Associate Professor of Geography Caitie Finlayson’s open textbook, Human Geography: A Connected Approach, has been published.Human Geography: A Connected Approach provides an engaging and comprehensive introduction to the study of how we, as humans, are connected to one another and to the world around us. Building on the legacy of the open textbooks World Regional […]
Associate Professor of History Will Mackintosh was featured by the Fredericksburg Free Press in articles titled “Fredericksburg’s Lafayette Bicentennial to culminate with full weekend of events” and “Lecture offers ‘Lafayette 101’ ahead of bicentennial weekend.” Mackintosh gave the lecture at Central Rappahannock Regional Library in November discussing what Fredericksburg was like when Lafayette visited for […]
Professor of Political Science and Director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, Stephen Farnsworth, recently presented an online lecture, “The Politics of Not Voting,” at the None of the Above Voter Mobilization Conference in Arlington, VA. In addition, recent media mentions for Farnsworth include: Second-wave Population Shifts Carry Vindman in Seventh (FXBG […]
Rosalyn Cooperman, professor and chair of the department of political science and international affairs, was highlighted in an article for the Center for American Woman and Politics titled, “What will 2025 bring for women’s representation in the Commonwealth of Virginia?” Reflecting on upcoming shifts, Cooperman notes, “In 2024, Virginia had four of its 11 congressional […]
Gary Richards, professor of english, led the One Book, One Festival talk on Eudora Welty’s 1972 novel The Optimist’s Daughter at the twentieth Louisiana Book Festival held on the capitol grounds in Baton Rouge on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024.Richards has led this annual event over a dozen times since it was created fifteen years ago, […]
