Expertise

• Commercial and neighborhood revitalization methods
• Impacts of community revitalization policies
• Comparative (U.S. and European) urban revitalization policies

Education

B.A., European History, University of Rochester, New York
Ph.D., Urban and Regional Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Teaching

Urban economic development policy, planning and finance, commercial revitalization, community planning practice, analytical methods for development planning, European city planning and development

Research interests

Commercial and neighborhood revitalization methods; impacts of community revitalization policies; comparative (U.S. and European) urban revitalization policies

Accomplishments

John Accordino, Ph.D., FAICP, began his VCU career in 1986 as an assistant professor in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning. He later served as chair of the department. More recently, he was director of the Wilder School’s Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (CURA). He served as interim dean and then dean from July 2016 until April 2018. He is a professor in the Wilder School’s Urban and Regional Studies and Planning program and also directs partnerships with universities in Italy and Germany.

He has written books, monographs and articles on urban revitalization and related topics, as well as applied-research reports and plans for government agencies, retail merchants associations and community-based development organizations in economic development, commercial revitalization and workforce analysis. He has established student exchanges with two German universities, and he directs VCU’s partnership with the University of Messina, Sicily, which supports both scholarly and student exchanges.

Selected publications

Targeting Investments for Neighborhood Revitalization. Journal of the American Planning Association (Fall 2006). With George Galster and Peter Tatian.

Planning for Impact: Richmond Takes an Aggressive Approach to Targeting Neighborhood Revitalization Resources. Practicing Planner, Vol. 3, No. 1 (March 2005).

Urban Redevelopment Project Financing. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (2001). With Emil E. Malizia.

Captives of the Cold War Economy: The Struggle for Defense Conversion in American Communities. Praeger Publishers (2000).

Expertise

• Organized crime and corruption
• Professional ethics
• Transnational crime

Education

Ph.D., Criminal Justice, Rutgers University
M.A., Criminal Justice, Rutgers University
B.A., Sociology/Natural Science, Niagara University

Teaching

Organized crime, Professional ethics and liability, Cybercrime, Ethics & Decision-making in Criminal Justice, Comparative criminal justice, Introduction to Criminal Justice.

Research interests

Transnational crime (organized crime, human trafficking, corruption, cybercrime); ethics (ethics and criminal justice, white-collar crime, public corruption, gambling and crime); the future of crime (emerging crimes — intellectual property theft, smuggling of natural resources, new forms of fraud and ethical dilemmas).

Accomplishments

Albanese served as chief of the National Institute of Justice's International Center. The NIJ is the research arm of the U.S. Department of Justice, responsible for developing and executing transnational crime and justice research and evaluation, as well as coordinating with United Nations efforts in these areas. He is a past president of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, former executive director of the International Association for the Study of Organized Crime and served on the executive board of the American Society of Criminology, where he now serves as UN Liaison.

Dr. Albanese is the author and editor of 20 books on organized crime, ethics, corruption, transnational crime, and criminal justice. He has delivered invited presentations in 24 countries. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award from Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU's Elske Smith Distinguished Lecturer Award, the Freda Adler Award from the American Society of Criminology Division of International Criminology for significant contributions to criminology internationally, the Gerhard Mueller Award for research contributions from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences International Section, and the Distinguished Scholar Award from the International Association for the Study of Organized Crime.

Dr. Albanese has also served as chair of the international divisions of both the American Society of Criminology and Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. He was a visiting professor at the University of Manchester (UK). He is a fellow of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and co-founder of Criminologists without Borders.

SELECTED BOOKS

Critical Thinking about Criminal Justice: Getting to the Truth of the Matter. (2019).

Professional Ethics in Criminal Justice: Being Ethical When No One is Looking (4th ed.). Prentice Hall (2016).

Organized Crime: From the Mob to Transnational Organized Crime. Routledge (2015).

Comparative Criminal Justice Systems. (5th ed.). (with H. Dammer) Wadsworth (2014).

Transnational Organized Crime: An Overview of Six Continents (ed. with P. Reichel) Sage Publications (2014).

Encyclopedia of Criminology & Criminal Justice. (Editor-in-chief, 5-volumes)  Wiley (2014).

Transnational Crime and the 21st Century: Criminal Enterprise, Corruption, and Opportunity.  Oxford University Press (2011).

SELECTED VIDEO

Video: Why Experience SHERLOC? (2020). United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime public service announcement for its new informational portal. https://twitter.com/i/status/1248227806389178368

Video: Are We Facing an Ethics Crisis? (2018). United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime development of a global curriculum on Integrity & Ethics under the Education 4 Justice initiative to develop open access content for use by instructors and students around the world. Athens, Greece.  https://www.facebook.com/unodc/videos/10155262644027331/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2GxuXxsVbE&t=304s

Video: Without Education People Do Not Realize that Small Acts can Result in Larger Harms. (2017). United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Champions of Rule of Law. Vienna, Austria. https://www.facebook.com/unodc/videos/10154677394962331/

https://twitter.com/UNODC/status/912961520119803905 

Expertise

• Higher education policy
• University administration and leadership
• Research enterprise and administration

Education

Ph.D. in public policy and administration, Virginia Commonwealth University
M.B.A. in business administration, Tulane University
B.S. in business administration, Louisiana State University

Research interests

Dr. Jose Alcaine’s research interests include higher education policy, university administration, university leadership, college access and funding, and how universities interact with their surrounding communities as agents of economic, social and regional development. These interests stem from the belief that universities continue to be indispensable positive change agents in their communities and in society at large.

Accomplishments

Tulane University Staff Excellence Award, 2004
VCU Pride Ambassador Award Nominee, 2009
President, VCU Staff Senate, 2010-2011
President, Society of Research Administrators-Virginia Chapter, 2010-2011
Past president, Pi Alpha Alpha (PAA) VCU Chapter, National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration
Graduate of the VCU Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute's Leadership Development Program, 2014
Received VCU's School of Education Outstanding Professional Faculty Award, 2017

Expertise

• Nonprofit and public financial management
• Advocacy
• Nonprofit governance, law and leadership 

EDUCATION

B.S., Political Science, James Madison University
M.Ed., Administration and Supervision, Virginia Commonwealth University
Ed.D., Administration and Supervision, University of Virginia
Ph.D., Public Policy and Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University

TEACHING

Randy Barrack, Ph.D., Ed.D., has taught in the Master of Public Administration program at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University since 2004. He teaches courses in financial management in government, financial management in nonprofits, public policy analysis, administrative law, nonprofit leadership and advocacy.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Barrack’s academic research in recent years has focused primarily on collaborative relationships in organization public policy advocacy. Additional research interest includes organizational ecology and the growth of the collaborative nonprofit sector affecting state legislatures.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Barrack is a professional administrator with extensive experience in association and foundation management, educational leadership and public policy. A former public school teacher and high school principal, Barrack has over three decades of experience as a chief executive officer of a statewide nonprofit, professional education association and foundation working with diverse stakeholders requiring strengths in visionary leadership, finance and budget expertise, legislative lobbying and training skills. He has proven success in developing and implementing policy through collaboration with state agencies and has designed, administered, and/or presented over 500 professional education conferences, workshops, institutes, webinars and train-the-trainer programs. His UVA doctoral research was on the effectiveness of services provided by the Virginia Department of Education. His doctoral fieldwork at VCU focused on the collaborative relationships in organization public policy advocacy.

After creating an educational leadership exchange program between Virginia and the United Kingdom working with nongovernmental educational leadership organizations and local governments, Barrack was invited in 1990 by the U.S. Information Agency and National Association of Secondary School Principals to travel to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to examine the impact of perestroika and glasnost on Soviet Education. He was again invited in 1991 to observe the public education structure – including all levels of education – of the People’s Republic of China. A focus of the onsite visit was China’s Compulsory Education law that took effect in 1986.

Barrack was appointed commissioner in 2015 to the AdvancED Accreditation Commission – now Cognia Global Commission.  The Commission is the school accreditation authority for Cognia, a global nonprofit working in over 80 countries, serving 36,000 institutions, nearly 25 million students and 5 million educators every day.

Expertise

• Art and antiquities theft
• Inmate litigation and inmates' right of court access
• Correctional law and jail management

Education

B.A., Classics, Iowa State University
B.A., Anthropology, Iowa State University
M.A., Anthropology (biological concentration), University of Iowa
T.E.F.L. Certification, Interlingue School of Languages, Rome, Italy
St. John’s University School of Law Rome Summer Program
Ph.D., Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska at Omaha

M.S.L.I.S. Law Librarianship, Catholic University of America (in progress)

Teaching

Criminal law, criminal procedure, introduction to corrections, jails and issues in short-term detention, comparative criminal justice systems

Research interests

Art theft, antiquities trafficking, institutional corrections, inmates’ rights, correctional law

Accomplishments

Blythe A. B. Balestrieri collaborated with Dr. Robyn McDougle and Sheriff Michael Wade to create the Henrico County Sheriff’s Office Basic Jailor Academy, which has been in successful operation since summer 2011. Bowman Balestrieri also oversees law library services for jail residents at the Richmond City Sheriff's Office. She received the Wilder School Faculty Excellence in Scholarship Award for 2014.

Balestrieri also helped put together an international conference on organized crime in art and antiquities while serving as a key member on the planning committee of the International Scientific and Professional Advisory Council to the United Nations. While working for the Douglas County Department of Corrections in Omaha, Neb., she received the Director’s Coin of Excellence as well as a commendation for her work in the county jail law library. As a junior faculty member at VCU, she was selected to serve as guest editor on two special editions on art crime for the Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice and Crime, Law, and Social Change. Balestrieri is a member of the American Society of Criminology, American Jail Association, American Correctional Association, Virginia Correctional Association, Southern States Correctional Association, the United States Committee of the Blue Shield and the Archaeological Institute of America. Balestrieri is also a Transnational Research Fellow in VCU's Wilder School, with experience in consulting on and drafting jail-related legislation as well as providing expert testimony to the General Assembly on jail-related matters.

Selected publications

Balestrieri, B. A. B. (2021, Jan/Feb). Weekend Jail a Good Idea? Think Again. American Jails Magazine 36(6): 5-69.

Balestrieri, B. A. B. (2020). Part-time Jail Time: Jailors’ Perspectives on Nonconsecutive Day Sentencing in Virginia. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 31(3): 452-74. 

Balestrieri, B. A. B. (2019, December). Law Enforcement Activities in Virginia Sheriff’s Offices: Final Report to the Virginia Sheriffs’ Institute.

Balestrieri, B.A.B. (2019). Correctional Healthcare Delivery in Virginia’s Sheriff-run & Regional Jails: Final Report to the General Assembly.

Balestrieri, B. A. B. (2018). SB36, Nonconsecutive Day Sentencing in Virginia: Final Report to the General Assembly.

Balestrieri, B. A. B. (2017). SB851, Nonconsecutive Day Sentencing in Virginia: Final Report to the General Assembly.

McDougle, R., Proulx, B.B. & Wade, M. (2013). Innovative student internships in a correctional setting: the Henrico County corrections academy. Corrections Compendium, 37(3): 8-12.

Brodie, N. & Proulx, B.B. (2013). Museum malpractice as corporate crime? The case of the J. Paul Getty Museum. Journal of Crime & Justice,DOI:10.1080/0735648X.2013.819785

Proulx, B.B. (2012). Looting at archaeological sites in “glocal” perspective: nature, scope, & frequency of the problem. American Journal of Archaeology 117(1): 111-25.

Gordon, J., Proulx, B. & Grant, P. (2012). Trepidation among the ‘keepers’: gendered perceptions of fear and risk of victimization among corrections officers.American Journal of Criminal Justice, 26 May 2012, pp 1-21, doi: 10.1007/s12103-012-9167-1.

Proulx, B.B. (2011). Drugs, arms, and arrowheads: theft from archaeological sites and the dangers of fieldwork. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 27(4): 500-22.

Durney, M. & Proulx, B.B. (2011). Art crime: a brief introduction. Crime, Law and Social Change 56(2): 115-32.

Proulx, B.B. (2011). Organized criminal involvement in the illicit antiquities trade.Trends in Organized Crime 14(4): 1-29.

Crank, J.P. & Proulx, B.B. (2010). Toward an interpretive criminal justice. Critical Criminology 18(3): 147-67.

Bowman, B.A. (2009). Classical Literature for the Criminal Justice Classroom. Journal of Criminal Justice Education 20(1): 95- 109.

Bowman, B.A. (2008). Transnational Crimes against Culture: Looting at Archaeological Sites and the “Grey” Market in Antiquities, Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 24(3): 225-42.

Crank, J.P. & Bowman, B.A. (2008). What Is Good Criminal Justice Theory? Journal of Criminal Justice 36(6): 563-72.

Expertise

-Social Equity
-Program Evaluation
-Research Methods
-Assessment and Accreditation

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Public Administration, Rutgers University - Newark 

MPA, Public Administration, Kean University

B.S., Business Administration, Rider University

CERTIFICATIONS

Inclusive Excellence, NC State University

Reflective Teaching, NC State University

Leader Development, National Security and Strategy, U.S. Army War College

Nonprofit Management, Duke University

Certified Public Manager (CPM), State of New Jersey & Rutgers University - Newark

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Berry-James has conducted community-based and cross-site evaluation research for federal, state, and local governments.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

RaJade M. Berry-James, Ph.D., is the senior associate dean of faculty and academic affairs at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University.  Dr. Berry-James is an elected fellow of the congressionally chartered  National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) and was appointed by the NAPA Board as Chair of the Standing  Panel on Social Equity in Governance, beginning January 2023. Berry-James was also elected as Vice President and President-Elect of the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) and will assume the presidency for the 2023-24 term.  She brings an extensive record of service to the network, having served as a member of NASPAA’s Executive Council, and two-time chair of the NASPAA Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation (COPRA). Berry-James has spent more than 30 years in higher education, serving as Chair of the Faculty, MPA Program Coordinator, Ph.D. Program Coordinator, and Director of  Graduate Programs for small, large, and research-intensive graduate programs. She is also a consultant, specializing in diversity, equity, and inclusion as well as assessment and accreditation in higher education.

Berry-James' research, teaching, and community engagement focus on the theory of change and the applied practice of public administration. Co-authored with Gooden (2018), her recent book, Why Research Methods  Matter: Essential Skills in Decision Making (2018), examines real-world policymaking and evidence to support decision making. Berry-James designed two NASPAA award-winning courses, MPA Capstone and Cultural Competence in the Public Sector, and has taught master- and doctoral-level courses such as Basic Quantitative Research, Advanced Research and Statistical Methods, Research Methods and Analysis, Public Policymaking, Implementation and Evaluation, Survey Research, Program Evaluation, Public Bureaucracy, Personnel Management, Conflict Resolution and Social Equity. Her scholarly research has appeared in the Public Administration Review (PAR), Journal of Public Affairs Education (JPAE), Review of Public Personnel Administration (ROPPA), Public  Performance and Management Review (PPMR), International Journal of Public  Administration, International Association for the Study of Global Achievement of Gap, International Journal of the Humanities, Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial  Management, Journal of Black Political Research, Journal of the American Society of Professional Emergency Planners,  and Journal of Public Management & Social Policy (JPMSP).

Berry-James has received several research awards and sponsored grants to evaluate community-based projects and initiatives funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation,  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, SAMHSA/Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), SAMHSA/Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS), Summit County (OH) Juvenile Court, Summit County (OH) Department of Jobs and Family Services, and Akron Center for Policy Studies.  In recognition of her applied scholarship, she received the Carolyn L. Lattimore  Education Excellence Award (2020), Outstanding Engagement Award  (2019), Rutgers University - Newark Alumni Spotlight (2018), NASPAA Social  Justice Curriculum Award (2017), ASPA Presidential Merit Citation (2017), COMPA National Public Service Award (2016), Chancellor's Creating  Community Award for Outstanding Faculty (2013), NASPAA Diversity Award  (2013) and COMPA Sylvester Murray Distinguished Mentor Award (2011).

She earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Rider University (1987), an MPA from Kean University (1993), and a Ph.D. in Public Administration from Rutgers University (Newark), with a specialization in productive public management (1999). Her dissertation, Implementing Affirmative Action, examined factors influencing program efficacy in higher education.

Expertise

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Land use and infrastructure planning
• Transportation planning

EDUCATION

B.A., Economics, College of William and Mary 

M.U.R.P., Virginia Commonwealth University 

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Mark Bittner, AICP, is the Director of Regional Planning and GIS for PlanRVA, a regional government agency responsible for transportation planning and other regional initiatives in the Richmond, Virginia Metropolitan Area.  He manages transportation, land use, environmental, and hazard mitigation projects in urban and rural areas.  He also oversees all office technology including GIS and Travel Demand Modeling (TDM).  Bittner has held previous posts at the Crater Planning District Commission in Petersburg, Virginia, Henrico County, James City County, the Bristol TN-VA MPO and Virginia LISC.  He has been an Adjunct Instructor at VCU since 2008.

Expertise

• Sexual and domestic violence
• Race, gender and class in criminal and juvenile justice
• Intersectionality

Education

B.A., Sociology, James Madison University
M.S., Sociology, Virginia Commonwealth University
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Delaware

Courses

Synthesizing seminar in public policy, theorizing gender violence, senior seminar in criminal justice, qualitative research methods

Research interests

Sexual and domestic violence, adolescents at risk, social justice and social policy, reproductive and sexual health, intersectionality

Accomplishments

Brubaker created a post-baccalaureate certificate in gender violence intervention in 2003 and directs this program. She has received federal and state grants to improve efforts to prevent sexual and domestic violence on college campuses and to provide programming to young women involved in the juvenile justice system and trauma-informed training to juvenile justice staff. Brubaker is chair of the iCubed core, “Disrupting Criminalization in Education: A Trauma-Informed Approach.” She is vice president and chair of the anti-harassment committee of the Society for the Study of Social Problems and a member of the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management.

Selected publications

Brubaker, S.J., & Cleary, H. (2021). Conceptualizing and contextualizing treatment orientation: A mixed-method analysis of juvenile justice correctional staff under a therapeutic model. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 1-21.

Brubaker, S.J. (2020). Embracing and expanding feminist theory: (Re)conceptualizing gender and power. Violence Against Women. Online First. https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/DGXBHZHA6NYNSVXKFMMQ/full

Brubaker, S.J. (2019). Theorizing gender violence. Series on Family Violence, edited by Claire Renzetti. San Diego, CA: Cognella Press.

Brubaker, S.J., & Keegan, B. (2019). “Suddenly everyone’s an expert in our field:” Campus-based victim advocates and the promises and perils of professionalization. Violence Against Women, 25(9), 1116-1137.

Brubaker, S.J. (2019). Campus-based sexual assault victim advocacy and Title IX: Revisiting tensions between grassroots activism and the criminal justice system. Feminist Criminology 14(3), 307-329. 

Brubaker, S.J., Keegan, B., Guadalupe‐Diaz, X.L., & Beasley, B. (2017). Measuring and reporting campus sexual assault: Privilege and exclusion in what we know and what we do. Sociology Compass, 11(12).

Brubaker, Sarah Jane and Fox, Kristan C. 2010. Urban African-American Girls at Risk: An Exploratory Study of Service Needs and Provision. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice 8(3:): 250-265.

Brubaker, Sarah Jane. 2009. Sexual assault prevalence, reporting, and policies: Comparing college and university campuses and military service academies. The Security Journal, 22(1): 56-72.

Medicalization, natural childbirth and birthing experiences. Sociology Compass, 3(1): 31-48 (2009). With Heather Dillaway; reprinted in Weitz, Ruth and Samantha Kwan, (eds.) 2014. The Politics of Women’s Bodies: Sexuality, Appearance, and Behavior. Oxford University Press

Brubaker, Sarah Jane. 2007. Denied, embracing and resisting medicalization: African American teen mothers’ perceptions of formal pregnancy and childbirth care. Gender & Society 21: 528-552.

Brubaker, Sarah Jane and Wright, Christie A. 2006. Identity transformation and family caregiving: Narratives of African American teen mothers. Journal of Marriage and Family, 68: 1214-1228.

Expertise

Expertise

• Transportation planning
• Transportation modeling
• Geographic information system

Education

B.S., Urban and Regional Planning, Nanjing University, China, 1982
M.S., Urban and Regional Planning, Nanjing University, China, 1985
Ph.D., Urban and Regional Planning, University of Southern California,1991

Teaching

Transportation policy and planning, travel demand forecasting models, GIS applications, human geography.

Research interests

Transportation policy and planning, travel demand forecasting models, GIS applications, international urban planning.

Accomplishments

Chen taught in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at California State University, Northridge from 1993 to 2007 and in the Department of Planning, Policy and Design at University of California, Irvine from 2006 to 2007. While at Northridge, he received the Outstanding Professor Award three times from the department and the Urban Studies and Planning Association of Students. In addition, he served as a committee member of the Transportation Research Board for the National Research Council from 2002 to 2006. He joined VCU as an associate professor in 2007 and received his tenure in 2011. Effective July 1, 2021, Chen was promoted to professor with tenure in the L. Douglas Wilder School of Public Affairs.

Selected publications

English

Li, Jie, Qichao Ban, Xueming (Jimmy) Chen, and Jiawei Yao. 2019. Glazing Sizing in Large Atrium Buildings: A Perspective of Balancing Daylight Quantity and Visual Comfort. Energies, 12, 701: 1-14.

Chen, Xueming (Jimmy). 2018. Review of the Transit Accessibility Concept: A Case Study of Richmond. Sustainability, 10 (12), 4857, 1-19.

Liu, Xianteng, Xueming Chen, and Jiangping Zhou. 2017. Jobs-housing’s Spatial Relationship and Commuting Efficiency: Excess Commuting’s Potential for Policy Evaluation. Urban Transport of China, 16 (2), 10-18.

Givoni, Moshe and Xueming Chen. 2017. Airline and Railway Disintegration in China: The Case of Shanghai Hongqiao Integrated Transport Hub. Transportation Letters: The International Journal of Transportation Research, 9 (4): 202-214.

Chen, Xueming and Lin Lin. 2016. Integration of Air and Rail Technologies at Shanghai Hongqiao Integrated Transportation Hub. Journal of Urban Technology, 23 (2): 23-46.

Chen, Xueming and Lin Lin. 2015. The node-place analysis on the “hubtropolis” urban form: the case of Shanghai Hongqiao air-rail hub. Habitat International, 49: 445-453.

Chen, Xueming. 2015. A Sustainability Analysis on the Wuhan-Guangzhou High-Speed Railway in China. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 9 (5): 348-363.

Fei, Di and Xueming Chen. 2015. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) paratransit cost issues and solutions for the Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC). Case Studies on Transport Policy, 3: 402-414.

Chen, Xueming. 2014. Household/Zonal Socioeconomic Characteristic Characteristics and Tour Making: Case of Richmond/Tri-Cities Model Region in Virginia. Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis, 6 (1): 53-70.

Chinese

Chen, Bing, Ying Chang, Xiaojun Zhang, and Xueming Chen. 2018. An Applied Research on Research-led Teaching and Learning Modes (in Chinese). China Modern Education Equipment, 3, 40-43.

Chen, Bing, Ying Chang, Xiaojun Zhang, Xueming Chen. 2017. Research-led Teaching and Learning and the Practical Modes (in Chinese). China Modern Education Equipment，11，53-56.

Chen, Xueming and Suwei Feng. 2017. Review of the U.S. Aging Transportation Policies and Implications for China (in Chinese). Public Governance Review, 2:3-14.

Chen, Xueming. 2015. Public Transportation System and Planning Experience in New York (in Chinese). Journal of Urban Planning International, 30 (1): 84-88.

Expertise

• Police interrogation of juveniles
• Adolescent development in legal contexts
• Juvenile justice policy and practice

Education

B.A., Psychology and Russian Studies, University of Virginia
M.P.P., Public Policy, Georgetown University Public Policy Institute
Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, Georgetown University

Teaching

Research methods, juvenile justice, forensic psychology, juvenile law and policy

Research interests

Police interrogation, juvenile false confessions, juvenile justice policy, juvenile corrections, adolescent sex offending

Accomplishments

Hayley Cleary, MPP, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. She holds undergraduate degrees from the University of Virginia and a Master of Public Policy and PhD in Developmental Psychology from Georgetown University. Cleary's research interests lie at the intersection of social science, law and policy. Her work examines adolescent behavior and decision-making in justice system contexts, including youths’ contact with law enforcement, courts and corrections. The cornerstone of her research program involves police interrogation of juvenile suspects. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Cleary’s work has been featured in national media outlets, including the New York Times and New Yorker magazine, and she was named the 2018 Louise Kidder Early Career Award winner for contributions to social issues research by the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Cleary has been invited on numerous occasions to share her work with academic, law enforcement, and attorney audiences, including the FBI National Academy, the Virginia state legislature, and attorney organizations in several states.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Cleary, H. M. D., Guarnera, L. A., Aaron, J., & Crane, M. (fall, 2021). How trauma may magnify risk of involuntary and false confessions among adolescents. Wrongful Conviction Law Review.

Cleary, H. M. D., & Bull, R. (2021). Contextual factors predict self-reported confession decision-making: A field study of suspects’ actual police interrogation experiences. Law and Human Behavior, 45(4), 310–323. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000459

Cleary, H. M. D., & Najdowski, C. J. (2020). Awareness of sex offender registration policies and self-reported sexual offending in a community sample of adolescents. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 17(3), 486-499. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-019-00410-3

Blandon-Gitlin, I., Cleary, H. M. D., & Blair, A. (2020). Race and ethnicity as a compound risk factor in police interrogation of youth. In M. Stevenson, B. Bottoms, & K. Burke (eds.), The legacy of race for children: Psychology, public policy, and law (pp. 169-187). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Cleary, H. M. D., & Brubaker, S. J. (2019). Therapeutic transformation of juvenile corrections in Virginia: A mixed method analysis of benefits and challenges. Children and Youth Services Review, 105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104444

Cleary, H. M. D.  (2017).  Applying the lessons of developmental psychology to the study of juvenile interrogations: New directions for research, policy, and practice. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 23, 118-130.  doi: 10.1037/law0000120    

Cleary, H. M. D., & Warner, T. C. (2016). Police training in interviewing and interrogation methods: A comparison of techniques used with adult and juvenile suspects. Law and Human Behavior, 40, 270-284. doi: 10.1037/lhb0000175

Expertise

• Substance use among criminal justice populations
• Juvenile Justice
• Experiential learning opportunities for students 

Education

B.S., Criminal Justice, Virginia Commonwealth University
M.A., Liberal Arts, University of Richmond
Ph.D., Public Policy and Administration, VCU

Teaching

Senior Seminar, Introduction to CJ, Research Methods, Criminological Theory, Service Learning

Bio

Amy K. Cook is an associate professor of criminal justice at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs. Her current research examines correlates of substance abuse, including overdose and crime, particularly as it relates to opioid use.  Amy works closely with local police departments and jails to address substance abuse and related issues. Prior to academia, Amy spent over 14 years as a probation officer with the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice where she worked with delinquent youth, families, and victims of intimate partner violence. Amy was also a member of the Fatality Review Team, which reviewed intimate partner and family related homicides.

Research interests

Juvenile justice and family court processes; policing; service learning opportunities for students.

Expertise

Nakeina E. Douglas-Glenn, Ph.D., director and associate professor, provides leadership for the Research Institute for Social Equity and its programs. She is a higher education academic and practitioner with more than 15 years of experience in organizational development, leadership development, public policy analysis, and racial equity. Prior to coming to VCU, Douglas-Glenn served as a research and evaluation associate at the National Science Foundation. She was also an adjunct professor at George Mason University in the Department of Public and International Affairs. Douglas-Glenn earned her Doctorate of Philosophy in public administration and public affairs with a certificate in race and social policy from the Center for Public Administration and Policy at Virginia Tech. She has a Master of Social Work from Radford University and received her Bachelor of Arts in political science and Bachelor of Science in sociology from Virginia Tech. Douglas-Glenn is active in the community and in professional organizations. She is an elected member of the American Council on Education's Virginia Network executive board and serves as the institutional representative for the Women's Network at VCU. She is also a member of the board of directors for the Health Brigade (formerly the Fan Free Clinic).

Expertise

• Survey research methods
• Public opinion about K-12 education
• Employee and organizational surveys

Education

Ph.D., Education, Virginia Commonwealth University

M.S., Survey Methodology, University of Maryland – College Park

M.S., Mass Communications, Virginia Commonwealth University

B.A., English, University of Virginia

Accomplishments

Jim Ellis, Ph.D. is director of the Survey and Evaluation Research Laboratory (SERL). Ellis worked at SERL from 1986 to 2007 in various capacities including director of the Technical Division and lead survey methodologist. He joined the Center for Survey Research (CSR) at the University of Virginia in 2007 as director of research, and returned to SERL in 2018 to take on the role of director. Ellis has experience in all aspects of survey design, execution, analysis and reporting. He has led numerous employee surveys; surveys of residents of Virginia localities; surveys of clients of government agencies; semi-structured interviews with decision-makers in Virginia businesses; and focus groups with stakeholders in agribusiness, organ donation and more. His past projects have included ongoing statewide telephone surveys for the Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System, mail surveys about school construction needs in Virginia, surveys of high school students about tobacco use and many others.

Expertise

Education

Teaching

Expertise

• Governance, theory and practice

Education

Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Virginia
Ph. D. in Economics, University of London
M.A. in Philosophy, University of Virginia 
M.A. in Economics, University of Toronto 
B.Sc. in Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London 
Post-Doctoral Studies in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, University of Michigan

Language and other coursework at Sorbonne, University of Paris; Centro Linguistico Italiano Dante Alighieri Scuola Per Stranieri and at Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Teaching

Seminar in public policy and administration, politics and economics, public administration theory, history of modern, ancient and medieval political thought

Research Interests

Governance, theory and practice

Accomplishments

Prior to joining VCU in 1980, Dr. Farmer served as a budget analyst, an administrative analyst and an economist. He also served as director of operations management, special assistant to the New York City police commissioner and as a division director for the National Institute of Justice in the U.S. Department of Justice. During his tenure at VCU, he has served as chair of the Department of Justice and Risk Administration, professor of public administration and political science and affiliate professor of philosophy. In 1999, he received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the College of Humanities and Sciences.

Farmer serves as a member of the editorial boards of Administration and Society, Public Voices, Administrative Theory and Praxis, and Employee Responsibilities and Rights. He also serves as a reviewer for Public Administration Review and other journals. Farmer has been a community service associate for Virginia’s Secretary of Public Safety and a member of the community boards of Human Resources Incorporated and Jump Street drug and rehabilitation programs. He has also provided management consulting services to 40 state and local governments, including the states of Illinois and Pennsylvania and the cities of Los Angeles, Atlanta, Durham and Oklahoma City. Consulting specialties include management, organization, personnel, revenue administration, data processing and performance measurement.

