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For faculty & staff at the UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND Autumn 2020

Autumn 2020

CALM AMID PANDEMIC CONCERNS While many faculty, staff, and students sheltered in place at the onset of the coronavirus, Mother Nature had different plans. Fewer people on campus and the cancellation of summer camps and activities meant local wildlife could more freely enjoy the beautiful campus we all love.

Vice president for University Communications John M. Barry Associate vice president for communications and digital engagement Phillip Gravely Editor Cheryl Spain Director of creative services Samantha Tannich

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Graphic designer, publications Gordon Schmidt Photographer Jamie Betts Staff contributors: Ashley Bentley, Ashleigh Brock, Sunni Brown, Lindsey Campbell, Sam Campbell, Kevin Creamer, Catherine Amos Cribbs, Chad Devers, Matthew Dewald, Mike Domina, Joedy Felts, Pryor Green, Paul Heltzel, Kevin Heraldo, Alicia Hubbard, Brian Ivasauskas, Pamela Lee, Katie McBride, Joe Minick, Cynthia Price, Cindy Smith, and Andrew Tillman Spider Insider is printed on paper that is FSC® Certified, with 10% post-consumer recycled content and certified fiber.

Keeping Us Safe

Custodians Regina Okod, front, and Damyan Damyanov disinfect the high-touch surfaces in the Hall of Fame Room using EPA-registered disinfectants identified for use against the coronavirus.

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‘Making Excellence Inclusive’

Accolades

Report’s first year yields commitment, conversation, and action

3 A Note of Gratitude from President Ronald A. Crutcher Social Buzz

ON THE COVER: Faculty, staff, and students embrace a shared responsilitiy to keep one another safe by remembering this simple phrase: Six feet. Mask up. Protect our web. Photograph by Jamie Betts

We welcome your input.

Send your story ideas or comments to spiderinsider @richmond.edu.

4 Adapting with Resolve Toward Safety

Healthy buildings and a modified approach to teaching set the stage for students’ return to campus

6 Launch of UR Now Media Mentions

The First of Their Kind

UR welcomes the impressive Class of 2024 in unusual times

11 The Conversation: Herd Immunity Won’t Solve Our COVID-19 Problem

Creature Comfort

Teams care for animals on campus, adapting plans during the coronavirus pandemic Photograph by Jamie Betts

8 Building Well-Being

Two new buildings enhance UR’s comprehensive approach to wellness and excellence

16 Star Maskot 18 Our Accomplishments 19 Distinguished Educator & Scholarship Awards 21 Developing & Growing Relationships

A conversation with Martha Callaghan, vice president for advancement

12 The Generosity of Our Community

Donors show unprecedented support in unprecedented times

22 Congratulations, Graduates Caps off to UR’s most recent employee grads

Information Services to Move to Four-Year Computer Replacement Cycle Lights, Camera, Action!

PEOPLE

From wrongful convictions to pandemics of the past, TV series shine a spotlight on faculty expertise

15 Pomp Amid Unusual Circumstances

After its virtual commencement celebration in the spring, UR prepares for an in-person celebration in May 2021

24 Endowed Chair Holders

New Hires, Moves & Retirements

Autumn 2020

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Keeping Us Safe

Custodians Regina Okod, front, and Damyan Damyanov disinfect the high-touch surfaces in the Hall of Fame Room using EPA-registered disinfectants identified for use against the coronavirus.

AROUND THE LAKE 2

‘Making Excellence Inclusive’

Accolades

Report’s first year yields commitment, conversation, and action

3 A Note of Gratitude from President Ronald A. Crutcher Social Buzz

ON THE COVER: Faculty, staff, and students embrace a shared responsilitiy to keep one another safe by remembering this simple phrase: Six feet. Mask up. Protect our web. Photograph by Jamie Betts

We welcome your input.

Send your story ideas or comments to spiderinsider @richmond.edu.

4 Adapting with Resolve Toward Safety

Healthy buildings and a modified approach to teaching set the stage for students’ return to campus

6 Launch of UR Now Media Mentions

The First of Their Kind

UR welcomes the impressive Class of 2024 in unusual times

11 The Conversation: Herd Immunity Won’t Solve Our COVID-19 Problem

Creature Comfort

Teams care for animals on campus, adapting plans during the coronavirus pandemic Photograph by Jamie Betts

8 Building Well-Being

Two new buildings enhance UR’s comprehensive approach to wellness and excellence

16 Star Maskot 18 Our Accomplishments 19 Distinguished Educator & Scholarship Awards 21 Developing & Growing Relationships

A conversation with Martha Callaghan, vice president for advancement

12 The Generosity of Our Community

Donors show unprecedented support in unprecedented times

22 Congratulations, Graduates Caps off to UR’s most recent employee grads

Information Services to Move to Four-Year Computer Replacement Cycle Lights, Camera, Action!

PEOPLE

From wrongful convictions to pandemics of the past, TV series shine a spotlight on faculty expertise

15 Pomp Amid Unusual Circumstances

After its virtual commencement celebration in the spring, UR prepares for an in-person celebration in May 2021

24 Endowed Chair Holders

New Hires, Moves & Retirements

A roundup of reactions to posts on @urichmond: I think the University of Richmond is doing an amazing job keeping us up to date with the latest information. As a mom of a Freshman Spider, I truly appreciate this! Thank you! —@teresezaccaria via Instagram

Message from President Ronald A. Crutcher

A Note of Gratitude INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE For more information about the Making Excellence Inclusive initiative, including reports and work plans; progress updates; and resources and learning opportunities for faculty, staff, and students, visit president.richmond. edu/inclusiveexcellence.

‘Making Excellence Inclusive’ Report’s first year yields commitment, conversation, and action A year after the release of “Making Excellence Inclusive: Report and Recommendations,” the University of Richmond has made significant progress — and encountered some setbacks — in its quest to foster a more inclusive intercultural community. “No single leader alone can change the culture of an institution,” said President Ronald A. Crutcher. “Based on my 43 years in higher education, I believe true cultural change only occurs when we encourage the engagement and leverage the expertise of all community members.” At the center of the Making Excellence Inclusive (MEI) initiative is a distributed leadership model in which Senior Administrative Officer for Equity and Community Amy Howard, the Institutional Coordinating Council, and UR’s senior leadership strive to foster a shared commitment to MEI work across campus. During the 2019–20 academic year, this collaborative approach proved its value, advancing the University’s core MEI goals of representation, belonging, and capability, the last of which refers to building a community in which all members have the capacity to navigate divides. In January 2020, for example, the University issued a report documenting the desecration of what is believed to be a burial ground for enslaved people during the campus’s development in the early and mid-20th century. Crutcher established the Burial Ground Memorialization Committee to determine how best to honor the enslaved people who lived and labored on this ground. Over the past year, the University also established the pilot Multicultural Space in Whitehurst, which drew nearly 400 unique users during the fall and hosted 25 events during its first semes-

ter. Crutcher pledged that the University will find a permanent location for the space to serve future generations of students. Early in the spring semester, the University addressed several racist and xenophobic incidents on campus. After listening to the hurt, anger, and concerns of students, the administration announced the formation of the President’s Student Cabinet, which will begin fostering greater dialogue between students and University leaders this fall. The administration also took steps to bolster support for students, including reallocating $100,000 to 2020–22 student organization funding, creating a comprehensive online portal of financial aid and other student support resources, and updating and clarifying the process for filing and handling student complaints, especially bias-related complaints. George Floyd’s death in May reinforced the University’s need for ongoing dialogue about structural racism and other societal inequities. University discussion groups such as Intersections, the White Anti-Racism group, and the student-led Interpoint met continuously during the past year, including during the COVID-19 pandemic, to inspire conversations among community members in order to build a more equitable and inclusive Richmond. “Recent events remind us that our work this fall is not just about navigating COVID-19,” Crutcher said. “It is also about demonstrating who we are as a community that is part of a society still plagued by systemic inequality. While we have more work to do, I am confident we are heading in the right direction — and I am grateful to all the community members who have embraced MEI efforts as a shared responsibility.”

It’s hard to believe that fall is already upon us after a summer unlike any other. While I feel the energy and hope that comes with the start of each new academic year, this year these feelings are also tinged with uncertainty as we adapt to life under a global pandemic. What gives me strength — and where I find inspiration — is in the unwavering commitment of our talented and dedicated staff and faculty to supporting our students and caring for one another. I am so grateful to our remarkable staff who worked nonstop this summer to lay the groundwork for our students’ return, upgrading our facilities, enhancing support services, and producing creative and compassionate communications. I am also so grateful to our remarkable faculty who worked countless extra hours redesigning their courses for both in-person and remote delivery of the exceptional education for which Richmond is known. Thank you all for everything you have done to help ensure that the fall semester — while different — will have the hallmarks of the Richmond experience our students know and love: outstanding academics in small classes with brilliant teacher-scholars, opportunities to engage outside the classroom to bring learning to life, and a caring web of friends and mentors to enrich their time with us. You have made these contributions under extraordinary circumstances, experiencing the isolation of remote work, caring for loved ones, and — for many of you — homeschooling your children while also teaching and supporting our students. If it has felt almost impossible at times, that’s because it has been. Our conditions have resulted in great hardship and sacrifices, and I assure you that is being noticed. Students and parents contacted me constantly this summer to express their gratitude for your commitment to making this fall semester possible. As we continue to navigate these difficult times together, I want to reassure you that I will continue to do my best to help keep our community safe and healthy. I pledge to support our talented faculty and staff to the greatest extent possible as we all work together to demonstrate the transformative power of a Richmond education. Thank you again for so successfully embracing new ways of educating and supporting our students and helping us plan for and consider a changed future. I am humbled to work alongside each of you and in awe of your tremendous efforts.

