Professor Sushma Subramanian was awarded a Genetics and Human Behavior Journalism Fellowship by the Department of Psychology at the University of Virginia, a grant aimed at early- and mid-career journalists. Continuing her focus on science writing, Subramanian will use the fellowship to observe researchers studying the physiology of the Bajau laut, a group in Indonesia known for their unique ability to see underwater and hold their breath for long periods while diving, to understand whether humans may have special adaptations for swimming. Congratulations! … [Read more...]
Professor Rutstein Wins Award
April 25, 2017 by
Amanda Rutstein was recently chosen as the recipient of the UMW Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation Adjunct Teaching Award. Congratulations! … [Read more...]
Dr. Lorentzen Awarded UMW Fellowship
February 6, 2017 by
Professor Eric Lorentzen (aka "The Radical Schoolmarm") was awarded the prestigious Waple Professorship at UMW for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 academic years. His project is entitled “The Catechizing Infection: Subverting Dangerous Pedagogy in the Nineteenth-Century British Novel." … [Read more...]
COMM students win grant
February 6, 2017 by
Congratulations to Alexander Clegg and John Guidon! Under the direction of Professor Elizabeth Johnson-Young, the two CDS majors have been awarded an Undergraduate Research Grant to visit Tbilisi, Georgia in March in association with their joint individual study, “Religion in the Media in Georgia.” … [Read more...]
Dr. Barrenechea Wins Major Essay Prize
November 17, 2016 by
Professor Antonio Barrenechea has won the award for "Best Essay in Inter-American Studies" from the International Association of Inter-American Studies for his essay "Hemispheric Studies Beyond Suspicion: Comparative Literature and the _Summa Americana_." The essay is a critique of U.S.-led Hemispheric Studies as currently practiced in favor of a comparative global paradigm that is invested in the languages and literatures of the Western Hemisphere. Congratulations! … [Read more...]
Professor Pineda Nominated for Award
August 22, 2016 by
Jon Pineda has been chosen as a finalist for the Library of Virginia's 19th Annual Literary Award. His recent book Little Anodynes is one of just three to earn this honor. Many congratulations! … [Read more...]
Professor Barrenechea Awarded Position in France
March 16, 2016 by
Dr. Antonio Barrenecheahas been appointed the IAU (Institute for American Universities) College Resident Fellow, Aix-en-Provence, France for the academic year 2016-17, during which he will be on sabbatical from UMW. His research will consider on how South American underground cinema reinvents Hollywood and European “trash” and avant-garde film sources. Congratulations! … [Read more...]
Dr. McAllister Wins Prestigious Fellowship
March 16, 2016 by
Congratulations to Professor Marie McAllister! She has been selected as one of the four new UMW Waple Professors for her project “Literature and Medicine.” She will hold this professorship for the academic years 2016-17 and 2017-18. … [Read more...]
Professor Pineda’s Recent Honors
March 11, 2016 by
Jon Pineda's poem “The Muse, or Stars Out on Interstate 81 South” (featured on the Poetry Foundation's website) has been selected by Minnesota State University, Mankato to be part of MSU’s 2016 National Poetry Month Video Project. His (fly fishing) poem “Rapidan Bestiary” was accepted for publication by Gray’s Sporting Journal. Other new poems (“Rappahannock Bestiary” and “Smallmouth Bestiary”) will appear in the forthcoming issue of storySouth. Finally, his creative nonfiction essay “Circumference” recently appeared in the literary magazine Qu and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize (Pushcart Prize XLI: Best of the Small Presses). … [Read more...]
Alum Wins Award
February 5, 2016 by
UMW alumna Gwynne Mapes ('08) won third place for best student abstract at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, for her paper "'Oh, and it’s got to be cut into four triangles, never in half': the role of negation in Bon Appétit’s 'Editor’s Letter.'" Gwynne is pursuing a PhD in linguistics at the University of Bern in Switzerland. Congratulations! … [Read more...]