Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently gave a Washington lecture entitled, “U.S. Foreign Policy Formulation: Public Opinion and News Coverage of International Events,” to visiting journalists from Africa who were part of a recent U.S. State Department International Visitor Leadership Program. The talk was based, in part, on Farnsworth’s recently co-authored book, “The Global President: International Media and the US Government.”
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Davidson Publishes Article in Democracy and Security
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Jason W. Davidson’s article “Heading for the Exits: Democratic Allies and Withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan” was recently published by Democracy and Security, a peer-reviewed journal.
Mara Scanlon Publishes Edited Essay Collection
Dr. Mara Scanlon, Professor of English, has published an essay collection entitled Poetry and Dialogism: Hearing Over. Scanlon co-edited the volume with Dr. Chad Engbers of Calvin College and wrote its introduction. The book, published by Palgrave MacMillan, extends the theoretical conversation on poetry that is oriented toward an Other and contributes as well to ethnic studies, translation studies, and the field of ethics and literature.