Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently delivered a Washington lecture entitled, “Federalism, Separation of Powers and Mass Media Regulation in the United States,” to political leaders from Zambia as part of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program.
Farnsworth Talks Politics
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently gave a National Security Lecture entitled, “The Global President: International Media and the U.S. Government,” to foreign and military policy professionals at UMW’s Dahlgren Campus. The talk was drawn from Farnsworth’s new book examining international news coverage of the U.S. government during the George W. Bush and Barack Obama presidencies.
In addition, Farnsworth recently moderated a panel of five area legislators who discussed policy issues facing the 2014 session of the Virginia General Assembly. The panel was sponsored by Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce.
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Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, gave a lecture entitled “Reviewing the 2013 Campaign for Governor of Virginia,” at the Virginia Association of Counties Annual Meeting at the Homestead in Hot Springs, Va. In addition, Farnsworth was part of a panel of academics, journalists and lobbyists examining the results of the 2013 Virginia Elections and previewing the Commonwealth’s political agenda for 2014 at the Virginia Business Journal Forum in Richmond.
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Farnsworth Lectures on International News and U.S. Foreign Policy
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, gave a lecture entitled “International News and U.S. Foreign Policy,” at the U.S. State Department’s Institute for International Education Visitor Leadership Program for North Africa and the Middle East. The Washington, D.C., talk was based on Farnsworth’s new co-authored book, “The Global President.”
National Security Lecture, Nov. 18
Stephen Farnsworth
You’re invited to a National Security Lecture entitled “The Global President: International Media and the U.S. Government” on Monday, Nov. 18 from 8 to 10 a.m. at the UMW Dahlgren Campus in University Hall.
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of UMW’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, will provide an international examination of news coverage of U.S. political communication, and the roles the U.S. government and the presidency play in an increasingly communicative and interconnected political world.
To register, visit dahlgren.umw.edu.
The lecture is open to the public, and there is no charge to attend. Refreshments starting at 8 a.m., and the lecture begins promptly at 8:30 a.m.
Farnsworth and Hanna Co-Author Publication
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, and Stephen Hanna, professor and chair of geography, are co-authors of a column, “Why Republicans lost in Virginia — in three great maps,” published on “The Fix” blog of the Washington Post on Nov. 12.
Their collaborations on Virginia politics also appeared this week on the Daily Kos blog and that of the New Republic.