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Jun 29, 2023 Eileen Chou New Associate Dean for Academic Affairs The Batten School is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Eileen Chou as associate dean for academic affairs, effective July 1, 2023. Learn more
May 3, 2023 Why Americans Feel More Pain Millions of Americans are suffering from chronic pain linked to troubled childhoods, loneliness, and a host of other pressures on working families. Economic insecurity is also associated with more pain, according to a study by Batten Professor Eileen Chou cited in a New York Times series exploring the interrelated crisis impacting working-class America. Learn more
Dec 21, 2022 Eileen Chou: Leadership Skills and Effectiveness Leadership Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy professor Eileen Chou spoke to UVA Lifetime Learning's podcast about leadership, including her belief that leaders are made and not born. 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
Jan 25, 2021 Batten's Margaret Foster Riley and Colleagues Weigh in on Biden's COVID-19 Plan Health Policy Social Equity According to experts interviewed Friday in a webinar hosted by UVA's Miller Center, we are in a grim period, but if we continue to follow public health measures and increase vaccinations, the end of the pandemic is at least in sight. READ IN UVA TODAY
Nov 24, 2020 Margaret Foster Riley on the Pandemic Plan: Operation Warp Speed Health Policy Batten's Margaret Foster Riley examines challenges facing coronavirus vaccine distribution during the presidential transition. Learn more
Nov 06, 2020 Batten Faculty Provide Commentary on Election Results Democracy Political Science In commentary compiled by the Miller Center, Batten Professors Jennifer Lawless, Margaret Foster Riley, Todd Sechser, and Craig Volden weigh in on the 2020 election, offering updates on the latest developments. Full Commentary from UVA's Miller Center
Sep 29, 2020 Photos: Daily Academic Life at UVA in the COVID-19 Era Education University photographers take a look at in-person learning on Grounds, including Batten students and professors in the classroom, during a fall semester shaped by the ongoing pandemic. Read in UVA Today
Oct 08, 2015 Professor Chou Studies the Psychological Power of the Signature Education Domestic Policy & Politics “We asked, ‘How do people perceive electronic signatures, how do people feel when they sign electronic signatures, and how would that impact their subsequent behaviors?’” Read in UVA Today