Several Media and Public Affairs faculty gave presentations at the GW Social Science Research Council workshop on “A Modern History of The Disinformation Age: Communication, Technology, and Democracy in Transition.” Steven Livingston gave opening remarks and co-presented on “A Brief History of The Disinformation Age” and “Remedies for the Domestic Origins of Disinformation”; David Karpf presented on “Norms, Incentives, and Digital Change in Media/Politics”; and Frank Sesno moderated forums.
Nuala Margaret Cowan (Geography) was awarded a $491,942 cooperative agreement from the United States Agency for International Development to expand the YouthMappers University Consortium’s mission to build open spatial data for economic development and community resilience.
Cynthia S. Dowd (Chemistry) received a $516,446 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/National Institutes of Health to develop novel, potent antitubercular and antimalarial agents by inhibiting the metabolic pathway of certain organic chemicals.
Sylvain Guiriec (Physics) received a $65,144 grant from NASA for the development of the All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory (AMEGO), an astrophysics probe for exploring the sky.
Rachel Riedner (University Writing Program) led a workshop titled "Writing Practices of your Discipline" at the Dublin Institute of Technology, Republic of Ireland.
Richard Ruth (Professional Psychology) published “Making Assessments Meaningful to Diverse Communities” in The Maryland Psychologist, a publication of the Maryland Psychological Association.
PhD candidate Rachel Tache (Clinical Psychology) was awarded a $1,000 grant from the Society of Community Research and Action to develop a Systems of Oppression Learning Tool, an online, critical consciousness-raising platform on the effects of various types of oppression
Cheryl W. Thompson (Media and Public Affairs) spoke to journalism students at the University of Missouri about investigative journalism.
Takae Tsujioka (East Asian Languages & Literatures) received a $30,000 grant from the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission to support the Japanese Learning Inspired Vision and Engagement (J.Live) Talk 2019.
Silvio Waisbord (Media and Public Affairs) gave the opening keynote presentation at the conference of the Journalism Education and Research Australian Association at the University of Tasmania.