Volha Chykina, assistant professor of leadership studies, co-published "An Empirical Concern of the First Amendment: An Essay on the Benefits of Academic Freedom" in The Journal of College and University Law.
Colleen Carpenter-Swanson, assistant professor in biology, was named to the Serve Virginia Honor Roll in recognition of service in Virginia and the University of Richmond.
Angela Leeper, teaching faculty of education, was selected by the United States Board on Books for Young People to serve on its 2026 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Committee, which oversees nominations for the world’s largest prize for children’s and young people’s literature.
Rick Mayes, professor of health policy, presented “Social and Environmental Drivers of Health” for Shenandoah University’s Physician Assistant Program.
Rick Mayes, professor of health policy, presented “Medicare Advantage’s Role in Accelerating the Expansion of ‘Big Med’” at the Interdisciplinary Association of Population Health Sciences (IAPHS) 2024 Annual Meeting.
Laura Fernandez, Assistant Professor of Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Studies, presented "Las Raras: The New Gothic Latina Trope in US Popular Media," at Colby College's Center for the Arts & Humanities Play! Seminar.
Rick Mayes, professor of health policy, presented “5 Key Facts about U.S. Healthcare and Their Ethical Implications” for the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.
Kathryn Jacobsen, William E. Cooper Distinguished University Chair and professor of health studies published “The burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors by state in the USA, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021,” as part of the Global Burden of Disease Collaborators in The Lancet.
Miriam McCormick, professor of philosophy, presented "Wondering with Impunity: Why it is (almost) Never Wrong to Wonder," at Zhejiang University.
Kathryn Jacobsen, William E. Cooper Distinguished University Chair and professor of health studies published “Global, regional, and national burden of HIV/AIDS, 1990–2021, and forecasts to 2050, for 204 countries and territories: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021” as part of the Global Burden of Disease Collaborators in The Lancet HIV.
Miriam McCormick, professor of philosophy, published Belief as Emotion.
Dan Chen, associate professor of political science, published "Legitimacy on Air: How Chinese Local Television News Performs Governance" in Made in China.
Mary Finley-Brook, associate professor of geography, environment, & sustainability, published Climate Crisis, Energy Violence: Mapping Fossil Energy’s Enduring Grasp on Our Precarious Future with Elsevier Press.
Mary Finley-Brook, associate professor of geography, environment, & sustainability, along with Charles S. Mullis, ’23, published “Circular economy, methane capture, and climate education in US HEIs” in the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education.
Jennifer Bowie, associate professor of political science, along with Nico Ellis, '23, published "An Analysis of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Use of Emotive Language in Her Authored Dissenting Opinions” in Open Judicial Politics: Decision Making, Public Opinion, Media, Policymaking.
Courtney Blondino, assistant professor of health studies, published “Latent Classes of Comorbid Substance Use and Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms and Their Stability in U.S. Adults Over Time: Findings from the PATH Study Waves 1–3 (2013–2016)” in Substance Use & Misuse.
Sam Director, assistant professor of leadership studies, published "Bipolar disorder and competence" in the Journal of Medical Ethics.
Christopher Shugrue, assistant professor of chemistry, along with undergraduate students Andrew Watts, ‘25, Caitlyn Hughes, ‘26, Gavin Clausen, ‘25, Pamira Yanar, ‘24, Evan Wolff, ‘24, Phoebe Rubio, ‘25, and Natalie Stuart, ‘25, published “Electron-rich Anilines as cleavable linkers for peptides” in Bioorganic Chemistry.
Grant Rissler, assistant professor of organizational studies, presented “Megaphone or Modulator? Examining The Role of Non-Profit Organizations in Amplifying the Voices of Immigrants” at the annual conference of the Southern Political Science Association (SPSA) in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
