Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, delivered a lecture entitled “Virginia’s Candidate Selection Process: Examining Recent Primaries and Conventions” at the American Legion Boys’ State of Virginia at Radford University on Monday, June 16.In addition, reporters at a number of media outlets — including […]
On May 19 to 29, 2014, Associate Professor of History and American Studies Nabil Al-Tikriti served as an election monitor for the Ukrainian national elections. One of around 90 Americans joining the 900 strong OSCE (Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe) delegation, Al-Tikriti spent the first two days in Kiev before joining the rest […]
On June 10, Melissa L. Jones began her tenure with UMW as assistant dean for student involvement. Jones will have oversight for the Orientation program and will supervise the offices of Campus Recreation, James Farmer Multicultural Center, and Student Activities and Engagement.Jones was formerly with Virginia Commonwealth University in various positions including associate director of […]
Jeremy Larochelle, Associate Professor of Spanish, published a book chapter entitled “From the Inner City to the Cotton Fields: Living and Working Conditions in Martín Espada’s Poetry” in Acknowledged Legislator: Critical Essays on the Poetry of Martín Espada (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press).
James Goehring, Professor of Religion, presented a paper on “The Monastery of Apollo at Bala’izah and Its Literary Texts” at the Annual Meeting of the North American Patristics Society in Chicago,Illinois, held May 22-24, 2014. The paper explored the contents of the library of an important 7th-8th century Coptic Christian Monastery in Upper Egypt.
