Admissions & Aid Applying to Batten Admissions Blog Posts Tagged with Research and Commentary Stop Quiet Quitters From Sabotaging Your Company Speaking with Investor's Business Daily, Batten School professor Jim Detert offers tips for identifying “quiet quitters” who are no longer as engaged with their employer’s mission. Read More Research and Commentary, Economics Why aren't more moms running for office? One group is hoping to change that Moms are a political force in voting but are underrepresented as candidates. In an interview with NPR, Batten School Professor Jennifer Lawless shares some ideas about that disparity. Read More Research and Commentary, Domestic Policy & Politics How gender, race, age and voter ID laws affect whether a voter actually casts a ballot Young Americans say they are interested in politics, but few of them vote. Writing for The Conversation, Batten School professor John Holbein offers some ideas on how to encourage them. Read More Research and Commentary, Democracy Netflix Suggests Your Next Show. Should An Algorithm Suggest Your Next Class? Ben Castleman, associate professor of public policy and education at the Batten School, researches whether predictive analytics can be used to provide students and instructors with tailored recommendations about course and career pathways. Read More Research and Commentary, Education Expert: Russia Risks Becoming ‘Isolated Pariah State’ if it Uses Nukes Russia’s president is threatening to use “all the powers and means at our disposal” in its fight against Ukraine. Nuclear weapons expert and Batten School professor Todd Sechser weighs in on the possibilities. Read More Research and Commentary, National Security Quiet quitting and the great resignation have a common cause – dissatisfied workers feel they can’t speak up in the workplace James Detert, Professor of Business Administration and faculty affiliate of the Batten School, explains "organizational silence" in an article for The Conversation. Workers stand up against inappropriate behavior roughly one-third of the time. There are four common fears that keep people from speaking up. Read More Research and Commentary, Economics Pelosi, Lawrence and the ‘Arc of Power’ In an opinion piece for The Hill, Batten School professor Gerald Warburg takes a look at Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's legacy in light of a new book about the era of Pelosi’s first speakership, "Arc of Power." Read More Research and Commentary Workhorses, not show horses: Five ways to promote effective lawmaking in Congress Craig Volden, professor at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and Co-Director of the Center for Effective Lawmaking, writes in The Conversation that there are ways to get things done under the U.S. Capitol dome. Read More Center for Effective Lawmaking, Research and Commentary, Democracy Hey, Parents of New College Students: This Expert Advice Is Just For You UVA Today reached out to Batten School's Tim Davis, a clinical psychologist, to get tips for the parents of entering students. It’s time to loosen the reins and change how to interact with these young adults. Read More Research and Commentary, Social Psychology Higginbotham in APA Article: Anti-Black racism linked to lower support for some gun rights The American Psychological Assocation shares findings from post-doctoral scholar Gerald Higginbotham's research that racial resentment leads some to associate gun rights with white people. Read More Research and Commentary, Racial Justice and Equity Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 2 Next page ›› Subscribe to Research and Commentary Categories Events(13) SE Minor(25) Faculty(2) Admissions(52) Personal Statement(3) Policy Minor(43) Batten Ambassadors(29) BA(66) Curriculum(33) Career Outcomes(8) MPP(40) Recommendations(11) Application(34) New Student(18) Accelerated MPP(61) Student Life(37) Tuition and Financial Aid (1)Essays(8) Alumni(6) Study Abroad (1)