of the Semillante,” to the emagazine TAEM/Eerie Digest. The story is part of Daudet’s collection, Letters From My Mill, and deals with a grisly shipwreck off the coast of Corsica in the 19th century, as remembered by the toughened crew of a customs patrol cutter. It appeared in the July edition and is still running on the opening page of the short story section of TAEM, which now reports a worldwide circulation of over 100,000 readers.
Liz Larus Offers Public Lecture on China
Elizabeth Freund Larus, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, offered a public lecture “Social and Economic Problems Facing China’s Fifth Generation of Leaders” at Creighton University in Omaha on September 9. The university’s Asian World Center invited Dr. Larus, a Creighton graduate, to offer the lecture to kick off this year’s Asian Culture Week.