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Monti Datta, associate professor of political science, and Bob Spires, associate professor of graduate education, hosted a webinar titled “Trust and Civic Engagement Matter: Connections to Human Trafficking in the United States” for the Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice. Watch the webinar here.
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Erik Laursen, adjunct associate professor of education, has co-authored the article “Teacher Relational Competence and Behavior Management Implementation” with SPCS alums in the Journal of Education and Social Policy. Co-authors are Rachel Bringewatt, GC’20, Meredith Pram, GC’20 and Ebonee Henry, C’19.
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Eugene Maurakis, an evolutionary biologist who specializes in environmental sciences, has received more than $200K in grant support from the National Science Foundation for research on freshwater fishes in Virginia. Read more.
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Ann Hodges, interim Paralegal Studies program chair and Professor of Law emerita, has published The U.S. Labor Relations System after Janus v. AFSCME: An Early Assessment in Employee Responsibilities and Rights journal. The article assesses the results of the 2018 Supreme Court decision to declare union security clauses in the public sector unconstitutional.
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Karen Hardy, senior designer at Accent Interiors and an instructor in the SPCS Interior Decorating Professional Certificate program, is featured in this article.


Kate Cassada, associate professor of education and assistant chair of educational leadership & policy studies (ELPS), along with ELPS students Anne Bryant and Victoria Case, authored this post to SmartBrief’s Voice of the Educator blog.