Congratulations, Graduates

Caps off to UR’s most recent employee grads. Well done, Spiders!

TAMMY ALEXANDER

Master of Liberal Arts Academic Advisor, SPCS Administration

RACHEL BRINGEWATT

Master of Education Fitness Trainer, Wellness Programs

SHANI BUCHHOLZ

Certificate in Applied Studies Administrative Coordinator, Office of Common Ground

LINDSEY CAMPBELL

Master of Nonprofit Studies Media Relations Specialist, University Communications

ELIOT CLEVELAND

Master of Business Administration Manager, ETC and Dean’s Den

RACHAEL CONNORS Master of Human Resource Management HR Representative, Human Resources

SOJOURNA CUNNINGHAM

Master of Liberal Arts Social Sciences Librarian, Boatwright Memorial Library

MEGAN DOOLEY

Master of Human Resource Management Assistant Director of Regional Initiatives, Alumni Relations

JONATHAN FISHER

Master of Human Resource Management Talent Acquisition Specialist, Human Resources

JOSH JEFFREYS

Master of Business Administration Jewish Chaplain and Director of Religious Life, Office of the Chaplaincy

SARAH LEVINE

Certificate in Applied Studies Financial Analyst, Planning and Budget

PAUL LOZO

Master of Business Administration Director of Environmental Operations, University Facilities/ Support Services

CARRIE LUDOVICO

Master of Business Administration Business Librarian, Boatwright Memorial Library

DRU MARSH

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts Line Service Associate, Heilman Dining Center

TIM NESSELRODT

Master of Nonprofit Studies Sport Club Coach, Sport Clubs

CRISSY POINDEXTER

Bachelor of Science in Professional Studies Office and Catering Specialist, Heilman Dining Center

ROBERT RICHARDS

Certificate in Applied Studies Pro Technician, Modlin Center for the Arts

JENNA SLOWEY

Master of Nonprofit Studies Assistant Coach, Women’s Lacrosse

CAROLINE STEADMAN

Master of Business Administration Leadership Gift Officer, Annual Giving

Employees listed above graduated in December 2019, May 2020, or August 2020. Many, if not all, received their undergraduate or graduate degrees using the University’s tuition remission program. Visit hr.richmond.edu/ benefits for more details. KRISTINE NOLIN, associate professor of chemistry; Carrie Wu, associate professor of biology; and current and former students published “Convergence of glandular trichome morphology and chemistry in two montane monkeyflower (Mimulus, Phrymaceae) species” in Flora.

WILL O’NEAL, director of organic chemistry laboratories, published Exercises for the General, Organic, & Biochemistry Laboratory, 2nd Edition (Morton Publishing).

ELIZABETH OUTKA, professor of English, published Viral Modernism: The Influenza Pandemic and Interwar Literature (Columbia University Press). Outka published “How Pandemics Seep into Literature” in The Paris Review.

JON PARK, assistant professor of computer science, and students published “Automatic Fact-checking of Claims from Wikipedia” on ACL Anthology.

SANDRA PEART, dean of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, co-published Towards an Economics of Natural Equals: A Documentary History of the Early Virginia School (Cambridge University Press).

JEPPE VON PLATZ, assistant professor of philosophy, published Theories of Distributive Justice: Who Gets What and Why (Routledge).

CYNTHIA PRICE, associate vice president of media and public relations; Sunni Brown, director of media and public relations; and Lindsey Campbell, media relations specialist, won first place in the Virginia Professional Communicators’ annual communications contest in the Communications Programs and Campaigns – Community, Institutional, or Internal Relations category and second place in the Web and Social Media – Website Edited or Managed by Entrant – Nonprofit, Government, or Educational category. The two awards recognized the team’s strategic approach to elevate UR faculty-authored pieces with The Conversation as well as their work on developing UR’s Newsroom website as a destination for reporters in order to secure national media opportunities.