Dr. Crutcher’s letter was beautifully expressed, inspired, and inspirational. I’ve been an alumna for 50 plus years. This letter represents my proudest Spider experience. —Ann Goodman via Facebook Referring to President Crutcher’s reflections on the enduring history of racism in America

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SOCIAL BUZZ

Outstanding work! We are the “Flagship” of Universities. Great way to set the challenge for others to follow. —Howard Peace Jr. via Facebook Referring to UR staff members supporting URPD by making face masks and hand sanitizer

Community at its best!!! —Sue McMahon Fahey via Facebook Referring to UR donating thousands of safety gloves to local health care workers Especially loved the “play to your strengths” part! Well-written, thoughtful, intelligent, and sensitive. —Lynn Will via Facebook Referring to mathematics professor Heather Russell’s piece on transitioning to remote learning in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sincerely, Cats have 9 lives but triceragoose lives forever @urichmond. —winstoncraig_ via Instagram Ronald A. Crutcher President

Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @urichmond

Message from President Ronald A. Crutcher

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SOCIAL BUZZ

Sincerely, Cats have 9 lives but triceragoose lives forever @urichmond. —winstoncraig_ via Instagram Ronald A. Crutcher President

Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @urichmond

BY THE NUMBERS

15,000

Cloth face coverings for faculty, staff, and students

10,000

Disposable face coverings for faculty and staff who forget theirs

3,000

“Web Ready” Spider welcome kits for undergraduate students

800

Sanitizing wipe stations

500

Thermometers for students

Adapting with Resolve Toward Safety Healthy buildings and a modified approach to

400 teaching set the stage for students’ return to campus Additional hand sanitizer stations

Modular units with 150 beds for quarantine or isolation

Tents for additional space for academic use, dining, and cocurricular activities

When students started classes in August, it’s unlikely many understood the magnitude of summer preparations to ensure their safe and healthy return to campus. The University’s Resilience of Operations Working Group — led by Vice President and General Counsel Shannon Sinclair — put in countless hours to develop plans to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 transmission and provide faculty and staff with the tools and support they need for a successful residential student experience. But in tandem with this commitment to a residential semester, faculty and staff also had to continue to support remote learning — 309 students, including 139 international students, elected remote-only study for the fall semester. Likewise, 46% of Arts & Sciences, Robins School, and Jepson School faculty requested accommodations for full or partial remote teaching. Faculty, student, and staff surveys conducted at the end of the spring semester confirmed that with more time to prepare for remote learning, a variety of improvements could be made.

The surveys showed that “faculty wanted guidelines on how to handle difficult scenarios such as what to do if a student stopped attending online classes and training on topics including leading great discussions, structuring classes, and ensuring the integrity of assessments,” said Sandra Joireman, associate provost for faculty. Student survey feedback was similarly clear. “Students didn’t like remote learning at all,” she said. “They missed the classroom experience and struggled with staying motivated.” To help faculty deliver on the University’s academic mission and keep students engaged in this new hybrid learning environment, the Faculty Hub prepped faculty through a series of summer programs designed to assist them in learning new and effective practices for remote and blended teaching. Modules focused on building community in the class; working with technology; helping students learn in these new formats; doing assessments and promoting academic integrity; producing, curating, and organizing content digitally; developing learning activities

that align with course goals; and facilitating discussions. The Hub also offered many one-on-one consultations for faculty and small-group office hours. “The Faculty Hub aligned its work with the University’s goals to create engaging, inclusive, and student-centered experiences for all learners, including those taking classes remotely,” said Linda Boland, Faculty Hub director. “We aimed to help faculty be responsive and flexible given the uncertainties of University operations due to COVID-19 and identify effective classroom practices for blended teaching so that classroom and remote students could all learn effectively at the same time.” Guidelines were also created to assist faculty in addressing scenarios, including how to handle students who go into quarantine and how to keep their classroom and lab spaces safe. “We were quite explicit in those guidelines that we wanted some portion of all courses to be synchronous — in person or live online, because that is a key component of the high-quality education that we deliver here,” Joireman said. As faculty brushed up on their teaching techniques and finalized syllabi, staff were transforming classrooms across campus to support a blended learning environment. Facilities staff reconfigured classroom spaces — building nine new classrooms and repurposing roughly 35 existing meeting and event spaces for academic use — to allow for social distancing. Telecommunications and Multimedia Support Services (TMSS) installed monitors, cameras, and other video teleconferencing technology in

all 150 classrooms across campus to give virtual attendees a greater sense of everything happening in class. TMSS also conducted roughly 140 technology training sessions for more than 450 registrants and addressed individual faculty requirements. “Each discipline has its own unique needs in terms of how they use technology in teaching spaces,” said Doug West, assistant vice president for telecommunications, media support, user services, and academic computing services. “And to the extent possible, we are trying to address those needs.” Whether it’s hardware like GoPro cameras for the theatre and dance department, specialized software for the music department, or tour guide headsets for environmental studies faculty holding outdoor labs, there have been numerous innovative pedagogical adaptations across campus. “We really are doing our best to provide students with a better sense of community from both the classroom learning perspective and the student services experience,” Joireman said. “Faculty want to provide the best education possible for our students. There’s been a lot of thought about how to do that — how best to teach, communicate with, and support those students who are remote, as well as those who are in person. There has been some really creative thinking.”

HEALTHY BUILDINGS Some of the most robust building modifications were enhancements to the HVAC systems to increase outside air input and frequently “flush” air in buildings, and the installation of UV-C filtration and/or bi-polar ionization to existing air-handling systems to neutralize viral particles. Standalone UV-C units had to be fabricated in-house for Gottwald Center for the Sciences due to its unique needs and factory shipping delays. Catering and facilities staff assisted with the work. “It was a great example of teamwork and ingenuity by our dedicated staff,” said Andrew McBride, associate vice president for facilities and University architect. Other building adaptations included the addition of touchless faucets in public restrooms; foot door pulls in all multi-stall bathrooms; water bottle filling stations in buildings that don’t have them; plexiglass barriers in high-traffic, public-facing work areas; and signage and floor decals to reinforce physical distancing requirements and guide traffic flow.

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Spaces in the Robins  Center, Boatwright Memorial Library, the Weinstein Center for Recreation (pictured here), and other buildings were transformed into classrooms with social distancing guidelines in mind.

BY THE NUMBERS

15,000

Cloth face coverings for faculty, staff, and students

10,000

Disposable face coverings for faculty and staff who forget theirs

3,000

“Web Ready” Spider welcome kits for undergraduate students

800

Sanitizing wipe stations

500

Thermometers for students

Adapting with Resolve Toward Safety Healthy buildings and a modified approach to

400 teaching set the stage for students’ return to campus Additional hand sanitizer stations

Modular units with 150 beds for quarantine or isolation

Tents for additional space for academic use, dining, and cocurricular activities

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blue tarantula, is one of the many animals cared for by Jennifer O’Donnell, manager of biological laboratories, and her team of students.

University of Richmond faculty and staff experts are often called upon to add perspective to the news of the day, and that was certainly the case when COVID-19 became headline news. More than 60 faculty and staff experts have been featured in more than 230 media outlets on COVID-19-related topics. These opportunities range from faculty authoring opinion pieces and articles based on their research to staff being quoted by national print publications. The media attention spans 15 different areas on campus including all five schools, as well as international education, admission, information services, and career services and has a potential viewership of nearly 2 billion readers, viewers, and listeners. The five placements below highlight outlets with an expansive circulation that prominently featured UR experts from a variety of areas across campus:

LAUNCH OF UR NOW As the fall semester kicked off in August, University Communications launched UR Now, an email news digest and website that delivers a mix of compelling, informative, and impactful stories about students, alumni, faculty, and staff — and more closely connects our worldwide community with news of the University. UR Now provides news features, communicating important stories about the University and the accomplishments of its people in a visually driven way, through a mix of timely articles, photography, illustrations, and video. “We established Spider Pride because our alumni had expressed interest in a regular communication about University progress and the accomplishments of all those who are part of the Spider community,” said Vice President for Communications John Barry. “The response to Spider Pride has been overwhelmingly positive. We are now poised to provide our alumni with a more regular, news-oriented communication. UR Now represents an exciting and innovative communication vehicle for us.” UR Now serves as a digital news center, offering stories about University of Richmond research and innovation, the student experience, campus news and events, as well as student and faculty creative work and scholarship. Stories also offer expert analysis from our faculty, applying the UR lens to the day’s events. The UR Now news digest is a key component of connecting with and informing our global Spider community. The weekly email is the culmination of months of research and planning to create an engaging digital publication. Launched in mid-August, UR Now is a division-wide collaboration of University Communications, including digital designers, developers, content strategists, multimedia and social media producers, and the UR media team. Over the next year, UR Now will become a primary location for stories highlighting University expertise and accomplishment and will also showcase content from University of Richmond Magazine, faculty commentaries from the Conversation, and Spider Pride features celebrating the contributions of the Spider community.

“On coronavirus lockdown, gamers seek solace and community in video games” DON FORSYTH, Colonel Leo K. and Gaylee Thorsness Endowed Chair in Ethical Leadership and social psychologist, explained that “[gaming] creates this feeling of togetherness, true presence, that you’re no longer distant from another person. It completely satisfies the need for belonging.” “It’s Time to Do the Things You Keep Putting Off. Here’s How” In this piece that explores a list of “life projects” to do while quarantining, ALLISON TAIT, professor of law and expert on estate law, explained why now is a good time to update your will. “There’s more free time in the day for many people, and the contextual circumstances of a global pandemic might certainly lead people to think about these things,” she said. “Ronald A. Crutcher column: A letter to students” PRESIDENT RONALD A. CRUTCHER published a letter to the Class of 2020 sharing his sentiments on the unprecedented and unexpected finish to the academic year. “This is not the end of your story. As a musician, I think of this moment as a fermata — an unexpected pause before the music continues,” he concluded. “4 ways colleges’ tech teams are managing the shift online” “Nobody has a playbook for a pandemic,” said KEITH “MAC” MCINTOSH, vice president and chief information officer, while explaining how information services swiftly took action to ensure faculty and staff would be able to continue operations remotely. “Uncharted Waters: The Top 5 Tips for Transitioning to Remote Learning” “Remote teaching will give us an opportunity to share a bit of our nonacademic lives with our students. … This is a beautiful moment to acknowledge that we are all whole, multifaceted people with a diversity of experience,” HEATHER RUSSELL, assistant professor of mathematics, wrote in a piece about the transition to remote learning. Visit news.richmond.edu/experts/covid19 to view additional COVID-19 media mentions or connect with University Communications’ Media and Public Relations team: Cynthia Price, Sunni Brown, and Lindsey Campbell.

Creature Comfort Dedicated teams care for animals on campus, adapting plans during the coronavirus pandemic Jennifer O’Donnell, manager of biological laboratories and an animal care expert, is never truly alone in her office. And that’s not because of a steady stream of students or colleagues. O’Donnell shares her office with more than a dozen eight-legged friends. She is in charge of caring for the men’s basketball team’s live tarantula mascot, Tarrant, and her arachnid companions, including 11 other tarantulas and one black widow. O’Donnell and her students care for and study the spiders, which provide a variety of educational and observation opportunities. The spiders are among a number of creatures that call the Gottwald Center for the Sciences home. The center houses about a dozen different kinds of animals — rats, fish, salamanders, and more — all of which are important for academic purposes. Psychology professor Kelly Lambert and her research team study rats, which are critical to her research on behavioral neuroscience, while biology professor Isaac Skromne uses zebrafish — ideal subjects because their embryos are transparent — to study possible treatments for bone disease. Caring for these animals typically includes daily health checks, feeding, and cleaning — responsibilities that required a pretty dramatic shift in March due to the pandemic’s social

distancing requirements and other safety guidelines. Dividing the work, a dedicated team continued to look after the campus creatures as part of essential functions. O’Donnell visited campus at least twice a week to tend to the spiders. “When the COVID-19 threat was still on the horizon, we knew we needed to have a care plan in place for our animals, so we worked on one before spring break,” said O’Donnell, who also helps with care plans for all University animals. “The care duties for all of our living organisms — large and small — were split between about 15 people total, and we were careful to ensure the campus visits did not overlap so we could adhere to safety guidelines.” Even with faculty, staff, and students back on campus, the animal care teams are maintaining many of the safety measures they implemented due to COVID-19. Biology professor Kristine Grayson, who studies a variety of amphibians, says while her spotted salamanders did great and were happily “chomping away on roaches” this spring and summer, she’s even happier they are again serving their purpose this fall as teaching tools for undergraduate research.

