Admissions & Aid Applying to Batten Admissions Blog Posts Tagged with Center for Effective Lawmaking Colin Achilles 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 More Center for Effective Lawmaking, Staff, Center for Effective Lawmaking Erinn Lauterbach 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 More Batten Publication, Center for Effective Lawmaking, Staff, Event, News, Center for Effective Lawmaking, Research, Research Speaker, Workshop Craig Volden 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 More Batten Publication, Center for Effective Lawmaking, Faculty, Event, News, Center for Effective Lawmaking, Research, Research Speaker, Workshop, Department of Politics, Political Science, Domestic Policy & Politics Pagination Subscribe to Center for Effective Lawmaking Categories Accelerated MPP(40) BA(38) Tuition and Financial Aid (1)New Student(2) Admissions(28) Curriculum(19) Minor(24) Recommendations(6) Student Life(21) Alumni (1)Personal Statement(2) MPP(27) Career Outcomes(5) Essays(4) Batten Ambassadors(18) Events(8) Application(22)