Category: Professional Notes

Dave Kolar, associate professor of psychology, and Christine McBride, professor of psychology, recently had their paper “Mentoring At-Risk Youth in Schools:  Can Small Doses Make a Big Change?” published in the peer-reviewed journal Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning. The paper was chosen by the editor as the lead article in the volume.

The article is one of several papers that have resulted from their three years of work as the assessment and evaluation coordinators on a $475,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education awarded to Rappahannock Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Dave Kolar, associate professor of psychology, and Christine McBride, professor of psychology, recently had their paper “Mentoring At-Risk Youth in Schools:  Can Small Doses Make a Big Change?” published in the peer-reviewed journal Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning. The paper was chosen by the editor as the lead article in the volume.

The article is one of several papers that have resulted from their three years of work as the assessment and evaluation coordinators on a $475,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education awarded to Rappahannock Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Jason Davidson, associate professor of political science and international affairs, recently presented lectures at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) in Rome and the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa. The IAI is Italy’s leading international relations think tank, whereas the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna is a renowned research university. In both lectures Professor Davidson discussed the findings of his recently published book, “America’s Allies and War: Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq.”

Jason Davidson, associate professor of political science and international affairs, recently presented lectures at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) in Rome and the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa. The IAI is Italy’s leading international relations think tank, whereas the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna is a renowned research university. In both lectures Professor Davidson discussed the findings of his recently published book, “America’s Allies and War: Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq.”

Three UMW professors wrote an op-ed article that appeared in a recent edition of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The professors, Donald Rallis, associate professor of geography, Nabil Al-Tikriti, associate professor of history and American studies and Ranjit Singh, associate professor of political science and international affairs discussed the Virginia Israel Advisory Board (VIAB) in light of Virginia’s cost-cutting efforts.

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