O’Donnell shares her office with more than a dozen eight-legged friends ... Tarrant and her arachnid companions, including 11 other tarantulas and one black widow.

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 Tarrant, a greenbottle

MEDIA MENTIONS

WHAT’S ALL THE BUZZ ABOUT? Just outside of Gottwald, two bee colonies, installed in 2017, call our campus home. Laboratories manager Kirstin Berben, one of the campus beekeepers, maintained the colonies, which serve both sustainable and educational purposes, throughout the spring and summer. She visited the hives weekly to ensure the bees had what they needed to build their comb and stock pollen and nectar. A sweet bonus: Dining Services uses the honey.

blue tarantula, is one of the many animals cared for by Jennifer O’Donnell, manager of biological laboratories, and her team of students.

O’Donnell shares her office with more than a dozen eight-legged friends ... Tarrant and her arachnid companions, including 11 other tarantulas and one black widow.

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 Tarrant, a greenbottle

MEDIA MENTIONS

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The Well-Being Center,  in bringing all UR health and wellness services under one roof, is at the forefront of the latest evolution of thinking about the critical link between student well-being and engaged learning.

GENEROUS SPIDERS Major funding for the two new facilities came from alumni couples. 1986 alumni Paul and AnneMarie Queally provided the lead gift for the Queally Athletics Center. The Walrath Family Foundation, a philanthropic foundation established by Michael, ’97, and Michelle Walrath, ’98, gave the lead gift that made the Well-Being Center possible.

Building Well-Being Two newest buildings enhance UR’s comprehensive approach to wellness and athletic excellence in competition and in the classroom Two signature campus facilities set to open this fall — the Well-Being Center and the Queally Athletics Center — will strengthen the University’s holistic strategy for caring for students and the entire campus community and bolster the resources serving student-athletes. The buildings will also keep Richmond at the forefront of colleges exploring modern approaches to student well-being. The bigger of the two buildings, the Well-Being Center, is located between Sarah Brunet Hall and Robins Hall. When plans for it were announced, some of the details sounded positively idyllic: a meditation garden, an organic café, a Himalayan salt room. Those are all part of the facility’s first floor, which will be open for use by students, faculty, and staff. The second floor is the new home of the Student Health Center; the third floor houses Counseling and Psychological Services, or CAPS. Bringing health and wellness services under a single roof allows the University to offer a one-stop shop for a comprehensive range of student services. It also allows staff in these areas to work more closely with one another. For example, a nurse in the Student Health Center who believes a student may be struggling with

a mental health issue can refer that student upstairs to CAPS. This integration of services is an important goal of the new building, said Tom Roberts, associate vice president of health and well-being. “You’re working together,” he said. “You’re sharing facilities. You’re sharing staff expertise. You’re sharing information. You’re sharing resources.” A related benefit is privacy. Students who might have been self-conscious about being seen visiting CAPS when it was located away from the University’s other health services will now be able to visit more discreetely. The first floor is devoted to health promotion, or what Roberts calls “catching students upstream.” In addition to soothing spots for meditation and contemplation, such as the meditation garden and Himalayan salt room, it features flexible spaces for wellness classes and functions, including a gorgeous, naturally lit studio for sessions devoted to yoga, mindfulness, and other practices that promote wellness. The organic café complements a demonstration kitchen, where students can learn about healthy food preparation. The center also provides direct access to the Weinstein Center for Recreation,

which was extensively reconfigured over the career planning, and more — services critical to summer. the academic excellence that is an inherent part The Well-Being Center also connects with the of the UR student-athlete experience. Queally Athletics Center, a facility that promises “Millhiser will become a second home to them,” to transform the experiences of all student-athsaid Bruce Matthews, associate athletic director letes, particularly men’s and women’s basketball for academic support. “It’s here where they will players. The linchpin of the QAC is Spider Hall, meet their advisers, laugh with friends, study a gleamfor tests, learn ing, largely leadership skills, glass-enclosed and explore reception space future careers.” that will greet The second visitors when floor of Millhiser they enter. will house the With its large coaching staffs video board and of the men’s overlook of the and women’s expansive new basketball practice courts, teams. it will make a Construction particularly of the Queally thrilling first Athletics Cenimpression for ter also added recruits considexpansive new ering Richpractice courts mond’s basket- The glass-enclosed Spider Hall in the Queally Athletics Centers — viewable ball programs. from Spider will serve as a multipurpose space for everything from team On its north Hall — locker events to pregame receptions. side, Spider Hall rooms, strength connects with the renovated Millhiser Gymnasiand conditioning equipment, a hydrotherapy um, which has been transformed into a twoarea, and other support resources for the baskettiered suite of offices and open spaces. In the ball programs. new Student-Athlete Development Center on the “I think this [facility] will be something that first floor, all student-athletes will have access really stands out to recruits,” said Chris Mooney, to academic support, leadership development, head men’s basketball coach.

PRESERVING THE PAST FOR THE FUTURE Preservation is a key feature of the Millhiser renovation. The original brick walls, hardwood floor, and vaulted rafters are restored. Additionally, construction staff uncovered windows that were bricked in over the years, adding natural light throughout the space.

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 If enough people are

U.S. News and World Report ranked UR No. 22 OVERALL among national liberal arts colleges — UR’s highest from U.S. News to date — in its Best Colleges 2021 guide. UR also ranked No. 25 for “BEST VALUE,” No. 18 for “MOST INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS,” and No. 24 for “STUDY ABROAD.”

vaccinated (teal), a single infected person (red) is unlikely to come in contact with unvaccinated people (blue).

The Princeton Review ranked UR No. 1 on its “MOST BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS” list in the 2021 edition of The Best 386 Colleges. UR received high marks on numerous other lists, including No. 4 for “BEST-RUN COLLEGES” and No. 6 for “BEST CAREER SERVICES” and “BEST SCHOOLS FOR INTERNSHIPS.” The Fiske Guide to Colleges selected UR for its 2021 edition of the “BEST AND MOST INTERESTING” colleges in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Ireland, calling UR a “force for progressive liberal arts.” The Council for Advancement and Support of Education awarded UR three 2020 CIRCLE OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS. UR received gold in the Communications – Data Storytelling/Visualizations category for “Spider Census Feature from the University of Richmond Magazine,” silver in the Communications – Media Relations category for “Media Kit: Rats Learned to Drive and the World Noticed,” and bronze in the Publications – Institutional Relations Publications – Presidents Reports and Annual Reports category for “2020 President’s Report.” The U.S. Green Building Council’s Virginia chapter awarded North Court, one of the oldest buildings on UR’s campus, the 2020 HISTORICAL RENOVATION AWARD. Originally designed as the home to Westhampton College in 1913, North Court was renovated in 2017 to maximize its use as a residential and academic space. The National Center for Women and Information Technology awarded the University of Richmond a $10,000 GRANT to support implementation of a plan aimed at recruiting and retaining women and underrepresented groups in computer science. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation awarded UR BEE CAMPUS USA AFFILIATE CERTIFICATION in recognition of UR’s efforts to make campus landscapes conducive to pollinators, which include bees, bats, butterflies, and hummingbirds. College Gazette ranked UR No. 7 on its list of the 10 BEST “HIDDEN IVIES” in the United States based on academics, admissions, financial aid, and student experiences. The site noted UR’s transformation over the last 20 years to a “top-tier, national, highly selective liberal arts university. Cosmopolitan named UR among the 50 MOST BEAUTIFUL COLLEGE CAMPUSES in the United States.

The First of Their Kind UR welcomes the impressive Class of 2024 in unusual times For the first time in University of Richmond history, significant numbers of incoming students made final decisions about enrolling while the University was closed to visitors. But while the recruiting process turned virtual and University faculty and staff adjusted to the new normal, the impressive accolades and achievements of the newest Spiders proved familiar. A CEO, a nationally ranked tennis player, a nonprofit founder, an accomplished filmmaker, a violinist who appeared on Britain’s Got Talent, a patent-holder, and a European and world junior team swimmer are now part of the Spider family. The current percentage of international students, 11%, is the highest of any incoming class, but because of COVID-19, most first-year students who live outside the United States began as remote students and will arrive on campus in January after completing their first semester online. Recruiting activities and decision reveals for the Class of 2024 all went virtual, including the biggest event of the year, Experience Richmond. Admission worked with departments across campus to produce a weeklong series of programming for admitted students so they could learn about everything from residence halls to wellness and academic majors. “The work from the past couple of years has made going virtual possible; otherwise, it would have been catastrophic,” Stephanie Dupaul, vice president for enrollment management, said over the summer. “Admission has evolved from not only what we did last fall, but from what we did in March and May and what we’re doing in August. It’s exciting to see the creativity and energy and the tools that have been developed that we’re going to continue using even when we return to campus.” Official information will be available after the University’s census date, Oct. 1, via the Office of Institutional Effectiveness.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE INCOMING CLASS:

836

first-year students

transfer students

out of 36, a new record-high average ACT score

27%

students of color

13%

first-generation students

10%

Spider legacies

The Conversation

Herd Immunity Won’t Solve Our COVID-19 Problem Co-authored by Joanna Wares, associate professor of mathematics Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, use of the term “herd immunity” has spread almost as fast as the virus. But its use is fraught with misconceptions. In the U.K., officials briefly considered a herd immunity strategy to protect the most vulnerable members of its population by encouraging others to become exposed and develop immunity to the virus. Others reignited the discussion by focusing on how far we are from herd immunity. But trying to reach herd immunity without a vaccine would be a disastrous pandemic response strategy. A major area of my research focuses on mathematical sciences in biology and biomedicine, and I think it’s paramount for people to understand what herd immunity actually is, when it’s a viable strategy, and why, without a vaccine, it cannot reduce deaths and illnesses from the current pandemic. Epidemiologists define the herd immunity threshold for a given virus as the percentage of the population that must be immune to ensure that its introduction will not cause an outbreak. If enough people are immune, an infected person will likely come into contact only with people

who are already immune rather than spreading the virus to someone who is susceptible. For a given virus, any person is either susceptible to being infected, currently infected, or immune from being infected. If a vaccine is available, a susceptible person can become immune without ever becoming infected. Without a vaccine, the only route to immunity is through infection, and many people infected with SARSCoV-2 die from it. Plus, the disease can have lingering health consequences for those who survive. Moreover, scientists don’t yet know the extent to which people who recover are immune from future infections. A vaccine is the only way to move directly from susceptibility to immunity, bypassing the pain from becoming infected and possibly dying. Without a vaccine, we should not think of herd immunity as a light at the end of the tunnel. Getting there would result in millions of deaths in the United States and would not protect the most vulnerable. For now, washing hands, wearing masks, and social distancing remain the best ways to lessen the destruction of COVID-19 by flattening the curve to buy time to develop treatments and vaccines.

