Category Archives: Center for Leadership and Media Studies

Farnsworth and Noah Gardner ’18 Present Research at National Conference

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, and Noah Gardner, a 2018 graduate of Mary Washington and a former research associate at the Center, were co-authors of a research paper, “Late Night with Donald Trump: Political Humor and America's Top Comedy Target,” recently presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association.

Farnsworth and Noah Gardner ’18 Present Research at National Conference

NRA drops an unusual high dollar donation on Virginia Republican leader’s PAC (Virginia Mercury)

“(The donation) means the Republicans are worried about losing their majorities and are bringing out the financial big guns, so to speak,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington.

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UMW to Host Four District Debates Starting Next Week

The University of Mary Washington will host four debates in the coming weeks between candidates running this November for Fredericksburg-area seats in the Senate of Virginia and the Commonwealth’s House of Delegates.

The first, the 28th District Senate Debate, will take place on Thursday, Sept. 5, inside University Hall at UMW’s Stafford Campus, 121 University Boulevard.

UMW to Host Four District Debates Starting Next Week

Joe Walsh Launches Campaign Against Trump (CTV News Canada)

Professor Stephen Farnsworth of the University of Mary Washington in Virginia said that the former Republican congressman’s campaign for the Republican presidential nomination will likely be little threat to President Trump, who has had the support of at least 80 percent of Republicans in recent polls. But Walsh’s campaign does likely mean that the anti-Trump Republicans will be able to get some attention in primary debates — debates that Trump is unlikely to attend, Farnsworth said.

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Farnsworth Lectures at Scouting’s World Jamboree

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently presented a lecture, “Made-up News and Democratic Discourse,” at Scouting’s World Jamboree near Beckley, WV. The international jamboree is held once every four years and brings tens of thousands of scouts together to promote international understanding.

Farnsworth Lectures at Scouting’s World Jamboree

Farnsworth Lectures at Fake News Hackathon in Malaysia

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently presented a lecture, “How Governments and Media Companies Struggle with Fake News,” at the Break the Fake Hackathon, a project of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative and U.S. Department of State. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Professor Farnsworth, who was in Malaysia this summer as a Fulbright Specialist at Methodist College Kuala Lumpur, also judged the hackathon entries, projects designed to assist in the identification of fake news or to reduce its dissemination.