Category: Professional Notes

Reynolds Named to Fulbright Reviewing Committee

The Institute of International Education (IIE) annually conducts scholarship competitions for U.S. graduate students wishing to pursue study, research or professional training abroad under the Fulbright-Hays Program sponsored by the United States Department of State and for other awards offered by foreign governments, universities and private donors. To assist in the selection of candidates, the […]

Barrenechea Co-Edits Journal Issue, Presents at Conference

Over the summer, Antonio Barrenechea, Associate Professor of English, co-edited and co-wrote the introduction for “Hemispheric Indigenous Studies, ” a special issue of Comparative American Studies: An International Journal. In August, he attended the Sixth World Congress of the International American Studies Association (IASA) in Szczecin, Poland, where he presented “Thomas Pynchon’s Poetics of Atrocity: Making Words Matter […]

Sally Scott Presents at AHEAD Conference

Sally Scott, director of the office of disability resources, and Dr. Manju Banerjee, vice president of research at Landmark College,  recently presented a paper Foreign Language Accommodation:  Incorporating Evidence-Based Practices under the AHEAD Documentation Guidance, at the annual conference of the Association on Higher Education and Disability in Baltimore, Md.

Stephen Farnsworth Publishes New Book

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, is coauthor of new book, “The Global President: International Media and the U.S. Government,” published this month by Rowman & Littlefield, a scholarly publisher in the social sciences.From the publisher:  “This book provides an expansive international examination of […]