Category: Professional Notes

Gately Performs with the National Symphony Orchestra

Doug Gately will perform with the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jack Everly. The National Memorial Day Concert returns live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on May 26 for a special televised 30th anniversary broadcast, hosted by Tony Award-winner Joe Mantegna and Tony-nominated actress Mary McCormack.The all-star line-up also features: distinguished American leader General Colin L. Powell USA […]

Grothe Quoted in Article on the Effects of Melting Sea Ice

Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Pamela Grothe was quoted in an article on MEA WorldWide (MEAWW) entitled “Melting sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic may be an economic boon, but it spells doom for sea life.” She said that Polar regions are important for regulating global temperatures. “Sea ice is highly reflective […]

Morris Quoted in Chronicle of Higher Education Article

Sean Michael Morris, director of UMW’s Digital Pedagogy Lab and Digital Learning, was quoted in an article on addressing student anxiety published by The Chronicle of Higher Education. “Love in pedagogical work is an orientation,” Morris wrote. “It is a decision to commit first to the community of learners and second to the material we’ve […]

Haffey Publishes Book on Literary Modernism and Queer Temporality

Kate Haffey, Associate Professor of English, has just had her book, Literary Modernism, Queer Temporality: Eddies in Time​, published by Palgrave Macmillan. Per the summary on the back of the book, “This book explores the intersection between the recent work on queer temporality and the experiments of literary modernism. Kate Haffey argues that queer theory’s […]

Barrenechea Interviewed for MEAWW Articles

Antonio Barrenechea, Associate Professor of English, was recently interviewed for two articles published in the web magazine MEAWW. The first was on the relationship between summer and romantic comedies. The second probed the link between intelligence and dark humor.https://meaww.com/the-last-summer-romantic-comedies-netflix-romcom-kj-apa-summer-of-love-tyler-poseyhttps://meaww.com/dark-comedy-dark-humor-21st-century-dead-to-me-intelligence-black-comedy-movies-tv-shows.