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Spicer Professor of Politics and Professor of Public Policy jll9jx@virginia.edu Gibson Hall Jennifer L. Lawless is the Leone Reaves and George W. Spicer Professor of Politics and professor of public policy at the University of Virginia and at the Batten School. Lawless is also a Senior Fellow at UVA's Miller Center. Her research focuses on political ambition, campaigns and elections, and media and politics. Read full bio Tim Layton Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics timothyjlayton@virginia.edu Garrett Hall Timothy Layton is an associate professor of public policy and economics, specializing in health economics, at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. Layton's research focuses on the economics of health insurance markets, with a particular focus on markets and social health insurance programs for low-income households. His research involves a mix of empirical and conceptual work studying how and why health insurance markets often struggle to provide the contracts consumers want at prices they can afford. Read full bio Phuong Le Postdoctoral Research Associate bhh9kg@virginia.edu Phuong Le is a postdoctoral researcher at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. She studies the psychology of how people motivate themselves and others to obtain valued long-term goals. Read full bio David Leblang Ambassador Henry J. Taylor and Mrs. Marion R. Taylor Endowed Professor of Politics and Professor of Public Policy leblang@virginia.edu 434-243-1574 Gibson Hall David Leblang is a professor of public policy at the Batten School, the Ambassador Henry J. Taylor and Mrs Marion R. Taylor Endowed Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, and the Randolph Compton Professor of Public Affairs at UVA's Miller Center. Leblang is a scholar of political economy with research interests in global migration and in the politics of financial markets. Read full bio Brooke Lehmann Lecturer brooke@capitolworksllc.com Brooke Lehmann is a lecturer at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. A national expert on the design, development, and reform of pediatric health/mental health services, special education and child welfare systems, her work addresses policies ranging from school-based health care to international crisis support for children and families. Read full bio Michael Lenox Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business and Professor of Public Policy; Senior Advisor to the Dean, Darden LenoxM@virginia.edu Michael J. Lenox is the Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business Administration and special advisor for the dean at the Darden School of Business; senior faculty fellow at the Miller Center, where he serves as an Academic Co-Director of the Project on Democracy and Capitalism; and professor of public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. Lenox's primary expertise is in the domain of technology strategy and policy. He is broadly interested in the role of innovation and entrepreneurship for economic growth and firm competitive success. Read full bio Gianpaolo Licata Associate Director of Academic Operations licatag@virginia.edu Gianpaolo Licata is the Associate Director of Academic Operations at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Read full bio Tina Yi Lin Associate Director, Center for Social Innovation TinaL@virginia.edu Associate Director for the Center for Social Innovation in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. She earned her B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Data Science from the University of Virginia. Read full bio Craig Lindqvist Associate Dean for Administration csl3g@virginia.edu (434) 243-7528 Craig Lindqvist serves as the Associate Dean for Administration at the Batten School where he oversees the school's business affairs, planning, finances, personnel, technology, facilities, and other non-academic functions. Read full bio Molly Lipscomb Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics; Director of the Center for Social Innovation molly.lipscomb@virginia.edu 434-982-1561 Molly Lipscomb is an associate professor of public policy and economics at the Batten School and the Director of the Center for Social Innovation at the University of Virginia. Lipscomb’s research focuses primarily on environmental issues in developing countries and adaptation to lack of centralized health and sanitation services. Read full bio Jennifer Ludovici Director of Operations for National Security Initiatives jll4m@virginia.edu (804) 564-5021 Jennifer Ludovici is the Director of Operations for National Security Initiatives. She has over 18 years of experience in higher education administration in both the public and private sector. In her role at the NSPC, she focuses on faculty research collaboration, project coordination and program development as well as general operations and communications. Jennifer holds a post-graduate certificate in project management from UVA, and a BA/MEd in history and education from James Madison University. Read full bio Andrew S. Pennock Associate Professor of Public Policy andrew.pennock@virginia.edu 434-243-1128 Garrett Hall Andy Pennock is an associate professor of