Category: Professional Notes

Buster-Williams Nominated for AACRAO LEAD

Kimberley Buster-Williams, vice president for enrollment management, has been invited to participate in a new initiative called AACRAO LEAD. AACRAO’s new initiative called LEAD (Leaders in Enrollment Advancing Diversity) will take a multi-pronged approach at identifying and preparing a diverse group of enrollment leaders to take on leadership roles in Enrollment Management in North America […]

Blevins Presents on Augmented, Mixed, and Virtual Reality at Watson Conference

Brenta Blevins, assistant professor of writing studies and digital studies​ in the Department of English, Linguistics, and Communication, presented a paper, “Preparing for Current and Future Composing with Augmented, Mixed, and Virtual Reality,” at the Twelfth Biennial International Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition at the University of Louisville (October 25-27, 2018).Her project […]

Farnsworth Article Published in International Political Journal

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, is author of a research article, “Gridlock until 2020: Trump remains true to himself, a policy that will never change,” which appears in the November/December issue of “Internationale Politik,” a journal published by the German Council on Foreign Relations). The article was […]

Elizabeth Larus Presents Paper at American Association for Chinese Studies Conference

Elizabeth Freund Larus, professor of political science and international affairs, presented her research paper “Xiconomics: Mixing Politics with Economics after the 19th Party Congress,” at the 60th meeting of the American Association for Chinese Studies, October 5-7 in Baltimore. She also organized and hosted the Roundtable on Cross-Strait Relations, bringing together scholars from the US, […]

Rao Represents University at Faculty Senate of Virginia, Presents at Conference

On Saturday, October 20, P. Anand Rao, Professor of Communication and Director of the Speaking Intensive Program and the Speaking Center, and Marcel Rotter, Associate Professor of German, represented the University of Mary Washington at the Faculty Senate of Virginia meeting held at Virginia Commonwealth University. Rao is currently serving as president of FSVA, and Rotter is serving as treasurer. […]