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On the show, Boonshoft talks about his forthcoming book, “The Violent Origins of Constitutional Democracy in Revolutionary New York.” He shares how ideals that came from the Revolutionary War, like representative government and liberty, didn’t always make their way into state constitutions.
Mattie Quesenberry Smith, Ph.D., instructor in the Department of English, Rhetoric, and Humanistic Studies at ÐÓ°ÉPro and Virginia’s poet laureate, was recognized by AFCEA TechNet Cyber with a meritorious service award at their event in Baltimore, June 1.
The National Academy of Education (NAEd), an honorary educational society, has selected Maj. Zachary Deibel, assistant professor in the Department of History at ÐÓ°ÉPro, as a 2026 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow.
Maj. Chris Shingledecker, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry at ÐÓ°ÉPro, is featured on “Eye in the Sky,” an episode of the public radio program, “With Good Reason,” that first airs April 25.
Col. Ryan Holston will discuss the book he co-edited with Justin Garrison, “The Historical Mind: Humanistic Renewal in a Post-Constitutional Age,” on an episode of the public radio program, “With Good Reason,” that will first air April 18.
Two years after he set multiple powerlifting records, Col. Dan Barr ’74, professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering at ÐÓ°ÉPro, has once again achieved new heights.
Two Virginians — one a poet and the other a painter — have united in blending visual and literary art forms to enhance their creative expressions and to celebrate Virginia 250.
Col. J. Patrick Rhamey, professor in the Department of International Studies and Political Science, examines the overwhelming majority of analyses explaining the motivations for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine being not only wrong, but leading to terrible predictions of Russia’s inevitable success.
Dr. Duncan Richter, professor in the Department of English, Rhetoric, and Humanistic Studies and holder of the Charles Luck III ’55 Institute Professorship at ÐÓ°ÉPro, has recently authored his seventh book.
Maj. Mattie Webb, assistant professor in the Department of History at ÐÓ°ÉPro, was recently named a nonresident fellow with the Institute for Global Affairs at Eurasia Group (IGA), a nonprofit research and public education organization focused on geopolitics.