TERRY PRICE, Coston Family Chair in Leadership and Ethics, published Leadership and the Ethics of Influence (Routledge).

OMAR QUINTERO, associate professor of biology, co-published “Myosin XIX” in Myosins, second edition (Springer).

WENDELL ROBERTS, adjunct associate professor of education, was elected chair of the Virginia Council of School Attorneys, an affiliate of the National Council of School Attorneys and the only statewide organization for attorneys who represent public K–12 school boards.

CHRISTOPHER VON RUEDEN, associate professor of leadership studies, co-authored “From genes to minds to cultures: Evolutionary approaches to leadership” in The Leadership Quarterly and “Mother’s social status is associated with child health in a horticulturalist population,” in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

NICOLE SACKLEY, associate professor of history and American studies, received a $50,000 American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship, a $2,000 Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges Mednick Memorial Fellowship, and a $2,000 grant from the Friends of University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries for her book project Co-op Capitalism: Cooperatives, International Development, and American Visions of Capitalism in the Twentieth Century.

EMILY SAUNDERS, assistant director of student and young graduate programming, presented “Redesigning the Recent Grad Experience” at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District III annual conference in Orlando, Florida.

BRITTANY SCHAAL, director of emergency management, was awarded the Outstanding Emergency Manager in Higher Education Award from the Virginia Emergency Management Association.

CHARLYNN SMALL, licensed clinical psychologist in Counseling and Psychological Services, published Treating Black Women with Eating Disorders: A Clinician’s Guide (Routledge).

BOB SPIRES, associate professor of education, and Monti Datta, associate professor of political science, published “Encompass Southeast Asia” in Education about Asia.

RANIA SWEIS, associate professor of anthropology and global studies, was awarded the 2020 Southeast Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Society’s Academic Article or Book Chapter Prize in recognition of outstanding scholarship in Middle Eastern studies for “Doctors with Borders: Hierarchies of Humanitarians and the Syrian Civil War.” AGNIESZKA SZYMANSKA, assistant professor of art history, received the Getty/American Council for Learned Societies Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History of Art for the 2020–21 academic year and the Franklin Research Grant from the American Philosophical Society for her book project Sacred Spectating: Monastic Architecture and Spirituality in Late Antique Egypt.

MARCELLA TORRES, director of mathematical studies, and Joanna Wares, associate professor of mathematics, received a grant from the Associated Colleges of the South for a project focused on creating mathematics and data science resources to support socially relevant teaching in the time of COVID-19.

RACHEL TURK, staff psychologist in athletics, was named the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Support Staff Member of the Year.

JOANNA WARES, associate professor of mathematics, and Marcella Torres, director of mathematical studies, received a grant from the Associated Colleges of the South for a project focused on creating mathematics and data science resources to support socially relevant teaching in the time of COVID-19. Wares co-published “Fostering Diversity in Top-Rated Pure Mathematics Graduate Programs” in Notices of the American Mathematical Society.

JAMELLE WILSON, dean of the School of Professional & Continuing Studies, presented “Paying the Rent: Finding Value through a Life of Service” at Westminster Canterbury Richmond’s 41st annual Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Award ceremony.

OLIVIA WOLFSON, associate director of campus events and volunteer engagement, presented “Breathing New Light Into Signature Events: How to Engage Alumni, New and Old” at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District III annual conference in Orlando, Florida.

CARRIE WU, associate professor of biology; Kristine Nolin, associate professor of chemistry; and current and former students published “Convergence of glandular trichome morphology and chemistry in two montane monkeyflower (Mimulus, Phrymaceae) species” in Flora.

EUGENE WU, associate professor of biology and biochemistry; Michelle Hamm, Clarence E. Denoon Professor of Science; and student co-authors published “The Importance of Ile716 toward the Mutagenicity of 8-Oxo-2’-deoxyguanosine with Bacillus Fragment DNA Polymerase” in DNA Repair.