Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, is the author of an opinion column entitled, “How Gerrymandering cost Virginia its Medicaid Expansion,” published in the Washington Post on Jan. 18. The column incorporates the results of a recent UMW statewide poll of Virginians.

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, has appeared in a number of media outlets discussing the sentencing of former Governor Bob McDonnell over his federal corruption conviction as well as the start of the 2015 Virginia legislative session, including the Washington Post, National Public Radio, WUSA-TV, WJLA-TV, the Richmond-Times Dispatch, and Reuters.

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, gave four recent public lectures on the 2014 U.S. and Virginia elections: to the Virginia Business Forum in Richmond, to the Fredericksburg Regional Alliance, to Mary Washington ElderStudy and to the Fredericksburg area Unitarian Universalists.

In addition, Farnsworth appeared in a number of media outlets discussing the results of the recent midterm elections, including the “Washington Post,” the “Richmond-Times Dispatch,” “Talking Points Memo,” the “Virginian Pilot,” “WJLA-TV,” and “WAMU-FM,” the Washington area National Public Radio affiliate.

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, gave a lecture entitled “Is ‘House of Cards’ Really Fiction? U.S. Political Corruption, Voter Anger and the 2014 Elections,” at the Norwegian Washington Seminar in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Nov. 1.

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, gave a public lecture on “International Media, the U.S. Government and Foreign Policy Crises,” at the Ingleside at Rock Creek Forum in Washington, DC., earlier this month. The talk was drawn from his co-authored book, “The Global President: International Media and the U.S. Government.”