If enough people are immune, an infected person will likely come into contact only with people who are already immune rather than spreading the virus to someone who is susceptible.

JOIN THE CONVERSATION This article was excerpted from a piece originally written for The Conversation, an independent news source that specializes in research-based, faculty-authored articles written for a general audience. Wares co-authored the original piece with Sara Krehbiel, assistant professor of mathematics and computer science at Santa Clara University. To read this article in its entirety, as well as other UR facultyauthored The Conversation pieces, visit news.richmond.edu/ placement/ conversation.

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 If enough people are

vaccinated (teal), a single infected person (red) is unlikely to come in contact with unvaccinated people (blue).

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE INCOMING CLASS:

836

first-year students

transfer students

out of 36, a new record-high average ACT score

27%

students of color

13%

first-generation students

10%

Spider legacies

The Conversation

If enough people are immune, an infected person will likely come into contact only with people who are already immune rather than spreading the virus to someone who is susceptible.

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THE ROAD TO 150 A lot can happen in 150 years. Let’s take a quick look at just some of the moments in University of Richmond School of Law’s history as it marks its 150th anniversary.

1870

Richmond Law is founded. Its inaugural class is 30 students.

1893

The law library is established in Jeter Hall.

The Generosity of Our Community Donors show unprecedented support in unprecedented times

The 2019–20 academic year always promised to be an important year for the Advancement team and the University. It marked the second year for UR’s annual giving day, UR Here, and for Spiders Helping Spiders; the 150th anniversary of the law school; and an encouraging upward trend in alumni engagement and support Universitywide. When the pandemic hit, there was understandable worry about maintaining this momentum. Yet, throughout this year of crisis, the Spider family consistently proved that its care for the University, demonstrated through its philanthropy and generosity, is stronger than ever. Richmond Law began its 150th year by introducing a new giving opportunity: the Dean’s Opportunity Scholarship Fund. In October 2019, Dean Wendy Perdue and her husband, David, established this scholarship fund to help deserving law students in need. The selected beneficiaries will receive $10,000 per year

for each of their three years at Richmond Law. “I wanted to find a way to make an immediate impact,” Perdue said. “The goal of this fund is to open the door to deserving students who have significant need — and significant potential to contribute to the profession.” Perdue pledged an initial $100,000 to establish the fund. Through the generosity of Richmond donors, it now stands at more than $750,000. In November, the academic year showcased significant philanthropic support in the form of Spiders Helping Spiders, a campaign focused on Spiders in need. Alumni, family, and friends gave to a variety of funds — including the Student Emergency Fund and Counseling and Psychological Services — to support students. The year’s campaign was a rousing success. Nearly 500 donors contributed more than $315,000 — an impressive leap from the previous year’s $70,000.

“The success of our Spiders Helping Spiders campaign really highlighted the profound generosity of our community,” said Martha Callaghan, vice president of advancement. “Seeing such widespread support and how it more than quadrupled the prior year’s campaign — that was really inspiring to see.” In March, the coronavirus pandemic hit at full force, throwing even the best-laid plans into uncertainty. The Advancement team had been diligently organizing its second annual giving day, UR Here, which was scheduled for early April. Just a year earlier, the first UR Here had been a big success, engaging more than 2,200 donors and raising $350,000. The pandemic forced the team to examine its plans closely. “With the uncertainty facing our whole community, we asked ourselves some really tough questions,” Callaghan said. “We had to think carefully about the timing, considering all that was happening in the world.” But Callaghan quickly received her answer. “Spiders started reaching out to us, asking how they could help. Parents, alumni, even students — they

wanted to step up for the place they love. And that made our decision an easy one in the end.” That support carried through the entire campaign. With more than 4,000 donors, UR Here raised $1.6 million in just 36 hours. “We were blown away,” Callaghan said. “Such earnest, enthusiastic support from our Richmond family — it really showed us that even in the most challenging times, Spiders will always help each other.” That’s exactly why Spider philanthropy is so important: helping each other. The funds raised will be used in areas across campus and to assist students with financial aid and challenges they encounter during the year. As the pandemic continues, the Advancement team expects the need for financial aid to increase. It is working to enable the University to continue to offer the exceptional experience Richmond is known for, and with the lasting generosity of the Spider family, they believe they can do just that.

“With the uncertainty facing our whole community, we asked ourselves some really tough questions. We had to think carefully about the timing, considering all that was happening in the world.”

1917

The law school relocates to Columbia Hall, located in the Fan district of Richmond.

1954

The law school joins the University on the Westhampton Campus.

1991

The Richmond Law building is expanded to become the building we know today. For more information on this milestone celebration, visit law150.richmond.edu.

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THE ROAD TO 150 A lot can happen in 150 years. Let’s take a quick look at just some of the moments in University of Richmond School of Law’s history as it marks its 150th anniversary.

1870

Richmond Law is founded. Its inaugural class is 30 students.

1893

The law library is established in Jeter Hall.

The Generosity of Our Community Donors show unprecedented support in unprecedented times

“With the uncertainty facing our whole community, we asked ourselves some really tough questions. We had to think carefully about the timing, considering all that was happening in the world.”

1917

The law school relocates to Columbia Hall, located in the Fan district of Richmond.

1954

The law school joins the University on the Westhampton Campus.

1991

The Richmond Law building is expanded to become the building we know today. For more information on this milestone celebration, visit law150.richmond.edu.

Information Services has been examining a longer replacement cycle for primary computers used by faculty and staff. Beginning in summer 2021, the standard will change from three years to four years. It’s the first revision to this policy in 20 years, one in keeping with the University’s strategic goal of responsible stewardship. Even before the current pandemic, IS recognized that a longer replacement cycle makes better fiscal sense without compromising users’ needs, said Doug West, assistant vice president for telecommunications, media support, user services, and academic computing services. “The machines currently being deployed include configurations that should allow them to remain in use as primary machines for four or even five years,” West said. “In fact, we typically get five to seven years of performance out of a machine because of its use as a secondary computer.”

“The machines currently being deployed include configurations that should allow them to remain in use as primary machines for four or even five years.” The change in the refresh cycle allows IS to replace machines at a pace that improves the stewardship of UR’s resources while also continuing to keep up with evolving technology. While the plan to modify the cycle is not new, IS moved up its implementation as part of budget adjustments to fund the unexpected COVID-19 technology-related expenses. With the cancellation of the summer 2020 installations and the start of the new four-year rotation next summer, users who were expecting new machines in 2020 may receive one in summer 2021 or 2022. The staggering of four- and five-year replacements will continue for the next few years while IS catches up on the replacement cycle and every primary computer has been replaced. Information Services is working on the details for individual departments and users and will continue to communicate to the campus community about the change. For more information about the University’s computer replacement policy, visit is.richmond.edu.

 Dionne Ward, SPCS

assistant professor of education and director of internships, educational leadership, and policy studies (now retired), sends her best wishes to students in one of the more than 90 videos provided by faculty, staff, and students for the Class of 2020’s virtual commencment celebration.

Lights, Camera, Action! From wrongful convictions to pandemics of the past, TV series shine a spotlight on faculty expertise As experts in their fields, University of Richmond faculty are frequently contacted by national news reporters to provide context and perspective on important issues impacting today’s society. Now award-winning producers are increasingly doing the same for their television series, and this spring, audiences around the world experienced the academic expertise of UR’s faculty in new ways. In April, the Netflix true-crime documentary series The Innocence Files featured leadership studies professor Julian Hayter and law professor Mary Tate. The nine-episode series tells the stories of eight individuals wrongfully convicted of crimes. Hayter and Tate appear throughout Episode 6, which focuses on Thomas Haynesworth, a Black man wrongfully convicted of rape in Richmond in 1984 and exonerated after 27 years in prison. Hayter, a historian and leading expert on modern U.S. and African American history, provided historical context related to Haynesworth’s conviction. Tate, the director of UR Law’s Institute for Actual Innocence and an expert on wrongful convictions, moderated a panel discussion on campus in 2019 that included Haynesworth and Janet Burke, a sexual assault survivor who mistakenly identified Haynesworth as her attacker. A film crew captured the footage of Tate’s panel, and Hayter worked with staff in Jepson and in University Communications to organize an interview with the series’ producers in the Westhampton Center in April 2019. “To be affiliated with this effort really is an honor,” Hayter said. “After watching the episode, I was shocked to see how UR was so heavily featured.” As The Innocence Files made waves on Netflix, producers of the PBS television series The Future of America’s Past looked to UR faculty experts to help them respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The result: a special segment of the show in April as elected officials across the country talked about reopening businesses and restarting the economy. “We thought the conversation could use a strong dose of history, and Richmond’s experience with the 1918 influenza pandemic offered a disturbing, cautionary tale,” said Ed Ayers, Tucker Boatwright Professor of the Humanities and the show’s host. The segment highlighted Ayers’ expertise as a historian and the research of English professor Elizabeth Outka, the author of Viral Modernism: The Influenza Pandemic and Interwar Literature. “Elizabeth offered knowledge not only about the political response, but also the personal experiences of Richmonders,” Ayers said. “She painted a vivid picture of the city during the 1918 flu pandemic — sights and sounds that echo today.”

Pomp Amid Unusual Circumstances After its virtual commencement celebration in the spring, UR prepares for an in-person celebration in May 2021 When students left for spring break on March 6, the world was a different place — and it’s unlikely the Class of 2020 realized the significance of that last day on campus. Within days, everything changed, including the graduation that students and families had been anticipating. Health and safety considerations made it no longer possible, at least not this year. Almost immediately, Vice President for Student Development Steve Bisese began leading planning for alternative celebrations. “I was taken by the huge numbers of faculty and staff who were genuinely sad for the class and offered to help,” Bisese said. “I know we all wanted to do something so wonderful and were just frustrated by all the uncertainty.” Bisese created committees representing the breadth of the University for both a virtual celebration in place of May’s planned commencement, led by Events Manager Alicia Engels, and a future in-person ceremony, led by Director of the Center for Student Involvement Alison Keller. They kicked things off with a student survey, and the responses were clear: Students wanted a traditional commencement experience. But that really wasn’t possible — and the clock was ticking. “Nothing is able to replace graduation, and we understand that,” Engels said, “but how do we take this and make it meaningful?” Engels’ committee identified a commencement tradition that could be expanded within COVID19’s constraints — the shout-out video. Typically, seniors film special thank-you messages for their families and support systems at the grad fair.

