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Welcome to @jmucal's newest Twitter account to celebrate the success of our faculty and to promote research and scholarship opportunities. 🎉

The Society for the Humanities at Cornell University invites applications fro residential fellowships from scholars and artists whose projects reflect on the theme of Scale. Applications are due 9/20. societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/society-fellow…

Sign up for CFI scholarship retreats at the JMU Farm on Tuesdays and Fridays this fall.

Congrats to the students who participated in the International Model African Union last weekend. They met with representatives from the Embassy of Zambia and did a wonderful job representing Zambia in the simulation. Thanks to @SomboMuzata for her leadership.

Check out the new issue of the International Journal on Responsibility (IJR) on the various responsibilities criminal justice agents have for producing just outcomes in the criminal justice system. commons.lib.jmu.edu/ijr/vol6/iss1/…

Join the #JMUResearch Development team for an in-person workshop and mock review panel with @NEHgov. Open to #JMU faculty and staff, other higher education institutions, and community organizations, this event will take place on 10/31 from 9:30-12:45. Registration required. 1/2

Need help with your scholarship? Sign up for a 30-minute consultation at the retreat on 10/27. We will have 4 consultants to help with data analysis, copyright, SoTL, working with students and more! If you don’t plan to stay all day, contact the CFI for consultant availability.

Congrats to @_jonathansjones on his recent publication in @AHAhistorians' Perspectives Daily! "Students Critique A ChatGPT Essay: A Classroom Experiment" is a dive into teaching with ChatGPT in the college classroom: historians.org/research-and-p…

New Chapter Out! Our chapter provides an overview of #climatechange #journalism in #Pakistan, the role of stakeholders that are directly involved in CC crisis, and highlighted the need to follow @UNESCO-led ethical principles and #deliberations. researchgate.net/publication/37…

JMU students, faculty, staff & administrators are invited to attend this robust program—with lectures, workshops, performances, and more—on October 4 in Union 256! Queer Teach-In is hosted by WGSS and co-sponsored by JMU Libraries and many others. jmu.edu/womens-studies…

Next @JMUCAL Office Hours are tomorrow! Wed Sept 27th from 10am-12pm @ Harrison Hall. Topics for office hours include but not limited to: research proposal review, finding external funding opportunities, discussing future research goals, finding other university support.

Apply now for a 2024 ACLS Fellowship, supporting early-career, non-tenured scholars in the humanities and related social sciences. Awards of $30-60k + award supplements for independent scholars and adjunct faculty. Deadline Sept. 28, 9PM EDT bit.ly/3Q0Oi5I

His book was also recognized with the 2023 American Association for State and Local History Award of Excellence for Publications (large press category)

Congrats to @JMUHistory prof Andrew Witmer! His book, Here and Everywhere Else: Small-Town Maine and the World, was awarded the 2023 New England Society Book Award in Historical Nonfiction nesnyc.org/2023-book-awar…

Looking forward to the September Madison Research Club event

The article is published by the Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management and is co-authored by Shafiq Ahmad Kamboh (School of Communication Studies, University of the Punjab) and Yan Jin (Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia).

Congrats to @JMUSCOM assistant prof. Muhammad Ittefaq, PhD, on the publication of his new article: "Crisis communication for public organizations: Examining Pakistan Railways' use of information technology and social media for image repair" @JMUresearch onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

@JMUHistory professor Neel Amin is featured on this week’s episode of @goodreasonradio. Amin studies the writings of British hunters in 19th century India and says that the British sense of colonial superiority was threatened when they met the Banjara. withgoodreasonradio.org

Congratulations to @EnglishJMU Sofia Samatar. Each year every state selects one adult and one children’s book to represent it at the National Book Festival. Samatar’s The White Mosque is Virginia’s selection in the adult category. vabookcenter.org/2023/07/25/gre…

Featuring @UVA's @allison_pugh, @williamandmary's Andrea Wright, and @JMU's @DrFawn. withgoodreasonradio.org/episode/workin…

Looking for something new to listen to today? @JMUpolisci's Bernd Kaussler is on @goodreasonradio talking about his latest book, Proxy War in Yemen (Routledge, 2023)! Listen today at withgoodreasonradio.org