Podcasts @ Boatwright

Dr. Mariela Méndez, Associate Professor of Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Studies and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies discusses her new book, Crónicas Travestis: The Transgressive Journalism of Alfonsina Storni, Clarice Lispector and María Moreno, published recently by Beatriz Viterbo Editora. In … Continue reading →

Dr. Della Dumbaugh, Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Coordinator at the University of Richmond, and Basel Arafat, a senior studying mathematics, computer science and cognitive science, discuss a recent co-authored article entitled, “The Genesis of Americanmathematics.org: A Global Classroom Experience” in … Continue reading →

Dr. Ashley Austin, Assistant Professor of Accounting, discusses a recent article in Contemporary Accounting Research, entitled “Improving Auditors’ Consideration of Evidence Contradicting Management’s Estimate Assumptions.” Dr. Austin’s research interests involve using experimental methods to understand and improve auditors’ judgments and … Continue reading →

Dr. Elisabeth Gruner, Associate Professor of English, discusses her new book, Constructing the Adolescent Reader in Contemporary Young Adult Fiction, published recently by Palgrave Macmillan. The book considers a range of contemporary titles in order to explore the types of reading … Continue reading →

Dr. Julie Pollock, Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the School of Arts and Sciences, discusses “Synthesis and characterization of hydrogen peroxide activated estrogen receptor beta ligands,” an article that she and her students recently published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry.  … Continue reading →

Dr. Holly Blake, Director of the WILL* program and Associate Dean for Outreach Education and Development, and Dr. Melissa Ooten, Associate Director of the WILL* Program and gender research specialist, discuss their new book, Audacious Voices : Profiles in Intersectional Feminism, … Continue reading →

Dr. Kevin Cruz, Assistant Professor of Management in the Robins School of Business, discusses his recent article, “Perceptions of psychological contract breach and perceptions of co-worker exclusion: The moderating effects of collectivism and individualism,” in Occupational Health Science. Dr. Cruz’s … Continue reading →

Dr. Wade Downey, Professor of Chemistry in the School of Arts and Sciences, and his student lab group study the ability of trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate (TMSOTf) to mediate new reactivity or increase the efficiency of known reactions. The most likely downstream … Continue reading →

Dr. Bob Spires, Assistant Professor of Education in the School of Professional and Continuing Studies, discusses a recent article in Youth Voice Journal, entitled “Hong Kong Youth Identity and Self-presentation in the New Territories: A Qualitative Study on Letters from Youth … Continue reading →

Dr. Lauren Tilton, Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities in the Department of Rhetoric & Communication Studies discusses her work with Photogrammar, a web-based platform for organizing, searching and visualizing the 170,000 photographs from 1935 – 1945 by the United States Farm … Continue reading →