Category: Professional Notes

Gupta Briefs Congressional Aides on Indian Election Outcome

Surupa Gupta, professor of Political Science and International Affairs, was invited by the Wilson Center to brief Hill staffers on the implications of the outcome of India’s 2024 parliamentary elections. The Wilson Center’s South Asia Institute, Indo-Pacific Program, and Congressional Relations office hosted the off-the-record briefing at the Capitol on June 11 2024.

Davidson Comments on Future of NATO for Inkstick Media

In advance of the 75th anniversary summit for leaders of NATO’s thirty-two member countries in July in Washington, D.C., Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Jason Davidson contributed to an article for Inkstick Media titled “NATO at 75: What’s Its Future?” In the article, Davidson says, “While it would be a mistake to overstate […]

Parker Shares Search for Mary Washington’s Gravesite With ‘Northern Virginia Magazine’

Assistant Professor of Archaeology Katherine Parker’s work with her students to locate Mary Washington’s gravesite was highlighted in a Northern Virginia Magazine article titled “Searching for Mary: George Washington’s Mother.” Parker, who joined the Historic Preservation Department last year, said in the article, “I used GPR for a lot of other archaeology projects prior to […]

Farnsworth Lectures on Media and U.S. Elections in Germany

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of Political Science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently presented a lecture, “Mass Media and U.S. Presidential Elections,” at German-American Institute Saxony (DAI-S) in Leipzig, Germany. The talk, sponsored jointly by DAI-S, Fulbright Germany, and the American Studies Center of the University of Leipzig, was derived […]