Benjamin M. Harris, a 2014 political science graduate from the University of Mary Washington and Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of UMW’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, are coauthors of a research article, “With Overwhelming Support for Nonpartisan Redistricting, Virginians are Studying Ways to Make That Happen,” which was published in the June 2014 issue of the Virginia News Letter, published by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University 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” at the American Legion Boys’ State of Virginia at Radford University on Monday, June 16.

In addition, reporters at a number of media outlets — including the New York Times, The Richmond Times-Dispatch, WUSA-TV, WAMU-FM, WJLA-TV, Fox News, the Huffington Post, CTV News Canada, Reuters, and the Associated Press — have quoted Farnsworth on the Medicaid expansion impasse in Virginia and the primary election defeat of U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor.

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, delivered a lecture entitled, “The Global President: Public Diplomacy During the Obama and Bush Presidencies,” to the DACOR (Diplomatic and Consular Officers, Retired) Organization at the DACOR Bacon House in Washington, D.C. on May 6. The group consists of former U.S. ambassadors, foreign service officers, and military attaches as well as former USAID and CIA officers.

The talk drew on Farnsworth’s co-authored book, “The Global President: International Media and the U.S. Government,” which was published by Rowman & Littlefield last fall.