This year, Engels and her team asked for videos from students, faculty, and staff in all schools. They were not sure what they’d get. The result was a 45-minute compilation of heartfelt thanks, congratulations, jokes, and encouragement from across the University. But it didn’t stop there. President Ronald Crutcher filmed personalized messages for every school; scheduled commencement speaker and Ford Foundation President Darren Walker recorded remarks; and communications staff created tributes for social media. “As these videos were coming in, I started getting emotional watching it,” Engels said, “really understanding the significance of what they were missing.” In addition to all its efforts with video, University Communications designers also produced a collection of downloadable digital swag for athome parties to help family members and other supporters honor their graduates. And, knowing how important it is to see a loved one’s name in a graduation program, they created digital programs listing all graduates’ names. Of course, even the most thoughtfully executed virtual celebration can’t replace a traditional one, and UR will celebrate the Class of 2020 with an in-person ceremony May 1–2, the weekend before the Class of 2021’s commencement. “It will be so wonderful to see two groups of our newest Spider graduates together next spring when we have the on-campus celebration,” Bisese said. “We all need to have something like this to look forward to.”

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X2 TWO YEARS IN ONE WEEK Come May 2021, University staff will be working in overdrive to put on two years’ worth of commencement exercises in just one week’s time. While still in the planning stages, and with input from each of the schools, the undergraduate and law classes of 2020 will celebrate commencement with as traditional an experience as possible May 1–2. “We could not celebrate 2021 without giving 2020 an appropriate moment,” Engels said. “It didn’t feel right.” The Master of Business Administration and School of Professional and Continuing Studies 2020 ceremonies will be combined with the Class of 2021 commencement the following weekend, May 7–8.

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We celebrate the accomplishments of UR’s talented faculty and staff. See more accomplishments and submit your own grant, publication, or honor at richmond.edu/ faculty-staff.

ASHLEY AUSTIN, assistant

professor of accounting, received a grant from the Center for Audit Quality for her research “Detecting Fraud: A Proactive Approach to Improving Auditors’ Attention to Fraud During Audit Testing.” TIM BARNEY, associate professor of rhetoric and

communication studies, was named a Distinguished Research Fellow by the Eastern Communication Association. BILL BERGMAN, instructor

in marketing, was named a Favorite Business Professor of the Class of 2020 in a Poets&Quants annual survey.

KRISTIN BEZIO, associate professor of leadership

studies, and George Goethals, E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Chair in Leadership Studies, edited Leadership, Populism, and Resistance (Edward Elgar). JENNIFER BOWIE, associate professor of political

science, received the Teaching and Mentoring Award from the American Political Science Association, Law and Courts Section, in recognition of innovative teaching and instructional methods and materials in the field of law and courts. Bowie published “Flowers v. Mississippi on Race in Jury Selection” in SCOTUS 2019 Major Decisions and Developments of the US Supreme Court (Palgrave Macmillan). SUNNI BROWN, director of

media and public relations; Lindsey Campbell, media relations specialist; and Cynthia Price, associate vice president of media and public relations, won first place in the Virginia Professional Communicators’ annual communications contest in the Communications Programs and Campaigns – Community, Institutional, or Internal Relations category and second place in the Web and Social Media – Website Edited or Managed by Entrant – Nonprofit, Government, or Educational category. The two awards recognized the team’s strategic approach to elevate UR faculty-authored pieces with The Conversation as well as their work on developing UR’s Newsroom website as a destination for reporters in order to secure national media opportunities. Brown won second place in the Virginia Professional Communicators’ annual communications con-

test in the Public Relations Materials – Reports category for The Conversation First-Year Report highlighting the Media and Public Relations team’s partnership with The Conversation. Brown and Campbell presented “Digitally Designed Pitching: Maximizing Digital Platforms for Media Relations” at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District III annual conference in Orlando, Florida.

JORY DENNY, assistant

professor of computer science, presented his paper “Topology-Based Group Routing in Partially Known Environments” at the 35th Association for Computing Machinery/Special Interest Group on Applied Computing Symposium on Applied Computing in Brno, Czech Republic.

ELENA CALVILLO, associ-

ate professor of art history, received a Samuel H. Kress Senior Fellowship from the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art for her book Rome in Translation: Cultural Brokerage in Sixteenth-century Italy. LINDSEY CAMPBELL, media relations specialist;

Sunni Brown, director of media and public relations; and Cynthia Price, associate vice president of media and public relations, won first place in the Virginia Professional Communicators’ annual communications contest in the Communications Programs and Campaigns – Community, Institutional, or Internal Relations category and second place in the Web and Social Media – Website Edited or Managed by Entrant – Nonprofit, Government, or Educational category. The two awards recognized the team’s strategic approach to elevate UR faculty-authored pieces with The Conversation as well as their work on developing UR’s Newsroom website as a destination for reporters in order to secure national media opportunities. Campbell and Brown presented “Digitally Designed Pitching: Maximizing Digital Platforms for Media Relations” at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District III annual conference in Orlando, Florida. JEFFREY CARLSON, assis-

tant professor of marketing, and Joel Mier, lecturer of marketing, published “Business buyers are people too: exploring how geodemographics affects business-to-business selling effectiveness” in the Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing.

DELLA DUMBAUGH, professor of mathematics,

presented “Prospering through Mathematics” at the Joint Mathematics Meetings of the Mathematical Association of America in Denver. RAFAEL DE SÁ, Clarence E. Denoon Jr. Chair in

Natural Sciences, received a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for his research on the diversity and evolution of a frog species found in South America.

to the 2020 Distinguished Educator and Distinguished Scholarship Awards recipients, who were honored at Colloquy in August. Distinguished Educator Awards

In recognition of outstanding contributions to excellence in education JENNIFER BOWIE

Associate Professor of Political Science

JESSICA FLANIGAN, Richard L. Morrill Chair in

PAUL CLIKEMAN

Ethics and Democratic Values, received a grant from the Institute of Humane Studies to develop the “Open Inquiry Toolkit” to promote free speech on college campuses.

Associate Professor of Accounting JESSICA FLANIGAN

GEORGE GOETHALS, E. Claiborne Robins Distin-

LAURA KNOUSE

guished Chair in Leadership Studies, and Kristin Bezio, associate professor of leadership studies, edited Leadership, Populism, and Resistance (Edward Elgar).

JULIE POLLOCK

DIETER GUNKEL, assistant

professor of historical linguistics, received an $18,000 fellowship from the Center for Hellenic Studies to explore modern studies of languages similar to Greek, ancient descriptions of the Greek language, and fragments of ancient Greek music. MICHELLE HAMM, Clarence E. Denoon Professor

of Science; Eugene Wu, associate professor of biology and biochemistry; and students published “The Importance of Ile716 toward the Mutagenicity of 8-Oxo-2’-deoxyguanosine with Bacillus Fragment DNA Polymerase” in DNA Repair.

MICHELE COX, director of study abroad, and

JAMIE LYNN HASKINS,

Brianne Meagher, transfer and curriculum analyst in the registrar’s office, presented “Study Abroad for Registrars” at the Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers annual meeting in Alexandria, Virginia.

chaplain for spiritual life, co-published Acting on Faith: Stories of Courage, Activism, and Hope Across Religions (Chalice Press).

MONTI DATTA, associate professor of political

science, and Bob Spires, associate professor of education, published “Encompass Southeast Asia” in Education about Asia.

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Richard L. Morrill Chair in Ethics and Democratic Values Associate Professor of Psychology Associate Professor of Chemistry EMMELINE REEVES

Professor of Law for Academic Success CARRIE WU

Associate Professor of Biology

Distinguished Scholarship Awards In recognition of a consistent record of outstanding contributions in scholarship as documented through published research, scholarship, or creative expression DAVID BRANDENBERGER

Professor of History and Global Studies JAMES DAVIS

Professor of Mathematics RAFAEL DE SÁ

Clarence E. Denoon Jr. Chair in Natural Sciences JESSICA ERICKSON

Associate Dean for Faculty and Professor of Law GEORGE GOETHALS

E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Chair in Leadership Studies JEFFREY HARRISON

PATRICIA HERRERA, associate professor of the-

atre, published Nuyorican Feminist Performance: From The Café to Hip Hop Theater (University of Michigan Press). Herrera and Mariela Méndez, associate professor of Latin American and Iberian studies and women, gender, and sexuality stud-

W. David Robbins Chair in Strategic Management DOUGLAS WINIARSKI

Professor of Religious Studies and American Studies

We celebrate the accomplishments of UR’s talented faculty and staff. See more accomplishments and submit your own grant, publication, or honor at richmond.edu/ faculty-staff.

ASHLEY AUSTIN, assistant

communication studies, was named a Distinguished Research Fellow by the Eastern Communication Association. BILL BERGMAN, instructor

in marketing, was named a Favorite Business Professor of the Class of 2020 in a Poets&Quants annual survey.

KRISTIN BEZIO, associate professor of leadership

JORY DENNY, assistant

ELENA CALVILLO, associ-

DELLA DUMBAUGH, professor of mathematics,

presented “Prospering through Mathematics” at the Joint Mathematics Meetings of the Mathematical Association of America in Denver. RAFAEL DE SÁ, Clarence E. Denoon Jr. Chair in

Natural Sciences, received a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for his research on the diversity and evolution of a frog species found in South America.

to the 2020 Distinguished Educator and Distinguished Scholarship Awards recipients, who were honored at Colloquy in August. Distinguished Educator Awards

In recognition of outstanding contributions to excellence in education JENNIFER BOWIE

Associate Professor of Political Science

JESSICA FLANIGAN, Richard L. Morrill Chair in

PAUL CLIKEMAN

Ethics and Democratic Values, received a grant from the Institute of Humane Studies to develop the “Open Inquiry Toolkit” to promote free speech on college campuses.

Associate Professor of Accounting JESSICA FLANIGAN

GEORGE GOETHALS, E. Claiborne Robins Distin-

LAURA KNOUSE

guished Chair in Leadership Studies, and Kristin Bezio, associate professor of leadership studies, edited Leadership, Populism, and Resistance (Edward Elgar).

JULIE POLLOCK

DIETER GUNKEL, assistant

MICHELE COX, director of study abroad, and

JAMIE LYNN HASKINS,

chaplain for spiritual life, co-published Acting on Faith: Stories of Courage, Activism, and Hope Across Religions (Chalice Press).

MONTI DATTA, associate professor of political

science, and Bob Spires, associate professor of education, published “Encompass Southeast Asia” in Education about Asia.