Awards

Public Administration in Perspective: Theory and Practice through Multiple Lenses, Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2010.
To Kill the King: Post-traditional Governance and Bureaucracy. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2005.
The Language of Public Administration: Bureaucracy, Modernity and Postmodernity, Tuscaloosa: Alabama: University of Alabama, 1995. (Translated into Korean, 1999; translated into Chinese, 2006)
Being in Time: The Nature of Time in Light of McTaggart's Paradox. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America: Lanham, Maryland, 1990.
Crime Control: The Use and Misuse of Police Resources. New York: Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1984. 
Civil Disorder Control. Chicago, Illinois: Public Administration Service, 1968.
As editor, Papers on the Art of Anti-Administration, Burke, Virginia: Chatelaine Press, 1998.

Book Chapters and Articles
In the period from 1982 to 2012, Farmer has authored some 80 significant chapters and journal articles. Please refer to his personal website for a complete list of publications. 

Expertise

• Social equity
• Program evaluation
• Research methods

Education

Ph.D., Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University

M.A., Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University

M.A., Political Science, Virginia Tech

B.A., English, Virginia Tech

A.A.S., Natural Science, Patrick Henry Community College

Teaching

Public policy and administration, social equity and public policy analysis, research methods, social welfare policy

Research interests

Gooden has conducted several research studies for MDRC, as well as for other national research organizations

Accomplishments

Susan T. Gooden, Ph.D., is dean and professor of the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is an internationally recognized expert on social equity. Gooden is an elected fellow of the congressionally chartered National Academy of Public Administration and is past president of the American Society for Public Administration. She is President of the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) and began her presidential term in October 2021. Her books include Global Equity in Administration (2020, Routledge); Why Research Methods Matter (2018, Melvin and Leigh); Race and Social Equity: A Nervous Area of Government (2014, Routledge); and Cultural Competency for Public Administrators (2012, Routledge). Her research has been funded by several organizations including the Russell Sage Foundation, the Kellogg Foundation, the Smith Richardson Foundation, MDRC, and the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.

Gooden has received several awards and honors including: a Fulbright Specialist Award to Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; the VCU University Distinguished Faculty Service Award; the Best Academic Paper Award presented by the Northeast Conference on Public Administration; the Jewel Prestage Pioneer Award presented by the Conference of Minority Public Administrators; the Joan Fiss Bishop Leadership Award presented by the American Society for Public Administration; and the Herbert Simon Best Book Award presented by the American Political Science Association. 

Gooden was appointed to the Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation, the accrediting arm of the Network of Associated Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration and served previously as an elected member of the national policy council of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. In 2016, she was appointed to the Virginia Community College System board by Governor Terence McAuliffe. Most recently she has been appointed by Governor Ralph Northam to the Virginia Retirement System Board. Gooden earned an A.S. in Natural Science from Patrick Henry Community College, a B.A. in English from Virginia Tech, and an M.A. in Political Science from Virginia Tech. She received her doctorate from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.

Expertise

• Corrections
• Correction officer culture and climate
• Safety in prison - correctional staff perspective; evaluation research

Education

B.S., Criminal Justice, Bowling Green State University, Ohio
M.S., Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati, Ohio
Ph.D., Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati, Ohio

Teaching

Graduate and undergraduate research methods, criminal justice system, institutional corrections, graduate seminar in criminal justice, introduction to corrections, evaluation and treatment of the offender

Research interests

Evaluative studies of correctional policy encompassing both adult and juvenile systems; correctional employees’ attitudes toward work, clients and overall organizational issues; domestic violence issues related to the criminal justice response

Accomplishments

Gordon, assistant vice provost for faculty affairs, Office of the Provost, is responsible for various faculty development and mentoring programs. Prior to her current roles  she served as interim senior vice provost for faculty affairs, senior associate dean of faculty and academic affairs,  interim associate dean for research, interim director of graduate student service and advising and chair of the criminal justice program.

Her research interests center on correctional employees’ attitudes toward work environment and culture, correctional program effectiveness and correctional staff workforce perceptions; she incorporates both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Gordon, along with a colleague, conducted a multi-site project examining perceptions of culture and climate among correctional officers and inmates. Gordon has experience in evaluation research covering both community and institutional corrections with the majority of this work being supported by federal, state or local funding.

Expertise

• Behavioral prediction
• Criminal justice decision-making
• Higher education policy and practice

Education

B.A., Psychology, University of Oregon
M.A., Psychology, The Johns Hopkins University
Ph.D., Psychology, The Johns Hopkins University

Teaching

Focused Inquiry (freshman sequence), research methods, statistics for the social sciences, behavioral prediction and decision making, selected topics in criminal justice and criminology, history and sociology of science, higher education leadership and policy

Research interests

Behavioral prediction, criminal justice decision making, program evaluation, environmental criminology, comparative research methods, higher education policy and practice

Accomplishments

Gottfredson is a psychologist with a strong interest in social and community problems. He has published extensively in five general areas: the sociology of science, behavioral prediction, environmental criminology, the measurement and scaling of criminal offenses and correctional policy. He has received about $3 million in competitively awarded research grants from a wide variety of agencies, including the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Justice, the National Institute of Corrections, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Department of the Treasury. He has served on the editorial boards of several prestigious journals and has prepared papers or served as reviewer for three separate panels of the National Academy of Sciences. As an administrator, Gottfredson has served The Johns Hopkins University, Temple University, Indiana University and, most recently, Virginia Commonwealth University, where until recently he was provost and vice president for academic affairs.

Selected publications

Behavioral prediction and the problem of incapacitation. Criminology, 1994, 32(3), 441-474 (with D.M. Gottfredson).

Race, gender, and guidelines-based decisionmaking. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 1996, 33(1), 49-69 (with G.R. Jarjoura).

Statistical risk assessment: old problems and new applications. Crime and Delinquency, 2006, 52(1), 1-24 (with L.J. Moriarty).

Clinical versus actuarial judgments in criminal justice decisions: should one replace the other? Federal Probation, September, 2006, 15-18 (with L.J. Moriarty).

Expertise

-Civic engagement
-Sustainable community development
-Equitable planning processes

Education

B.S., Biology, James Madison University
M.U.R.P, Urban and Regional Planning, Virginia Tech
Ph.D., City and Regional Planning, Ohio State University

Teaching

Community involvement, planning processes, sustainable development

Research interests

Meghan Gough is an Associate Professor of urban and regional studies and planning. Her community-engaged scholarship emphasizes civic capacity building and planning for more sustainable and equitable communities. Meghan’s contributions to research help to elevate the importance of community-based decision-making and partnerships in the development of plans and policies to support sustainable community development.

Selected publications

Gough, M.Z., Howell, K. and Cameron, H., 2022. The Structural Challenge of Power and Whiteness in Planning: Evidence From Historic Black Cemetery Restoration. Planning Theory & Practice, pp.1-20.

Wilson, B. B., & Gough, M. Z. 2020. The university as anchor institution in community wealth building: snapshots from two Virginia universities. In Community Wealth Building and the Reconstruction of American Democracy. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Rakow, D. A., Gough, M. Z., & Lee, S. A. 2020. Public Gardens and Livable Cities: Partnerships Connecting People, Plants, and Place. Cornell University Press.

Davis, S.D. and Gough, M.Z., 2019. Deepening Interlocal Partnerships: The Case of Revenue-sharing Infrastructure Agreements. State and Local Government Review, 51(4), pp.292-300.

Reece, J. and M.Z. Gough. 2019. Planning for regional sustainability and justice: The role of collective impact. Journal of Community Development. 50 (3): 368-386. Doi: 10.1080/15575330.2019.1610014

Salzberg, A.C., Gough, M.Z. and Suen, I.S., 2019. Sustainable innovation behavior in restaurants. Journal of Foodservice Business Research, 22(2), pp.167-190.

Suen, I., T. Gendron and M.Z. Gough. 2018. Social Isolation and the Built Environment: A Call for Research and Advocacy. Public Policy and Aging Report 27(4).

Mosavel, M., Gough, M.Z., Ferrel, D. 2018. Using Asset Mapping to Engage Youth in Community-based Participatory Research: The WE Project. Progress in Community Health Partnerships 12(2):223-236. doi: 10.1353/cpr.2018.0042.

Holton, V, Early, J., Gough, M.Z., Gendron, T. 2018. Building a ​university ​climate to ​​support ​​community-​​engaged ​​research. In J. Allen & R. Reiter-Palmon (Eds.), The ​Cambridge ​Handbook of ​Organizational ​Community ​Engagement and ​Outreach​. ​ New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 

Gough, M.Z and J. Reece. 2017. The Impact of the Sustainable Communities Initiative on Engagement and Collaboration in Planning: Experiences from Four U.S. Regions. Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research 19(3).

Gough, M.Z. 2015. The Complementarity of Livability and Sustainability: Comprehensive planning in the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Journal of Planning Education and Research: 35(2).

Gough, M.Z., and J. Accordino. 2013. Public Garden as Sustainable Community Development Partners: Motivations, perceived benefits and challenges. Urban Affairs Review: 49(6).

Expertise

• Historic preservation
• Adaptive reuse
• Architectural history

EDUCATION

B.A., University Of Notre Dame

M.A.H., and Ph.D., University of Virginia

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Bryan Clark Green, Ph.D., LEED AP BD+C, is an architectural historian and Director of Historic Preservation for Commonwealth Architects. His work involves documenting, analyzing and managing historic resources through an understanding of the programs, technologies and administrative systems inherent to their protection. He currently serves as Chair for the City of Richmond’s Commission of Architectural Review and on the Urban Design Committee. He also serves on the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Citizens Advisory Council on Furnishing and Interpreting the Executive Mansion, where he is chair of the Building and Restoration Committee and a member of the executive committee. Additionally, he serves as Chair of the Society of Architectural Historians’ Heritage Conservation Committee, and a member of the Board of Directors.  He is an Honorary Member of the American Institute of Architects, Virginia.

Expertise

• Economic development, workforce development, entrepreneurship, social and economic equity

Education

B.S., Political Science, Lincoln University of Pennsylvania
M.S., Public Management and Policy, H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University
Ph.D., City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley

Teaching

Urban economic development policy, foundations of development planning, economic geography, labor employment and the regional economy.

Research interests

The connection between economic development and workforce development, entrepreneurship as a tool for reducing economic and social disparity, entrepreneurial ecosystems, workforce policy.

Accomplishments

Dr. Harper-Anderson’s research examines the impact of macroeconomic transformation on regional economies and urban labor markets with a focus on social equity and sustainability concerns. Her recent work focuses on understanding entrepreneurial ecosystems and their impact on building inclusive economies. Her other scholarship has focused on understanding and enhancing the connection between workforce development and economic development. She serves on the advisory board for the City of Richmond’s Office of Community Wealth Building. Prior to academia, her work included significant experience evaluating economic development, workforce development and housing programs for local, state and federal agencies such as DOL,  EDA and HUD.  Dr. Harper-Anderson has also worked as a practitioner administering federal housing and economic development programs at the local level. She teaches courses related to economic development, labor markets and urban development policy.  Harper-Anderson is the recipient of the 2016 Wilder School Excellence in Teaching Award.

Selected publications

Harper-Anderson, Elsie L. (Forthcoming, May 2018) Intersections of Partnership and Leadership in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Comparing three U.S. regions, (Accepted, Economic Development Quarterly).

Harper-Anderson, Elsie L., (2017) Contemporary Entrepreneurship: Intersections of business formation, work and race in Chicago. Urban Affairs Review, DOI: 1078087417712035.

Harper-Anderson, Elsie L. & Lewis, D.A. (2017) What Makes Business Incubation Work? Measuring the Influence of Incubator Quality and Regional Capacity on Incubator Outcomes, Economic Development Quarterly, DOI: 10.1177/0891242417741961.

Harper-Anderson, Elsie L. & Gooden, S. T. (2016). Integrating Entrepreneurship Services into Local Workforce Development Systems: Who is Doing It and How. Journal of Poverty, 20(3), 237-260.

Harper-Anderson, E. (2012). Exploring what greening the economy means for African American workers, entrepreneurs, and communities. Economic Development Quarterly, 26(2), 162-177.

Harper-Anderson, E. (2008). Measuring the Connection Between Workforce Development and Economic Development Examining the Role of Sectors for Local Outcomes. Economic Development Quarterly, 22(2), 119-135.

Harper-Anderson, Elsie L., (2008). Benchmarks and Barriers African American Experiences in the Corporate Bay Area's New Economy Sector of the 1990s. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 27(4), 483-498.

Harper-Anderson, Elsie, L. (2009) “Coming Together in Tough Economic Times: Workforce Development and Economic Development Move Closer in Michigan,” in Sustaining Michigan: Metropolitan Policies and Strategies, Richard Jelier, and Gary Sands, editors. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press.

Harper-Anderson, Elsie, & Myung Jin. “Return on Investment for Virginia’s Workforce Programs,” Policy report prepared for the Virginia Community College System,” April 2014. https://vlds.virginia.gov/media/1014/vcureturnoninvesment04032014final.pdf.

Lewis, David, Harper-Anderson, Elsie & Molnar, Lawrence. “Incubating Success Incubation Best Practices that Lead to Successful New Ventures,” Policy report prepared for the U.S. Economic Development Administration, October 2011. http://edaincubatortool.org/materials.html.

Expertise

• Emergency management
• Cultural competence & crisis communication
• Competency-based education

Expertise

• Affordable housing
• Community development
• Gentrification

RVA Eviction Lab website: https://rampages.us/rvaevictionlab/

Education

B.A., Political Science, University of Georgia
M.A., Public Policy, Johns Hopkins University
Ph.D., Community and Regional Planning, University of Texas

Teaching

Housing policy, research methods, planning history and theory, race, class and gender in planning

Research interests

Housing preservation and development, neighborhood change and gentrification, urban history, race and class in the city

Accomplishments

Washington, D.C. Preservation Network member/researcher, Urban Affairs Association member

Selected publications

Howell, Kathryn. 2017. “For the kids”: Children, safety and the depoliticization of displacement in Washington, DC, Journal of Urban Affairs(2017)

Howell, Kathryn. 2017. Neighborhoods, local networks, and the non-linear path of the expiration and preservation of federal rental subsidies,Urban Studies

Howell, Kathryn. 2017. Housing and the grassroots: Using local and expert knowledge to preserve affordable housing, Journal of Planning Education and Research

Howell, Kathryn. 2016 Preservation from the Bottom-Up: Affordable Housing, Redevelopment, and Negotiation in Washington, DC. Housing Studies. 

Howell, Kathryn. 2016. Building Empowerment in Market-Based Redevelopment: Changing Paradigms for Affordable Housing and Community Development in Washington, DC. Community Development Journal.

Howell, Kathryn. 2016. Multi-sited approaches to planning and affordable housing: Upending the traditional approach to addressing gentrification, The Journal of Planning Theory and Practice.

Peer reviewed journal articles

Howell, Kathryn and Immergluck, Daniel William. 2021. Evictions: Shedding Light on the Hidden Housing Problem. Housing Policy Debate. (Co-Guest editor introduction to the three-volume special issue on eviction)

Teresa, Benjamin F. and Howell, Kathryn. 2021. Segmentation and Eviction in the Housing Market. Housing Policy Debate. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2020.1839937

Howell, Kathryn. 2019. Winning in a “lose-lose” environment of economic development: housing, community empowerment, and neighborhood redevelopment in the Columbia heights neighborhood of Washington, DC, Housing and Society, DOI:10.1080/08882746.2019.1697090   

Summers, Brandi and Howell, Kathryn. Fear and Loathing (of Others) in Washington, DC, 2019. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/08882746.2019.1697090

Kathryn Howell; Mueller, Elizabeth J. and Brown Wilson, Barbara. 2019. One Size Fits None: Local context and planning for the preservation of affordable housing. Housing Policy Debate. 29 (1), 148-165.

