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. 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 Child Care Centers Are Turning Away Families Due to Teacher Turnover Batten School professor Daphna Bassok spoke with UVA Today about the how teacher turnover is impacting child care centers. Read More Faculty In Action, School of Education and Human Development, Education Faculty Members Weigh How To Enter the Brave New World of AI Batten School professor Andrew Pennock spoke with UVA Today about the opportunity for faculty to work with students to consider both the benefits and limits of AI applications like ChatGPT. Read More Faculty In Action Eileen Chou: Leadership Skills and Effectiveness Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy professor Eileen Chou spoke to UVA Lifetime Learning's podcast about leadership, including her belief that leaders are made and not born. Read More Faculty In Action, Leadership Building Connections & Finding Purpose: Prof. Daniel Player on Teaching Daniel Player, associate professor of public policy with a focus on education policy, found his "dream job" teaching at the Batten School. Read More Faculty In Action Batten Faculty Member Tapped to Lead Outreach at Penn State Larry D. Terry II, executive director of the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service and faculty member at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, has been selected as the vice president for outreach at Penn State University. Read More Faculty In Action, Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service Want To Help Save the World? This New Book Club Offers a Novel Approach News and facts about humanitarian crises don't drive people to action, but a good fiction book might. Batten School professor Kirsten Gelsdorf and Humanitarian Collaborative practitioner fellow Adrienne Ghaly created a book club that might save the world. Read More Faculty In Action, Humanitarian Policy, UVA Humanitarian Collaborative Liberal, Conservative Professors Find Common Ground in Shared Course Mary Kate Cary and Jennifer Lawless taught a class from both sides of the political spectrum with success. Read More Faculty In Action, Democracy The Center for Effective Lawmaking Meets with Delegation from the Ukrainian Parliament Batten School Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Effective Lawmaking, Craig Volden, met with a delegation from the Ukrainian Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, in early September to discuss lawmaking effectiveness. Read More Center for Effective Lawmaking, Faculty In Action, Democracy Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 2 Next page ›› Subscribe to Faculty In Action Categories Recommendations(11) Alumni(6) Batten Ambassadors(29) BA(66) Events(13) Policy Minor(43) SE Minor(25) Tuition and Financial Aid (1)Accelerated MPP(61) Student Life(37) MPP(40) Personal Statement(3) Curriculum(33) Application(34) Study Abroad (1)Essays(8) Faculty(2) Career Outcomes(8) New Student(18) Admissions(52)