The 2025-26 Jepson Leadership Forum, Game Changers: Rethinking Leadership in Sports, addresses the significance of sports in American life. We will explore sports in the contexts of ethical and effective leadership, cultural significance, the impact of analytics, and recent changes to the guidelines governing college and professional sports. Speakers will discuss these topics from a variety of perspectives, drawing on their personal experiences, academic research, and industry expertise.
At the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, leadership is more than a subject — it’s a lived experience. The 2024–25 Dean’s Report celebrates how our students, faculty, and alumni bring leadership to life through challenging academic work, hands-on research, real-world experiences, and global engagement.
Jepson faculty help students hone their leadership skills. They also hold prominent places in national and international media, providing insightful opinions and expert views on leadership and issues of the day.
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.
Two Class of 2023 alums spent Valentine’s Day weekend revisiting their old haunts and mentoring juniors in the Jepson School’s career preparation program.
Three Jepson alumni working in journalism, national security, and sports management receive 2025 alumni awards.
Garifullina has received the Frank Cass 2025 Prize for “Best Article” published in Democratization.
New Live and Learn platform explores the relationship between housing segregation and education inequality.
Lauren Henley, assistant professor of leadership studies, published "Revisiting the story of Clementine Barnabet, a Black woman blamed for serial murders in the Jim Crow South" in The Conversation.
Volha Chykina, assistant professor of leadership studies, co-published the article "Examining Institutional Academic Freedom and STEM Research Production in the OECD" in International Journal of Educational Research.
David Wilkins, professor of leadership studies, co-published the article "Indigenous invisibility: Gaps in education about Indigenous peoples among environmental decision-makers" in Earth Stewardship.
Christopher von Rueden, professor of leadership studies, co-published the article "Egalitarianism is not equality: Moving from outcome to process in the study of human political organisation" in Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
Leadership studies professor and historian Lauren Henley authored this piece, originally published in The Conversation.
Leadership studies professor and historian Lauren Henley authored this piece.
Leadership studies professor Julian Hayter is quoted.
Kazi ASM Nurul Huda, Cmelikova Visiting International Scholar in Leadership and Ethics at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, authored this piece.