Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently gave a Washington lecture entitled, “U.S. Foreign Policy and U.S. Mass Media: Shaping Global Public Opinion,” to visiting journalists and political figures from the Middle East and North Africa who were part of a recent U.S. State Department International Visitor Leadership Program. The talk was based, in part, on Farnsworth’s recently 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 entitled, “Virginia Votes 2013: The Ever-changing State of Virginia Politics,” to the Candidate Training Program of the Sorensen Institute of the University of Virginia. The institute helps prepare the next generation of Virginia political leaders through training programs for young professionals and college students that emphasize ethics in public service and the nonpartisan study of public policy challenges in the Old Dominion.

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.

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.