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SPCS students, faculty, staff and alumni regularly succeed inside and outside the classroom. Most of those  accomplishments never make local or national headlines. That doesn’t minimize those accomplishments.

We do our best to recognize media coverage, achievements and promotions and other good news on our main page, but the SPCS Newsroom seeks to provide a more nuanced presentation of SPCS accomplishments by population rather than by type or media.

SPCS Faculty & Staff Accomplishments

Grant Rissler
Rissler Presented

Grant Rissler, assistant professor of organizational studies, presented “On Immigrants’ Behalf?: Comparing Views of Immigrants and Organizations on Needed Integration Services & Policies” at the annual conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations & Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) in Washington, DC. Rissler co-authored the paper with Saltanat Liebert of VCU’s Wilder School.

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Grant Rissler
Rissler Presented

Grant Rissler, assistant professor of organizational studies, presented “Towards Digital Justice and Consolidated Resettlement Resources for New Americans: A Virginia Database Initiative” at the annual conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations & Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) in Washington, DC. Rissler co-authored the paper with colleagues from Virginia Tech, James Madison and George Mason.

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Tom J. Shields
Shields Awarded

Tom Shields, associate professor of education in the School of Professional and Continuing Studies and associate professor of leadership studies in the Jepson School, received a Community-Engaged Scholarship Award from the University of Richmond Bonner Center for Civic Engagement. 

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Tom J. Shields
Shields Awarded

Tom Shields, associate professor and chair of graduate education, received the CCE’s Community-Engaged Scholarship Award at the Center’s annual awards ceremony, recognizing scholarly activity that has emerged from a mutually beneficial partnership with a community that creates new knowledge and contributes to positive social change.

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