August 25, 2026

EagleEye

A Newsletter for UMW Faculty and Staff

Singh Explores Access to Nature in FXBG Advance Commentary

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Department of Political Science and International Affairs Associate Professor Ranjit Singh

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs  Ranjit Singh

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Ranjit Singh authored a commentary for FXBG Advance titled “This Land Is My Land? What Seeing Who Has Access to Nature Says About Us.”

In the piece, Singh reflects on the natural landscape surrounding his family farm and explores broader questions about access to nature and what those patterns reveal about society. Read the commentary in FXBG Advance.

Other media mentions for Singh include:

  • Two Advance Writers Splitting the Night This Thursday (FXBG Advance)
    The article highlighted Singh, who also serves as an environmental columnist for FXBG Advance, as one of two writers participating in simultaneous public events focused on environmental and development issues. The event also featured environmental scientist Tyler Frankel and UMW student Hannah Reents presenting on bacteria monitoring and safer recreation in the Rappahannock River.

Singh and Bonds Co-Author Column for FXBG Advance

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Department of Political Science and International Affairs Associate Professor Ranjit Singh

Department of Political Science and International Affairs Associate Professor Ranjit Singh

Associate Professor of Sociology Eric Bonds

Associate Professor of Sociology Eric Bonds

Associate Professor of Political Science Ranjit Singh and Professor of Sociology Eric Bonds co-authored a column for the FXBG Advance, titled “The Corporate Environmental Blame Game.”

In the commentary, they examine how public messaging around environmental responsibility can shift attention away from the broader environmental impacts of data center development, arguing that meaningful change requires structural policy solutions and corporate accountability. Read the article in the FXBG Advance.

Singh Reflects on America at 250 in FXBG Advance Column

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Department of Political Science and International Affairs Associate Professor Ranjit Singh

Department of Political Science and International Affairs Associate Professor Ranjit Singh

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Ranjit Singh authored a column for the FXBG Advance examining how the United States has changed since the nation’s Bicentennial in 1976. In the article, titled “Let Us Become a ‘Normal’ Country Before We Do Even More Damage,” Singh reflects on the nation’s political and social evolution over the past 50 years, contrasting the optimism and shared sense of purpose he remembers from the Bicentennial with today’s challenges. Read the column in the FXBG Advance.

Singh Appointed to Local Environmental Board

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Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Ranjit Singh

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Ranjit Singh

The Stafford County Board of Supervisors appointed Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Ranjit Singh to the County’s Wetlands, Chesapeake Bay, and Coastal Sand Dunes Board this month. This board works to ensure the integrity and health of local waters, including the implementation of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act.

Singh served on the board of directors of the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust (NVCT) from 2014 to 2025, including three years as the board chair. Virginia’s second largest land trust, the NVCT has conserved over 9,000 acres of local land and works in formal partnership with Stafford County. Prior to the NVCT, Dr. Singh was part of the successful effort to establish Stafford’s 3,000-acre Crow’s Nest Natural Area Preserve.

Singh teaches UMW’s “Politics and the Environment” seminar in addition to courses on international relations. He has been awarded a Waple Professorship for 2026-2028 to work on a book on local nature. His most recent environmental publication, “Life on the Move,” appeared in the peer-reviewed journal The Trumpeter: Journal of Ecosophy.

Panel Discussion: A Blueprint For Lasting Peace in Israel-Palestine, March 23

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Photo of the book cover for the book titled "From Apartheid to Democracy: A Blueprint for Peace in Israel-Palestine"Join UMW’s Department of Political Science & International Relations and the Department of History, American Studies, and Sociology for a panel discussion on Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man’s and Sarah Leah Whitson’s new book: From Apartheid to Democracy: A Blueprint for Peace in Israel-Palestine.

A Blueprint For Lasting Peace in Israel-Palestine
Monday, March 23
4:00 p.m.
Monroe 346

The panel discussion will center on the authors’ proposed plan for a lasting peace in Israel-Palestine, with Professor Nabil Al-Tikriti and Professor Ranjit Singh joining the two pre-eminent authors on the panel.

Omer-Man is the former Israel-Palestine Director at both DAWN and Editor in Chief of +972 Magazine, and Whitson is Executive Director of DAWN and former Executive Director of Human Rights Watch’s Middle East and North Africa Division.

 

Singh Publishes Essay on Nature and Morality

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Department of Political Science and International Affairs Associate Professor Ranjit Singh

Department of Political Science and International Affairs Associate Professor Ranjit Singh

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Ranjit Singh’s essay “Life on the Move” appears in the latest issue of The Trumpeter: Journal of Ecosophy. Founded in 1983 and associated with the deep ecology movement, The Trumpeter is an environmental humanities journal dedicated to the development of an ecosophy, or wisdom born of ecological understanding and insight.  From the abstract to Singh’s peer-reviewed essay:

What does the War on Terror have to teach us about the ongoing War on Invasive Species? Rooted in the author’s personal experiences as an immigrant on a family farm in Virginia, this essay explores themes of language, mental frames, and violent conflict in novel ways that shed insight into the morality of the struggle to manage unwanted species.

Readers may access Prof. Singh’s essay here. 

Singh Comments on Presidential Candidates’ Potential Impact on Gaza for ‘The Cradle’

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Department of Political Science and International Affairs Associate Professor Ranjit Singh

Associate Professor of  Political Science and International Affairs Ranjit Singh

Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Ranjit Singh contributed to an article titled “Harris vs. Trump: Who is Worse for Gaza?” published in The Cradle. “The Harris-Walz campaign will spend extraordinary energy monitoring the salience of the issue amongst the various groups they need support from to win the election, and therefore, for most Democrats, Gaza will not be a deal breaker,” Singh said. Read more.

Singh Discusses Gaza Crisis, Harris Candidacy With ‘The Cradle’

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Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Ranjit Singh

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Ranjit Singh

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Ranjit Singh provided analysis for an article published by The Cradle, a news magazine covering the geopolitics of western Asia, on the Gaza crisis’ influence on the unexpected election campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris. Speaking days before the start of the Democratic National Convention, Singh was quoted as saying that the Harris-Walz campaign was likely to “spend extraordinary energy monitoring the salience of the issue amongst the various groups they need support from to win the election, and therefore, for most Democrats, Gaza will not be a deal-breaker.”

Read more in The Cradle.