FARNSWORTH, Stephen J(ames) 1961-

PERSONAL:

Born April 25, 1961, in Burlington, VT; son of Willis H. and Margaret L. Farnsworth. Education: Dartmouth College, B.A. (government), 1983; University of Missouri—Kansas City, B.A. (history), 1990; Georgetown University, M.A., 1993, Ph.D., 1997.

ADDRESSES:

Office—Department of Political Science, Mary Washington College, 1301 College Ave., Fredericksburg, VA 22401-5300. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Kansas City Star and Times, Kansas City, MO, staff reporter, 1985-90; Fairchild News Service, Washington, DC, national economics correspondent, 1990-93; Center for the Study of Responsive Law, Washington, DC, researcher, 1993-94; Georgetown University, Washington, DC, lecturer in political science, 1994-95; Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, VA, senior lecturer, 1995, instructor, 1996-97, assistant professor, beginning 1997, now associate professor of political science.

MEMBER:

American Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science Association, Southern Political Science Association.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Mary W. Pinschmidt Award, 1999; Richard Palmieri Outstanding Professor Award, 1999.

WRITINGS:

(With S. Robert Lichter) The Nightly News Nightmare: Network Television's Coverage of U.S. Presidential Elections, 1988-2000, Rowman & Littlefield (Lanham, MD), 2003.

Columnist for New York Times, 1994, and Richmond Times, 1999. Contributor to periodicals, including Congress and the Presidency, Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, and Publius: Journal of Federalism.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Library Journal, November 1, 2002, Judy Solberg, review of The Nightly News Nightmare: Network Television's Coverage of U.S. Presidential Elections, 1988-2000, p. 101.*