Howell, K. and Brown Wilson, Barbara. 2018. Preserving Community through Radical Collaboration: Affordable Housing Preservation Networks in Chicago, Washington, DC and Denver. Journal of Housing Theory & Society

Howell, Kathryn. 2018. Stability, advocacy and voice: Opportunities and challenges in resident-led preservation of affordable housing. Housing Studies. 34 (8), 1330-1348.

Howell, Kathryn. 2017. “For the kids”: Children, safety and the depoliticization of displacement in Washington, DC, Journal of Urban Affairs

Howell, Kathryn. 2017. Neighborhoods, local networks, and the non-linear path of the expiration and preservation of federal rental subsidies, Urban Studies

Howell, Kathryn. 2017. Housing and the grassroots: Using local and expert knowledge to preserve affordable housing, Journal of Planning Education and Research

Howell, Kathryn. 2016 Preservation from the Bottom-Up: Affordable Housing, Redevelopment, and Negotiation in Washington, DC. Housing Studies.

Howell, Kathryn. 2016. Building Empowerment in Market-Based Redevelopment: Changing Paradigms for Affordable Housing and Community Development in Washington, DC. Community Development Journal.

Howell, Kathryn. 2016. Multi-sited approaches to planning and affordable housing: Upending the traditional approach to addressing gentrification. TheJournal of Planning Theory and Practice.

Books

Howell, Kathryn. 2021. Affordable Housing Preservation in Washington, DC: A Framework for Local Funding, Collaborative Governance, and Community Organizing for Change. Routledge/Taylor & Francis Publishing. (2021) Affordable Housing Preservation in Washington, DC: A Framework for Local Funding, Collaborative Governance, and Community Organizing for Change. Routledge/Taylor & Francis Publishing.

Book chapters

“It’s Complicated…”: Long-term residents and their relationships to gentrification in Washington, DC (2015) in Derek Hyra and Sabiyha Prince, eds, A Post-Industrial Powerhouse: Growth and Inequality in Our Nation’s Capital. Routledge Press.

Housing and Community. 2018. in Andrew T. Carswell, Sarah Kirby, Kenneth R. Tremblay, and Katrin Anaker, eds, Introduction to Housing. University of Georgia Press.

Book reviews

Howell, Kathryn. 2020. Democracy’s capital: Black political power in Washington, D.C. 1960s–1970s, by Lauren Pearlman, Journal of Urban Affairs

Howell, Kathryn. 2019. Review: Carving Out the Commons: Tenant Organizing and Housing Cooperatives in Washington, D.C., by Huron, Amanda. Journal of Planning Education and Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X19862022

Howell, Kathryn. 2019. Review: Historic Capital: Preservation, Race, and Real Estate in Washington, DC by Logan, Cameron. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 39(4), 529–531.

Howell, Kathryn. 2016. “Book Review: Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design since 1880.” Journal of Planning Education and Research 36, no. 4: 489–90.

Review of Cities of Tomorrow by Peter Hall. 2016. Journal of Planning Education and Research.

Expertise

• Government reform and transparency
• Military policy issues and social/governing impacts
• Organizational theory and behavior

Education

B.S., Public Administration, University of Arizona
M.S.W., Social Work, Arizona State University
Ph.D., Public Policy and Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University

Teaching

Huff is an assistant professor of Public Policy and Administration at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he teaches graduate courses in public policy, administration and personnel management and chairs the Master of Public Administration program.

Research interests

Dr. Huff’s academic research has focused primarily on relationships between government personnel, policy reform and organization performance. Additional research interests include theoretical applications to practice areas associated with public leadership, reform and organizational performance, as well as comparative studies focused on the effects of civil service reforms in developed and developing countries.

Accomplishments

Richard Huff is an Associate Professor in the Master of Public Administration (MPA) Program.  He served as Chair of the MPA Program from August 2015 – August 2018.  He also served as the Director of Graduate Studies from 2010 – 2015 for the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.  He received his BS from the University of Arizona and MSW from Arizona State University.  Following a career with the federal government he earned a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration from VCU in 2007.  Most recently, he received a Certificate in Applied Psychoanalytic Theory, International Society of Applied Psychoanalysis, Montpellier, France in December 2019.

Dr. Huff served in both the US Air Force and US Army.  As a commissioned officer in the Army he worked in corrections, substance abuse and family support programs in the US and in Germany. As a member of the federal civil service he was appointed to a number of operational and executive positions primarily within US Army, Europe.  Recognition for his work includes the U.S. Army Commendation Medal, Commander's Award for Civilian Service, Superior Civilian Service Award (two awards), and Meritorious Award for Civilian Service.  He was also recognized for his role in serving on the US Army Europe Family Support Task Force during Operation Desert Shield in 1990 – 1991.

His academic interests fall primarily in studying relationships between government reform and organization performance, government transparency, public administration theory, and comparative studies regarding civil service reform. He teaches graduate courses in the principles of public administration, human resources, organization behavior, policy analysis and public administration theory.  Dr. Huff has published in the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Politics & Policy Journal, Global Virtue Ethics Review Journal, the International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior, Transforming Government: People, Process, and Policy, Political and Military Sociology, and the Encyclopedia of Governance.  He has also co-authored policy evaluation reports for the VCU Center for Public Policy. 

In 2012, Dr. Huff received an award for best article published in the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis (JCPA) for 2011 (Vol. 13).  An adjudication committee of the International Comparative Policy Analysis (ICPA) Forum, including faculty from Yale University; American University; University of Sydney, Australia; Bocconi University, Milan, Italy; and Baruch College, CUNY selected his article for this annual award.  It was presented in November 2012 at the 4^th ICPA-Forum Comparative Research Symposium at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Dr. Huff also served as an external member of the Management, Policy and Sustainability Component Team at the US Office of Personnel Management.   From August 2010 through 2012, he contributed to developing a plan for this federal agency to enhance internal and external collaboration, participation and transparency throughout the organization as part of the President’s Open Government initiative.  In this role he was a contributing author to A Guide to Owning Transparency: How Federal Agencies can Implement and Benefit from Transparency, Burke, W. M., Teller, M. Editors, Open Forum

Selected publications

Huff, R., Cors C. (2016). Of Rhizomes and Pointillism: David John Farmer’s Influence, Method and Art in the Field. International Journal of Organizational Theory and Behavior, Issue 1, Vol. 19 (March 2016).

Ruijer, H., Huff, R. (2016). Breaking Through Barriers: The Impact of Organizational Culture on Open Government Reform. Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy.

Huff, Richard F. (2011). Chapter 6, Building a Foundation for Transparency in Government and co-author of Chapter 7, A Framework for Owning Transparency in A Guide to Owning Transparency: How Federal Agencies can Implement and Benefit from Transparency, Burke, W. M., Teller, M. Editors, Open Forum Foundation. http://openforumfoundation.org/2011/10/03/owning-transparency/

Huff, Richard F. (2011). Measuring Performance in US Municipalities: Do Personnel Policies Predict System Level Outcomes? Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Vol. 13, No. 1, 11-33, February 2011.

Huff, Richard F. (2009). Measuring System Level Performance Outcomes in Local Government: Do Human Resource Management Reforms Really Matter? Saarbrucken, Germany: VDM Publishing.

Huff, Richard F. (2006). Entries for: Transnationalism, Human Capital, Governmentality and Organization Culture. In Mark Bevir (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Governance. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Huff, Richard F. (2004). Book review. The postnational self: Belonging & Identity. By Ulf Hedetoft and Mette Hjort (Eds.), 2002. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press,Politics & Policy Journal, Vol. 32, No.2, June 2004, pp 385-387.

Huff, Richard F. (2003). Creating the future through relationships: A Native American view of modern administration. Global Virtue Ethics Review Journal, 4, 1, 2003, pp. 4-28

Barrett, K; Brubaker, S.J.; Daniels, S.E.; Holsworth, R.; Huff, R.; Safford, L.; S. Daniels; Sanderson, H. (2002). A preliminary report on studies assessing potential implications of the reauthorization of The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant (TANFII) for Virginia. Prepared by The Center for Public Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University and submitted to the Virginia Department of Social Services June 30, 2002.

Expertise

Education

B.A., Architectural Studies, University of Illinois-Chicago
M.P.A., Public Administration, Florida State University
Ph.D., Public Administration, Florida State University

Teaching

Research interests

Accomplishments

Prior to joining the Wilder School, Dr. Jin worked extensively as a systems project consultant for a number of state government agencies in Florida, including the Department of Financial Services, Department of Health and Department of Children and Families. His recent grant includes $100,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for his research on the issues of access to health care and shortage of physician workforce. In 2016, he was selected to receive the Faculty Excellence in Scholarship Award by the Wilder School. He was the recipient of 2018 Pi Alpha Alpha Chapter Advisor of the Year by NASPAA. He is an elected member of the National Council for the American Society for Public Administration. 

Selected publications

Bak, HyeonUk, Myung H. Jin, and Bruce D. McDonald III. (2021). Unpacking the Transformational Leadership-Innovative Work Behavior Relationship: The Mediating Role of Psychological Capital. Public Performance & Management Review. DOI: 10.1080/15309576.2021.1939737.

Lee, Jaeyong, Myung H. Jin, and Geunpil Ryu. (2021). Motivated to share? Using the person-environment fit theory to explain the link between public service motivation and knowledge sharing. Sustainability, 13(11), 6286. DOI: 10.3390/su13116286.

Jin, Myung H., Bruce D. McDonald III, Jaehee Park, and Trevor Yu Kang Yang. (2019). Making Public Service Motivation Count for Increasing Organizational Fit: Exploring the Role of Followership Behavior and Leader Support as a Causal Mechanism. International Review of Administrative Sciences. DOI: 10.1177/0020852316684008. First published online: January 1, 2019.

Jin, Myung H., Jaeyong Lee*, and MiYoung Lee. (2017) Does leadership matter in diversity management? Assessing the relative impact of diversity policy and inclusive leadership in the public sector. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 38(2).

Jin, Myung H., Bruce D. McDonald III, and Jaehee Park*. (2016) Person-Organization Fit and Turnover Intention: Exploring the Mediating Role of Employee Followership and Job Satisfaction through Conservation of Resources Theory. Review of Public Personnel Administration. DOI: 10.1177/0734371X16658334. First published online: July 18, 2016.

Jin, Myung H., Bruce D. McDonald III, and Jaehee Park*. (2016) Does Public Service Motivation Matter in Public Higher Education? Testing the Theories of Person-Organization Fit and Organizational Commitment through a Serial Multiple Mediation Model. American Review of Public Administration. DOI: 10.1177/0275074016652243. First published online: June 18, 2016.

Jin, Myung H., and Bruce D. McDonald III. (2016). Understanding employee engagement in the public sector: The role of immediate supervisor, perceived organizational support, and learning opportunities. American Review of Public Administration. DOI: 10.1177/0275074016643817. First published online: April 22, 2016.

Jin, Myung H., and Jaehee Park*. (2016). Sexual Minority and Employee Engagement: Implications for Job Satisfaction. Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, 2(1), 3-14.

Jin, Myung H., Bruce D. McDonald III, and Jaehee Park*. (2016). Employee followership and Job Satisfaction in the Public Sector: The Moderating Role of Perceived Supervisor Support and Performance-Oriented Culture. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 29(3), 218-237.

Jin, Myung H., Jaehee Park*, and Hyeon-Uk Bak*. (2015). Emotion Work in the Public Sector: A Focus on the Essence of Public Service. International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management, 2(3): 221-236.

Jin, Myung H., and Avrum J. Shriar. (2013). Linking Environmental Citizenship and Civic Engagement to Public Trust and Environmental Sacrifice in the Asian Context. Journal of Environmental Policy and Governance, 23(4), 259-273.

Jin, Myung H. (2013). Does Social Capital Promote Pro-Environmental Behaviors? Implications for Collaborative Governance. International Journal of Public Administration, 36(6): 397-407.

Jin, Myung H., and Avrum J. Shriar (2013). Exploring the Relationship between Social Capital and Individuals’ Policy Preferences for Environmental Protection: A Multinomial Logistic Regression Analysis. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 15(3), 427-446.

Jin, Myung H. (2013). Comparing Employed and Unemployed Workers’ Job Motivations for Sector Choice in East Asia: Does Employment Status Matter? International Journal of Public Administration, 36(5), 305-319.

Jin, Myung H. (2013). Public Service Motivation: A Cross-Country Study. International Journal of Public Administration, 36(5), 331-343.

Jin, Myung H. (2013). Citizen Participation, Trust, and Literacy on Government Legitimacy: The Case of Environmental Governance. Journal of Social Change, 5(1), 11-25.

Hsieh, Chih-Wei, Myung H. Jin, and Mary E. Guy (2012). Consequences of Work-Related Emotions: Analysis of a Cross Section of Public Service Workers. American Review of Public Administration, 42(1), 39-53.

Jin, Myung H., and Mary E. Guy (2009). How Emotional Labor Influences Worker Pride, Job Satisfaction, and Burnout: An Examination of Consumer Complaint Workers. Public Performance & Management Review, 33(1), 88-105.

Expertise

• Historic preservation planning 
• Economic development 
• Urban design 

Expertise

• Emergency preparedness
• Emergency operations planning
• Continuity of operations planning

Education

B.A., Business Administration and Economics, University of LaVerne
M.H.A., Health Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University

Teaching

Emergency management, emergency operations planning, incident command systems, introduction to homeland security and emergency preparedness, private sector preparedness, continuity of operations planning, strategic planning in homeland security, critical infrastructure protection and resiliency

Research interests

Emergency management, emergency operations planning, incident command systems, critical infrastructure protection and resiliency

Accomplishments

Mr. Keck, an assistant professor in the Homeland Security and Emergency Management program, has more than 45 years of successful experience in emergency management, homeland security, information technology, financial management and health care administration. Prior to joining the Wilder School, he served as deputy state coordinator for the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, responsible for finance, federal homeland security grants, human resources, information technology and recovery and mitigation.

He worked with the governor’s office and the General Assembly on legislative bills and state homeland security and emergency management policy. As assistant division administrator for the Security and Emergency Management Division at Virginia Department of Transportation, Mr. Keck conducted business impact analysis and risk assessments for the development of the VDOT central office continuity of operations plan and directed the development of the Critical Infrastructure Information Program and managed the cyber security programs to assure protection of CII data and personal privacy data.

He has also served as the executive director of the Virginia Emergency Management Association, a professional organization for emergency managers in Virginia. Mr.Keck is a retired Air Force veteran where he served in various health care administrator roles in AF hospitals. Mr. Keck was recognized by the International Association of Emergency Manager’s with the 2014 Student Advocate of the Year award.

Expertise

• Nonprofit organizations
• Gender-based violence prevention/intervention
• Qualitative research methods

Brittany received her Ph.D. from VCU's Wilder School in December 2018, with her dissertation examining the roles of nonprofit organizations in promoting the socioeconomic integration of refugees. She now serves as the Director of Research and Outreach at the Wilder School's Center for Public Policy, where she oversees outreach and training activities. In addition to her academic work, Brittany has a wide range of nonprofit experience and has served as a volunteer, employee, and board member for multiple organizations in Central Virginia - most recently serving as a board member for the Virginia Chapter of the American Planning Association (APAVA) and 5th Wall Theatre. She was named as one of Richmond's Top 40 Under 40 by Style Weekly in 2018, and served as the chair of the 2018 statewide refugee mental health summit. In all of her work, Brittany aims to identify ways that nonprofits can effectively serve those impacted by violence or conflict.

