Associate Professor and Chair of Mathematics Keith Mellinger recently attended the Mathematical Association of America‘s regional meeting held at Salisbury University. At the meeting, Mellinger presented Eigentriads – a musical offering in which he discussed eigenvectors, a topic found in any undergraduate course in linear algebra, and an amusing relationship they have with diminished and augmented triads.
Faculty Recognized for Digital Pedagogy
A ceremony and reception on Friday, April 12 celebrated the work of faculty members in the realm of digital pedagogy.
Professor of Spanish Elizabeth Lewis and Assistant Professor of Historic Preservation Andrea Livi Smith were awarded the Innovative Digital Pedagogy Fellowship. Assistant Professor in the College of Education Janine Davis, Associate Professor of History Susan Fernsebner and Assistant Professor of Music Mark Snyder received honorariums for their work in digital pedagogy and scholarship. Faculty who participated in UMW’s first Domain of One’s Own Faculty-centered Initiative also were recognized at the ceremony.
President Richard V. Hurley was on-hand to congratulate the award recipients and to express his support for the initiatives. The Innovative Digital Pedagogy Fellowship Award Ceremony was a collaboration between the Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies and the Center for Teaching Excellence.
Jason Davidson Delivers Briefing in D.C.
Jason Davidson
Associate Professor of Political Science Jason W. Davidson delivered a briefing titled “Italy’s Security Policy after the 2013 Elections: Still in the Game?” at an invitation-only event on April 16 organized by the National Intelligence Council and the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
Davidson, who argued that the 2013 elections will have a minor impact on Italy’s security policy, was one of 11 presenters from around the world. About 40 members of the U.S. intelligence community attended the event.
Janine Davis Publishes Paper in The Clearing House
Janine Davis, assistant professor of curriculum and instruction in the College of Education, has published a new article entitled “Storying the Student Teaching Experience: Trying on Teaching Personae.” The article appears in the current issue of The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues, and Ideas.
Ben LaBreche Awarded Fellowship at University of Texas-Austin
Ben LaBreche, assistant professor of English, has been awarded a month-long fellowship at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas-Austin. His research will focus on Milton’s conception of liberty, 17th-century natural law, and debates in modern political theory.
LaBreche also is the recipient of a Clark Short-Term Fellowship for research at the University of California, Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library and of a year-long Solmsen Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Institute for Research in the Humanities.
Susan Knick Presents at International Conference
Susan Knick
Susan Knick, director of conferences and scheduling, presented a session on emergency management planning at the 33rd Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Conference and Event Directors – International (ACCED-I) in Toronto, Canada. Attendees included campus professionals who design, market, coordinate and plan conferences and special events on the campuses of colleges and universities in North America, South America, Europe and Asia.
Warren Rochelle Presents Paper at Conference
Warren Rochelle, professor of English, presented the paper “Crises of Faith: God(s) and Humankind in Caprica” at the joint meeting of the Science Fiction Research Association and the Eaton Science Fiction Conference in Riverside, Calif. The international conference, sponsored by the University of California at Riverside, was held from April 11 through 14.
Stephen Farnsworth Presented Research at Conference
Stephen Farnsworth
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the university’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently presented a co-authored research paper, “Election News Coverage across the Atlantic: 2008 US Presidential Election Campaigns on German, UK and US Television,” at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago. The paper is part of a chapter in Dr. Farnsworth’s latest co-authored book, “The Global President? International News and the U.S. Government,” which will be published by Rowman & Littlefield later this year.
Courtney Clayton and George Meadows Publish Article
Courtney Clayton, Assistant Professor of Education, and George Meadows, Professor of Education, published their article, Action Research in Preservice Teacher Education, in the Spring 2013 volume of The Teacher Educators’ Journal. The journal is published by the Association of Teacher Educators in Virginia. The Association of Teacher Educators was founded in 1920 and is an individual membership organization devoted solely to the improvement of teacher education both for school-based and post secondary teacher educators. ATE members represent over 700 colleges and universities, over 500 major school systems, and the majority of state departments of education.
Scott Powers Presents Paper in Exeter, England
Scott Powers, associate professor of French, presented the paper “The Mourning of God and the Ironies of Secularization in Baudelaire’s ‘Le Spleen de Paris'” at the annual Society of Dix-Neuvièmistes Conference at the University of Exeter in England.