Category: Professional Notes

University of Mary Washington Associate Professor and Chair of History and American Studies Jeffrey McClurken will discuss how Confederate veteran families adjusted to life in the postwar South during an interview on the “With Good Reason” public radio program beginning Saturday, August 20.

The interview can be heard on August 20 at 4:30 p.m. on WCVE 88.9 FM and on Monday, August 22 at 12:30 a.m. on WAMU 88.5 FM. The segment, “Confederate Outlaw,” is expected to be available online beginning the week of the show at http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2011/08/confederate-outlaw.

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John Broome, director of undergraduate secondary education and PreK-12 programs and assistant professor in the College of Education, wrote an op-ed that appeared in a recent edition of The Free Lance-Star.

In the op-ed, Broome discusses ways to improve American history instruction in the United States.

Read the full article.

John Broome, director of undergraduate secondary education and PreK-12 programs and assistant professor in the College of Education, wrote an op-ed that appeared in a recent edition of The Free Lance-Star.

In the op-ed, Broome discusses ways to improve American history instruction in the United States.

Read the full article.

Kristen LePine’s original play, “Foolish Fire,” took top honors at the 2011 Firehouse Theatre’s Festival of New American Plays in Richmond, Va. LePine’s winning play explores the American identity and dream in a bleak, post-subprime mortgage crisis world.

LePine’s new play, “Laundry Blows,” will be presented at the 2011 Kennedy Center Page to Stage Festival over Labor Day weekend.

Kristen LePine’s original play, “Foolish Fire,” took top honors at the 2011 Firehouse Theatre’s Festival of New American Plays in Richmond, Va. LePine’s winning play explores the American identity and dream in a bleak, post-subprime mortgage crisis world.

LePine’s new play, “Laundry Blows,” will be presented at the 2011 Kennedy Center Page to Stage Festival over Labor Day weekend.