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Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the university’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, spoke recently about the prospects for President Obama’s second term as part of the “2013 American Leadership Program: Inaugural Visions,” a nation-wide cable program broadcast from George Washington’s Mount Vernon. The program aired on public and educational television channels around the country.

In addition, Farnsworth has been interviewed recently by several news outlets for stories relating to Obama’s State of the Union speech and his second term, including Businessweek, CTV Television News of Canada, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Inside Higher Education,  NewsChannel 8 DC, and area radio stations WFVA and WFLS.

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the university’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, has been named President-Elect of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society. Nine UMW students have won national writing awards from the 600-chapter honor society, more than any other university in the nation. More than half of those UMW students were recognized for papers written in Farnsworth’s Research and Writing class or for honors projects that he directed. Farnsworth has served for eight years as a member of the honor society’s national executive council.

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the university’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, is co-author of a book chapter, “Mass Media and Policymaking,” published in the Routledge Handbook of Public Policy. The chapter grew out of a research project that originated during Farnsworth’s time as a Canada-US Fulbright Scholar at McGill University in Montreal.

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the university’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, delivered a co-authored research paper,  “An Extended Presidential Honeymoon? Coverage of Barack Obama in The New York Times During 2009 and 2010,” at this year’s meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association in Boston.

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the university’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, is coauthor of a refereed journal article entitled, “Event-Driven Environmental News in the US and Canada,” published in the current issue of Electronic Media and Politics. The article grew out of a research project that originated during Dr. Farnsworth’s time as a Canada-US Fulbright Scholar at McGill University in Montreal.