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.
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.