Category: Professional Notes

Andréa Livi Smith, assistant professor and director of the Center for Historic Preservation, presented two papers at the Preservation Education Conference held in Providence, R.I., Sept. 7-9.

The first paper, entitled “Historic Preservation 101”, discusses curricular and pedagogical issues in the introductory course and is derived from Dr. Smith’s award of the College of Arts and Sciences Curricular Innovation Grant. The second paper, entitled “The Development of a Preservation Planning Board Game” discusses Dr. Smith’s most recent senior-level laboratory project and its effectiveness as a capstone experience.

Assistant Professor of Music Mark Snyder’s CD release for Nature Boy Explorer will be held this Saturday, September 8 at 909 Saloon in Fredericksburg, Va . The EP contains four songs that were recorded from March to April of 2012. UMW students and alums, Becky Brown, Hunter Wooten, Paige Naylor, Katherine Preseren and Natasha Smoot performed on the CD as well.

Nature Boy Explorer makes music about love, lobotomies, death, dirty politicians and concrete deities with an energetic and emotional blend of rock/pop that puts on no airs.

The show starts at 8:30 and will also feature Paul Ivey and the Rubes from Richmond and The Crypts from Fredericksburg.

[youtube width=”560″ height=”315″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAwTyHPsycQ[/youtube]

During an interview on the “With Good Reason” public radio program, Deborah O’Dell, associate professor of biology, discusses magnetic orientation in bees. The interview originally aired in July 2010 on public radio stations across Virginia.

The interview will be re-aired beginning Saturday, September 15 on several Virginia public radio stations, as well as stations across the U.S. The segment, “Hard Cider: Early America’s Drink of Choice,” also is available online at http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2012/09/hard-cider-early-americas-drink-of-choice-2/.

Professor of Computer Science Stephen Davies’ research appears in the August 2012 issue of Computer, IEEE’s flagship publication. The article “Cinefile: A Category-Based Analytic Browser” is co-authored by Davies and two UMW alumni, Stacey Aylor Seal and Jesse Hatfield. Both Seal and Hatfield are graduate students at George Mason University.

Associate Professor of Political Science Jason Davidson’s article “The Republican Ticket and Foreign Policy: A Test of Inexperience,” is featured in Aspenia Online, the web version of the Aspen Institute’s quarterly journal. The journal offers international analysis and commentary in English and Italian.