Maya Mathur, associate professor and associate chair of the Department of English, Linguistics, and Communication, presented the paper “Riotous Genres” at the annual conference of the Shakespeare Association of America, which was held in New Orleans from March 24-26, 2016. Her paper was part of a seminar on “Shakespeare and Riot.”
Eric Lorentzen, associate professor of English, presented a talk at this year’s Northeastern Modern Language Association, held in Hartford, Conn., March 17-20, titled “Is Teaching Sherlock Holmes as an Undergraduate Literature Course Too ‘Elementary?’” In this talk, he was able to share, with Victorian and Modernist colleagues from across the country, the pedagogical philosophies and praxes […]
Debra Hydorn, professor of mathematics, was recently elected to a three-year term as Councilor for the Mathematics & Computer Science division of the Council on Undergraduate Research. Councilors are the governing body of CUR and set policy and develop programs for the organization.
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently delivered a lecture titled, “The State of the 2016 Presidential Campaign,” to the Women’s Club of Richmond.
Juliette Landphair’s article, “Bringing Life to Learning: Civic Engagement, Intersections, and Transforming College Students,” co-authored with Amy Howard and Amanda Lineberry, was published in Intersectionality in Action: A Guide for Faculty and Campus Leaders for Creating Inclusive Classrooms and Institutions (Stylus: 2016), Brooke Barnett and Peter Felten, eds.
