Category: Professional Notes

Farnsworth Co-Authors Research Paper

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, is co-author of a research paper, “The Automated Coding of Sentiment in Presidential News Coverage,” which was presented in August at the American Political Science Association’s Pre-Conference in Political Communication at the University of Illinois-Chicago. In addition, Farnsworth […]

Liss and Erchull Publish in Psychology of Women

Miriam Liss, professor of psychology, and Mindy Erchull, associate professor of psychology, published a paper in the September 2013 issue of Psychology of Women Quarterly titled “Differences in Beliefs and Behaivors Between Feminist Actual and Anticipated Mothers.” They found that feminist non-mothers anticipated an egalitarian division of labor but feminist mothers were more likely to […]

Janie Lee Receives an Emerging Diversity Scholar Citation

Janie Lee, Assistant Professor of Linguistics, recently received an Emerging Diversity Scholar citation from the University of Michigan’s National Center for Institutional Diversity. This citation is awarded to early career scholars with outstanding potential to contribute to diversity-related research, practice, and/or teaching. As an NCID Emerging Diversity Scholar, Lee’s work will be promoted through the […]

Cooking up a Dynamic Web Presence

Director of Digital Communications Shelley Keith has come to UMW on a mission: to help the campus community share its stories through an effective and engaging web presence.Keith, a native of Arkansas, has a background in web design and development, content management, project management, and social media marketing. She started her career as the development […]