The 2019-20 Jepson Leadership Forum examines the benefits, pitfalls, and challenges facing the next generation as it navigates an online world with global influence on politics, economics, and society. Experts in the fields of technology, journalism, politics, and education will share their thoughts on how an increasingly powerful digital space affects both leadership and followership.
Jepson: Because the world needs leadership
Educating students for and about leadership
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A faculty of experts
Faculty serve as resources for national and international media, providing insightful opinions and expert views on leadership and issues of the day
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Alumni who lead
Graduates leave Richmond with knowledge of leadership frameworks and with the critical thinking and communication skills that enable them to excel in their chosen careers
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An Informed Community
Nationally and internationally known visitors and speakers from wide-ranging backgrounds build a community dialogue around leadership
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The 2019-20 Jepson Leadership Forum examines the benefits, pitfalls, and challenges facing the next generation as it navigates an online world with global influence on politics, economics, and society. Experts in the fields of technology, journalism, politics, and education will share their thoughts on how an increasingly powerful digital space affects both leadership and followership.
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The John Marshall International Center for the Study of Statesmanship hosts speakers who examine and discuss the problems and prospects of leadership, constitutionalism, political economy, politics, and ethical reasoning.
The John Marshall International Center for the Study of Statesmanship hosts speakers who examine and discuss the problems and prospects of leadership, constitutionalism, political economy, politics, and ethical reasoning.
Jepson & Your Career
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- Sabrina Escobar Miranda, '19, first recipient of the Jepson Scholars Foundation scholarship, earns a MSc in Latin A… https://t.co/e1t2k88W9y
- RT @SamuelBaltz: David E. Wilkins has been called an icon of Native American civil rights. He was a mentee of Vine Deloria Jr., and wrote a…
- “Where you were raised, what neighborhood you grew up in, usually dictates the type of interactions that you have w… https://t.co/mQYXiHqyAB
- The Fiske Guide to Colleges, a leading college guidebook, has selected #URichmond for its 2021 edition, citing the… https://t.co/dEes9tw0kK
- #JepsonInternship spotlight: "I am a technology policy intern at the @ADL, where I am researching online harassment… https://t.co/Rmg4P6ZBc2
- RT @urichmond: As our community prepares to be back together this fall, #URichmond President Crutcher shares the guiding principles of our…
- #ICYMI, tune into this @NPR interview with #leadershipstudies professor Jessica Flanigan (@missjessica) about the e… https://t.co/YzZzyQtSkW
- RT @URNews2Use: 1st up on this week's "Back to Class" #FridayFive, we are highlighting leadership studies (@JepsonSchool) professor Don For…
- RT @AcadWritStudio: @JepsonSchool @SpidersEngage We're thrilled to have had the opportunity to get to know and work with @willbwalkerjr—an…
- Tea, anyone? Claire Conslato, '21, enjoyed English high tea at the Ivy Cambridge Brasserie last summer during her… https://t.co/e8GcvtPkcK
- RT @urichmond: The countdown is ON. We'll see you in a few weeks, #Spiders! 🕷❤️💙 https://t.co/qeSgSshB0f
- "As a development intern for @AcadWritStudio, I've created the website style guide and managed website content, dev… https://t.co/AmovvIOBaV
- "I'm a marketing intern with Cavi Consulting, a firm founded by @urichmond grad Sam Chin. I market the Cavi brand a… https://t.co/oWWRa2GXfv
- RT @GriffinTrau44: @JepsonSchool Hard to find a school more supportive of its student-athletes than @JepsonSchool !
- "Reading for pleasure becomes a placeholder until learning goes back to normal. Maybe it is the only way of learnin… https://t.co/tyGfB8vHSm
- Way to lead on and off the field, Griffin! #leadershipstudies https://t.co/36wL3WitNe
- Just waiting for a friend ... #TowerTuesday at @urichmond 🐶 https://t.co/v9TUiNfHRH
- #Leadershipstudies & psych major Mekenzie Montgomery, '21, is interning with @InSight_Regroup, a telepsychiatry ser… https://t.co/eADooC1cjz
- The fight to defeat the #AtlanticCoastPipeline underscored the barriers Native people face in participating in wate… https://t.co/jD0MMMqi8x
- Biologist and #leadershipstudies visiting scholar @Prof_RanaDajani offers recommendations for supporting scientists… https://t.co/fNgGtKFebk
Scholars & Practitioners
Wilkins PublishedDavid Wilkins, professor of leadership studies, co-published "Breaching Barriers: The Fight for Indigenous Participation in Water Governance" in Water.
Williamson PublishedThad Williamson, associate professor of leadership studies and PPEL, published "Voices: The New Richmond Busy Being Born," in the Cheats Movement Blog.
Hoyt PublishedCrystal Hoyt, professor of leadership studies and psychology, is the lead author on "Lay Theories of Heroism and Leadership: The Role of Gender, Communion, and Agency" published in Social Psychology.
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Williamson Published
Thad Williamson, associate professor of leadership studies and PPEL, published "'Dramatic Change Will Require Leadership.' A Message to the Next Generation of Leaders" in Diverse Issues in Higher Education.
Ruscio PublishedKen Ruscio, senior distinguished lecturer of leadership studies, wrote "Leaders like Trump fail if they cannot speak the truth and earn trust," published in The Conversation.
Hickman publishes bookGill Robinson Hickman, leadership studies professor emerita, and co-author Laura Knouse, associate professor of psychology, published their book, When Leaders Face Personal Crisis, with Routledge.
Peart publishes bookSandra Peart, Jepson School dean, and co-author David M. Levy published their book, Towards an Economics of Natural Equals: A Documentary History of the Early Virginia School, with Cambridge University Press.
Shields featured on Academic MinuteDr. Tom Shields, associate dean and associate professor of education and leadership studies, discusses the benefits of school rezoning on The Academic Minute, part of a weeklong Jepson Takeover featuring a different Jepson School of Leadership Studies professor each day.
Price publishes bookTerry Price, professor of leadership studies, published his book Leadership and the Ethics of Influence with Routledge.
von Rueden publishedChristopher von Rueden, associate professor of leadership studies, co-authored "From genes to minds to cultures: Evolutionary approaches to leadership" published in The Leadership Quarterly.
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