Admissions & Aid Applying to Batten Admissions Blog Posts Tagged with Batten Women in Policy Present a Conversation with Tahirih Justice Center Join Women in Policy for a live conversation with legal advocates and program project associates from Tahirih Justice Center regarding their work around gender-based violence and protecting the rights of immigrant survivors. Read More Batten, Social Equity Mental Health Crisis Public Awareness Campaign Summit This summit will provide an opportunity for participants to look back, look around and to look ahead by appreciating the complexity and taking advantage of the opportunity to address the mental health crisis -- and stress the intentionality of doing so in an equitable way. Read More Batten, Social Equity, Social Psychology A Reception with Stennis Congressional Fellows Join twenty senior congressional staffers for a reception. The Batten School and the Center for Effective Lawmaking are honored to host this event welcoming the 117th Stennis Fellows Program to the University of Virginia. Read More Batten, Center for Effective Lawmaking, Democracy Fireside Chat between Virginia Secretary of Education and Dean Rowley The Batten School and the School of Education and Human Development welcome State of Virginia Secretary of Education, Aimee Guidera, and SEHD’s Dean Rowley for a fireside chat open to students. Read More Batten, EdPolicyWorks: Center for Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness, Education Batten Blitz: Student Organization Fair This is an opportunity for students to learn more about the student organizations that the Batten School has to offer as well as hear tips on how to host programs that draw in peers. Read More Batten Amplifying the Voices of the Enslaved: A Trip to Montpelier The Batten School has collaborated with James Madison's Montpelier to host a private tour, lecture and lunch with Interim President and CEO of Montpelier, Elizabeth Chew. Read More Batten Batten Faculty Research Blitz Learn more about current research and engagement work being done by our own Batten faculty. Read More Batten Erdal Tekin 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. Read More Batten Åsa Löfgren Åsa Löfgren is associate professor at the Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg and chairs the Centre for Collective Action Research. Löfgren is an international expert in the area of climate economics; in particular she has focused on climate change and behavioral economics. She is particularly interested in the effect and design of policy instruments, fairness, and industrial investment behavior, such as firms' carbon-reduction investment behavior in response to climate strategies. Read More Batten Kyle Dobson Kyle Dobson studies how we form authentic connections at work. Dobson's research examines how organizations often devalue employees’ authenticity to ensure conformity and reduce conflict at the cost of inclusion, engagement, commitment, and performance—in settings from police departments to schools. Read More Batten Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 2 Next page ›› Subscribe to Batten Categories Tuition and Financial Aid (1)Career Outcomes(8) Faculty(2) Policy Minor(37) Recommendations(11) MPP(39) Batten Ambassadors(28) Admissions(44) BA(60) SE Minor(19) Alumni(6) Study Abroad (1)Application(31) Events(11) Personal Statement(3) Essays(8) Student Life(36) Accelerated MPP(56) New Student(13) Curriculum(32)