Tag: Department of Political Science and International Affairs

Cooperman Discusses Voting-Related Legal Challenges on Marketplace Radio

Associate Professor of Political Science Rosalyn Cooperman spoke with the Marketplace radio show about how voting-related legal challenges will continue past Election Day.Rosalyn Cooperman, a professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington, said the pandemic has played a role in the spike in donations.“I think that COVID has incentivized giving, particularly for […]

Larus Comments on Tik Tok on CBN News

Elizabeth Freund Larus, Chairman of the Department of Political Science and International Affairs, commented on CBN News on U.S. bans of popular Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat. In her September 18 interview, Professor Larus warned that TikTok, a Chinese video-sharing social networking service, feeds the facial recognition and user data that it collects to China. […]

Farnsworth Lectures on 2020 Elections

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently delivered an online lecture, “The Exceptional Election Year of 2020: Anger, Protest, Economic Anxiety and Covid-19,” for Virginia Revenue Commissioners Conference.Dr. Farnsworth also has commented on the following national or regional news stories:Early voting turnout hits record […]

Larus Comments on U.S.-China Tech Cold War in South China Morning Post

Elizabeth Freund Larus, Chairman of the Department of Political Science and International Affairs, commented in the South China Morning Post (HK) on September 16 that regardless of a Trump or Biden victory in November, the U.S. will continue and possibly deepen scrutiny of Chinese acquisitions of technology. She also indicated that a second Trump administration […]