Resources Faculty & Staff Directory Faculty & Staff Directory A K L V W Facet Last Name - Directory Faculty Staff Facet Person Type - Directory Political Science Domestic Policy & Politics Advocacy Facet Area of Focus - Directory Department of Politics School of Education and Human Development Department of Economics National Security Policy Center Global Policy Center School of Law Darden School of Business EdPolicyWorks: Center for Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness McIntire School of Commerce Social Innovation @ UVA Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service Miller Center School of Nursing The Equity Center (-) Center for Effective Lawmaking Facet UVA Partner - Directory 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 Justin H. Kirkland Associate Professor of Politics and Public Policy jhk9y@virginia.edu S162 Gibson Hall Justin H. Kirkland is an associate professor of politics and public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. His research focuses on understanding the relationship between public opinion and legislative behavior, institutional rules and legislative outcomes, and methods for analyzing legislative choices. 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 Jennifer Lawless Leone Reaves and George W. Spicer Professor of Politics and Professor of Public Policy jll9jx@virginia.edu 264 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 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 Gerald Warburg Professor of Practice of Public Policy gfw2f@virginia.edu 434-243-1173 Garrett Hall 102 Gerry Warburg is a professor of practice of public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Prior to Batten, he worked with Congress for several decades, serving as a legislative assistant to members of leadership in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. 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
Justin H. Kirkland Associate Professor of Politics and Public Policy jhk9y@virginia.edu S162 Gibson Hall Justin H. Kirkland is an associate professor of politics and public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. His research focuses on understanding the relationship between public opinion and legislative behavior, institutional rules and legislative outcomes, and methods for analyzing legislative choices. 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
Jennifer Lawless Leone Reaves and George W. Spicer Professor of Politics and Professor of Public Policy jll9jx@virginia.edu 264 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
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
Gerald Warburg Professor of Practice of Public Policy gfw2f@virginia.edu 434-243-1173 Garrett Hall 102 Gerry Warburg is a professor of practice of public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Prior to Batten, he worked with Congress for several decades, serving as a legislative assistant to members of leadership in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Read full bio