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Grant Rissler, assistant professor of organizational studies and chair of nonprofit studies, presented “Barriers to the Integration of Virginia’s Immigrants” as part of the January 16 Advocates for Intercultural RVA (AIRVA) meeting.
Donnie Lewis, aka Mad Skillz, adjunct instructor and former SPCS artist-in-residence, won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album for his project Words For Days Vol. 1 at the 2026 Grammy Awards. Mad Skillz has has co-taught a class with Erik Nielson, professor and chair of liberal arts.
Jenna Darby, adjunct assistant professor of education, has been appointed an interim representative to the Chesterfield County School Board for the Clover Hill District, effective Jan. 1.
Tom Shields, chair of Graduate Education and associate professor of Education and Leadership Studies, presented with Kyle Redican, director of the Spatial Analysis Lab, on the experience of digitizing the 2024 Live and Learn 2.0 report into an interactive public website. They presented during the September 26 session of the 2025 Faculty & Staff Mini Research Symposium.
