Category: Professional Notes

On Thursday, July 19, Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies,will be a featured guest on Richmond’s Morning News with Jimmy Barrett on 1140 WRVA. The interview is scheduled to air at 7:05 a.m.

Farnsworth was a featured guest on WMAL on Friday, July 13 and Tuesday, July 17 and on Voice of Russia on Saturday, July 14.

He also was quoted in the Associated Press article “Romney: No Role in Bain Management After 1999” on Friday, July 13.

Adjunct instructor Mark Scharf’s play “Hired Gun,” is running through Sunday, July 29 at the Theatrical Mining Company in Baltimore, Md., with performances on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. The play is a semi-finalist for the 2012 Eugene O’Neill National Theater Conference.

Associate Professors of Psychology Miriam Liss and Holly Schiffrin’s study “Insight into the Parenthood Paradox: Mental Health Outcomes of Intensive Mothering” has attracted national media attention. Liss and Schiffrin co-authored with study, published in the Journal of Child and Family Studies, with 2012 graduate Kathryn Rizzo.

References to the study appear in numerous media outlets, including Chronicle of Higher Education, Forbes.com and Buzz Feed. Schiffrin also discusses the study in an interview on radio station 1320 WILS.

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies, was a featured guest on a CTV News segment on Friday, July 6.

On Sunday, July 8, he was quoted in the Richmond Times-Dispatch article “Democrats, Republicans Using Health Care Ruling to Raise Funds”  and in the Washington Times article “Goode’s Third-Party Run: Bad News for Romney in Virginia.” Farnsworth also was a source in the Washington Times article “Obama Leads Romney in Polls in Va. as Both Swing Through” on Tuesday, July 10.

The Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies’ work with 3D printing and building a Makerspace are covered in the Educause Learning Initiative’s “7 Things You Should Know About 3D Printing.” The article references the fall 2012 first-year seminar “Mashups and Makerbots,” taught by George Meadows, associate professor in the College of Education, and Tim Owens, instructional technology specialist in DTLT.