Category: Professional Notes

Crosby Publishes in Women & Language

Assistant Professor of Communication Emily Crosby’s article “Dethroned Victor: The Marginalized Women of Blake Edwards’ Victor/Victoria,” published in the fall 2024 issue of Women & Language, revisits the iconic 1982 film to illuminate how the comedic humiliation of archetypal women characters reinstates patriarchy in seemingly progressive texts. This research paper also explores the anxiety-inducing effects […]

Gately Comments for FXBG Advance in Article About Jazz4Justice Concert

Department of Music Senior Lecturer and Director of the UMW Jazz Ensemble Doug Gately is quoted in the FXBG Advance in an article titled “Giving Everyone a Voice Through Jazz.” Gately discussed jazz music in the article highlighting the 11th annual Jazz4Justice concert at UMW, which raises funds for Legal Aid Works and provides scholarships […]

Farnsworth Co-authors Book Chapter on Political Humor

Professor of Political Science Stephen Farnsworth, who also directs the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, is co-author of a book chapter, “Late-Night Political Humor and the 2020 Presidential Campaign: Still All Trump, All the Time.” The chapter is published by Routledge in the edited volume Social Media Politics: Digital Discord in the 2020 […]

Larus Quoted by Fox News Regarding Taiwan-China Relations

Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs and Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council Global China Hub and Indo-Pacific Strategic Initiative Elizabeth Larus is quoted as an expert in Chinese and Taiwan relations by Fox News Digital. The article, titled “Encircling Taiwan was a smokescreen for China’s real goal of convincing US not […]