Resources Faculty & Staff Directory Faculty & Staff Directory C (-) F H (-) J K L M P S V W Facet Last Name - Directory Faculty Facet Person Type - Directory Domestic Policy & Politics Economics Global Politics & International Relations International Development (-) Political Science Facet Area of Focus - Directory Facet UVA Partner - Directory Facet Batten Department - Directory Galen Fountain Lecturer Galen Fountain is a lecturer at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Previously, he served for nearly two decades as Clerk of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies and prior to that as Counsel to the Senate Committee on Small Business. Read full bio Ashley Jardina Assistant Professor of Public Policy ajardina@virginia.edu Garrett Hall 106 As of Fall 2023, Ashley Jardina is an assistant professor of public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. Jardina’s research focuses on racial attitudes, racial conflict, and the way in which group identities influence political preferences in the United States. Read full bio Peter Johannessen Assistant Professor of Public Policy pgj4d@virginia.edu Garrett Hall L038 Peter Johannessen is an assistant professor of public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Johannessen’s research explores how popular participation shapes the local policy-making process, including projects that focus on local electoral responsiveness and the design of participatory governance institutions in Brazil. Read full bio
Galen Fountain Lecturer Galen Fountain is a lecturer at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Previously, he served for nearly two decades as Clerk of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies and prior to that as Counsel to the Senate Committee on Small Business. Read full bio
Ashley Jardina Assistant Professor of Public Policy ajardina@virginia.edu Garrett Hall 106 As of Fall 2023, Ashley Jardina is an assistant professor of public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. Jardina’s research focuses on racial attitudes, racial conflict, and the way in which group identities influence political preferences in the United States. Read full bio
Peter Johannessen Assistant Professor of Public Policy pgj4d@virginia.edu Garrett Hall L038 Peter Johannessen is an assistant professor of public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Johannessen’s research explores how popular participation shapes the local policy-making process, including projects that focus on local electoral responsiveness and the design of participatory governance institutions in Brazil. Read full bio