Category: Professional Notes

Waters Featured in Inside Higher Ed on Technology-Enabled Learning

Assistant Professor of Biology Parrish Waters was featured in an article in Inside Higher Ed entitled “Looking Back on this Year’s Classroom Experiments.” In a previous article from last fall, professors across the country shared the technologies they were planning on testing in the classroom; now they reflect on their successes and shortcomings. According to […]

Wilson Comments on the Psychological Effects of Mass Shootings

Assistant Professor of Psychology Laura Wilson recently commented in the national media on the psychological effects on survivors of mass shootings.Wilson, the co-author of the The Wiley Handbook of the Psychology of Mass Shootings, said the following to Buzzfeed News in an article entitled “If You Graduate Right After A Mass Shooting, Good Luck: You’re […]

Schiffrin Quoted on Parents Excessive Involvement in College Course Choices

A study completed by Professor of Psychology Holly Schiffrin was cited in an article in The News Minute entitled “How Much Freedom do Students have while Choosing their Undergraduate Course?”“One study in the Journal of Child and Family Studies found that parents’ excessive involvement in their children’s lives yields unfavourable results. The lead author Holly […]

Richardson Column in The Free Lance-Star

Read College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson’s latest column in The Free Lance-Star: The Imposter Syndrome.  Much has been shared in recent years about what is called Imposter Syndrome. Haven’t heard of it? You may not know the name, but you know the concept. Imposters don’t think they belong in their jobs (or other parts […]

Farnsworth Comments in the National Media

Political Science Professor Stephen Farnsworth continues to provide daily commentary in regional and national media on breaking news items. View a few of his current interviews: As Virginia Primaries Near, Progressives Get Ready For A Fight on WAMU; Trump vs. China on CTV News Channel; Cuccinelli as a Czar, Northam Yearbook on WRVA Newsradio; and […]