Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Fredericksburg, VA, UNITED STATES
Dr. Farnsworth has spent decades researching how media and politics intersect. Check out his website at stephenfarnsworth.net.
Awarded for outstanding research in political science.
2018-03-31Stephen J. Farnsworth, University of Mary Washington professor of political science and director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies, has received the prestigious 2017 Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award by the State Council of Higher Education of Virginia (SCHEV).
2017-01-04Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the UMW Center for Leadership and Media Studies, was recognized for his dedication and service to Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society, at the American Political Science Association Conference in September 2016.
2016-09-13Awarded by the Virginia Association of Communication Arts and Sciences.
2016-04-10Eastern Communication Association
2011-04-01Southern States Communication Association
2009-04-01McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2006-01-01Awarded by the Alumni Association of Mary Washington College.
2001-01-01Presented by the graduating class to the faculty member "who had the greatest impact on their lives" at Mary Washington College.
1999-01-01Presented by Mortar Board honor and service society in recognition of exceptional teaching and service to Mary Washington College.
1999-01-01Ph.D., American Government
M.A., American Government
B.A. (Honors), History
B.A. (Honors), American Government
The Washington Post online
2022-06-28
And Vega’s remarks, political scientist Stephen Farnsworth said, immediately “add fuel to that fire.”
view moreWVTF; WHRV 89.5 online
2022-06-27
"The audit question will be a millstone hung around her neck," Stephen Farnsworth says. "Even in the most fantastical interpretations of the 2020 election, Virginia was not anywhere near a state that was close, and that partisan vote won't help her with voters who are not reflexively Republican."
view moreConnection Newspapers online
2022-06-27
"Vega's very aggressive effort at courting very conservative voices in Virginia and nationally really paid off here," said Stephen Farnsworth, director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies at the University of Mary Washington. "In a race where a lot of the candidates on the ballot are going to be relatively unknown to a lot of the voters, Vega's decision to come in with a lot of high-profile conservative endorsements helped push her across the finish line."
view moreCTV News online
2022-06-24
"It is important to recognize there is not a lot the president can do in a situation like this," said Stephen Farnsworth.
view moreFredericksburg Today online
2022-06-24
"The 7th Congressional District is going to be one of those marquee national congressional races," said Stephen Farnsworth.
view moreNBC 12 online
2022-06-22
"You really are looking at a range of candidates who could emerge victorious if they could get the people in their home counties, the people who are like a part of the state's Republican district they are, to participate," said Stephen Farnsworth.
view moreRichmond Times-Dispatch online
2022-06-22
“It’s very clear that Vega is trying to build her entire campaign on the far-right segment of the Republican Party,” said Stephen Farnsworth, director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies at the University of Mary Washington.
view moreCTV News online
2022-06-16
"These higher prices are really going to sting. The idea of reducing the pressure for more economic activity by lowering interest rates may help reduce the runaway inflation, but it comes with its own problems including the higher cost to people who have loans and certainly a discouraging fact if they are thinking about buying a house and taking out a loan on that," said Stephen Farnsworth.
view moreCTV News online
2022-06-15
"The hearing that started last night and will be continuing in the coming weeks is really trying to put all the pieces together," said Stephen Farnsworth
view moreGlobal News Radio 640 Toronto online
2022-06-15
"I think there are a couple of things to recognize with the conversations so far. First of all, almost all of the voices you are hearing are Republicans who are inside the administration," said Stephen Farnsworth.
view moreCTV News online
2022-06-02
"It is clear that this is going to be of immense help to the Ukrainians as soon as the Americans can deliver this kind of weapons system," said Stephen Farnsworth.
view moreWVTF online
2022-05-26
Stephen Farnsworth at the University of Mary Washington says a governor’s first budget is particularly important. "If a governor is able to get a lot of what he wants in the budget – that will create an environment where maybe he will be more successful," Farnsworth says. "If a governor gets basically rolled by the opposition party or by the legislature, that's a sign that perhaps the governor isn't quite ready for primetime."
view moreCTV News online
2022-05-26
"I thought the dam would break after the Connecticut shooting with all those elementary school children," said Stephen Farnsworth.
view moreThe Republican Standard online
2022-05-24
In an interview with the Washington Post, Stephen Farnsworth, a University of Mary Washington political scientist, believes that this budget is a test of the new governor’s power to wrest sweeping tax cuts out of a divided Capitol.
view moreThe Washington Post online
2022-05-12
“2022 is a year full of changes that people are going to be experiencing. We have a new early voting system in place, we have new congressional districts, and depending on where you are in Virginia, the Republican primary may be a Republican convention instead,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington. “It’s a very complicated system for voters, and without an awful lot of effort, turnout is likely to be pretty low as a result of all these changes.”