Expertise

-Law Enforcement Operations
-Ethical Decision-Making Systems
-Education, Curriculum, Culture, and Care
-Ethics of Care
-Justice Systems and Community Relationships

EDUCATION

B.S., Criminal Justice, Virginia Commonwealth University

M.S., Criminal Justice, Virginia Commonwealth University

Ph.D., Education (Curriculum, Culture, and Care), Virginia Commonwealth University

TEACHING

Humans of RVA & VCU, Law & Criminal Justice Policy, Introduction to Criminal Justice, Victimology and Victimization, Bridging Perspectives-Critical Conversations for Students and Police, Criminal Procedure, Principles of Criminal Investigations, Race, Crime & Criminal Justice, Courts & Sentencing

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Authenticity, Relationships, and Care - Ethical Decision Making in Criminal Justice Education, Justice Studies and Community Cultural Awareness, Criminal Justice Education, Curriculum and Professional Development

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Lehmann, a former Police Sergeant with the Henrico County (VA) Police Department, a graduate of the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, and an experienced educator previously with the VCU Honors College and the Virginia Community College System brings over twenty years of experience in academia and practice in criminal justice and education.

A member of the 45th Basic Police Academy in Henrico, VA, Lehmann served in Patrol Operations, Directed Action Response Team, Court Services - Juvenile Courts Liason, and in DUI Reduction Patrol & Awareness where he achieved Emeritus Level V in the County’s Leadership Development Program. He was a Field Training Officer and was a lead instructor for the county in Ethics and Bias-Awareness as well as a Senior DUI & Standardized Field Sobriety Testing trainer.

Sergeant Lehmann was a General Instructor for the Fair & Impartial Policing, Field Training Officer Candidate School, First Line Supervisor Training, Courtroom Preparation, Juvenile Justice and Juvenile Arrest Procedures, Interview & Interrogation, and Police Records Incident Management & Case Builder Reporting training. During his tenure, received the Wilmer J. Hedrick award for Supervisory excellence, Leslie T. Sheppard award for non-supervisory employees for signification contributions safety of the citizens of the County of Henrico, Meritorius Unit Award, Two (2) Chief’s Eagle Awards from the Chief of Police for demonstrated, exceptional performance, innovative solutions, or unique programs in an effort to advance superior police services and departmental goals, and Five (5) Mother’s Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Awards for significant contributions working to eliminate drunk driving, support the victims of this violent crime, and prevent underage drinking in the Richmond, VA Region including the 2013 award for the highest number of impaired driving arrests in the region.

In addition to public service, Lehmann is a graduate of Center for American and International Law’s Institute for Law Enforcement Administration (ILEA) School for Law Enforcement Ethics (2012) and a graduate of VCU’s inaugural Anti-Racist Educator series (2020). 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

(Formal Reviewer) Jirard, S. A. (2020). Criminal law and procedure: A courtroom approach (1st ed.). SAGE. 

(Reviewer) Hanson, G., Venturelli, P. J., & Fleckenstein, A. E. (2022). Drugs and Society (14th ed.). Jones & Bartlett.

Expertise

• Immigration policy
• Civil service reform
• Comparative public administration

Areas of Interest:

• Immigration policy
• Civil Service Reform
• Comparative Public Administration

Education

B.A., English Language and Literature, Kyrgyz State National University, 1998 
M.P.A., Public Administration, Indiana State University, 2000 
Ph.D., Public Administration, American University, 2007

Teaching

Principles of public administration, public human resource management, immigration and public policy, comparative public administration.

Accomplishments

Prior to joining the Wilder School, Dr. Liebert taught at American University in Washington, D.C., and worked for the World Bank, United Nations and the International Organization for Migration in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Austria and the U.S. She has also served as a consultant on governance, migration and human trafficking issues, working with such institutions as the Protection Project of Johns Hopkins University and the International Research and Exchanges Board. Liebert has been interviewed by media outlets such as Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and BBC World Service.

In addition, Dr. Liebert is the chair-elect of ASPA's Section on Personnel Administration and Labor Relations and the recipient of the 2020 Julia Juanita Henderson International Award presented by ASPA's Section on Women in Public Administration. 

Select Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

Liebert, Saltanat, 2020. “Deconstructing Immigrant Integration: the Case of Kyrgyz Labor Migrants in the United States,” International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 151-165. 

Liebert, Saltanat, Goerzig, Carolin, Mona H. Siddiqui, 2020. “Integration of Muslim Immigrants in Europe and North America: A Transatlantic Comparison,” Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 196-215, 

Baimenov, Alikhan and Saltanat Liebert, 2019. “Governance in the Post-Soviet Era: Challenges and Opportunities,” Public Administration Review, Viewpoint article, Vol. 79, No. 2 (March/April), pp. 281-285.

Liebert, Saltanat. 2014. “Challenges of Reforming the Civil Service in the Post-Soviet Era: The Case of Kyrgyzstan.” Review of Public Personnel Administration , 34(4), pp. 403-420.

Liebert, Saltanat and Carl Ameringer. 2013. “ The Healthcare Safety Net and the Affordable Care Act: Implications for Hispanic Immigrants.” Public Administration Review, Vol. 73, No. 6 (November/December), pp. 810-820.

Liebert, Saltanat. 2010. “The role of Informal Institutions in U.S. Immigration Policy Implementation: the Case of Illegal Labor Migration from Kyrgyzstan.” Public Administration Review, Vol. 70, No. 3 (May/June), pp. 390-400.

Expertise

• Emergency Management
• Collective Behavior in Disaster
• Disaster Recovery

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Disaster Science & Management, University of Delaware

M.A., International Development, American University

B.A., Political Science, University of Central Florida

TEACHING

• HSEP 310 Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
• HSEP 391 Disaster Response and Recovery
• HSEP 603 Risk Assessment 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Emergency management policy, collective behavior in disaster (household preparedness, evacuation, and sheltering), community resilience, risk communication, disaster research ethics, social vulnerability, environmental justice, disaster mythology

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Louis-Charles conducts applied and theoretical research focused on human and organizational behavior in disaster for better-informed policy and practice in the field of emergency management. Louis-Charles’ research on ethical post-disaster fieldwork was selected for the opening plenary of the 2020 International Researcher Committee on Disasters-Researchers Meeting held in conjunction with the 45th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop. Louis-Charles was the Co-Pi of the National Science Foundation INCLUDES project- Minority SURGE Capacity in Disasters, which mobilized underrepresented STEM graduate scholars towards disaster recovery efforts in the U.S. Virgin Islands following the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season.

Louis-Charles is a Founding Fellow and the current Vice President of the William A. Anderson Fund, a non-profit that mentors underrepresented doctoral students within the academic disciplines relevant to hazard mitigation and disaster risk reduction.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Louis-Charles, H. M., Aguirre, B., & Kitnurse, J. (In Press). The Aftermath of IrMaria in the U.S. Virgin Islands: Temporal Patterns of Looting, Burglaries, and Community Solidarity. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters

Louis-Charles, H. M., Howard, R., Remy, L., Nibbs, F., & Turner, G. (2020). Ethical Considerations for Post-Disaster Fieldwork and Data Collection in the Caribbean. American Behavioral Scientist, 64(8):1129-1144. doi:10.1177/0002764220938113

Teron, L., Louis-Charles, H. M., Nibbs, F., & Uppalapati, S. S. (2019). Establishing a Toxics Mobility Inventory for Climate Change and Pollution. Sustainability: The Journal of Record, 12(4), 226-234. doi:  http://doi.org/10.1089/sus.2019.0003

Martins, V., Louis-Charles, H., Nigg, J., Kendra, J., & Sisco, S. (2018). Household Disaster Preparedness in New York City before Superstorm Sandy: Findings and Recommendations. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 15(4). doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/jhsem-2017-0002

Louis-Charles, H. M., & Teron, L. (2017). Environmental Migration, Public Perception, and Immigration Policy: Examining the Hidden Environmental Toll of Terror Hysteria. Environmental Justice, 10(6), 181-185. doi:  http://doi.org/10.1089/env.2017.0012

Expertise

• Race, social stratification, and public policy
• Juvenile justice and the troubled teen industry 
• Criminological theory and socio-legal studies

EDUCATION

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Patrick Lowery is a criminologist who studies the intersection of race, poverty, law, and juvenile justice. His prior research has identified how race, poverty, and community factors may lead to involvement in the justice system among youth and how these factors may work to the disadvantage of youth who are processed through the juvenile justice system. As an instructor, he regularly teaches research methods and criminological theory at the undergraduate level and race, social stratification, and public policy at the graduate level. As a whole, he is a critical scholar whose teaching and research seek to answer the question of whether a better and more equitable world is possible (spoiler: It is, if we know where to look).

Expertise

Education

Michael 'Mike' MacKenzie joined CURA in the summer of 2016 as a research associate after serving as housing, research and policy analyst at Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia (HOME). He has co-written fair housing analyses for communities in Virginia and Louisiana and helped lead an investigation into the practices of mortgage lenders, property inspectors, and contractors tasked with maintaining foreclosed properties around Virginia. MacKenzie has also served as a grant writer for a Richmond nonprofit and a freelance journalist for local and national radio stations and websites. He graduated from VCU's Master of Urban and Regional Planning program in 2011 after spending time at the Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany as part of a student exchange.

Expertise

• Criminal justice policy
• Sexual victimization
• Campus crime, sexual assault and law

Education

B.S., Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University (summa cum laude)
M.S., Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University
Ph.D., Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University

Teaching

Introduction to criminal justice, criminological theory, gender and violence, sex crime and society, principles of criminal justice

Research interests

Criminal justice policy, sex offending, victimization, law

Accomplishments

Dr. Christina Mancini’s scholarship seeks to contribute to efforts to improve public safety and enhance crime prevention. Specifically, her research centers on understanding the emergence and efficacy of contemporary crime laws, with a particular emphasis on criminal victimization.

She has published over 40 studies in the areas of sex crime, victimization, campus crime, public opinion, and law. Her work is featured in respected journals such as Criminology, the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, the Journal of Criminal Justice, Crime & Delinquency, Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, and other outlets. She is the author of the scholarly book, Sex Crime, Offenders, and Society: A Critical Look at Sexual Offending and Policy, 2nd Edition (2021, Carolina Academic Press). Dr. Mancini also penned a text concerning crime in higher education entitled, Campus Crime and Safety, 2nd Edition (2022, Kendall Hunt). Dr. Mancini’s research is nationally recognized and she is the recipient of many awards and honors. In 2014, she was given the Faculty Researcher of the Year Award by the American Society of Criminology, Division of Victimology.

She is also the 2015 recipient of the Wilder School Excellence in Scholarship Award. Professor Mancini’s expertise has been featured in national and local news outlets such as the Boston Globe, Washington Post, The New York Daily News, National Public Radio (NPR), Knoxville News Sentinel, Style Weekly, Waco Tribune-Herald, Texas Tribune, and the Sun-Sentinel. In 2015, she co-founded (along with several other scholars) the Sexual Offense Policy Research (SOPR) Workgroup, an international organization dedicated to improving policy responses toward sexual offending and victimization (http://www.sopresearch.org/). She holds editorial advisory board appointments for four policy-focused journals: Criminal Justice Review, Criminal Justice Policy Review, the Journal of Criminal Justice, and Social Sciences and Humanities. 

View Christina Mancini's complete CV

Select Publications

Mancini, Christina. 2022. “A Test of Faith: Exploring the Attitudes and Experiences of Catholics in the Aftermath of the Church’s Child Sexual Abuse Scandal.” Journal of Criminal Justice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2022.101933  

Mancini, Christina. 2022. “Public Support for ‘Get Smart’ Criminal Justice Reform Post-2020: Virginia as a Case Study.” International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X221086551  

Mancini, Christina, and Kristen M. Budd. 2022. “Legalize It, Criticize It, or Something Else? Americans’ Attitudes Toward Federal Recreational Marijuana Legislation (RML).” Crime & Delinquency (Accepted and Forthcoming).

Mancini, Christina, Kristen M. Budd, Bailey M. Brown, Sami Hausserman, and Sydney Smith. 2022. “The Nature and Extent of Sexual Assault in the Sky: Shining a Light on a ‘Black Box.’” International Review of Victimology. https://doi.org/10.1177/02697580221079996

Mancini, Christina, Dan Cassino, and Robert D. Lytle. 2022. “Politics, Knowledge, and Sexual Assault: Public Perceptions of Trump-Era Title IX Proceedings.” Journal of Crime and Justice. https://doi.org/10.1080/0735648X.2022.2052933

Koon-Magnin, Sarah, and Christina Mancini. 2022. “Faculty and Staff Perceptions of Title IX Mandatory Reporting Policies at Two Institutions.” Violence against Women. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012211070315

Mancini, Christina, and Kristen M. Budd.  2019.  “Americans’ Views of Efficacy toward Campus Sexual Assault Reform.”  Journal of School Violence (forthcoming).

Mancini, Christina, Justin T. Pickett, Corey Call, Robyn D. McDougle, Sarah Jane Brubaker, and Henry H. Brownstein.  2019.  “Sexual Assault in the Ivory Tower:  Public Opinion on University Accountability and Mandatory Reporting.”  Sexual Abuse:  A Journal of Research and Treatment, 31:344–365

Budd, Kristen M., Mancini, Christina, and Bierie, David.  2019.  “Parks, Playgrounds, and Incidents of Sexual Assault.”  Sexual Abuse:  A Journal of Research and Treatment, 31:580-606.

Brubaker, Sarah Jane, and Christina Mancini.  2017.  “The Impact of Increased State Regulation of Campus Sexual Assault Practices:  Perspectives of Campus Personnel.”  Journal of School Violence, 16:286-301. 

Budd, Kristen M., and Christina Mancini.  2017.  “Public Perceptions of GPS Monitoring for Convicted Sex Offenders:  Opinions on Effectiveness of Electronic Monitoring to Reduce Sexual Recidivism.”  International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 61:1335-1353.

Mancini, Christina, Justin T. Pickett, Corey Call, and Sean Patrick Roche.  2016.  “Student Perceptions of Mandatory Reporting in Higher Education.”  Criminal Justice Review, 41:219-235.

Mancini, Christina, and Justin T. Pickett.  2016.  “Examining Reaping What They Sow?  Victim-Offender Overlap Perceptions and Victim Blaming Attitudes.”  Victims & Offenders, 12:434-466.

Mancini, Christina, Thomas Baker, et al.  2016.  “Examining External Support Received in Prison and Concerns About Reentry Among Incarcerated Women.”  Feminist Criminology, 11:163-190.

Mancini, Christina, and Kristen M. Budd.  2016.  “Is the Public Convinced That ‘Nothing Works?’  Predictors of Treatment Support for Sex Offenders Among Americans.”  Crime & Delinquency, 62:777-799.

Expertise

• Police community relations
• Violent crime and program evaluation

Education

B.S., Psychology, Randolph-Macon College
M.S., Criminal Justice, Virginia Commonwealth University
Ph.D., Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University

Research interests

Police community relations, jail re-entry, program evaluation, violent crimes, crime scene analysis and evidence collection.

Accomplishments

Dr. Robyn McDougle is the Associate Dean of Research and Outreach and an Associate Professor at the Wilder School. Her primary area of research is program evaluation, project impact and the impact of violent crime on youth and community development. Her research involves working with service-based organizations and law enforcement agencies to evaluate the efficacy of programs offered to residents in communities that suffer many of the negative consequences resulting from high levels of crime, specifically violent crime. She has also worked with local and state correctional agencies in the development of effective prisoner re-entry programs as well as helped create a nationally recognized jailers academy internship program. McDougle has conducted training in leadership, stress management and death investigation for local, state, federal and international law enforcement agencies and public safety organizations.