public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. He serves UVA as the faculty director of Batten’s MPP orientation program, on Batten’s curriculum committee, and as an elected member of the Executive Council of the Faculty Senate. Pennock’s academic research examines public policy in the global economy as well as the scholarship of teaching and learning Read full bio John Pepper Professor of Economics and Public Policy jvp3m@virginia.edu 434-924-3402 John V. Pepper is a professor of economics and public policy at the Batten School and a professor of economics in the Department of Economics at the University of Virginia. His work examines identification problems that arise when evaluating a wide range of public policy questions including such subjects as health and disability programs, welfare policies (e.g., SNAP), and drug and crime policies. Read full bio Daniel W. Player Associate Professor of Public Policy dwp2g@virginia.edu 434-243-0904 Garrett Hall Dan Player is an associate professor of public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. His research focuses on issues in education policy. His work has examined questions such as how teacher ability is recognized and rewarded in schools, whether teacher performance predicts turnover, and how teachers respond to working conditions. Read full bio Nicolo Porto CAPS Therapist cqk8gh@virginia.edu 434-243-5150 Garrett Hall, L005 Nicolo Porto is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. He graduated from Marquette University in 2014 with a B.A. in Psychology and Sociology. Read full bio Philip Potter Professor of Politics and Public Policy; Founding Director of the National Security Policy Center pbp2s@virginia.edu Gibson Hall and NSPC Philip Potter is a professor of politics and Founding Director of the National Security Policy Center at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. He is also a University Expert with the National Ground Intelligence Center, US Army INSCOM. He has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Politics and the Journal of Global Security Studies and is an Associate Principal Investigator for Time-Sharing Experiments in the Social Sciences (TESS). Read full bio Rachel A. Potter Associate Professor of Politics and Public Policy rapotter@virginia.edu Gibson Hall Rachel Augustine Potter is an Associate Professor of Politics, a Senior Fellow at the Miller Center for Public Affairs, and Associate Professor of Public Policy by Courtesy in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. Her research focuses on American political institutions, with a particular emphasis on the executive branch and the bureaucracy. Read full bio
Jennifer Lawless Leone Reaves and George W. Spicer Professor of Politics and Professor of Public Policy jll9jx@virginia.edu Gibson Hall Jennifer L. Lawless is the Leone Reaves and George W. Spicer Professor of Politics and professor of public policy at the University of Virginia and at the Batten School. Lawless is also a Senior Fellow at UVA's Miller Center. Her research focuses on political ambition, campaigns and elections, and media and politics. Read full bio
Tim Layton Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics timothyjlayton@virginia.edu Garrett Hall Timothy Layton is an associate professor of public policy and economics, specializing in health economics, at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. Layton's research focuses on the economics of health insurance markets, with a particular focus on markets and social health insurance programs for low-income households. His research involves a mix of empirical and conceptual work studying how and why health insurance markets often struggle to provide the contracts consumers want at prices they can afford. Read full bio
Phuong Le Postdoctoral Research Associate bhh9kg@virginia.edu Phuong Le is a postdoctoral researcher at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. She studies the psychology of how people motivate themselves and others to obtain valued long-term goals. Read full bio
David Leblang Ambassador Henry J. Taylor and Mrs. Marion R. Taylor Endowed Professor of Politics and Professor of Public Policy leblang@virginia.edu 434-243-1574 Gibson Hall David Leblang is a professor of public policy at the Batten School, the Ambassador Henry J. Taylor and Mrs Marion R. Taylor Endowed Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, and the Randolph Compton Professor of Public Affairs at UVA's Miller Center. Leblang is a scholar of political economy with research interests in global migration and in the politics of financial markets. Read full bio
Brooke Lehmann Lecturer brooke@capitolworksllc.com Brooke Lehmann is a lecturer at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. A national expert on the design, development, and reform of pediatric health/mental health services, special education and child welfare systems, her work addresses policies ranging from school-based health care to international crisis support for children and families. Read full bio
