Admissions & Aid Applying to Batten Admissions Blog Posts Tagged with Faculty In Action This term is used for the Faculty in Action teasers on the Faculty & Research landing page. $1.5 million for Research on Appalachian Renewable Energy Batten professor Christine Mahoney and her team secured a $1.5 million grant to study renewable energy and resilience in Appalachia, building on the Batten School’s growing Tadler Program on Impact Investing in Appalachia. Read More Faculty In Action, Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service A Second Chance: The Promise of the Prison-to-Education Pipeline Gerard Robinson, Batten professor of practice, engaged a rapt audience at Batten Hour on the inextricable dynamics of education and incarceration in the U.S. Read More Faculty In Action Raising the Bar for Human Development in Africa Dean Solomon was in Tanzania recently to facilitate the kick-off panel of the African Human Capital Summit, which drew 1,000 people, including almost 100 African heads of state and ministers to delve into the issue of investing in youth education and other societal needs on the continent. Read More Faculty In Action Improving Expertise of Congressional Staff In an op-ed published in The Messenger, Craig Volden and Alan E. Wiseman of the Center for Effective Lawmaking write that without proper career training for congressional staffers, expertise gaps on Capitol Hill will continue to be problematic. Read More Center for Effective Lawmaking, Faculty In Action, Domestic Policy & Politics Restoring the Balance How can Congress reclaim its constitutional authority to shape foreign policy? Gerald Warburg, Batten professor of practice of public policy, offers insight in an article in the Wilson Quarterly. Read More Faculty In Action, Global Politics & International Relations, International and Global Affairs, Political Science Batten Welcomes Four Scholars to the Faculty Batten is pleased to welcome four outstanding scholars who will join our faculty this fall. Read More Faculty In Action Eileen Chou New Associate Dean for Academic Affairs The Batten School is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Eileen Chou as associate dean for academic affairs, effective July 1, 2023. Read More Faculty In Action John Holbein Among UVA's Inaugural Shannon Fellows Batten professor Holbein is one of 15 faculty members chosen for a new UVA fellowship program recognizing groundbreaking research and commitment to service at UVA. Read More Faculty In Action, Domestic Policy & Politics Highlights from the New 117th Congress Legislative Effectiveness Scores Reps. Gerald Connolly, D-VA, and Don Bacon, R-NE, and Sens. Gary Peters, D-MI, and John Cornyn, R-TX, top their respective lists of the most effective Democratic and Republican lawmakers in the recently completed 117th Congress (2021–23), according to the latest round of legislative effectiveness scores compiled by the Center for Effective Lawmaking released March 20. Read More Center for Effective Lawmaking, Faculty In Action When Research Hits Home: Paper Helps Professor, Student Bond As Survivors Batten School professor Lucy Bassett and UVA alum Maya Ewart discovered a personal bond that led to a collaborative research project showcasing how depictions of eating disorders in popular culture and media are frequently out of touch with reality. Read More Faculty In Action Pagination Page 1 Next page ›› Subscribe to Faculty In Action 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)