Congratulations

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OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Richard L. Morrill Chair in Ethics and Democratic Values Associate Professor of Psychology Associate Professor of Chemistry EMMELINE REEVES

Professor of Law for Academic Success CARRIE WU

Associate Professor of Biology

Professor of History and Global Studies JAMES DAVIS

Professor of Mathematics RAFAEL DE SÁ

Clarence E. Denoon Jr. Chair in Natural Sciences JESSICA ERICKSON

Associate Dean for Faculty and Professor of Law GEORGE GOETHALS

E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Chair in Leadership Studies JEFFREY HARRISON

PATRICIA HERRERA, associate professor of the-

W. David Robbins Chair in Strategic Management DOUGLAS WINIARSKI

Professor of Religious Studies and American Studies

GILL ROBINSON HICKMAN,

leadership studies professor emerita, and Laura Knouse, associate professor of psychology, published When Leaders Face Personal Crisis (Routledge).

DANIEL HOCUTT, web manager in the School of

Professional and Continuing studies, presented “Expanding Usability Studies of Complex Websites to Include Posthuman Users” at the ninth annual Symposium for Communicating Complex Information in Norfolk, Virginia. ATIYA HUSAIN, assistant professor of sociology,

published “Deracialization, Dissent, and Terrorism in the FBI’s Most Wanted Program” in Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.

KRISTJEN LUNDBERG,

assistant professor of social psychology, co-published “A Privileged Point of View: Effects of Subjective Socioeconomic Status on Naïve Realism and Political Division” in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. BRIANNE MEAGHER, transfer and curriculum an-

alyst in the registrar’s office, and Michele Cox, director of study abroad, presented “Study Abroad for Registrars” at the Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers annual meeting in Alexandria, Virginia. LEIGH MELTON, adjunct professor of law, and

former student coauthors received the 2020 John J. Regan Writing Award from the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys for their article “Observing the NOTICE Act” in the Spring 2019 NAELA Journal. MARIELA MÉNDEZ, associate professor of Latin

THOMAS KAPSIDELIS, visiting assistant profes-

sor of journalism, was inducted into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame by the Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture and the College of Humanities and Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University. WILL KELLY, visiting assistant professor of reli-

gious studies, published How Prophecy Works: A Study of the Semantic Field of Nabi and a Close Reading of Jeremiah 1:4–19, 23:9–40 and 27:1–28:17 (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht). LAURA KNOUSE, associate professor of psychol-

ogy, and Gill Robinson Hickman, leadership studies professor emerita, published When Leaders Face Personal Crisis (Routledge). PAUL KVAM, professor

of statistics, received a Fulbright Scholar Award for travel to Hong Kong to further his research in nonparametric statistics.

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ies, published “Performando un activismo feminista: El trabajo de Debora Kuetzpal Vasquez en La Marca” in Conjunto.

American and Iberian studies and women, gender, and sexuality studies, received a Fulbright Scholar Award to support three months in Rio de Janeiro to advance her research on understanding representations of genders and sexualities in Latin American newspapers and magazines. Méndez published “Operación Araña: Reflections on How a Performative Intervention in Buenos Aires’s Subway System can Help Rethink Feminist Activism” in Estudos Históricos. Méndez and Patricia Herrera, associate professor of theatre, published “Performando un activismo feminista: El trabajo de Debora Kuetzpal Vasquez en La Marca” in Conjunto. LIONEL MEW, assistant pro-

fessor of information systems, published “Designing and Implementing an Undergraduate Data Analytics Program for Non-Traditional Students” in the Information Systems Education Journal.

Developing & Growing Relationships A conversation with Martha Callaghan, vice president for advancement Martha Callaghan was named vice president for advancement in May 2020 after serving in the interim role for a year. She joined UR in 2017 from Yale University, where she spent more than 13 years in the development office. Relationships are a large part of fundraising. How do you raise funds during a pandemic? When COVID-19 first interrupted our lives, our staff were spending their time checking in with donors, parents, students, and alumni to see how they were doing and to reassure them that UR was still here for them. We have also continued to make the case that we need support more than ever. While Richmond’s endowment gives us a strong financial footing, it is not a solution to these challenges. We do need the support of our community now more than ever as we’ve seen an increase in the needs of our students and have invested so much in trying to make campus safe for everyone’s return.

JOEL MIER, lecturer of marketing, and Jeffrey

LAURANETT LEE, visiting lecturer in history, was

appointed by Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to the Citizens’ Advisory Council on Furnishing and Interpreting the Executive Mansion.

Carlson, assistant professor of marketing, published “Business buyers are people too: exploring how geodemographics affects business-to-business selling effectiveness” in the Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing. SHAHAN MUFTI, associate

ANGELA LEEPER, director of the curriculum

materials center in Boatwright Memorial Library, was awarded the Young Adult Library Services Association’s 2020 National Library Legislative Day Travel Stipend to attend NLLD in Washington, D.C.

professor of journalism, received the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Book Award for his forthcoming book American Caliph: The True Story of the Hanafi Siege, America’s First Homegrown Islamic Terror Attack (Farrar, Straus and Giroux).

Were you surprised by the success of the University’s second annual giving day, UR Here? This was only our second year for a community-wide giving day. We were really pleased with how our community stepped up and supported it the first year, and we hoped it would continue to grow and outstrip the first year. Of course, that was before the pandemic hit. We adapted our messaging to talk in a straightforward way about the need at Richmond and how to have an immediate impact to help our students and the institution weather this storm. Our alumni, parents, staff, faculty, and friends are really generous people. I expected that they would step up, but they exceeded our expectations. It was a wonderful affirmation of how our community feels for this institution. What are your priorities at this time? We’re trying to meet donors where they are, to

engage them at the level at which they are able to contribute. We are stewards for our donors and our parents and their lifetime relationship with the institution. We think about how to engage people for the long term, and we adapt for the short term. How do you keep people engaged? The Alumni and Career Services teams have always focused on connecting alumni from all of our schools in different ways, both through career services and alumni events and programming. That connection is more important than ever. Students are getting the career advice they need in an uncertain community. Alumni are getting access to the Spider Network. And we developed an incredible slate of creative programming. People are missing the connections of their normal lives, so we are pulling alumni, parents, students, faculty, and staff into a suite of events that engages them. We’ve heard from many alumni that they feel Richmond has been there for them in this challenging time. Alumni who don’t come to in-person events have become involved in virtual events. On the future day when we return to normal programming, we’ll absolutely incorporate some of these virtual events into long-term programming, as it’s been a wonderful way to reach more alumni.

A CULTURE OF GIVING The University just completed an unprecedented year, and we are better able to face today’s challenges thanks to the incredible generosity of our Spider community. During the 2019–20 fiscal year, more than 14,800 donors supported the community with $26.5 million in total gifts.

Why is it more important than ever to give? We are in a moment where finances are uncertain for almost everyone and almost every institution. Our students and their families also are dealing with this uncertainty and have an increased financial need. We are talking to and reaching out to all of our donors to see how they can help our students get the most out of the Richmond experience. We have to be unafraid to ask. It underlines the importance of growing the culture of philanthropy here at the University of Richmond. 21

GILL ROBINSON HICKMAN,

leadership studies professor emerita, and Laura Knouse, associate professor of psychology, published When Leaders Face Personal Crisis (Routledge).

DANIEL HOCUTT, web manager in the School of

published “Deracialization, Dissent, and Terrorism in the FBI’s Most Wanted Program” in Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.

KRISTJEN LUNDBERG,

THOMAS KAPSIDELIS, visiting assistant profes-

ogy, and Gill Robinson Hickman, leadership studies professor emerita, published When Leaders Face Personal Crisis (Routledge). PAUL KVAM, professor

of statistics, received a Fulbright Scholar Award for travel to Hong Kong to further his research in nonparametric statistics.

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ies, published “Performando un activismo feminista: El trabajo de Debora Kuetzpal Vasquez en La Marca” in Conjunto.

fessor of information systems, published “Designing and Implementing an Undergraduate Data Analytics Program for Non-Traditional Students” in the Information Systems Education Journal.

JOEL MIER, lecturer of marketing, and Jeffrey

LAURANETT LEE, visiting lecturer in history, was

appointed by Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to the Citizens’ Advisory Council on Furnishing and Interpreting the Executive Mansion.

ANGELA LEEPER, director of the curriculum

materials center in Boatwright Memorial Library, was awarded the Young Adult Library Services Association’s 2020 National Library Legislative Day Travel Stipend to attend NLLD in Washington, D.C.

istry; Carrie Wu, associate professor of biology; and current and former students published “Convergence of glandular trichome morphology and chemistry in two montane monkeyflower (Mimulus, Phrymaceae) species” in Flora.

Congratulations,

GRADUATES!

Caps off to UR’s most recent employee grads. Well done, Spiders! TAMMY ALEXANDER

JONATHAN FISHER

CRISSY POINDEXTER

Master of Liberal Arts Academic Advisor, SPCS Administration

Master of Human Resource Management Talent Acquisition Specialist, Human Resources

Bachelor of Science in Professional Studies Office and Catering Specialist, Heilman Dining Center

JOSH JEFFREYS

ROBERT RICHARDS

RACHEL BRINGEWATT

Master of Education Fitness Trainer, Wellness Programs SHANI BUCHHOLZ

Certificate in Applied Studies Administrative Coordinator, Office of Common Ground LINDSEY CAMPBELL

Master of Nonprofit Studies Media Relations Specialist, University Communications ELIOT CLEVELAND

Master of Business Administration Manager, ETC and Dean’s Den

Master of Business Administration Jewish Chaplain and Director of Religious Life, Office of the Chaplaincy SARAH LEVINE

Certificate in Applied Studies Financial Analyst, Planning and Budget PAUL LOZO

Master of Business Administration Director of Environmental Operations, University Facilities/ Support Services CARRIE LUDOVICO

RACHAEL CONNORS

Master of Human Resource Management HR Representative, Human Resources

Master of Business Administration Business Librarian, Boatwright Memorial Library

SOJOURNA CUNNINGHAM

DRU MARSH

Master of Liberal Arts Social Sciences Librarian, Boatwright Memorial Library MEGAN DOOLEY

Master of Human Resource Management Assistant Director of Regional Initiatives, Alumni Relations

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts Line Service Associate, Heilman Dining Center TIM NESSELRODT

Master of Nonprofit Studies Sport Club Coach, Sport Clubs

Certificate in Applied Studies Pro Technician, Modlin Center for the Arts JENNA SLOWEY

Master of Nonprofit Studies Assistant Coach, Women’s Lacrosse CAROLINE STEADMAN

Master of Business Administration Leadership Gift Officer, Annual Giving Employees listed above graduated in December 2019, May 2020, or August 2020. Many, if not all, received their undergraduate or graduate degrees using the University’s tuition remission program. Visit hr.richmond.edu/ benefits for more details.

