Category: Professional Notes

Bonds Discusses Data Centers in NPR Report

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Professor of Sociology Eric Bonds was featured in an NPR report titled “NDAs Are Hiding Data Center Deals, Drawing Ire From Locals — and Attention From Lawmakers.” The report examines the use of nondisclosure agreements in data center development projects across the country. Bonds discussed research he conducted with a colleague in Virginia, …

Mathur Publishes on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

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Professor of English Maya Mathur has published an article titled “Fantasies of Assimilation: Multicultural Casting and Migrant Narratives in Tim Supple’s and Adam Smethurst’s Adaptations of Twelfth Night.” The article was included in The Sad and Merry Madness of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night edited by Louise Roszak and Nora Galland, University of Nanterre Press, 2026.

Mathur’s …

Helmstutler Mentors Students Recognized for Mathematics Research

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Professor of Mathematics and Director of Undergraduate Programs Randall Helmstutler mentored UMW mathematics majors Juniper Creskoff and Ashton Crawford on research projects that earned both students recognition for outstanding poster presentations at the recent annual meeting of the Mathematical Association of America in Boston. The projects began during the 2025 Piscopo-Rodgers Summer Science …

Moon to Join Constitution Day Panel on Immigration

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Professor of History and American Studies Krystyn Moon will participate in George Mason University’s Constitution Day Forum, “Immigration and the Constitution,” on Thursday, Sept. 17.

The panel will examine immigration in the United States through historical, constitutional, legal and public policy perspectives, including how laws and institutions shape immigration policy and governance. Moon …

Singh Expands Environmental Writing, Community Engagement

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Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Ranjit Singh has served as environmental columnist for the FXBG Advance since May, publishing more than a dozen essays on local nature and environmental issues. His work includes two pieces on data center development co-authored with Professor of Sociology Eric Bonds: “The Corporate Environmental …