Expertise

• Administrative law
• Local government administration 
• Public speaking 

EDUCATION

B.A.,English and Communication Arts, James Madison University

M.P.A., Virginia Commonwealth University 

J.D., Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Expertise

• Public policy
• Survey research
• Program evaluation

Accomplishments

Moore began working at the Survey and Evaluation Research Lab in 1990 as the field director while pursuing her graduate degree in social psychology at VCU.  At SERL, she oversees operations and directs a diverse group of projects.  Her research interests include public policy, survey research and program evaluation.  Her experience includes developing survey instruments, designing research projects and program evaluations, and all aspects of the data collection process.

Expertise

• Developmental criminology
• Cross-national study of crime, violence and terrorism
• Crime prevention and policing at places

Education

B.A., Sociology, Virginia Tech

B.S., Political Science, Virginia Tech
M.S., Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland
Ph.D., Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland

Teaching

Criminological theory, research methods, developmental criminology, cross-national crime and violence

Research interests

Continuity and change in antisocial and criminal offending over the life course (persistence and desistance from criminal offending), cross-national patterns of lethal violence (homicide and terrorism), spatial distribution of crime (crime at places over time)

Accomplishments

Morris’ areas of research include the study of crime at places, developmental criminology and cross-national country-level violence. She was previously awarded a predoctoral fellowship with the National Consortium of Violence Research, has been a reviewer for peer-reviewed journals and funding agencies and has served on subcommittees for the American Society of Criminology. Her more recent published work has focused on identifying country-level patterns of terrorism over time and examining patterns and correlates of criminal offending among chronic offenders, with a focus on similarity among family members. She is a member of the American Society of Criminology, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, American Sociological Association and American Psychological Association.

Selected publications

Kendler, K.S., Nancy A. Morris, Ohlsson, H., Lönn, S.L., Sundquist, J. and K. Sundquist. 2016. Criminal Offending and the Family Environment: A Swedish National High-Risk Home-Reared and Adopted-Away Co-Sibling Control Study. (Forthcoming, The British Journal of Psychiatry).

Nancy A. Morris. 2015. Target Suitability and Terrorism.Criminology and Public Policy, 13(3):451-97.

Kendler, K.S., Lönn, S.L., Maes, H., Nancy A. Morris,Lichtenstein, P., Sundquist, J. and K. Sundquist. 2015. A National Swedish Longitudinal Twin-Sibling Study of Criminal Convictions from Adolescence through Early Adulthood. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 18 (3):227-233.

Kendler, K.S., Maes, H., Lönn, S.L., Nancy A. Morris,Lichtenstein, P., Sundquist, J. and K. Sundquist. 2015. A Swedish National Twin Study of Criminal Behavior and its Violent, White-collar and Property Sub-types. Psychological Medicine, 45(11):2253-2262.

Kendler, K.S., Ohlsson, H., Nancy A. Morris, Sundquist, J. and Sundquist, K. 2014. A Swedish Population-Based Study of the Mechanisms of Parent-Offspring Transmission of Criminal Behavior. Psychological Medicine, 45(5):1093-1102.

Kendler, K.S., Nancy A. Morris., Lonn, S.L., Sundquist, J. and Sundquist, K. 2014. Environmental Transmission of Violent Criminal Behavior in Siblings: A Swedish National Study. Psychological Medicine, 44(15):3181-3187.

Kendler, K.S., Lönn, S.L, Nancy A. Morris, Sundquist, J., Långström, N. and Sundquist, K. 2014. A Swedish National Adoption Study of Criminality. Psychological Medicine, 44 (9):1913-1925.

LaFree, G. and Nancy A. Morris. 2012. Does Legitimacy Matter? Attitudes toward Anti-American Violence in Egypt, Morocco and Indonesia. Crime and Delinquency, 48(5):689-719.

Morris, Nancy A. and Slocum, L.A. 2012. Estimating Country-level Terrorism Trends using Group- based trajectory Analyses: Latent Class Growth Analysis and General Mixture Modeling. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 28(1):103-139.

Stepp, S., Pardini, D.A., Loeber, R. and Nancy A. Morris.2011. The Relation between Adolescent Social Competence and Young Adult Delinquency and Educational Attainment among At-risk Youth: The Mediating Role of Peer Delinquency. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 56(8):457-65.

Morris, Nancy A. and Slocum, L.A. 2010. The Validity of Self-reported Prevalence, Frequency, and Timing of Arrest: An Evaluation of Data Collected Using a Life Event Calendar.Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 47(2):210-240.

LaFree, G., Nancy A. Morris and Dugan, L. 2010. Cross-National Patterns of Terrorism: Comparing Trajectories for Total, Attributed and Fatal Attacks, 1970–2006. British Journal of Criminology, 50(4): 622-649.

Weisburd, D., Nancy A. Morris and Groff, E. 2009. Hot Spots of Juvenile Crime: A Longitudinal Study of Arrest Incidents at Street Segments in Seattle, Washington. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 25(4): 443-467.

Weisburd, D., Nancy A. Morris and Ready, J. 2008. Risk Focused Policing at Places: An Experimental Evaluation.Justice Quarterly, 25(1):163-200.

Expertise

• Terrorism and counterterrorism
• U.S. intelligence community
• Human trafficking

Education

B.S., International Affairs, U.S. Air Force Academy
M.A., Asian Studies, University of the Philippines

Teaching

HSEP – terrorism, the U.S. intelligence community and intelligence process, counter-terrorism, survey of terrorism

Research interests

Terrorism, counter-terrorism, covert action, international development

Accomplishments

While serving as a special agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Moslow-Benway was honored as the Officer Agent of the Year for Southeast Asia as well as the Southeastern U.S. twice. She was selected as the Department of Defense’s Counterintelligence Agent of the Year and chosen by Rotary International to represent TN in a group study exchange visit to India.

In addition, Moslow-Benway co-led efforts to raise $100,000 for reconstructive surgery for Indian children afflicted with polio and is a board member (and former chair) of J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College’s board of directors. She also serves as cochair of a bike tour that raises thousands of dollars for a local free health clinic.

Expertise

• Policing
• Terrorism prevention
• Spatial analysis of crime

Education

B.S., Psychology, Western Carolina University
M.S., Clinical Psychology, Radford University
Ph.D., Criminal Justice, Temple University

Teaching

Graduate research methods, forensic psychology, terrorism, police administration, problems in policing and homeland security

Research interests

Policing, terrorism prevention, the spatial analysis of crime, police use of force, crime patterns, the psychology of the offender and program evaluation

Accomplishments

Dr. William Pelfrey’s work addresses issues of programmatic effectiveness within the context of public safety, particularly revolving around law enforcement agencies. He has written numerous articles, book chapters and manuscripts as well as applied research reports for local, state and federal agencies. Pelfrey’s research has been published in the nation’s leading scholastic journals, including Justice Quarterly, Criminal Justice Studies, Homeland Security Review and the Journal of Criminal Justice. He also serves as an expert commentator on crime patterns, law enforcement and the psychology of crime for numerous media outlets.

Applied work plays an important role in Pelfrey’s research agenda. His research projects include efficacy evaluations of drug treatment courts, juvenile crime reduction programs, law enforcement and community policing efforts, cyberbullying, safety in schools and homeland security. Pelfrey has served as principal or co-principal investigator on grants from a variety of federal, state and local funding sources.

Appointments

Chair—Homeland Security/Emergency Preparedness, 2011-2021. Currently Professor in both Criminal Justice and HSEP.

Criminal Justice Research Alliance—Board Member. Invited to serve on national level board which guides research policy and national lobbying activity, representing the two largest criminal justice associations. Term is 2020-2022.

Chair—Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Public Policy Committee: Led a twelve-person committee to address the intersection of criminal justice and policy issues, with special focus on informing government decision-makers and members of the media. Term is 2020-2022.

Faculty Development Fellowship—Virginia Commonwealth University, 2018. Awarded competitive fellowship to study terrorism and radicalization in Lebanon, June/July 2018.

Residential Fellowship—Max Planck Institute, 2016, Awarded residential, paid fellowship to study terrorism learning at the Max Planck Institute in Germany. Residential period was Summer 2016, I continue work with the Institute as a Fellow.

Authored Research Book:

Weber, N.L. and Pelfrey, W.V. (2014). Cyberbullying: Causes, Consequences, and Coping Strategies. El Paso, TX: LFB Scholarly Publishing.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:

Pelfrey, W.V. (2020). Emergency Manager Perceptions of the Effectiveness and Limitations of Mass Notification Systems:  A Mixed Method Study.  Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.  Published Online First: https://doi.org/10.1515/jhsem-2019-0070

Pelfrey, William and Young, Anna. (2020) Police Crisis Intervention Teams: Understanding Implementation Variations and Officer Level Impacts.  Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 35, 1, 1-12.

Brady, Caitlin; Baker, Thomas, and William Pelfrey. (2019). Comparing the Impact of Bullying Victimization on Drug Use and Weapon Carrying among Male and Female Middle and High School Students:  A Partial Test of General Strain Theory. Deviant Behavior:  Online First: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01639625.2019.1637405

Pelfrey, William and Steven Keener. (2018). Body Worn Cameras and Officer Perceptions: A Mixed Method Pretest Posttest of Patrol Officers and Supervisors. Published Online First: Journal of Crime and Justice.

Pelfrey, William, Steven Keener and Michael Perkins*.  (2018). Examining the Role of Demographics in Campus Crime Alerts—Implications and Recommendations.  Race and Justice, 8, 3, 244-269.

Pelfrey, William and Steven Keener. (2016).  Police Body Worn Cameras:  A Mixed Method Approach Assessing Perceptions of Efficacy.  Policing:  An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 39, 3, 491-506.

Baker, Thomas and William Pelfrey.  (2016). Bullying Victimization, Social Network Usage, and Delinquent Coping in a Sample of Urban Youth:  Examining the Predictions of General Strain Theory.  Violence and Victims, 31, 6, 1021-1043.

Baker, T. and Pelfrey, W.V. (2016) Exploring the Effects of Traditional and Cyberbullying Victimization on the Delinquent Coping of Frequent and Infrequent Users of Social Networking Sites: An Examination of Experienced and Anticipated Strains among a Sample of Urban Youth. Violence and Victims.

Pelfrey, W.V.  (2015). Cigarette Trafficking, Smurfing and Volume Buying: Policy, Investigation, and Methodology Recommendations from a Case Study.  Criminal Justice Policy Review, 26, 7, 713-726.

Pelfrey, W.V. and Weber, N.L. (2015). Active and Passive Strategies to Combat Cyberbullying in an Urban Student Population. Preventing School Failure, 59, 4, 227-236.

Pelfrey, W.V. (2014). Policing Heterogeneity through Omniculturalism: An Assessment of County Level Correlates of Terrorist Attacks in the United States. Criminology and Public Policy, 13, 3, 483-491.

Pelfrey, W.V. and Weber, N.L. (2014). Talking Smack and the Telephone Game: Conceptualizing Cyberbullying with Middle and High School Youth. Journal of Youth Studies, 17, 3, 397-414. Impact Factor—1.38.

Baker, T, Pelfrey,W.V., Bedard, L., Dhungana,L, Gertz, M., and K. Golden. (2014). Female inmates’ procedural justice perceptions of the police and courts: Is there a spill-over of police effects? Criminal Justice and Behavior, 41, 2, 144-162.

Pelfrey, W.V. and Bubolz, B.F. (2014). Hybridizing Socrates: A Hybrid Approach to Teaching Graduate Research Methods. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 25, 1, 34-53.

Pelfrey, Jr., W.V. & Weber, N.L. (2013). Keyboard gangsters: An analysis of incidence and correlates of cyberbullying in a large urban student population. Deviant Behavior.34, 1, 68-84.

Expertise

• Solar energy policy and planning
• Climate action planning
• Collaborative environmental planning

Education

B.S., Sociology, University of Tennessee
M.C.R.P., University of Oregon
Ph.D., Planning, Governance and Globalization, Virginia Polytechnic University

Teaching

Energy planning, land use and infrastructure planning, environmental policy and planning, planning theory, planning skills and service learning

Research interests

State and local energy and climate policy, climate action planning, grid integration and permitting issues for renewable energy systems, energy implications of land use planning and smart growth

Accomplishments

Dr. Damian Pitt’s work examines opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through energy conservation, renewable energy use, land use and transportation policies. He has written numerous academic articles and professional reports, including recent studies for the Virginia Division of Mines, Minerals and Energy, the City of Richmond’s Office of Sustainability and the Richmond Region Energy Alliance (RREA). His most recent academic publications have investigated the factors behind local government adoption of energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives, and in particular their use of collaborative planning techniques to develop their clean energy strategies. Pitt also sits on the board of directors for RREA, the Virginia chapter of the American Planning Association. Prior to his academic career, he worked for Cogan Owens Greene, a nationally respected urban planning consulting firm in Portland, Oregon.

Pitt is committed to the pursuit of community-engaged research, which brings together the talent and resources of the university to work on diverse collaborations that benefit the people and communities of the commonwealth. His teaching incorporates students through service-learning courses that have produced a number of planning documents for various localities. Recent student projects include solar energy feasibility studies for the City of Richmond, Richmond Regional Energy Alliance and Virginia SUN, and bicycle and pedestrian plans for the City of Richmond and Bike-Walk RVA.

Selected publications

“Collaborative Approaches to Local Climate Change and Clean Energy Initiatives in the USA and England.” (2016). With Alina Congreve. Local Environment. Published online January 2016, print forthcoming.

“Collaborative Planning for Clean Energy Initiatives in Small to Mid-Sized Cities.” (2013). With Ellen Bassett. Journal of the American Planning Association 79 (4) 280-294.

“Evaluating the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Benefits of Compact Housing Development.” (2013). Journal of Environmental Planning & Management 56 (4) 588-606.

“The Impact of Internal and External Characteristics on the Adoption of Climate Mitigation Policies by U.S. Municipalities.” (2010). Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 28 (5) 851-871.

“Harnessing Community Energy: The Keys to Climate Mitigation Policy Adoption in U.S. Municipalities.” September, 2010. Local Environment 15 (8) 717-729.

Expertise

Education

Research Interests

Accomplishments

Expertise

• Program evaluation 
• Survey research methods 
• Project management

EDUCATION

B.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University
M.S., Developmental Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University
Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Reid began her career at the Survey and Evaluation Research Laboratory in 1990 while completing her B.A in Art History.  Since that time, she has completed an M.S. in Psychology and will complete her PhD in Psychology in the May of 2013. She has continued to work at SERL in a variety of capacities and has a rich background in all aspects of survey research, evaluation and analysis utilizing both qualitative and quantitative methods. Her research interests lies in examining the health risk behaviors and aspects of relationships within emerging adulthood and adolescence populations. Reid enjoys traveling, visiting museums and historical buildings, and networking with researchers across disciplines and learning about new topics.

Expertise

• Immigration policy
• Education policy
• Social Equity

EDUCATION

B.A., History, Goshen College
M.A., International Relations, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
Ph.D., Public Policy and Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Local responsiveness to immigration, education policy, social equity, peace and conflict resolution in public administration

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Dr. Grant Rissler started as Assistant Director of OPPO in December 2017.  Previously he served as Assistant Director of Programs for the Commonwealth Educational Policy Institute (CEPI).  He began coordinating communications and special projects for CEPI in the fall of 2012 while working on his Ph.D. and became assistant director in 2015. Rissler received his Ph.D. from the Wilder School’s public policy and administration program in August 2017.  His research focuses on local immigration policy and its intersection with education.

He holds a master’s degree in international relations from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, a graduate certificate in conflict transformation from Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding and a bachelor’s degree in history from Goshen College.