WILL O’NEAL, director of organic chemistry

laboratories, published Exercises for the General, Organic, & Biochemistry Laboratory, 2nd Edition (Morton Publishing).

WENDELL ROBERTS, ad-

junct associate professor of education, was elected chair of the Virginia Council of School Attorneys, an affiliate of the National Council of School Attorneys and the only statewide organization for attorneys who represent public K–12 school boards. CHRISTOPHER VON RUEDEN, associate professor

ELIZABETH OUTKA, professor of English, pub-

lished Viral Modernism: The Influenza Pandemic and Interwar Literature (Columbia University Press). Outka published “How Pandemics Seep into Literature” in The Paris Review. JON PARK, assistant professor of computer

science, and students published “Automatic Fact-checking of Claims from Wikipedia” on ACL Anthology. SANDRA PEART, dean of the Jepson School of

Leadership Studies, co-published Towards an Economics of Natural Equals: A Documentary History of the Early Virginia School (Cambridge University Press). JEPPE VON PLATZ, assistant professor of philos-

ophy, published Theories of Distributive Justice: Who Gets What and Why (Routledge).

of leadership studies, co-authored “From genes to minds to cultures: Evolutionary approaches to leadership” in The Leadership Quarterly and “Mother’s social status is associated with child health in a horticulturalist population,” in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

professor of history and American studies, received a $50,000 American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship, a $2,000 Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges Mednick Memorial Fellowship, and a $2,000 grant from the Friends of University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries for her book project Co-op Capitalism: Cooperatives, International Development, and American Visions of Capitalism in the Twentieth Century. EMILY SAUNDERS, assistant director of student

and young graduate programming, presented “Redesigning the Recent Grad Experience” at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District III annual conference in Orlando, Florida.

MARCELLA TORRES, director of mathematical

studies, and Joanna Wares, associate professor of mathematics, received a grant from the Associated Colleges of the South for a project focused on creating mathematics and data science resources to support socially relevant teaching in the time of COVID-19. RACHEL TURK, staff psychologist in athletics, was

named the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Support Staff Member of the Year. JOANNA WARES, associate professor of math-

ematics, and Marcella Torres, director of mathematical studies, received a grant from the Associated Colleges of the South for a project focused on creating mathematics and data science resources to support socially relevant teaching in the time of COVID-19. Wares co-published “Fostering Diversity in Top-Rated Pure Mathematics Graduate Programs” in Notices of the American Mathematical Society. JAMELLE WILSON, dean of

the School of Professional & Continuing Studies, presented “Paying the Rent: Finding Value through a Life of Service” at Westminster Canterbury Richmond’s 41st annual Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Award ceremony.

BRITTANY SCHAAL, director

of emergency management, was awarded the Outstanding Emergency Manager in Higher Education Award from the Virginia Emergency Management Association.

OLIVIA WOLFSON, associate director of campus

events and volunteer engagement, presented “Breathing New Light Into Signature Events: How to Engage Alumni, New and Old” at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District III annual conference in Orlando, Florida.

CHARLYNN SMALL, licensed clinical psycholo-

CARRIE WU, associate professor of biology;

gist in Counseling and Psychological Services, published Treating Black Women with Eating Disorders: A Clinician’s Guide (Routledge).

Kristine Nolin, associate professor of chemistry; and current and former students published “Convergence of glandular trichome morphology and chemistry in two montane monkeyflower (Mimulus, Phrymaceae) species” in Flora.

TERRY PRICE, Coston Family Chair in Leadership

and Ethics, published Leadership and the Ethics of Influence (Routledge).

art history, received the Getty/American Council for Learned Societies Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History of Art for the 2020–21 academic year and the Franklin Research Grant from the American Philosophical Society for her book project Sacred Spectating: Monastic Architecture and Spirituality in Late Antique Egypt.

NICOLE SACKLEY, associate

CYNTHIA PRICE, associate

vice president of media and public relations; Sunni Brown, director of media and public relations; and Lindsey Campbell, media relations specialist, won first place in the Virginia Professional Communicators’ annual communications contest in the Communications Programs and Campaigns – Community, Institutional, or Internal Relations category and second place in the Web and Social Media – Website Edited or Managed by Entrant – Nonprofit, Government, or Educational category. The two awards recognized the team’s strategic approach to elevate UR faculty-authored pieces with The Conversation as well as their work on developing UR’s Newsroom website as a destination for reporters in order to secure national media opportunities.

AGNIESZKA SZYMANSKA, assistant professor of

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KRISTINE NOLIN, associate professor of chem-

BOB SPIRES, associate professor of education,

OMAR QUINTERO, associate professor of biology,

and Monti Datta, associate professor of political science, published “Encompass Southeast Asia” in Education about Asia.

co-published “Myosin XIX” in Myosins, second edition (Springer).

RANIA SWEIS, associate professor of anthropol-

ogy and global studies, was awarded the 2020 Southeast Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Society’s Academic Article or Book Chapter Prize in recognition of outstanding scholarship in Middle Eastern studies for “Doctors with Borders: Hierarchies of Humanitarians and the Syrian Civil War.”

EUGENE WU, associate

professor of biology and biochemistry; Michelle Hamm, Clarence E. Denoon Professor of Science; and student co-authors published “The Importance of Ile716 toward the Mutagenicity of 8-Oxo-2’-deoxyguanosine with Bacillus Fragment DNA Polymerase” in DNA Repair.

Congratulations,

GRADUATES!

Caps off to UR’s most recent employee grads. Well done, Spiders! TAMMY ALEXANDER

JONATHAN FISHER

CRISSY POINDEXTER

Master of Liberal Arts Academic Advisor, SPCS Administration

Master of Human Resource Management Talent Acquisition Specialist, Human Resources

Bachelor of Science in Professional Studies Office and Catering Specialist, Heilman Dining Center

JOSH JEFFREYS

ROBERT RICHARDS

RACHEL BRINGEWATT

Master of Education Fitness Trainer, Wellness Programs SHANI BUCHHOLZ

Certificate in Applied Studies Administrative Coordinator, Office of Common Ground LINDSEY CAMPBELL

Master of Nonprofit Studies Media Relations Specialist, University Communications ELIOT CLEVELAND

Master of Business Administration Manager, ETC and Dean’s Den

Master of Business Administration Jewish Chaplain and Director of Religious Life, Office of the Chaplaincy SARAH LEVINE

Certificate in Applied Studies Financial Analyst, Planning and Budget PAUL LOZO

Master of Business Administration Director of Environmental Operations, University Facilities/ Support Services CARRIE LUDOVICO

RACHAEL CONNORS

Master of Human Resource Management HR Representative, Human Resources

Master of Business Administration Business Librarian, Boatwright Memorial Library

SOJOURNA CUNNINGHAM

DRU MARSH

Master of Liberal Arts Social Sciences Librarian, Boatwright Memorial Library MEGAN DOOLEY

Master of Human Resource Management Assistant Director of Regional Initiatives, Alumni Relations

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts Line Service Associate, Heilman Dining Center TIM NESSELRODT

Master of Nonprofit Studies Sport Club Coach, Sport Clubs

Certificate in Applied Studies Pro Technician, Modlin Center for the Arts JENNA SLOWEY

Master of Nonprofit Studies Assistant Coach, Women’s Lacrosse CAROLINE STEADMAN

WILL O’NEAL, director of organic chemistry

laboratories, published Exercises for the General, Organic, & Biochemistry Laboratory, 2nd Edition (Morton Publishing).

WENDELL ROBERTS, ad-

ELIZABETH OUTKA, professor of English, pub-

science, and students published “Automatic Fact-checking of Claims from Wikipedia” on ACL Anthology. SANDRA PEART, dean of the Jepson School of

ophy, published Theories of Distributive Justice: Who Gets What and Why (Routledge).

MARCELLA TORRES, director of mathematical

named the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Support Staff Member of the Year. JOANNA WARES, associate professor of math-

BRITTANY SCHAAL, director

of emergency management, was awarded the Outstanding Emergency Manager in Higher Education Award from the Virginia Emergency Management Association.

OLIVIA WOLFSON, associate director of campus

CHARLYNN SMALL, licensed clinical psycholo-

CARRIE WU, associate professor of biology;

gist in Counseling and Psychological Services, published Treating Black Women with Eating Disorders: A Clinician’s Guide (Routledge).

TERRY PRICE, Coston Family Chair in Leadership

and Ethics, published Leadership and the Ethics of Influence (Routledge).

NICOLE SACKLEY, associate

CYNTHIA PRICE, associate

AGNIESZKA SZYMANSKA, assistant professor of

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KRISTINE NOLIN, associate professor of chem-

BOB SPIRES, associate professor of education,

OMAR QUINTERO, associate professor of biology,

and Monti Datta, associate professor of political science, published “Encompass Southeast Asia” in Education about Asia.

co-published “Myosin XIX” in Myosins, second edition (Springer).

RANIA SWEIS, associate professor of anthropol-

EUGENE WU, associate

NEW & REAPPOINTED

Endowed Chair Holders These academic honors recognize an individual’s attainment of the highest levels of teaching, scholarship, research, and service in their discipline or field.

The following highlights employment status changes for fulland part-time faculty and staff — including temporary to full- or part-time positions — from Feb. 1 to June 30, 2020.