Michael Lenox Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business and Professor of Public Policy; Senior Advisor to the Dean, Darden LenoxM@virginia.edu Michael J. Lenox is the Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business Administration and special advisor for the dean at the Darden School of Business; senior faculty fellow at the Miller Center, where he serves as an Academic Co-Director of the Project on Democracy and Capitalism; and professor of public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. Lenox's primary expertise is in the domain of technology strategy and policy. He is broadly interested in the role of innovation and entrepreneurship for economic growth and firm competitive success. Read full bio
Gianpaolo Licata Associate Director of Academic Operations licatag@virginia.edu Gianpaolo Licata is the Associate Director of Academic Operations at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Read full bio
Tina Yi Lin Associate Director, Center for Social Innovation TinaL@virginia.edu Associate Director for the Center for Social Innovation in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. She earned her B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Data Science from the University of Virginia. Read full bio
Craig Lindqvist Associate Dean for Administration csl3g@virginia.edu (434) 243-7528 Craig Lindqvist serves as the Associate Dean for Administration at the Batten School where he oversees the school's business affairs, planning, finances, personnel, technology, facilities, and other non-academic functions. Read full bio
Molly Lipscomb Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics; Director of the Center for Social Innovation molly.lipscomb@virginia.edu 434-982-1561 Molly Lipscomb is an associate professor of public policy and economics at the Batten School and the Director of the Center for Social Innovation at the University of Virginia. Lipscomb’s research focuses primarily on environmental issues in developing countries and adaptation to lack of centralized health and sanitation services. Read full bio
Jennifer Ludovici Director of Operations for National Security Initiatives jll4m@virginia.edu (804) 564-5021 Jennifer Ludovici is the Director of Operations for National Security Initiatives. She has over 18 years of experience in higher education administration in both the public and private sector. In her role at the NSPC, she focuses on faculty research collaboration, project coordination and program development as well as general operations and communications. Jennifer holds a post-graduate certificate in project management from UVA, and a BA/MEd in history and education from James Madison University. Read full bio
Andrew S. Pennock Associate Professor of Public Policy andrew.pennock@virginia.edu 434-243-1128 Garrett Hall Andy Pennock is an associate professor of public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. He serves UVA as the faculty director of Batten’s MPP orientation program, on Batten’s curriculum committee, and as an elected member of the Executive Council of the Faculty Senate. Pennock’s academic research examines public policy in the global economy as well as the scholarship of teaching and learning Read full bio
John Pepper Professor of Economics and Public Policy jvp3m@virginia.edu 434-924-3402 John V. Pepper is a professor of economics and public policy at the Batten School and a professor of economics in the Department of Economics at the University of Virginia. His work examines identification problems that arise when evaluating a wide range of public policy questions including such subjects as health and disability programs, welfare policies (e.g., SNAP), and drug and crime policies. Read full bio
Daniel W. Player Associate Professor of Public Policy dwp2g@virginia.edu 434-243-0904 Garrett Hall Dan Player is an associate professor of public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. His research focuses on issues in education policy. His work has examined questions such as how teacher ability is recognized and rewarded in schools, whether teacher performance predicts turnover, and how teachers respond to working conditions. Read full bio
Nicolo Porto CAPS Therapist cqk8gh@virginia.edu 434-243-5150 Garrett Hall, L005 Nicolo Porto is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. He graduated from Marquette University in 2014 with a B.A. in Psychology and Sociology. Read full bio
Philip Potter Professor of Politics and Public Policy; Founding Director of the National Security Policy Center pbp2s@virginia.edu Gibson Hall and NSPC Philip Potter is a professor of politics and Founding Director of the National Security Policy Center at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. He is also a University Expert with the National Ground Intelligence Center, US Army INSCOM. He has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Politics and the Journal of Global Security Studies and is an Associate Principal Investigator for Time-Sharing Experiments in the Social Sciences (TESS). Read full bio
Rachel A. Potter Associate Professor of Politics and Public Policy rapotter@virginia.edu Gibson Hall Rachel Augustine Potter is an Associate Professor of Politics, a Senior Fellow at the Miller Center for Public Affairs, and Associate Professor of Public Policy by Courtesy in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. Her research focuses on American political institutions, with a particular emphasis on the executive branch and the bureaucracy. Read full bio