Faculty Highlights

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  Maurakis Receives Film Award

  Eugene Maurakis, a research scientist and adjunct professor, has been awarded “Best Short Film” in the RVA Environmental Film Festival for “Plastic Oceans,” which explores plastic pollution in oceanic environments through art. Read more.

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  Maurantonio Published

  Nicole Maurantonio, associate professor in rhetoric & communication studies, published ‘“Green Life Matters”: Place and the Politics of Environmental and Commemorative Justice’ in Communication, Culture and Critique.

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  Oware Published

  Matthew Oware, Irving May endowed chair in sociology, published "15 Best New Rap Music Books to Read in 2021" on Bookauthority.

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  Lookingbill Awarded

  Todd Lookingbill, associate professor of geography, environmental studies, and biology, has been named an Outstanding Faculty Award recipient by the State Council of Higher Education. Read more.

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  Lookingbill Published

  Todd Lookingbill, associate professor of geography and the environment, published “Assessing Inequitable Urban Heat Islands and Air Pollution Disparities with Low-Cost Sensors in Richmond, Virginia” in Sustainability.

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  Tilton Co-authors Publication

  Lauren Tilton, assistant professor of rhetoric & communication studies, co-authored “The Role of Metadata in American Studies” in Polish Journal for American Studies with RHCS major, Luke Malcynsky, and alums, Emeline Blevins, ’17 and Hanglin Zhou, ’20.

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  von Platz Published

  Jeppe von Platz, assistant professor of philosophy, published "Rawls’s Underestimation of the Importance of Economic Agency and Economic Rights" in John Rawls: Debating the Major Questions ( Oxford University Press).

   

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  Quintero Awarded Fellowship

  Omar A. Quintero, associate professor of biology, has been selected as the Keith R. Porter Fellow for 2020 by the Advisory Board of the Porter Endowment for Cell Biology. Read more.

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  Best New Democracy Books

  Fencing in Democracy: Border Walls, Necrocitizenship, and the Security State, written by Miguel Díaz-Barriga, professor of anthropology, and Margaret E. Dorsey, associate professor of anthropology, was named one of “47 Best New Democracy Books To Read In 2021” by BookAuthority.

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  Best New Democracy Books

  Fencing in Democracy: Border Walls, Necrocitizenship, and the Security State, written by Miguel Díaz-Barriga, professor of anthropology, and Margaret E. Dorsey, associate professor of anthropology, was named one of “47 Best New Democracy Books To Read In 2021” by BookAuthority.