Category: Professional Notes

Rettinger interviewed on Good Morning America

David Rettinger, associate professor of psychology and director of Academic Integrity Programs was interviewed for a segment that aired on April 3 on Good Morning America entitled “We tried buying a college admissions essay online, here’s what happened.” “Contract cheating has grown a great deal over the past ten years,” said Rettinger, who is also […]

Farnsworth Presents Presidency Research at Conference

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently presented a research paper, “The Politics of Personality: Framing Presidential Character in the Age of Trump,” at the Conference on Character Assassination in Theory and Practice at George Mason University.

Richardson Column in The Free Lance-Star

Read College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson’s latest column in The Free Lance-Star: Time in Rank.  Some organizations have unwritten rules about how long a person must stay in a position before they are promoted. I don’t get that. Years ago, I heard this story: An accounting professor at a university received a call from […]

Lorentzen Presents on Wordsworth and Dickens at MLA Conference

Eric Lorentzen, Associate Professor of English, gave the talk “‘Spots of Time’: Wordsworthian Spirits and Dickensian Hauntings” for the special Dickens Society panel at the 50th Annual Northeastern Modern Language Association Conference in Washington, D.C. Lorentzen examined this Romantic influence in Dickens’ work as a part of the panel “Dickens and the Influences of the […]