Faculty & Research Faculty Faculty H S Facet Last Name - Faculty Economics Environmental Policy Social Psychology Facet Area of Focus - Faculty Department of Economics School of Education and Human Development Department of Politics Darden School of Business EdPolicyWorks: Center for Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness School of Law UVA Humanitarian Collaborative Center for Effective Lawmaking McIntire School of Commerce National Security Policy Center School of Nursing Karsh Institute of Democracy Miller Center School of Medicine Social Innovation @ UVA The Equity Center (-) Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service (-) Department of Psychology Facet UVA Partner - Faculty Facet Batten Department - Faculty Gerald Higginbotham Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Psychology ghigginbotham@virginia.edu Garrett Hall Gerald Higginbotham is an assistant professor of public policy and psychology at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. Utilizing social and cultural psychological insights, Higginbotham researches the imprint of history on people’s modern social perceptions and policy attitudes, and the psychological underpinnings of how people perceive history and its consequences. Read full bio Eric Scorsone Executive Director, Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service; Associate Professor of Public Policy by Courtesy eric.scorsone@virginia.edu 2400 Old Ivy Road Eric Scorsone is Executive Director of the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service and Associate Professor of Public Policy by Courtesy in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. Scorsone has over 25 years of public service in academic settings, as well as many years’ experience in state and local government. He has expertise in state and local public finance and administration and regional economics. Read full bio William Shobe Research Professor Emeritus of Public Policy shobe@virginia.edu 434-982-5376 William Shobe is research professor of public policy at the Batten School and the Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Studies at UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. Shobe's current research includes emission market and auction design, environmental federalism, improved economic modeling of Virginia’s economy, state economic development incentives and state economic forecasting. Read full bio
Gerald Higginbotham Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Psychology ghigginbotham@virginia.edu Garrett Hall Gerald Higginbotham is an assistant professor of public policy and psychology at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. Utilizing social and cultural psychological insights, Higginbotham researches the imprint of history on people’s modern social perceptions and policy attitudes, and the psychological underpinnings of how people perceive history and its consequences. Read full bio
Eric Scorsone Executive Director, Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service; Associate Professor of Public Policy by Courtesy eric.scorsone@virginia.edu 2400 Old Ivy Road Eric Scorsone is Executive Director of the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service and Associate Professor of Public Policy by Courtesy in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. Scorsone has over 25 years of public service in academic settings, as well as many years’ experience in state and local government. He has expertise in state and local public finance and administration and regional economics. Read full bio
William Shobe Research Professor Emeritus of Public Policy shobe@virginia.edu 434-982-5376 William Shobe is research professor of public policy at the Batten School and the Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Studies at UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. Shobe's current research includes emission market and auction design, environmental federalism, improved economic modeling of Virginia’s economy, state economic development incentives and state economic forecasting. Read full bio