Category: Professional Notes

Jenkins Serves as Moderator on Career Solutions Panel

Antoinette Jenkins, director of the Rappahannock Work and Learn Collaborative, served as moderator at the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce’s Workforce Now forum, asking panelists questions on how business and education leaders can strengthen partnerships and develop and retain a future workforce. Read more on the Fredericksburg Free Press.  

Farnsworth Lectures on U.S. Federalism in U.S. State Department Program

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently presented a lecture, “Federalism and Separation of Powers in the United States,” to a group of international journalists participating in the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program in Washington. The journalists, from 18 different nations, […]

Whalen Appointed to Board of Directors for Electronic Literature Organization

Zach Whalen has been appointed to the Board of Directors for the Electronic Literature Organization, an international organization dedicated to the investigation of literature produced for digital media. This large community of scholars and practitioners working with “born digital” literature hosts an annual convention, maintains a network of scholarly archives and databases, and has published […]

Singh Publishes Essay on Nature and Morality

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Ranjit Singh’s essay “Life on the Move” appears in the latest issue of The Trumpeter: Journal of Ecosophy. Founded in 1983 and associated with the deep ecology movement, The Trumpeter is an environmental humanities journal dedicated to the development of an ecosophy, or wisdom born of ecological […]

Majid Shares Credit Expertise with WalletHub

Associate Professor of Marketing Kashef Majid spoke to WalletHub about the shifting power of the American Express credit card. “Offering cards to those with lower credit scores is unlikely in the immediate future. American Express traditionally caters to individuals with good to excellent credit,” Majid told WalletHub. “However, the financial services industry is dynamic, so […]