Assistant Professor of Religion Jennifer Barry was recently interviewed and quoted in the online news and opinion site the Daily Beast. The article is titled, “Egeria, One of Christianity’s First Female Pilgrims, Was a Badass” and written by Candida Moss (the Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham, UK).The article, written for a […]
What ‘pink wave’? Why GOP women candidates are minding the gender gap (Yahoo.com)“You can’t draw attention to your identity on the Republican side, but among Democrats that’s … valued, and expected,” says Rosalyn Cooperman, a political scientist at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Va. “Party culture becomes a very important way of understanding […]
Emile Lester, assistant professor of political science, traveled to Texas to testify before the State Board of Education on its social studies curriculum. He was interviewed on Red River Radio. According to the story:“Both conservative and liberal groups have raised concerns over the curriculum standards, which were last updated in 2010. Some topics at issue are […]
John P. Broome, associate professor of education in the College of Education, co-authored “Before You Click ‘Share’: Mindful Media Literacy as a Positive Civic Act” in the recently published book, “Critical Media Literacy and Fake News in Post-Truth America“, published by Brill. This book recently won the “2019 Divergent Award for Excellence in 21st Century […]
Assistant Professor of Biology Parrish Waters talks about what he’s doing new in the classroom in an Inside Higher Ed story called Test Driving New Classroom Tech Initiatives:What’s new: I am using a formative assessment tool (BluePulse) in my Human Anatomy course this semester.https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2018/09/19/professors-share-plans-implementing-and-assessing-classroom
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