Faculty & Research Research Speakers Research Speakers Past Research Speakers Batten Facet Event Type - Research Speakers Facet UVA Partner - Research Speakers Facet Area of Focus - Research Speakers Mar 24 Faculty Research Speaker Series Wojciech Kopczuk Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs, Columbia University Accounting for Business Income in Measuring Top Income Shares: Integrated Accrual Approach Using Individual and Firm Data from Norway March 24, 2023 12:00PM Monroe 124 and via Zoom Wojciech Kopczuk is a professor at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and the Department of Economics at Columbia University. Kopczuk's research focus is on issues related to tax policy and income and wealth inequality. Learn more Mar 31 Faculty Research Speaker Series Mary Kroeger Assistant Professor of Political Science, UNC Chapel Hill TBD Mar 31, 2023, timing TBD Monroe 124 and via Zoom Mary Kroeger is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She received her Ph.D. in Politics and Social Policy from Princeton University, and holds a B.A. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her research interests are in U.S. state politics, American political institutions, bureaucratic-legislative interactions, policy diffusion, and quantitative methods. Learn more Apr 07 Faculty Research Speaker Series Antoine Banks Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland TBD Apr 07, 2023 12:00 PM Monroe 124 and via Zoom Antoine Banks is a professor in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. He is also the associate chair and director of the Government and Politics Experimental Lab. His research interests include racial and ethnic politics, emotions, political psychology, and public opinion. Learn more Apr 14 Faculty Research Speaker Series Erdal Tekin Professor, Department of Public Administration and Policy, American University TBD Apr 14, 2023 12:00 PM Monroe 124 or Garrett Hall and via zoom Erdal Tekin is an economist with primary research interests in the fields of health economics and demographic economics. Within these fields, the main theme of his research is the economic analysis of risky behaviors and the consequences of prenatal and postnatal conditions and risk factors on the short and long-term outcomes of individuals on a multitude of domains including health, human capital, labor market, and crime. Learn more Apr 21 Faculty Research Speaker Series John Sides Professor and Chair, Department of Politics, Vanderbilt University TBD Apr 21, 2023, 10:30 AM Politics Department John Sides studies political behavior in American and comparative politics. He is an author of Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and The Battle for the Meaning of America, The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Election, and Campaigns and Election: Rules, Reality, Strategy, Choice. He has published articles in various scholarly journals, including the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, and Journal of Politics. His current book project focuses on fiscal politics in the U.S. Learn more Apr 28 Faculty Research Speaker Series John Friedman Professor of Economics, Brown University The Economic Impacts of COVID-19: Evidence from a New Public Database Built Using Private Sector Data Apr 28, 2023 12:00 PM via Zoom (by invite only) John N. Friedman is a Professor of Economics at Brown University, as well as a founding co-Director of Opportunity Insights. His studies the causes and consequences of inequality for kids, as well as policies to improve opportunity for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Learn more May 05 Faculty Research Speaker Series Batten Faculty Research Blitz May 05, 2023 Garrett Hall L 039 Seminar Room and via zoom Learn more about current research and engagement work being done by our own Batten faculty. Learn more Jun 01 Faculty Research Speaker Series Naseemah Mohamed Postdoctoral Research Associate, Global Policy Center Educational Policies, Politics, and Propaganda during the Zimbabwe Liberation Struggle (1965-80) To be scheduled at a future date Location TBD and via Zoom Naseemah Mohamed is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the Global Policy Center at the University of Virginia. Her research is focused on the relationships amongst education, media, race, global politics, and violence in decolonial movements in Southern Africa in the 20th century. Learn more Jun 01 Faculty Research Speaker Series Logan Stundal Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Policy Center/Humanitarian Collaborative TBD To be scheduled at a future date Location TBD and via Zoom Logan Stundal is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Global Policy Center/Humanitarian Collaborative at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. His research focuses on political violence, armed conflict, and the intersection of public health and conflict including the spread of disease in war zones. Learn more
Mar 24 Faculty Research Speaker Series Wojciech Kopczuk Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs, Columbia University Accounting for Business Income in Measuring Top Income Shares: Integrated Accrual Approach Using Individual and Firm Data from Norway March 24, 2023 12:00PM Monroe 124 and via Zoom Wojciech Kopczuk is a professor at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and the Department of Economics at Columbia University. Kopczuk's research focus is on issues related to tax policy and income and wealth inequality. Learn more
Mar 31 Faculty Research Speaker Series Mary Kroeger Assistant Professor of Political Science, UNC Chapel Hill TBD Mar 31, 2023, timing TBD Monroe 124 and via Zoom Mary Kroeger is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She received her Ph.D. in Politics and Social Policy from Princeton University, and holds a B.A. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her research interests are in U.S. state politics, American political institutions, bureaucratic-legislative interactions, policy diffusion, and quantitative methods. Learn more
Apr 07 Faculty Research Speaker Series Antoine Banks Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland TBD Apr 07, 2023 12:00 PM Monroe 124 and via Zoom Antoine Banks is a professor in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. He is also the associate chair and director of the Government and Politics Experimental Lab. His research interests include racial and ethnic politics, emotions, political psychology, and public opinion. Learn more
Apr 14 Faculty Research Speaker Series Erdal Tekin Professor, Department of Public Administration and Policy, American University TBD Apr 14, 2023 12:00 PM Monroe 124 or Garrett Hall and via zoom Erdal Tekin is an economist with primary research interests in the fields of health economics and demographic economics. Within these fields, the main theme of his research is the economic analysis of risky behaviors and the consequences of prenatal and postnatal conditions and risk factors on the short and long-term outcomes of individuals on a multitude of domains including health, human capital, labor market, and crime. Learn more
Apr 21 Faculty Research Speaker Series John Sides Professor and Chair, Department of Politics, Vanderbilt University TBD Apr 21, 2023, 10:30 AM Politics Department John Sides studies political behavior in American and comparative politics. He is an author of Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and The Battle for the Meaning of America, The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Election, and Campaigns and Election: Rules, Reality, Strategy, Choice. He has published articles in various scholarly journals, including the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, and Journal of Politics. His current book project focuses on fiscal politics in the U.S. Learn more
Apr 28 Faculty Research Speaker Series John Friedman Professor of Economics, Brown University The Economic Impacts of COVID-19: Evidence from a New Public Database Built Using Private Sector Data Apr 28, 2023 12:00 PM via Zoom (by invite only) John N. Friedman is a Professor of Economics at Brown University, as well as a founding co-Director of Opportunity Insights. His studies the causes and consequences of inequality for kids, as well as policies to improve opportunity for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Learn more
May 05 Faculty Research Speaker Series Batten Faculty Research Blitz May 05, 2023 Garrett Hall L 039 Seminar Room and via zoom Learn more about current research and engagement work being done by our own Batten faculty. Learn more
Jun 01 Faculty Research Speaker Series Naseemah Mohamed Postdoctoral Research Associate, Global Policy Center Educational Policies, Politics, and Propaganda during the Zimbabwe Liberation Struggle (1965-80) To be scheduled at a future date Location TBD and via Zoom Naseemah Mohamed is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the Global Policy Center at the University of Virginia. Her research is focused on the relationships amongst education, media, race, global politics, and violence in decolonial movements in Southern Africa in the 20th century. Learn more
Jun 01 Faculty Research Speaker Series Logan Stundal Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Policy Center/Humanitarian Collaborative TBD To be scheduled at a future date Location TBD and via Zoom Logan Stundal is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Global Policy Center/Humanitarian Collaborative at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. His research focuses on political violence, armed conflict, and the intersection of public health and conflict including the spread of disease in war zones. Learn more