Professor of Communication and Director of the Center for AI and the Liberal Arts Anand Rao appeared on News Talk 1230 WFVA’s Town Talk last month to discuss why the Center was created and why this kind of work is so important right now. The program digs into how UMW students are using AI, how […]
Director of Continuing and Professional Studies Teresa Segelken was highlighted by Virginia Business in an article titled “100 People to Meet in 2026: Educators.” The profile includes details on Segelken arriving in Fredericksburg in 2020 as a training and curriculum specialist for the Marine Corps, a job that had her focusing on family members of […]
Steven E. Harris, professor of Russian and Eurasian history in the Department of History, American Studies, and Sociology, has published the peer-reviewed article, “The Martyrdom of Nadezhda Kurchenko: Soviet Hero Cults and the Spiritual Turn in Late Socialism,” in The Russian Review.This article examines the martyrdom of Nadezhda Kurchenko, a flight attendant killed by hijackers […]
Professor of Geography Caitie Finlayson was featured on the With Good Reason public radio show in an episode titled “The Food That Makes Us.” In a segment of the show, titled “Gumbo, BBQ, and biscuits” Finlayson discusses the fusion of cultures – African food brought by enslaved people, British and French food brought by early European […]
Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies Stephen Farnsworth recently presented several public lectures reviewing the 2025 Virginia Elections, including presentations before the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce, the American Association of University Women (Fredericksburg, VA chapter), the Loudoun Chamber of Commerce and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of […]