NEW HIRES FACULTY

SECURITY Kaila Abed Communications Officer, Campus Safety

Jacqueline Gooding Massage Therapist — Outreach, Wellness Programs

Ellen Strusky Personal Trainer — Outreach, Wellness Programs

BUSINESS AFFAIRS CAMPUS SERVICES Melissa Comstock Manager, The Cellar

SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES CHEMISTRY Dominic Sirianni Postdoctoral Research Associate

INFORMATION SERVICES Maria Gimenez Marquina Technical Support Consultant, User Services Specialists

Bill Gunter Fitness Trainer, Wellness Programs

Nadine Urwin Fitness Trainer, Wellness Programs

Gloria Robinson Cashier, Heilman Dining Center

PHYSICS Adrian Saina Researcher

Paul Hagenmueller Personal Trainer, Wellness Programs

Adair Wallerstein Lifeguard, Recreation and Wellness

SPIDER MANAGEMENT Ben Smith Investment Analyst

SCHOOL OF LAW Janice Craft Assistant Professor of Legal Practice

STUDENT DEVELOPMENT Molly Adamscheck Fitness Instructor, Wellness Programs

Emily Helft Director of Disability Services, Recreation and Wellness

Taylor Walsh Assistant Director of Housing, Residence Life and Undergraduate Student Housing

Vincent Savage Director, Residential Dining, Heilman Dining Center

Josh Kubicki Assistant Professor of Legal Practice STAFF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES Meghan Leber Post Baccalaureate Fellow, Integrated Inclusive Science, Biology

CINDY BUKACH

PIPPA HOLLOWAY

MacEldin Trawick Chair in Psychology

Douglas Southall Freeman Chair in History

Georges Leconte Post Baccalaureate Fellow, Integrated Inclusive Science, Biology ADVANCEMENT James Hughes Assistant Vice President of Development ATHLETICS Drew Anthony Assistant Football Coach

RAFAEL DE SÁ

Clarence E. Denoon Jr. Chair in Natural Sciences

PETER KAUFMAN

George Matthews and Virginia Brinkley Modlin Chair in Leadership Studies

Chris Schaefer Assistant Director of Athletics, Annual Giving, Spider Athletic Fund BUSINESS AFFAIRS CAMPUS SERVICES Nay Belizaire Cook I, Heilman Dining Center Paulyn Hangka Café Associate, 8:15 at Boatwright Jess Layton Line Services Associate, Heilman Dining Center

DAVID EPSTEIN

George E. Allen Chair in Law

MATTHEW OWARE

Irving May Chair of Human Relations

FACILITIES Eli Arrighi Gardener Tiffany Green Custodian Viktor Levitskiy Custodian Branka Odic Custodian

GEOFF GODDU

James Thomas Chair in Philosophy

Taylor Hensley Massage Therapist, Wellness Programs

Joella Allerton Fitness Trainer, Wellness Programs

Maria Howard Fitness Instructor, Wellness Programs

Sam Barany Fitness Instructor, Wellness Programs

Joel Hudalla Fitness Assistant, Operations

Suzanne Baughan Fitness Trainer, Wellness Programs

Stacy Jaciuk Lifeguard, Recreation and Wellness

Miriam Bernhardt Personal Trainer — Outreach, Wellness Programs

Ann Marie Lewis Fitness Instructor, Wellness Programs

Michael Blanchard Fitness Instructor, Wellness Programs Thomas Bland Lifeguard, Recreation and Wellness Rachel Bringewatt Fitness Trainer, Wellness Programs Celine Burn Fitness Instructor, Wellness Programs Malcolm Conley Fitness Assistant, Operations Courtney Cothran Massage Therapist — Outreach, Wellness Programs Mary Elfner Fitness Instructor, Wellness Programs Roxanne Fetty Fitness Trainer, Wellness Programs SanDee Gammon Fitness Trainer, Wellness Programs Katie Gerecke Fitness Instructor, Wellness Programs Sharry Goode Fitness Instructor, Wellness Programs

Carrie Lewis Fitness Trainer, Wellness Programs Rosemary Macfarlane Fitness Instructor, Wellness Programs Caroline McCartney Fitness Instructor, Wellness Programs Lauren Miller Fitness Instructor, Wellness Programs Marc Mroczkowski Facility Supervisor, Recreation and Wellness Brian Murphy Fitness Trainer, Wellness Programs Kevin Navin Fitness Instructor, Wellness Programs Erin O’Donnell Lifeguard, Operations Emily Philpott Outdoor Adventure and Recreation Trip Facilitator, Recreation and Wellness Leah Ross Fitness Instructor, Wellness Programs Khalah Sabbakhan Masters Swim Coach, Operations

Chris Wheless Personal Trainer, Wellness Programs Lisa Zamora Massage Therapist — Outreach, Wellness Programs UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS Paul Heltzel Managing Editor, UR Now

MOVES FACULTY SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES Deborah Sommers Special Advisor to the Dean BIOLOGY Jennifer Sevin Postdoctoral Research Associate MATH AND COMPUTER SCIENCE Brennan Dolson Visiting Instructor JEPSON SCHOOL OF LEADERSHIP STUDIES Lauranett Lee Visiting Lecturer in History STAFF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING STUDIES Brittany Jezouit Senior Program Manager, Professional Development, SPCS Administration PROVOST Andrea Vest Administrative Coordinator, Bonner Center for Civic Engagement ADVANCEMENT Martha Callaghan Vice President for Advancement

Tina Sisson Café Lead, Lou’s Cafe Angelo Talbert Cook II, Heilman Dining Center Richard Thomas Manager, The Cellar FACILITIES Paul Just Team Leader, Custodial Billy Tate Electrical Supervisor ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT Caroline Broadfoot Assistant Director, Financial Aid

RETIREMENTS 47 YEARS BOB NICHOLSON

Robins School faculty (Economics)

41 YEARS DEE HARDY

Campus Services

38 YEARS NEIL ASHWORTH

Robins School faculty (Management)

34 YEARS SHEILA CARAPICO

Arts & Sciences faculty (Political Science)

31 YEARS BRACELA WRIGHT

Heilman Dining Center

29 YEARS LEWIS BARNETT

Arts & Sciences faculty (Math and Computer Science) SCOTT BERGER

Boatwright Memorial Library

PLANNING AND POLICY Renee Peterson Transfer and Curriculum Analyst, Registrar’s Office

28 YEARS

Dwayne Smith Associate Registrar, Scheduling

24 YEARS

SPIDER MANAGEMENT Stephanie Deck Manager, Investment Operations Troy Sprehe Director, Investor Relations STUDENT DEVELOPMENT Kelly Johannsen Head Lifeguard, Operations Kaitlin Jones Facility Supervisor, Operations David Kraft Facility Supervisor, Operations Molly Lewis Associate Director, Residence Life and Undergraduate Student Housing

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We offer a warm welcome to our new colleagues and congratulations to colleagues taking their next steps.

SARAH FISHER

Student Health Center

MARGARET IVEY

Law School faculty

19 YEARS DEBBIE HARDY

University Communications

18 YEARS SUE CUMMINGS

Student Health Center SCOOTER MORTON

University Facilities — Carpentry

17 YEARS CAROLYN BIGLER

Residence Life and Undergraduate Student Housing

12 YEARS SANDY ROMAN

Undergraduate Admissions

9 YEARS CLAYTON DANDRIDGE

Heilman Dining Center

2 YEARS ARTHUR ELLIOTT

Heilman Dining Center

CAROL SUMMERS

Mitchell-Billikopf Chair of History 24

NEW & REAPPOINTED

Endowed Chair Holders These academic honors recognize an individual’s attainment of the highest levels of teaching, scholarship, research, and service in their discipline or field.

The following highlights employment status changes for fulland part-time faculty and staff — including temporary to full- or part-time positions — from Feb. 1 to June 30, 2020.

NEW HIRES FACULTY

SECURITY Kaila Abed Communications Officer, Campus Safety

Jacqueline Gooding Massage Therapist — Outreach, Wellness Programs

Ellen Strusky Personal Trainer — Outreach, Wellness Programs

BUSINESS AFFAIRS CAMPUS SERVICES Melissa Comstock Manager, The Cellar

SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES CHEMISTRY Dominic Sirianni Postdoctoral Research Associate

INFORMATION SERVICES Maria Gimenez Marquina Technical Support Consultant, User Services Specialists

Bill Gunter Fitness Trainer, Wellness Programs

Nadine Urwin Fitness Trainer, Wellness Programs

Gloria Robinson Cashier, Heilman Dining Center

PHYSICS Adrian Saina Researcher

Paul Hagenmueller Personal Trainer, Wellness Programs

Adair Wallerstein Lifeguard, Recreation and Wellness

SPIDER MANAGEMENT Ben Smith Investment Analyst

SCHOOL OF LAW Janice Craft Assistant Professor of Legal Practice

STUDENT DEVELOPMENT Molly Adamscheck Fitness Instructor, Wellness Programs

Emily Helft Director of Disability Services, Recreation and Wellness

Taylor Walsh Assistant Director of Housing, Residence Life and Undergraduate Student Housing

Vincent Savage Director, Residential Dining, Heilman Dining Center

Josh Kubicki Assistant Professor of Legal Practice STAFF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES Meghan Leber Post Baccalaureate Fellow, Integrated Inclusive Science, Biology

CINDY BUKACH

PIPPA HOLLOWAY

MacEldin Trawick Chair in Psychology

Douglas Southall Freeman Chair in History

Georges Leconte Post Baccalaureate Fellow, Integrated Inclusive Science, Biology ADVANCEMENT James Hughes Assistant Vice President of Development ATHLETICS Drew Anthony Assistant Football Coach

RAFAEL DE SÁ

Clarence E. Denoon Jr. Chair in Natural Sciences

PETER KAUFMAN

George Matthews and Virginia Brinkley Modlin Chair in Leadership Studies

DAVID EPSTEIN

George E. Allen Chair in Law

MATTHEW OWARE

Irving May Chair of Human Relations

FACILITIES Eli Arrighi Gardener Tiffany Green Custodian Viktor Levitskiy Custodian Branka Odic Custodian

GEOFF GODDU

James Thomas Chair in Philosophy

Taylor Hensley Massage Therapist, Wellness Programs

Joella Allerton Fitness Trainer, Wellness Programs

Maria Howard Fitness Instructor, Wellness Programs

Sam Barany Fitness Instructor, Wellness Programs

Joel Hudalla Fitness Assistant, Operations

Suzanne Baughan Fitness Trainer, Wellness Programs

Stacy Jaciuk Lifeguard, Recreation and Wellness

Miriam Bernhardt Personal Trainer — Outreach, Wellness Programs

Ann Marie Lewis Fitness Instructor, Wellness Programs

Chris Wheless Personal Trainer, Wellness Programs Lisa Zamora Massage Therapist — Outreach, Wellness Programs UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS Paul Heltzel Managing Editor, UR Now

RETIREMENTS 47 YEARS BOB NICHOLSON

Robins School faculty (Economics)

41 YEARS DEE HARDY

Campus Services

38 YEARS NEIL ASHWORTH

Robins School faculty (Management)

34 YEARS SHEILA CARAPICO

Arts & Sciences faculty (Political Science)

31 YEARS BRACELA WRIGHT

Heilman Dining Center

29 YEARS LEWIS BARNETT

Arts & Sciences faculty (Math and Computer Science) SCOTT BERGER

Boatwright Memorial Library

PLANNING AND POLICY Renee Peterson Transfer and Curriculum Analyst, Registrar’s Office

28 YEARS

Dwayne Smith Associate Registrar, Scheduling

24 YEARS

PEOPLE

We offer a warm welcome to our new colleagues and congratulations to colleagues taking their next steps.

SARAH FISHER

Student Health Center

MARGARET IVEY

Law School faculty

19 YEARS DEBBIE HARDY

University Communications

18 YEARS SUE CUMMINGS

Student Health Center SCOOTER MORTON

University Facilities — Carpentry

17 YEARS CAROLYN BIGLER

Residence Life and Undergraduate Student Housing

12 YEARS SANDY ROMAN

Undergraduate Admissions

9 YEARS CLAYTON DANDRIDGE

Heilman Dining Center

2 YEARS ARTHUR ELLIOTT

Heilman Dining Center

CAROL SUMMERS

Mitchell-Billikopf Chair of History 24

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