Faculty Highlights

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  Richardson Awarded Grant Jonathan Richardson, assistant professor of biology, received a grant for research on zoonotic disease risk in Richmond's rat population.
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  Chen Selected as Fellow Dan Chen, assistant professor of political science, has been selected as a Public Intellectuals Program Fellow (2021-2023) by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.
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  Lundberg Published

  Kristjen B. Lundberg, assistant professor of social psychology, co-authored the article "Economic Inequality and Socioeconomic Ranking Inform Attitudes Toward Redistribution," published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

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  Bowie Awarded Grant

  Jennifer Bowie, associate professor of political science, awarded a National Science Foundation grant to continue research on judicial decision making.

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  Park Published

  The paper "Analyzing Cultural Assimilation through the Lens of Yelp Restaurant Reviews," by Ting Chen and Joonsuk Park, was accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA). 2021.

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  Joireman published

  Sandra Joireman, associate provost for faculty and Weinstein Chair of International Studies, co-published "Promised Land: Settlement Schemes in Kenya, 1962 to 2016" in Political Geography. 

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  Tilton Collaborates With Library of Congress

  Lauren Tilton, assistant professor of rhetoric & communication studies, has been selected as a researcher to work with the Library of Congress on three inaugural Computing Cultural Heritage in the Cloud projects.

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  Drell published

  Joanna Drell, professor of history, co-edited Rethinking Norman Italy: Studies in Honour of Graham A. Loud (Manchester University Press). 

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  Sweis Published

  Rania Kassab Sweis, associate professor of anthropology, published Paradoxes of Care: Children and the Politics of Medical Humanitarianism in Egypt through Stanford University Press.

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  Nonterah receives AST grant

  Camilla Nonterah, assistant professor of health psychology, received a $50,000 grant from the American Society of Transplantation for her project "The Development of the Barriers in Access to Transplantation Scale."