Category: Professional Notes

Cooperman Blogs for USAPP

Rosalyn Cooperman, Associate Professor of Political Science, wrote an invited post for the London School of Economics USA Politics & Policy blog on divisions among congressional Republicans and the government shutdown. Cooperman states that most House Republicans have no electoral incentive to compromise with congressional Democrats. Those Republicans who do represent swing districts with large […]

UMW Survey Receives Extensive Coverage

A survey of Virginia voters designed by Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, has received extensive media attention, including reports in:The Washington Post , Politico , Daily Kos , Real Clear Politics  , WRC-TV, Washington , WTOP , WAMU , The Richmond-Times Dispatch , […]

Jim Groom Delivers Keynote at University of North Florida

On Oct. 1, Jim Groom delivered the keynote address “ds106: This Course Could be Your Life” as part of the inaugural Academic Technology Innovation Symposium at the University of North Florida. The presentation frames how all too often technology becomes a tool fetish or a solution to a problem,yet neither of these approaches is particularly meaningful […]

Al-Tikriti Presents Paper at Turkish Maritime History Conference

On Sept. 28, Nabil Al-Tikriti offered a presentation entitled “Advocating for Release: The al-Darani Appeal” to the International Symposium on Piri Reis and Turkish Maritime History in Istanbul, Turkey. The conference, which brought together several dozen Ottoman maritime history experts from all over the world, was hosted by the new Prime Minister’s Ottoman Archives. Invited by […]