Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently delivered a lecture titled “The Ever-changing State of Virginia Politics” in Boyce, Va., for the Candidate Training Program of the Sorensen Institute of the University of Virginia. The talk included findings from the center’s Fall 2015 survey of 1,006 Virginians.

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently gave a U.S. Department of State program lecture titled “U.S. Journalism, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Development” in Washington, D.C., for visiting journalists from a variety of Middle Eastern nations. The lecture was part of the Institute for International Education’s International Visitor Leadership Program and included findings from Dr. Farnsworth’s recent co-authored book, “The Global President: International Media and the U.S. Government.”

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently gave a lecture titled “The 2016 Presidential Election, the Mass Media and the Twilight of the Obama Presidency,” in Washington, DC., as part of the Norwegian Washington Seminar. The lecture included findings from Dr. Farnsworth’s sole-authored book, “Spinner in Chief: How Presidents Sell Their Policies and Themselves.”

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.