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Bridging Perspectives

The Bridging Perspectives course immerses criminal justice students in dialogue and experiential learning with local police officers.

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Criminal Justice

Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness

Public Administration

Public Policy and Administration

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The Office of Student Success provides career services and internship programs to all students within the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs.

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Susan Gooden, Ph.D.

Wilder School Dean and Professor

RaJade M. Berry-James, Ph.D.

Senior Associate Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs and Professor

Robyn Diehl McDougle, Ph.D.

Associate Dean of Research and Outreach, Professor

Shajuana Isom-Payne, Ph.D.

Assistant Dean of Student Success

Nakeina Douglas-Glenn, Ph.D.

Director, Research Institute for Social Equity

Stevan Dozier

Senior Director of Development

Ross Losapio

Director of Recruitment

William H. "Bill" Leighty

Senior Strategic Advisor

Timothy M. O'Dell

Director of Finance and Administration

David Slipher

Director of Communications and External Relations

Franklin Wallace

Director of Human Resources and Operations

Susan White, Ph.D.

Director of Research Services

John Accordino, Ph.D.

Professor

Jay Albanese, Ph.D.

Professor

Jose Alcaine, Ph.D.

Adjunct faculty

Mark Bittner, AICP

Instructor

Sarah Jane Brubaker, Ph.D.

Professor, Director of the Certificate in Gender Violence Intervention, Assistant Chair, Criminal Justice programs

Xueming (Jimmy) Chen, Ph.D.

Professor, program chair - Urban and Regional Studies and Planning program

Hayley Cleary, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Amy Cook, Ph.D.

Special Assistant Dean of Student Services and Associate Professor

Lindsey Evans, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Meghan Gough, Ph.D.

Associate professor

Elsie Harper-Anderson, Ph.D.

Associate professor, director of the Ph.D. program

Brittany 'Brie' Haupt, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor and Assistant Director of the Public Policy and Administration doctoral program

Richard Huff, Ph.D.

Associate professor, assistant chair - Master of Public Administration program

Myung Hun Jin, Ph.D.

Associate professor, chair - Master of Public Administration program

Brittany Keegan, Ph.D.

Director of Research and Outreach, Center for Public Policy and Assistant Professor

Brad Lehmann, Ph.D.

Instructor

Saltanat Liebert, Ph.D.

Associate professor

Hans Louis-Charles, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Patrick Lowery, Ph.D.

Associate professor

Christina Mancini, Ph.D.

Associate professor, criminal justice graduate coordinator

Mary Moore, Ph.D.

Senior Field Research Director, Survey and Evaluation Research Laboratory

Nancy A. Morris, Ph.D.

Associate professor, Program Chair, Criminal Justice

Maureen Moslow-Benway, M.A.

Associate professor, program chair - Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness

Luisa Nazareno, Ph.D.

Assistant professor

William Pelfrey Jr., Ph.D.

Professor

Damian Pitt, Ph.D.

Associate professor

Sarah Raskin, Ph.D.

Associate professor

Jennifer Reid, Ph.D.

Director of Evaluation, Survey and Evaluation Research Laboratory

Grant Rissler, Ph.D.

Affiliate faculty

Charity Scott, Ph.D.

Assistant professor

James Smither, M.U.R.P.

Associate professor

Anthony Starke, Ph.D.

Assistant professor

I-Shian (Ivan) Suen, Ph.D.

Associate professor

Shruti Syal, Ph.D.

Assistant professor

Benjamin Teresa, Ph.D.

Associate professor and co-director of the RVA Eviction Lab, assistant chair - Urban and Regional Studies and Planning program

Niraj Verma, Ph.D.

Professor

David Webber, Ph.D.

Associate professor, homeland security and emergency preparedness assistant chair

Christopher Whyte, Ph.D.

Associate professor

L. Douglas Wilder

Distinguished professor

Blue Wooldridge, Ph.D.

Distinguished Career Professor and Professor Emeritus

Chernoh Wurie, Ph.D.

Assistant professor

Wenli Yan, Ph.D.

Associate professor

Gina Barber

Director of Administration and Senior Consultant, Center for Public Policy

Noah Bateman

Research Administrator, Survey and Evaluation Research Lab

Tina Braden

Human resources and building manager

Jason Burkett

Senior Research Analyst, Center for Public Policy

Bradford Bryant

Grant Manager

Nancy Calkins

Training Facilitator, Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute

Cameron Carter

Consultant and Facilitator, Performance Management Group

Justine Coleman

Program and Assistant

Collin Cox

Administrative coordinator, Office of Research and Outreach

Pam Cox

Senior Special Projects & Communications Manager and Executive Assistant, Distinguished Faculty

Katie Crump

Senior Academic Advisor

Tivoli Dabney

Executive Assistant, Research Institute for Social Equity

Daniel Davis

Research Support Specialist, Performance Management Group

Keandra Davis

Graduate Research Associate, Research Institute for Social Equity

Chelsie Dunn, Ph.D.

Senior Research Associate, Research Institute for Social Equity

Mandy Fowler

Business development liaison

Kim Hunter

Project director

Katherine Huynh

Senior events manager

Wendy Hyland

Academic Advisor

Sarah Jackson

Consultant and Facilitator, Performance Management Group

Leona Jones

Administrative assistant/travel coordinator

Ron Jones

Event and Administrative Support Coordinator, Performance Management Group

Cydney Lowenstein, Ph.D.

Research Support Specialist, Survey and Evaluation Research Laboratory

Tammy Martin

Senior Program Assistant

Angela McGrath

Business Manager, Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute

Erin McGhee

Assistant Director of Academic Advising and Student Services

Karen Meister

Training Facilitator, Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute

Tiffany Murray-Robertson

Associate Director of Communications & External Relations

Yali Pang, Ph.D.

Senior Research Associate, Research Institute for Social Equity (RISE)

Luke Parker

Assistant Director of Research Services

Carolyn Patterson

Procurement Officer

Frank Pitchford

IT analyst

Catherine Poarch

SERL Production Supervisor

Candace Price-Stafford

Senior project manager

Kai Rogers

Office Assistant, Office of Student Success suite 1009

Sah Ara Sanu-t

Executive Assistant to the Dean

Danielle Shutt

Program Manager, Center for Public Policy

Jess C. Smith, Ph.D.

Project Director, Evaluation of the Virginia Violent Crime Initiative, Center for Public Policy

Matthew R. Smith

Senior Academic Advisor for Graduate Students

Rhonda Snead

Student Services Program Assistant

Alexandra Stewart-Jonte

Project Administrator, Survey and Research Laboratory

Deborah Taminger

Event Coordinator and Support Specialist, Performance Management Group

Steph Vennetti

Director of Academic Advising and Student Services

Sianna Westley

Creative and Message Strategist, Research Institute for Social Equity

Wheeler Wood

Director of Operations and Senior Consultant, Center for Public Policy