The East-West Center, a Washington, D.C., and Honolulu-based policy think tank, has awarded an Asia Studies fellowship to Surupa Gupta, associate professor of political science and international affairs. Gupta will be a resident fellow this fall at the Washington, D.C., office working on U.S.-India relations with a focus on trade and intellectual property rights.
Gupta Awarded Asia Studies Fellowship
Don’t Forget about Ukraine: U.S. Lacks Long-Term Strategy to End Stalemate with Russia (IVN.US)
Buchanan ’15 and Macnab ’15 Take Part in Century America Digital Humanities Project (University of Minnesota Morris)
Professor Co-Authors Article with Alum
Dawn Bowen, professor of geography, has co-authored an article, “Deforestation of Montane Cloud Forest in the Central Highlands of Guatemala: Proximate Causes, Underlying Drivers, and Implications for Sustainability in Q’eqchi’ Maya Communities,” with Ian Pope, UMW 2011, in the International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology. The article draws from Ian’s research with contributions from other UMW alum, Adam Hager, Carl Larsen, and David Chambers, all 2014 graduates, who completed field work under Bowen’s direction.
US Presidential Candidates (CTV News Canada)
Farnsworth Publishes Research in Italian Journal
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently had a research paper published. “Spinner-in-chief: How presidents shape the news” appeared in the April 2015 issue of Limes, the Italian Journal of Geopolitics. (The paper was translated into Italian and published under the title “Spinner-in-chief: come i presidenti plasmano le notizie.”)
Competitive Northern Virginia Seat Takes International Flair (WAMU)
More to the Tour: Slave History at Virginia’s Plantations (WVTF.org)