Tag: political science

Students Participate in C-SPAN College Classroom

Students in Stephen Farnsworth’s political science classes participated in the C-SPAN college classroom program and met with recent UMW political science graduates during a day-long program in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 28. The C-SPAN program, which featured Farnsworth discussing his book “Spinner in Chief” and answering questions about presidents and the mass media from UMW […]

Farnsworth Publishes in Washington Post

 Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the university’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, published an opinion column in the June 30 issue of the Washington Post relating the more conservative shift in the Virginia Republican Party’s candidates for state office.

Farnsworth Lectures at Boys’ State of Virginia

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, delivered a lecture entitled “Virginia’s Candidate Selection Process: Examining Recent Primaries and Conventions” to the roughly 800 high school students attending the American Legion Boys’ State of Virginia at Radford University on June 17.

Stephen Farnsworth Co-Authors Research Paper

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies, was co-author of a research paper entitled, “Authors’ Response: Improving News Coverage in the 2012 Presidential Campaign and Beyond,”  which was published in the August 2012 issue of Politics & Policy.