Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently was part of the Virginia Business Panel in Richmond, where he spoke about the results of the 2015 legislative elections and the key issues in the upcoming 2016 legislative session.
Farnsworth Speaks on Virginia Politics
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Farnsworth and O’Brien Published in Richmond Times-Dispatch
A column by Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, and Ellen O’Brien, a senior political science major at UMW and a research associate at the Center, was published recently in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The column focused on the results of a new Virginia public opinion survey from the center showing widespread public support for deploying police body cameras in the Old Dominion. The column was titled “Survey says….Body Cameras.”