view moreRVA Magazine online
2022-05-11
“The recreational marijuana industry is the wild, wild West right now,” Stephen Farnsworth said.
view moreVirginia Association of Communication Arts and Sciences Fairfax, VA
2018-04-06
Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance Lynchburg, VA
2017-12-14
Virginia Civics Summit Chesterfield, VA
2017-11-29
The Norwegian Washington Seminar Washington, DC
2017-10-28
White House Fellows Foundation Leadership Conference Washington, DC
2017-10-27
American Political Science Association San Francisco, CA
2017-08-31
American Legion Boys’ State of Virginia Radford, VA
2017-06-21
Western Political Science Association Vancouver, Canada
2017-04-04
Institute for International Education Visitor Leadership Program for International Journalism, U.S. Department of State Washington, DC
2017-03-02
Podius Debates. University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg, VA
2016-10-26
BI University Oslo, Norway
2016-10-12
Mary Talks, University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg, VA
2016-10-03
American Political Science Association Philadelphia, PA
2016-09-21
American Political Science Association Philadelphia, PA
2016-09-14
Institute for International Education Visitor Leadership Program for International Journalism, U.S. Department of State Washington, DC
2016-09-07
American Political Science Association Pre-Conference in Political Communication Philadelphia, PA
2016-08-03
Midwest Political Science Association Chicago, IL
2016-04-07
9/11 and the Academy Conference at Emory & Henry College Emory, Va
2015-11-12
American Political Science Association San Francisco, CA
2015-09-10
American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C.
2014-08-01
American Political Science Association Pre-Conference in Political Communication, Washington, D.C.
2014-08-01
Mass Media Politics U.S. Political Parties & Elections The American Presidency US Constitutional Reform US Politics and Film Consuming News: A User’s Guide
Routledge
Stephen J. Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter, and Deanne Canieso
2018-02-14
The Presidency and Social Media: Discourse, Disruption and Digital Democracy in the 2016 Presidential Election, (Dan Schill and John Allen Hendricks, ed.) New York: Routledge, 2018: 330-45.
Washington Post
Stephen J. Farnsworth and Stephen Hanna
2017-11-09
[Opinion column] “This One Map Shows the Republicans’ Problem in Virginia.” (Stephen J. Farnsworth and Stephen Hanna). Washington Post. (“The Monkey Cage” blog). November 9, 2017.
Washington Post
Stephen Farnsworth
2017-10-08
[Opinion column] “Support for Medicaid in Virginia Keeps Growing.” Washington Post. October 8, 2017.
Greenwood
Benjamin Hermerding and Stephen J. Farnsworth
The American Middle Class: An Economic Encyclopedia of Progress and Poverty (R.S. Rycroft, ed.).
Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood, 2017: 476-9.
The Virginia News Letter
Stephen J. Farnsworth and S. Robert Lichter
2017-08-01
The Virginia News Letter. Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia.
92(3): 1-8 (August 2016).
Washington Post
Stephen J. Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter, and Roland Schatz
2017-02-28
[ Opinion column] “News coverage of Trump is really, really negative. Even on Fox News.” (Stephen J. Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter, and Roland Schatz.)Washington Post. (“The Monkey Cage” blog). February 28, 2017.
Washington Post
Stephen J. Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter, and Deanne Canieso
2017-01-21
[Opinion column] “Donald Trump will probably be the most ridiculed president ever.” Stephen J. Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter, and Deanne Canieso.Washington Post. (“The Monkey Cage” blog). January 21, 2017.
The Washington Post
2016-03-08
Stephen Farnsworth is co-author of an opinion column, “Late Night Tells Three Times as Many Jokes about 2016 Republicans as Democrats,” published by "The Fix" blog of the Washington Post.
view moreThe Washington Post
2015-11-05
A map by Stephen Hanna, professor of geography, and a column by Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, which both discussed the recent state legislative elections were published in "The Fix" blog of The Washington Post. The column was titled “The 2015 Election in Virginia: A Tribute to Gerrymandering.”
view moreThe Virginia News Letter
2015-06-27
Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia
view morePolitics and Policy
2015-06-01
(Stephen J. Farnsworth and S. Robert Lichter).
Politics and Policy 41 (3): 447-463 (June 2013).
Virginia Social Science Journal
2015-05-01
Virginia Voters and Decentralized Governmental Power: Federal Frustration and State Satisfaction?
Electronic Media and Politics
2012-11-01
(Stuart Soroka, Stephen J. Farnsworth, Lori Young and Andrea Lawlor).
Electronic Media and Politics 1(10): 143-57 (November 2012).
Politics & Policy
2012-08-01
(Stephen J. Farnsworth and S. Robert Lichter).
Politics & Policy 40(4): 547-556 (August 2012).
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