Sandra Peart, dean of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies and E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professor in Leadership Studies, co-published "The Importance of Approbation in The Wealth of Nations" in The Independent Review.
Lauren Henley, assistant professor of leadership studies, published Inquisition for Blood: The Making of a Black Female Serial Killer in the Jim Crow South with LSU Press.
Kristin M.S. Bezio, professor of leadership studies and Jepson School associate dean of academic affairs, published Shakespeare and Identity in a Divided World with Routledge.
Volha Chykina was promoted to associate professor of leadership studies. She researches how leadership and politics shape education in the United States and abroad. Her scholarship examines educational inequalities, academic freedom, education policy, and comparative and international education.
David Wilkins, E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professor in Leadership Studies, co-authored the book The Navajo Nation Political Experience, fifth edition, published by Bloomsbury Academic.
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.
Vladimir Chlouba, assistant professor of leadership studies, presented his new research on traditional leadership and democracy at the African Studies Association annual meeting in Atlanta on Nov. 20-22.
Terry Price, professor of leadership studies and PPEL, appears on the Virginia Business list of 100 People to Meet in 2026: Educators.
Writing for The Conversation, Volha Chykina, assistant professor of leadership studies, and colleagues cite research that shows rising threats to academic freedom have a chilling effect on scientific research.