Tag: Department of Political Science and International Affairs

Larus Publishes Book Chapter on Taiwan’s Military

Elizabeth Freund Larus, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Political Science and International Affairs published her chapter “Taiwan’s Military Posture toward China’s Confrontational Stance,” with Agata Wiktoria Ziętek (Marie Curie-Skłodowska University) in Taiwan: Environmental, Political and Social Issues? Caleb M. Clark, Karl Ho, and Alexander C. Tan. The chapter employs defensive realist theory to […]

Davidson’s Book Reviewed in Digital International Relations Publication

Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Jason Davidson’s book, America’s Entangling Alliances: 1778 to the Present, recently received a positive review essay in H-Diplo, a well-respected digital international relations publication.Teachers of United States foreign relations know that the myth of isolationism is strong among their students. The axioms of presidents George Washington and Thomas […]

Farnsworth, Hanna and Seltzer Present Research Paper on Virginia Politics

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of Political Science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, Stephen P. Hanna, professor of Geography, and Kate Seltzer, a 2021 graduate of UMW with degrees in Political Science and in Communication and Digital Studies, are coauthors of a research paper entitled, “Declining Rural Influence in Virginia Politics: […]

Larus Participates in Roundtable on Democracy and Human Rights

Elizabeth Freund Larus, Chairman of the Department of Political Science and International Affairs virtually participated in the Roundtable “COVID-19 Pandemic as a Challenge to Democracy and Human Rights in China and Taiwan” at Jagellonian University, Krakow, on November 29, 2021. Professor Larus commented that the U.S. media has grown more critical of China since the […]

Farnsworth, Seltzer and Burkley Present Research Paper on Political Communication

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies; Kate Seltzer, a 2021 graduate of UMW with degrees in Political Science and in Communication and Digital Studies; and Sally Burkley. a senior Political Science and Communication and Digital Studies double major at UMW, are coauthors of a […]