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Learn more Mar 17, 2023 When Research Hits Home: Paper Helps Professor, Student Bond As Survivors Batten School professor Lucy Bassett and UVA alum Maya Ewart discovered a personal bond that led to a collaborative research project showcasing how depictions of eating disorders in popular culture and media are frequently out of touch with reality. Learn More Oct 03, 2022 Professors Chou and Trawalter Announced as Inaugural Batten Family Bicentennial Teacher-Scholar Leadership Professors The Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia announces the appointment of Eileen Chou and Sophie Trawalter as inaugural Batten Family Bicentennial Teacher-Scholar Leadership Professors. Learn more Jul 13, 2022 A Global Approach to Improving Outcomes for Teen Mothers and Their Babies Humanitarian Policy Batten professor Lucy Bassett brought researchers from around the world together to tackle an issue that spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the UVA Humanitarian Collaborative, Bassett organized a workshop focused on how more support can be brought to adolescent mothers and young children. Learn more Jul 05, 2022 Enhancing educators’ skills for quality preprimary education in Bangladesh Education Humanitarian Policy In a study for World Bank, Batten's Lucy Bassett and co-author share findings about teacher preparedness in Bangladesh's pre-primary education programs. Learn more June 15, 2022 Batten Faculty Recognized for Excellence in Teaching, Service, Research and Engagement This academic year, Batten School professors won a slew of internal and external recognitions for excellence in teaching, service, research and engagement. Learn more May 24, 2022 Childcare is a critical need for women refugees. 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Learn more Oct 12, 2021 Brown-Iannuzzi, Claibourn, Trawalter: ‘Confederate memorials are associated with hate’ — New UVA study shows ‘significant’ correlation between lynchings and monuments Racial Justice and Equity Social Equity A UVA research team, including three Batten professors, uncovered a quantifiable relationship between Confederate memorials and the explicitly racist practice of lynching. Read in Charlottesville Tomorrow Oct 11, 2021 New UVA Study Finds Correlation Between Lynchings and Confederate Monuments Racial Justice and Equity Democracy A team of Batten and psychology researchers are bringing an empirical perspective to a national conversation. Learn more Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Stay Up To Date with the Latest Batten News and Events Subscribe
May 14, 2025 UVA Batten Students Team Up with Alumnus at the World Bank Two UVA Batten MPP students who are graduating this week had the opportunity to collaborate with alumnus Cameron Haddad (MPP '19) this semester on a project for the World Bank, providing them hands-on experience in policy work. As a student, Haddad worked on a World Bank project with professor Lucy Bassett, who connected the three in February. Learn more
Mar 17, 2023 When Research Hits Home: Paper Helps Professor, Student Bond As Survivors Batten School professor Lucy Bassett and UVA alum Maya Ewart discovered a personal bond that led to a collaborative research project showcasing how depictions of eating disorders in popular culture and media are frequently out of touch with reality. Learn More
Oct 03, 2022 Professors Chou and Trawalter Announced as Inaugural Batten Family Bicentennial Teacher-Scholar Leadership Professors The Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia announces the appointment of Eileen Chou and Sophie Trawalter as inaugural Batten Family Bicentennial Teacher-Scholar Leadership Professors. Learn more
Jul 13, 2022 A Global Approach to Improving Outcomes for Teen Mothers and Their Babies Humanitarian Policy Batten professor Lucy Bassett brought researchers from around the world together to tackle an issue that spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the UVA Humanitarian Collaborative, Bassett organized a workshop focused on how more support can be brought to adolescent mothers and young children. Learn more
Jul 05, 2022 Enhancing educators’ skills for quality preprimary education in Bangladesh Education Humanitarian Policy In a study for World Bank, Batten's Lucy Bassett and co-author share findings about teacher preparedness in Bangladesh's pre-primary education programs. Learn more
June 15, 2022 Batten Faculty Recognized for Excellence in Teaching, Service, Research and Engagement This academic year, Batten School professors won a slew of internal and external recognitions for excellence in teaching, service, research and engagement. Learn more
May 24, 2022 Childcare is a critical need for women refugees. It must be made a priority International and Global Affairs Humanitarian Policy Learn more
May 17, 2022 Childcare: An overlooked response to emergencies Global Politics & International Relations International Development Providing childcare in humanitarian emergencies is a win-win strategy for women and children. It’s time to make it a reality for more families. Learn more
Apr 05, 2022 Why Professors Should Call on Law Students — With a Plan Social Equity A new paper by Batten School professor Sophie Trawalter finds gender dynamics in classes are not fixed. Learn more
Oct 29, 2021 Policy for Women — and Everyone Social Equity A new five-week course from Professor Lucy Bassett brings a feminist perspective to the Batten curriculum. Learn more
Oct 12, 2021 Brown-Iannuzzi, Claibourn, Trawalter: ‘Confederate memorials are associated with hate’ — New UVA study shows ‘significant’ correlation between lynchings and monuments Racial Justice and Equity Social Equity A UVA research team, including three Batten professors, uncovered a quantifiable relationship between Confederate memorials and the explicitly racist practice of lynching. Read in Charlottesville Tomorrow
Oct 11, 2021 New UVA Study Finds Correlation Between Lynchings and Confederate Monuments Racial Justice and Equity Democracy A team of Batten and psychology researchers are bringing an empirical perspective to a national conversation. Learn more