School of Professional & Continuing Studies

Ann Hodges, SPCS chair of paralegal studies and professor of law emerita, is among a panel of experts featured in a WalletHub article on pandemic impacts, State Economies Hit the Most by Coronavirus. Panelists offered responses to questions about pandemic and post-pandemic economic and employment challenges.

Erik Nielson, professor and assistant chair of liberal arts, has been appointed to the City of Richmond’s Task Force on the Establishment of a Civilian Review Board, tasked with establishing a civilian review board for Richmond police oversight after unrest last summer following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Daniel Hocutt, SPCS web manager and adjunct professor of liberal arts, has been invited to become a member of the Building Digital Literacy research cluster in the Digital Life Institute, an international research network of multidisciplinary scholars studying the social implications of disruptive digital technologies.

Kate Cassada, assistant chair and associate professor of educational leadership and policy studies, has been named president of the Virginia Professors of Educational Leadership (VPEL), a statewide organization of professors that prepare public school administrators and supervisors at the graduate level.