Suzanne Huffman, digital resources librarian, and Katherine Perdue, assistant systems librarian, presented at the recent Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) in Roanoke. Their session, The Interactive Experience: Exploring Technologies for Creating Touchscreen Exhibits, focused on their experiences in creating and managing interactive exhibits, describing useful tools, open-source products, implementation strategies and assessment techniques. Carolyn Parsons, […]
Cassandra Good, associate editor of the Papers of James Monroe, presented a paper at the Society for United States Intellectual History in Washington D.C. on Oct. 17. The paper was titled “Making the Historical Personal: The Founding Fathers, Gender, and the Cultural Turn.”
Rosalyn Cooperman, associate professor of political science, wrote an analysis of the Oct. 13 Democratic presidential nominees’ debate for the U.S. News and World Report’s Debate Club. Professor Cooperman’s piece may be accessed here:http://www.usnews.com/debate-club/who-won-the-first-democratic-debate
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently moderated a debate for the 36th District of the Senate of Virginia. Del. Scott Surovell (D) and Dumfries Mayor Jerry Foreman (R) are competing in the district, which includes portions of Stafford, Prince William and Fairfax counties. The incumbent […]
Gary Richards, associate professor of English and Chair of the Department of English, Linguistics and Communication, was featured in a story about Juliette Wells, a professor and expert on Jane Austen, coming to UMW on Tuesday, Oct. 20. The story can be accessed here.
