Dr. Nicole Surething, director of counseling and psychological services, was a symposium chair at the American Psychological Association’s annual convention in Honolulu, Hawaii, July 31-August 4. Dr. Surething’s presentation, “Perspectives of Psychologists Serving on Threat Assessment Teams,” focused on the expanded consulting role that counseling center directors and counseling psychology faculty face today in light of high profile campus shootings that increased calls for specific services, better communication, and heightened awareness and response on campuses.
Leo Lee Presents at US-Korea Conference
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Jangwoon “Leo” Lee, recently presented “Domain Decomposition Methods for Solving Stochastic PDEs” at the annual US-Korea Conference (UKC 2013) in New Jersey. In addition to attending many research talks at the conference, Dr. Lee chaired an applied mathematics session.
Erchull & Liss Present Research at the American Psychological Association Convention
Mindy Erchull
Miriam Liss
Dr. Mindy Erchull and Dr. Miriam Liss recently presented a poster, Exploring Female Sexual Empowerment: Developing the Sex is Power Scale, at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Mindy Erchull Named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association
At the recent convention of the American Psychological Association (APA), Dr. Mindy Erchull was formally recognized as a fellow of APA. Members of APA can be named fellows if they have developed a body of work that has been determined to have had a national impact on the field of psychology.
Patricia Orozco Presents at Conference
On June 20, 2013, Patricia Orozco, lecturer in Modern Languages and Literatures, offered a presentation entitled “Artistic Motivation in Gloria” at the X Congreso Internacional Galdosiano (X Galdosian International Conference), Galdós, Principles of an Era: celebrating 150 years of the arrival of Benito Pérez Galdós to Madrid in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. This conference, celebrated every four years, brings together galdosian scholars to share their research on the works of Benito Pérez Galdós and XIX c. peninsular studies. Dr. Orozco presented part of her research on the theme of the ‘foreigner’ in the works of Galdós and chaired the session titled “Principles of Galdosian Writing”. Approved peer reviewed proceedings of the conference are expected to be published in the coming months. This conference was hosted by the Casa de Colón and Casa-Museo Pérez Galdós.
Srivastava Researches Marine Corps Historic Half Economic Impact
Mukesh Srivastava recently produced an economic impact report detailing how the Marine Corps Historic Half affected the local economy. Srivastava surveyed runners, vendors, organizers and sponsors on their spending habits during the event, including items like shopping, restaurants, gas and lodging. According to his survey, roughly 19,000 people visited Fredericksburg for the sixth historic half and they spent approximately $8.7 million. The University of Mary Washington was one of the sponsors of the marathon.
For more details, read about the survey in the Free Lance-Star:
http://news.fredericksburg.com/newsdesk/2013/08/06/race-pumps-up-hearts-economy/
O’Donnell Interview on Virginia Public Radio
Timothy O’Donnell’s “With Good Reason” interview about historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) is re-airing on Virginia public radio stations later this month. It will air as part of a larger show from Saturday, Aug. 17 through Friday, Aug. 23 at the dates and times listed here: http://withgoodreasonradio.org/when-to-listen/.
Domain of One’s Own Project and DTLT Featured in Center for Digital Education
The Domain of One’s Own project, an initiative being run at the University of Mary Washington by the Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies, was featured in the Center for Digital Education in an article by Tanya Roscorla. The article notes the unique nature of the program amongst peer institutions across the nation, as well as the profound need for such a program to exist. The Domain of One’s Own project successfully ran a pilot with over 400 students and faculty, and will open fully to the incoming freshman class this fall.
Farnsworth Coauthors Research Article
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, is coauthor of a research article entitled, “An Extended Presidential Honeymoon? Coverage of Barack Obama in the New York Times during 2009 and 2010,” which was published in the current issue of Politics & Policy, a refereed academic journal.
Farnsworth has also been interviewed by many area news outlets over recent political developments in Virginia, including WJLA-TV and WTOP-FM in Washington and WRVA-AM in Richmond.
Chris Foss Publishes Review
Chris Foss, professor of English, published “Toward a Transcontinental (or, InterEurasian) Canon,” a review of a set of companion texts by Mary Ellis Gibson–her scholarly monograph Indian Angles: English Verse in Colonial India from Jones to Tagore and her critical anthology Anglophone Poetry in Colonial India, 1780-1913–in the July 2013 number of English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920. Now in its 56th year, ELT is one of the most established venues for scholarly work on literature from the late Victorian, Edwardian, and early Modernist periods.