Category: Professional Notes

Cooperman Presents Paper at Georgetown University Political Parties Conference

Rosalyn Cooperman, Associate Professor of Political Science, presented a paper, “Office Seekers or Policy Demanders? The Parties from the Perspective of National Convention Delegates,” at the Georgetown Conference on Political Activists in a Polarized Age at Georgetown University on March 21.The paper examines political behavior of delegates to the Democratic and Republican Party nominating conventions […]

Good Presents at Five Venues in March

Cassandra Good, associate editor of the papers of James Monroe, was the Women’s History Month speaker at the Library Company of Philadelphia on March 3.Good also chaired a panel on masculinity and emotions at the Virginia Forum on March 14 and lectured on her new book at the Society of the Cincinnati and the Library of Congress on […]

Greenan Publishes on American Enlightenment Figure

April Greenan, assistant professor of Musicology, has presented her research on Francis Hopkinson, a key figure of the American Revolution, in an article in the Encyclopedia of the American Enlightenment published this month by Bloomsbury.Hopkinson was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a federal judge, inventor, prolific writer of satire, composer and designer of the American flag […]

Larus Publishes Article on Taiwan Elections

Elizabeth Larus, Taiwan Fellow and Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, published an article, “Relations with Taiwan after the Nine-In-One Elections,” in China Analysis, a publication of the European Council on Foreign Affairs.The article examines China’s view of the impact of the elections on cross-Strait relations.