Prior to joining the Wilder School, Rissler coordinated fundraising for Mennonite Central Committee – East Coast, directed communications for The Faith & Politics Institute and served two and one-half years in three positions through Mennonite Voluntary Service.

Expertise

• Environmental Policy and Planning
• Rural Planning and Development
• International Development

Education

• BA, Geography, Bishop’s University (Lennoxville, Quebec)
• MES, Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
• PhD, Geography, University of Florida (Gainesville), Phi Beta Kappa

Teaching

Physical Geography; History of Human Settlement; Regional Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean; Environmental Management; Food Systems, Rural Development, and Landscape Conservation; Natural Resources and Environmental Planning; Global Economic Change and Development; Rural Development for Socioeconomic and Ecological Resilience (service-learning, field course in Guatemala); Environmental Planning and Community Health (taught in Madrid and Córdoba, Spain).

Research

Shriar’s research interests include environmental planning, policy, and evaluation; rural development and farming systems; cultural and political ecology; and international development policies and programming.  More specifically, his work has focused primarily on three topics: a) farmer decision-making and agricultural change; b) factors contributing to poverty, land degradation, and deforestation in rural regions of developing countries; and c) strategies and policies that can help alleviate these problems.

Accomplishments

Prior to pursuing his Ph.D. at the University of Florida, Shriar served for six years as a consultant in environmental planning and rural development in the Andes, the Caribbean, Canada and Vietnam. His doctoral dissertation, for which he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, is entitled “Agricultural Intensification and Resource Conservation in the Buffer Zone of the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Petén, Guatemala.” He has since conducted additional fieldwork in Petén on several occasions to examine the impacts of regional economic integration on agricultural land use, the rural economy, and forest cover. In 2003, he studied food security and rural poverty issues in Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala on behalf of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Spanish International Cooperation Agency (AECI). In 2005 and 2017 he conducted fieldwork on irrigation systems in Bolivia as a follow-up to research conducted as a consultant in the mid-1990s.  His most recent work has focused on land preservation strategies in Virginia, and on the local economic impacts of different types of agriculture in the state.  Shriar has done research or consulting work in 15 countries, and has traveled and trekked in about 60 countries.  In addition to his native English, he speaks Spanish fluently and French at an advanced level.

Select Publications

Shriar, Avrum J. and Akins, Alissa. 2018. “Transfer of Development Rights, Growth Management, and Landscape Conservation in Virginia.”  Local Environment 23(1): 1-19.

Shriar, Avrum J. 2014 “Theory and Context in Analyzing Livelihoods, Land Use, and Land Cover: Lessons from Petén, Guatemala.” Geoforum 55: 152-163.

Shriar, Avrum J. 2011. “Economic Integration, Rural Hardship, and Conservation on Guatemala’s Agricultural Frontier.” Journal of Sustainable Forestry 30 (1-2):133-157. [Special issue on: Conservation and the Agricultural Frontier: Integrating Forests & Agriculture in the Tropics.]

Shriar, Avrum J. 2010. “Destitution through ‘Development’: A Case Study of the Laka Laka Project in Cochabamba, Bolivia.” Sustainability 2: 3239-3257. [Special Issue on: Land Use and Sustainability.]

Shriar, Avrum J. 2009. “Roads to Poverty: Exploring the Impacts of Economic Integration on Socioeconomic Conditions and Land Use in Northern Guatemala.” Journal of Planning Education and Research 28: 456-469.

Shriar, Avrum J. 2007. “In Search of Sustainable Land Use and Food Security in the Arid Hillside Regions of Central America: Putting the Horse before the Cart.” Human Ecology 35(3): 275-287.

Shriar, Avrum J. 2006. “Regional Integration or Disintegration? Recent Road Improvements in Petén, Guatemala: A Review of Preliminary Agricultural, Economic, and Environmental Impacts.” Geoforum 37: 104-112.

*Article is featured in the Library of Congress Handbook of Latin American Studies (Volume 63).

Shriar, Avrum J. 2005.  “Determinants of Agricultural Intensity Index Scores in a Frontier Region: An Analysis of Data from Northern Guatemala.” Agriculture and Human Values 22: 395-410.

Shriar, Avrum J. 2002. “Land Use, Deforestation, and Food Security in Northern Guatemala.” Food Policy 27(4): 395-414.

Shriar, Avrum J. 2001. “The Dynamics of Agricultural Intensification and Resource Conservation in the Buffer Zone of the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Petén, Guatemala.” Human Ecology 29(1): 27-48.

*Article is featured in the Library of Congress Handbook of Latin American Studies (Volume 61).

Shriar, Avrum J. 2000. “Agricultural Intensity and Its Measurement in Frontier Regions.” Agroforestry Systems 49: 301-318.

Expertise

• Urban design theory
• Urban design practice
• Urban design skills

Expertise

EDUCATION

B.S., Psychology, Old Dominion University

B.S., Human Services, Old Dominion University

PBACC, Nonprofit Management, Virginia Commonwealth University

M.P.A., Old Dominion University 

PhD, Public Administration, University of Nebraska 

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Starke is Assistant Professor of Public Administration at Virginia Commonwealth University's L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs. Professor Starke's research includes specific interests in vulnerable and oppressed populations, public service education, and liberation. Prior to returning to the Wilder School as a faculty member, Professor Starke was an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Denver's School of Public Affairs. Professionally, Dr. Starke worked as a human services practitioner and qualified mental health professional engaging with  public, private, and nonprofit service providers. A native of Hanover County, VA, his greatest accomplishment to date is being a proud and doting uncle to several amazing humans.

RESEARCH

Professor Starke's work broadly focuses on issues of democracy, identity, citizenship, and social equity. In addition to several book chapters and technical reports, he has published in Public Administration Review, Administrative Theory & Praxis, Journal of Public Affairs Education, Public Integrity, Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration, State and Local Government Review, Metropolitan Universities Journal, and Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education. 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Dr. Starke has served terms as member and Secretary of the Public Administration Theory Network board of directors, Conference of Minority Public Administrators Region IV Representative, and ASPA Section on Democracy and Social Justice Secretary. 

AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Dr. Starke is the recipient of several professional awards and academic honors including VCU Wilder Graduate Scholars Fellow (2014), ASPA Founders' Fellow (2014) and International Young Scholar (2016), Engagement Scholarship Consortium Engaged Scholar Awardee (2016), PAT-Net Fellow (2017), and University of Nebraska Presidential Graduate Fellow (2018). An accomplished instructor and faculty colleague, Professor Starke received NASPAA's Social Justice Curriculum Award (2020), CU Denver's School of Public Affairs Excellence in Teaching (2021) and Excellence in Leadership and Service (2022) Awards for Tenure/Tenure-Track faculty. He is the inaugural recipient of ASPA's Section on Democracy and Social Justice Best Dissertation Award (2020). 

Expertise

• Land use planning
• Planning support systems
• Applications of geospatial technologies for data analysis and visualization

Education

B.S., Urban Planning, Feng Chia University (Taichung, Taiwan), 1984
M.U.P., Planning, Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon, 1988
Ph.D., Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, 1998

Teaching

Land use planning, geographic information systems and data analysis techniques

Research interests

Land use planning, geographic information systems, decision support systems, e-government services and their integration in planning education and practice

Accomplishments

Suen taught in the geographic information systems program at Grays Harbor College in Aberdeen, Wash., from 1996-98. He served as assistant professor in the Department of Community and Regional Planning at Iowa State University from 1998-2004. His project, “3D Visualization of Planning Scenarios: Brookland Park Boulevard Commercial Revitalization Plan, Richmond, Virginia,” was named 2007 Best Use of Technology to Improve a Plan or Planning Process by the Information Technology Division of the American Planning Association. He received the 2001 Faculty Award for Extraordinary Performance, as well as the 2003 Polster Teaching Award, presented “in grateful appreciation of outstanding instruction in the studio or classroom,” from the College of Design at Iowa State University.

Selected publications

3D Visualization in Community-Based Planning. Journal of Extension (2005). With Timothy O. Borich.

Residential development pattern and intra-neighborhood infrastructure provision: an empirical study of Story County, Iowa. Journal of Urban Planning and Development(March 2005).

Software Review: CommunityViz 1.3. Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association 16(1): 51-55 (2004).

Expertise

• Social-Ecological Systems (SES)
• Urban informality, Urban ecology, Water and Waste Management
• Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS)
• Mixed Methods Research

Shruti Syal is an Assistant Professor at the Wilder School of Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University. She holds a BSc in Biology from McGill University, a MSc in Environmental Studies from The Energy & Resources Institute, and a PhD in Regional Planning from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. She studies cities as integrated human-environment systems, focusing on water and waste dynamics, infrastructure, institutions, and “informality”. Her dissertation established environmental remediation of the river Yamuna and “slum” upgradation in Delhi as interdependent goals, challenging the dichotomies that plague planning practice in Indian cities, and received the ACSP Gill-Chin Lim Award for Best Dissertation in International Planning (2019). 

CURRENT RESEARCH:

One project is exploring how to couple decentralized sanitation infrastructure and environment planning agendas to “slum” upgradation in rapidly urbanizing megacities. Geographic focus: Delhi, India.

RESEARCH TEAM: Michael O'Grady (PPAD '23), Adelaide Alexander (MURP '24), Callie Houghland (MURP '24), Elena Johnson (BURP '22)

UPCOMING PUBLICATIONS:

Syal, S. (2022). Overregulated and Underserved: regulatory overlap in infrastructure and service provision in Delhi's drain-adjacent 'informal' settlements. Manuscript in preparation.

Syal, S. (2022). (Unprivileged) Polluter Pays: a biophysical profile of pollution in Delhi's drain-adjacent 'informal' settlements. Manuscript in preparation.

(research underway) Actor Network Map for sanitation and green infrastructure in Delhi's self-built settlements.

(research underway) Suitability Analysis for green infrastructure coupling sanitation and drain remediation in Delhi's self-built settlements.

Another (newer) project involves developing a conceptual framework that integrates four bodies of literature (systems, hazards, socioeconomic vulnerability, public policy theory) to link urban vulnerability, risk, and resilience in a way that is applicable by planners and policy-makers.

RESEARCH TEAM: James McConville (PPAD '24)

RECENT & UPCOMING PUBLICATIONS:

Syal, S. (2021). Learning from pandemics: Applying resilience thinking to identify priorities for planning urban settlements. Journal of Urban Management, 10(3), 205-217. Available open access here.

McConville, J. & Syal, S. (2022). Resilience thinking in policy and planning: linking Complex Adaptive Systems, Social-Ecological Systems and public policy theory. Manuscript in preparation. [Being presented on November 4, 2022, at the 62nd Annual Association of College Schools of Planning (ACSP) Conference in Toronto, Canada]

CURRENT TEACHING:

URSP 332: Environmental Management (Fall 2021, Spring 2022)

URSP 650: Natural Resources and Environmental Planning (Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022)

URSP 515: Watersheds Planning and Governance (Spring 2021, Spring 2023)

URSP 681: International Urban Policy and Planning (Spring 2023)

She is also currently using a VCU Library Affordable Course Content Award to beta test Open Educational Resources (OERs) for URSP 650. These are nine highly scaffolded, applied learning assignments that will be the core learning component of the weekly modules. These include skill-building exercises teaching the use of open access databases and web tools for analyses, and the guided exploration and evaluation of selected case studies on the Lincoln Institute Case Study Library and International Planning Case Studies Project. Student work completed under these OERs will be showcased in an open access website that will also serve as a space for multiple cohorts to build on each others' work, and to spawn future collaborative work on these cases. This website < prototype coming in 2023 > is a collaboration with Dr. Bernadette V. Baird-Zars.

Expertise

• Real estate development and finance
• Community development and organizing
• Urban political economy

Education

B.S., Chemistry, Davidson College

Masters of Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago

Ph.D., Planning and Policy, Rutgers University

Teaching

Adaptive reuse and real estate development finance, research methods, economic geography, housing and community development

Research Interests

Ben Teresa studies the changing relationship between finance and cities. His research examines how the increasing role of financial institutions, actors, and logic—sometimes referred to as the “financialization” of the economy—affects urban development and governance. Rooted in a community-engaged approach that emphasizes democratic inquiry and distributed expertise, his research focuses on how financialization positions communities and planners to exercise control over the institutions that shape how cities change.

By examining financialization as a process of urban transformation, Teresa’s research engages across multiple arenas including real estate development, housing, tax incentives, and urban education. He has explored how professional investment in rent regulated multifamily housing in New York City marks a significant change in the ownership and management of affordable housing by increasing displacement pressure on low-income tenants, challenging existing affordable housing policy, and inspiring new community development and organizing practices. In Chicago, he studied how the city used tax increment financing (TIF) to subsidize corporate headquarters relocations and how the practice motivated planners to develop new tools to evaluate the incentives. He has also looked at how private financing allowed charter school networks to expand rapidly in Chicago, transforming existing educational inequality into speculative investment opportunity without accountability to communities, parents, and students.

His current research project compares financial investment in 1) New York City and other “global cities” property markets; 2) single family rental housing emerging from the post-2008 foreclosure crisis in the American Southeast and Southwest; and 3) property markets in the declining cities of the American Midwest. The comparison shows how the increasing interconnection of financial and real estate markets directly links invested and disinvested places while intensifying the pace of uneven urban development, and how policy and community development engage with the challenges and opportunities these transformations bring.

Accomplishments

2015 Susan S. Fainstein Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University

Publications

Expertise

• Urban planning
• Institutional analysis
• Public management

Expertise

• Psychology of violent extremism
• Radicalization and deradicalization
• Motivation

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Social and Cultural Psychology, University of Alberta

M.S., Experimental Psychology, University of Wyoming

B.A., Psychology, University of Wyoming

TEACHING

Terrorism, radicalization, introduction to homeland security and emergency preparedness

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Terrorism, the psychological, cultural and social factors of the radicalization process, effectiveness of deradicalization programs, existential threat, social psychology

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Dr. Webber conducts theory-driven research on ideological extremism, with a particular focus on violent extremism and terrorism. Along with his colleagues, he has advanced and tested a tripartite theory of radicalization and deradicalization that examines how motivation, social relationships, and ideologies combine to facilitate movement to and away from extremist movements. Webber has been invited on numerous occasions to share his work for academic and practitioner audiences, including prosecutors, law enforcement officers, the US State Department, multiple terrorism research centers, and the Anti-Defamation League. His work has been funded by the US Department of Defense. He has consulted with the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism in the Hague on numerous research and training projects, including with prison staff who work with terrorist offenders.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Jasko, K., Webber, D., Molinario, E., & Kruglanski, A. W. (2021). Ideological extremism among Syrian refugees is negatively related to intentions to migrate to the West. Psychological Science, 32(9), 1362-1374.

Webber, D., Kruglanski, A., Molinario, E., & Jasko, K. (2020). Ideologies that justify political violence. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 34, 107-111.

Kruglanski, A. W., Webber, D., & Koehler, D. (2019). The radical’s journey: How German Neo-Nazis voyaged to the edge and back. Oxford University Press.

Webber, D., Babush, M., Schori-Eyal, N., Vazeou-Niewenhuis, A., Hettiarachchi, M., Belanger, J. J., … Gelfand, M. J. (2018). The road to extremism: Field and experimental evidence that significance loss-induced need for closure fosters radicalization. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 114(2), 270-285.

Webber, D., Chernikova, M., Kruglanski, A. W., Gelfand, M. J., Hettiarachchi, M., Gunaratna, R., ... & Belanger, J. J. (2018). Deradicalizing detained terrorists. Political Psychology, 39(3), 539-556.

