Category: Professional Notes

Richardson Column in The Free Lance-Star

Read College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson’s latest column in The Free Lance-Star: Bad Boss.   Dear Bad Boss, Your staff complains about you. You’re a micro-manager. Or maybe you’re a detached manager, showing little interest in your people or the work they do. Or maybe you put such pressure on your employees that they feel […]

Rettinger Quoted in Article on Plagiarism

Associate Professor of Psychology David Rettinger was quoted in an article on the ethics of plagiarism. “It’s a particular problem in academia because we care so much about the process,” says Rettinger, who is also the president of the International Center for Academic Integrity and director of Academic Integrity Programs at UMW. “I say this to […]

Farnsworth Comments in 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: Sanders: ‘Trump Likes the Idea’ on CTV News Channel, Many Republicans are Calling It Quits on WVTF Radio IQ, NAACP to Protest Northam’s Second Campaign Stop Since Scandal on […]

LaBreche Coedits Special Issue of Marvell Studies

Ben LaBreche, Associate Professor of English, along with Ryan Netzley of Southern Illinois University, recently coedited a special issue of Marvell Studies, which publishes the leading edge of research on Andrew Marvell, his texts and readers, words and worlds. This most recent issue is on theoretical approaches to Marvell’s poetry and contains essays by John Garrison […]