Resources Faculty & Staff Directory Faculty & Staff Directory A L V Facet Last Name - Directory Staff Faculty Facet Person Type - Directory Domestic Policy & Politics Political Science Facet Area of Focus - Directory Center for Effective Lawmaking Department of Politics Facet UVA Partner - Directory National Security Policy Center Global Policy Center Academic Affairs EdPolicyWorks: Center for Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness Information Technology Dean’s Office Development Social Entrepreneurship @ UVA Social Innovation @ UVA Center for Health Policy External Affairs Student & Alumni Services (-) Center for Effective Lawmaking Facet Batten Department - Directory Colin Achilles Associate Director, Center for Effective Lawmaking cachilles@virginia.edu 434-243-7180 Colin Achilles is the Associate Director of the Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL), a joint partnership between the Batten School and Vanderbilt University. He is the manager of day-to-day operations at CEL. Read full bio Erinn Lauterbach Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Center for Effective Lawmaking el2db@virginia.edu Garrett Hall L060 I am currently a Post Doctoral Research Associate at the Center for Effective Lawmaking in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. I received my PhD in American Politics from the University of California, Riverside, in June 2020. Read full bio Craig Volden Professor of Public Policy and Politics and Director of the Center for Effective Lawmaking volden@virginia.edu 434-243-3725 Garrett Hall 109 Craig Volden is a professor of public policy and politics, with appointments in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics. Volden is also the Co-Director of the Center for Effective Lawmaking. He studies legislative politics and the interaction among political institutions, including within American federalism. Read full bio
Colin Achilles Associate Director, Center for Effective Lawmaking cachilles@virginia.edu 434-243-7180 Colin Achilles is the Associate Director of the Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL), a joint partnership between the Batten School and Vanderbilt University. He is the manager of day-to-day operations at CEL. Read full bio
Erinn Lauterbach Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Center for Effective Lawmaking el2db@virginia.edu Garrett Hall L060 I am currently a Post Doctoral Research Associate at the Center for Effective Lawmaking in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. I received my PhD in American Politics from the University of California, Riverside, in June 2020. Read full bio
Craig Volden Professor of Public Policy and Politics and Director of the Center for Effective Lawmaking volden@virginia.edu 434-243-3725 Garrett Hall 109 Craig Volden is a professor of public policy and politics, with appointments in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics. Volden is also the Co-Director of the Center for Effective Lawmaking. He studies legislative politics and the interaction among political institutions, including within American federalism. Read full bio