Expertise

• Interstate cyber conflict and non-state cyber operations
• U.S. cybersecurity policymaking
• Risk analysis and forecasting methods

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Political Science, George Mason University School of Policy, Government and International Affairs

B.A., International Relations, College of William & Mary

B.A., Economics, College of William & Mary

M.A., Political Science, George Mason University

Christopher Whyte is an assistant professor of homeland security and emergency preparedness. His research interests include a range of international security topics related to the use of information technology in war and peace, political communication and cybersecurity doctrine/policy. His dissertation explores the determinants of decision-making among subversive groups that choose to use different kinds of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in their campaigns. His scholarly and analytic work on cyber conflict and trends in international politics scholarship has appeared or is forthcoming in several publications including International Studies Quarterly, International Studies Review, Strategic Studies Quarterly, Orbis, Comparative Strategy, New Media & Society, Foreign Policy and The National Interest. He is also co-author of a forthcoming Routledge volume on international security and cyberspace – entitled Understanding Cyber-Warfare: Politics, Policy and Strategy – with Brian Mazanec and Angelos Stavrou.

Whyte received his doctorate and master's degrees in political science from George Mason University and his bachelor's degree in International Relations and Economics from the College of William and Mary. He was previously a non-resident fellow with Pacific Forum CSIS and a fellow at the Center for Security Policy Studies, George Mason University. Previously, he worked in various roles at several national security think tanks, including the Cato Institute, the Center for the National Interest and the Center for a New American Security. He grew up in Glasgow, Scotland and, despite having lived on the East Coast for more than a decade, maintains a strong interest in rugby union and British politics.

Expertise

• Vertical and horizontal intergovernmental relations
• Government and politics of metropolitan areas

Education

B.A., Northeastern University
M.A., University of Connecticut
Ph.D., University of Connecticut

Teaching

Federalism and intergovernmental relations, state and local government and politics

Research interests

Vertical and horizontal intergovernmental relations, government and politics of metropolitan areas

Accomplishments

Wikstrom has been the recipient of many awards and honors and has received several research grants. He is the author of numerous published papers and books and is a member of Pi Sigma Alpha, Phi Alpha Theta and Phi Kappa Phi.

Selected publications

American Intergovernmental Relations: A Fragmented Federal Polity. Oxford University Press (2006). With G. Ross Stephens.

County Manager Government in Henrico County: Implementation, Evolution, and Evaluation (2003).

Metropolitan Government and Governance: Theoretical Perspectives, Empirical Analysis, and the Future. Oxford University Press. With G. Ross Stephens.

The Political World of a Small Town: A Mirror Image of American Politics (1993).

Councils of Governments: A study of political incrementalism. Burnham, Munger & Root (1977).

Expertise

• Virginia law
• Government and public affairs
• Social justice

Education

B.S., Chemistry, Virginia Union University
J.D., Law, Howard University

Teaching

Public Policy Challenges in Virginia and the Nation, various guest lectures

Accomplishments

Former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder was the first African-American to be elected governor in the U.S., leading the commonwealth of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. As governor, he was commended for his sound fiscal management and balancing the state budget during difficult economic times. Financial World magazine ranked Virginia as the best managed state in the U.S. for two consecutive years under his administration. He served as lieutenant governor from 1986 to 1990.

Serving as a state senator representing Richmond from 1969 to 1985, Wilder became the first African-American state senator in Virginia since Reconstruction. During his five terms as state senator, he chaired committees on transportation, rehabilitation and social services, privileges and elections, the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council and the Senate Steering Committee, which appoints committee members. He successfully sponsored Virginia’s first drug paraphernalia law and the compulsory school attendance law.

Other legislative achievements as state senator include providing state health care coverage for sickle cell anemia patients, toughening penalties for capital murders and prison escapees and expanding low- and moderate-income housing. For eight years, he persisted in sponsoring legislation that eventually led to establishing a state holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Selected Pubilications

Son of Virginia: A Life in America’s Political Arena, Lyons Press, 2015

Seek to Emulate Mandela’s Strength of Character, Richmond Times-Dispatch, 2013

Expertise

• State and local government finance
• Public and nonprofit financial management
• Social equity and workforce diversity

Education

B.S., Physics, Berea College, Kentucky, 1961
M.G.A., Governmental Administration, University of Pennsylvania, 1968
M.P.A., Public Administration, University of Southern California, 1972
D.P.A., University of Southern California, 1993

Teaching

Wooldridge teaches courses in public and nonprofit management and organizational behavior in the Ph.D. program, including governmental financial management, human resource management, principles of public administration, public administration theory, public policy analysis, and formulation and implementation.

Research interests

Identifying and overcoming barriers to the success of programs designed to promote social equity, strategies for increasing the effectiveness of management education and training, issues in privatization, trends in local government revenues, procedures and content of local government budgets, strategies used to improve productivity, obstacles to the implementation of innovations in public organizations, learning styles of international and U.S. public managers, the implications for public managers of the increased diversity of the workforce, attributes of high performing organizations, organizational behavior issues within symphony orchestras, development of diversity competencies by public affairs professionals

Accomplishments

During his career, Wooldridge has served as extension professor at the Institute of Public Service International at the University of Connecticut; director of the graduate program in urban affairs (Northern Virginia) at Virginia Tech; director of the Urban Management Curriculum Development project and training association with the National Training and Development Service; coordinator of federal programs and budget analyst for the U.S. Virgin Islands; and Peace Corps volunteer and senior science master in secondary schools in Nigeria.

Wooldridge received the Teaching Excellence Award given by the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech and twice received the School of Community and Public Affairs’ Excellence in University and Community Service Award at VCU. He also received the College of Humanities and Sciences Distinguished Service Award in 1999.

Wooldridge has authored or coauthored more than 150 papers, presentations, professional reports and training modules on such topics as public budgeting, revenue management, productivity improvement and public sector training and education. His publications have or are scheduled to appear in International Review of Administrative Sciences, Journal of Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management and many others. Portions of his works have been translated into Czech, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Danish, Italian, Russian, Macedonian, French, Lithuanian and Georgian.

Expertise

• Police recruitment and requirements
• Perceptions of police officers
• Crime scene identification, processing and analysis
• Cultural diversity and inclusion in policing
• History and current practices of policing

Education

B.S., Criminal Justice, Radford University
M.A., Public Administration and Public Safety, Walden University
Ph.D., Public Policy and Administration, Walden University

Teaching

Introduction to Policing, Principles of Criminal Investigations, Violent Crime Scenes Investigations, Race, Crime, and Justice and Criminalistics 

Research interests

Basic requirements of becoming a police officer, positive and negative perceptions of police officers, immigration and policing, re-imagining the police perceptions and the communities they serve.

Accomplishments

Dr. Wurie’s area of concentration strongly focuses on policing because he was a sworn police officer for more than 10 years with the Prince William County Police Department. During his police tenure, he was a patrol officer, crisis intervention team member, police mentor, crime scene technician and police planner. He also completed various applicable police training courses such as crisis intervention training, criminal investigations training, basic police crime scene photography, police planners training and crime scene technician. In addition to his police experience, Wurie completed his doctoral degree in 2012, which primarily focused on the impact of the immigration policy 287(g) and its impact on Salvadoran families residing in Prince William County. He also has co-authored other publications and has written and published one book, “Impact: A Compilation of Positive Police Encounters.” Wurie recently completed his first textbook titled “Introduction to policing: perceptions versus reality” revised first edition published January 2020. Currently he is also the chair of the Henrico Police chief’s advisory board wherein he is a special consultant and instructs the history and current practices of policing to both academy recruits and in-service members. His educational and professional experiences contribute greatly to his teaching and service endeavors at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Selected publications

Wurie, C. M. (2012). Exploring the lives of Salvadoran families after the implementation of Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 Section 287(g) (Doctoral Dissertation). Retrieved from ProQuest (ID# 12491).

Wurie, C. M. (2013). Impact: A compilation of positive police encounters. Indiana: AuthorHouse.

Expertise

• State and local government finance
• Public and nonprofit financial management
• Regional economic development

Education

B.A., Economics, University of International Relations (Beijing, China)
M.P.A., University of Kentucky
Ph.D., Public Administration, University of Kentucky

Teaching

Public budgeting, finance and accounting, nonprofit financial management

Research interests

Revenue structure and debt financing of state and local government, nonprofit revenue and capital structure and the fiscal impact of federal environmental regulations

Accomplishments

Yan’s current research focuses on the impact of revenue structure on revenue volatility of public and nonprofit organizations and also the subsequent impact on the financial sustainability of these organizations. Her research has been published in domestic and international leading journals, including National Tax Journal, Public Finance Review, Public Budgeting & Finance, The American Review of Public Administration, Journal of Regional Science, Economic Development Quarterly, Regional Studies, Public Money & Management, Municipal Finance Journal, Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs and Public Finance and Management.

Among those publications, her paper published in Public Finance Review titled “Revenue Structure and Nonprofit Borrowing” highlights the importance of revenue diversification and government subsidy in the debt financing decision of nonprofit organizations. This paper was rated as the most frequently read article in Public Finance Review in 2009. In addition, her research has been recognized by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management and the Public Finance and Budgeting Section of the Western Social Science Association. Prior to joining the Wilder School, Yan was an assistant professor at Indiana University.

Selected publications

Andrew Duggan, Douglas Carr and Wenli Yan, “Conditional Impacts of Political and Fiscal Factors on State Environmental Budgets”, Forthcoming at Public Budgeting & Finance

Spencer Brien and Wenli Yan, “Are Overlapping Local Governments Competing With Each Other When Issuing Debt?”, Public Budgeting & Finance, first published: 11 June 2020, https://doi.org/10.1111/pbaf.12264

Wenli Yan and Douglas Carr, “Impacts of Revenue Diversification and Revenue Elasticity on State Fiscal Health.” Public Finance and Management, Vol. 19 No. 2, (2019)

Denison, D., Yan, W., & Butler, J. S. (2019). Managing risk and growth of nonprofit revenue. Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, 5(1), 56-73. https:// doi.org/10.20899/jpna.5.1.56-73

Meagan M. Jordan, Wenli Yan and Somayeh Hooshmand, “The Role of Revenue Structure in the Occurrence and Magnitude of Revenue Variance.” The American Review of Public Administration, first published October 5, 2015, https://doi.org/10.1177/0275074015608265

Justin M. Ross, Wenli Yan and Craig Johnson (2015). “The Public Financing of America’s Largest Cities: A Study of City Financial Records in the Wake of the Great Recession.” Journal of Regional Science, 55(1), 113-138. doi: 10.1111/jors.12117.

Wenli Yan and Margaret Sloan, “The Impact of Employee Compensation and Financial Performance on Nonprofit Organization Donations.” The American Review of Public Administration, first published on October 19, 2014, https://doi.org/10.1177/0275074014554000

Wenli Yan (2013), “Using Trend Data to Evaluate the Differential Response of State Borrowing to Revenue Volatility.” Public Budgeting & Finance, 33(2), 75-92.

Wenli Yan and Douglas Carr (2013), “Federal Environmental Regulation Impacts on Local Economic Growth and Stability.” Economic Development Quarterly, 27(3), 179-192. doi: 10.1177/0891242413486187.

Justin M. Ross and Wenli Yan (2013). “Fiscal Illusion from Property Reassessment? An Empirical Test of the Residual View." National Tax Journal, 66(1), 7-32. (Nominated for the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) Distinguished Research and Development Award in 2013).

Wenli Yan (2012). “The Impact of Revenue Diversification and Economic Base on State Revenue Stability.” Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, 24(1), 58-81.

Wenli Yan (2011). “The interactive effect of revenue diversification and economic base on US local government revenue stability.” Public Money & Management, 31 (6), 419–426.

Wenli Yan (2011). “Revenue Diversification and State Credit Risk.” Municipal Finance Journal, 31 (4), 41-62.

Douglas Carr and Wenli Yan (2010).“Federal Environmental Policy and Local Industrial Diversification:The Case of the Clean Air Act.” Regional Studies, 46(5), 639-649. doi: 10.1080/00343404.2010.509131.

Wenli Yan, Dwight Denison and J.S. Butler (2009). “Revenue Structure and Nonprofit Borrowing.” Public Finance Review, 37(1), 47-67. (Rated as the most frequently read article in Public Finance Review in 2009).

Dwight Denison, Wenli Yan and Zhirong (Jerry) Zhao (2007). “Is management performance a factor in municipal bond credit ratings? The case of Texas School Districts.” Public Budgeting and Finance, 27 (4), 86–98.

Expertise

• North Korean history and politics
• U.S-East Asia relations
• Global History of Socialism and Communism

Dr. Young has served as a guest lecturer and academic presenter for a wide variety of distinguished national and international institutions, such as the University of British Columbia, Michigan State University, The Ohio State University, and Middlebury Korean Language School. He regularly comments on North Korean affairs and U.S-Asia relations for podcasts and national and international news outlets, most notably 99 Percent Invisible, the New York Times, LA Times, and BBC News. He is currently working on a research project examining the importance of mountains in anti-colonial guerilla struggles and Leninist party-states. He is also working on a paper investigating the relationship between Revolutionary Iran and African American radicals. 

Education

Research interests

Accomplishments

Dr. Benjamin R. Young is the author of the book, Guns, Guerillas, and the Great Leader: North Korea and the Third World (Stanford University Press, 2021). Previously, he was an Assistant Professor in Cyber Leadership & Intelligence at Dakota State University and a postdoctoral fellow in Strategy and Policy at the U.S Naval War College. He has published a number of scholarly articles on East Asian history and politics in peer-reviewed journals, such as the International History Review, the International Journal of Korean Unification Studies, and Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society. He was a 2018-2019 CSIS/USC NextGen US-Korea Scholar and has also written journalistic pieces for The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Diplomat, Nikkei Asia, The National Interest, Reuters, and NKNews.org. Dr. Young has lived in South Korea during a Fulbright fellowship and has traveled extensively in North Korea, China, and Russia. 

Selected publications

Book

Guns, Guerillas, and the Great Leader: North Korea and the Third World. (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, April 2021). 

 Journal Articles

 “When the Lights Went Out: Electricity in North Korea and Dependency on Moscow, “International Journal of Korean Unification Studies  Vol. 29, No. 1 (2020), 107-134.

 “Before ‘Fire and Fury’: The Role of Anger and Fear in U.S-North Korea Relations, 1968-1994,” The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis Vol. 32, No. 2 (2020), 207-229.

  “Cultural Diplomacy with North Korean Characteristics: Pyongyang’s Exportation of the Mass Games, 1972-1996,” International History Review, Vol. 42, No. 3 (2020) 543-555.

   “Thucydides in Pyongyang: Fear, Honor, and Interests in the 1968 Pueblo Crisis,” Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies, Vol. 7, No. 1 (2020), 68-85. 

 “Imagining Revolutionary Feminism: Communist Asia and the Women of the Black Panther Party,” Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society, Vol. 21, No. 1 (2019), 1-17. 

 “An Emotional Relationship: Trust, Admiration, and Fear in North Korea-Zimbabwe Relations, 1976-1988,” S/N Korean Humanities, Vol. 4, No. 2 (2019), 129-149.

 “Not There for the Nutmeg: North Korean Advisors in Grenada and Pyongyang’s Internationalism, 1979-1983,” Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review No. 27 (2018).

  “Hammer, Sickle, and the Shamrock: North Korea’s Relations with the Workers’ Party of Ireland,” Journal of Northeast Asian History, Vol. 12, No. 2, 105-130 (2015).

  “The Struggle for Legitimacy: North Korean-African Relations, 1965-1992,” British Association for Korean Studies Papers (now known as the European Journal of Korean Studies) Issue 16 (2015), 97-116.

 “Juche in the USA: The Black Panther Party’s Relations with North Korea, 1969-1971,” The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, Vol. 13, Issue 12, No. 2 (2015).