Faculty Appointments
Faculty appointments include chairs, assistant chairs, and other non-adjunct faculty roles.
![headshot of Katherine (Kate) Maurer Cassada](https://spcs.richmond.edu/_common_KP3/images/faculty-staff-bio/scs/stamp/cassada-kate-small.jpg)
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Associate Professor, Education
Program Chair, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Director, Center for Leadership in Education
Contact: (804) 289-8754
![headshot of Ann C. Hodges](https://spcs.richmond.edu/_common_KP3/images/faculty-staff-bio/law/Stamp/Hodges.jpg)
Ann C. Hodges
She/Her
Chair, Paralegal Studies
Professor of Law Emerita
Specialties:
- Labor and Employment Law
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Feminist Legal Theory
(804) 289-8909
![headshot of Dana R. Jackson](https://spcs.richmond.edu/_common_KP3/images/faculty-staff-bio/scs/stamp/jackson-dana-small.jpg)
Assistant Professor, Education
Director of Clinical Practice, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Contact: (804) 289-8404
![headshot of David E. Kitchen](https://spcs.richmond.edu/_common_KP3/images/faculty-staff-bio/scs/stamp/Kitchen-David_stamp.jpg)
Associate Dean, Professional Education & Special Programs
Associate Professor, Geology
Member, SPCS Speakers Bureau
Specialties:
- Climate Change
- Earthquakes & Natural Disasters
- Volcanoes
- Geology
(804) 289-8382
![headshot of Laura M. Kuti](https://spcs.richmond.edu/_common_KP3/images/faculty-staff-bio/scs/stamp/kuti-laura.jpg)
Assistant Professor, Education
Program Chair, Teacher Education
Member, SPCS Speakers Bureau
Specialties:
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
- Role of ESL in Schools
(804) 287-6621
![headshot of Lionel Mew](https://spcs.richmond.edu/_common_KP3/images/faculty-staff-bio/scs/stamp/mew-lionel.jpg)
Program Chair, Information Systems
Assistant Professor, Information Systems
Member, SPCS Speakers Bureau
Specialties:
- Information Systems Operations & Development
- IT Security
- IT Auditing
- Cloud Computing
(804) 289-8944
![headshot of Gretchen Flynn Morris](https://spcs.richmond.edu/_common_KP3/images/faculty-staff-bio/scs/stamp/Flynn-Gretchen_stamp.jpg)
Associate Dean, Student Affairs
Instructor, Human Resource Management
Member, SPCS Speakers Bureau
Specialties:
- Human Resources
- International Human Resources
- Volunteer Opportunities as Professional Development
(804) 289-1747
![headshot of Deborah Napoli](https://spcs.richmond.edu/_common_KP3/images/faculty-staff-bio/as/small/napoli-deborah-small.jpg)
Deborah Napoli
She/Her
Director of Clinical Practice, Teacher Education
Assistant Professor, Education
Specialties:
- University and K-12 partnerships in teacher education
- Field-based teacher education models
- Instructional coaching, teacher efficacy and student growth
(804) 289-8430
![headshot of James L. Narduzzi](https://spcs.richmond.edu/_common_KP3/images/faculty-staff-bio/scs/stamp/Narduzzi-Jim_stamp.jpg)
University Professor and Dean Emeritus
Adjunct Professor, Liberal Arts
Member, SPCS Speakers Bureau
Specialties:
- Politics & Elections
- 2016 Presidential Election Cycle
- Primary System & Electoral College
- Polarization in American Politics
- Continuing Education & Lifelong Learning
(804) 289-8133
![headshot of Tracy Nicholson](https://spcs.richmond.edu/_common_KP3/images/faculty-staff-bio/scs/stamp/nicholson-tracy-small.jpg)
Assistant Professor, Human Resource Management
Program Chair, Human Resource Management
Contact: (804) 287-1246
![headshot of Erik Nielson](https://spcs.richmond.edu/_common_KP3/images/faculty-staff-bio/scs/stamp/nielson-erik-stamp.jpg)
![headshot of Grant Rissler](https://spcs.richmond.edu/_common_KP3/images/faculty-staff-bio/scs/stamp/rissler-grant-small.jpg)
![headshot of Andrew Schoeneman](https://spcs.richmond.edu/_common_KP3/images/faculty-staff-bio/scs/stamp/schoeneman-andrew-small.jpg)
Program Chair, Nonprofit Studies
Associate Professor, Nonprofit Studies
Member, SPCS Speakers Bureau
Specialties:
- Nonprofit Effectiveness
- Community Stakeholder Engagement
- Building Capacity within Organizations
(804) 289-8681
![headshot of Tom J. Shields](https://spcs.richmond.edu/_common_KP3/images/faculty-staff-bio/scs/stamp/shields-tom-59.jpg)
Associate Professor, Education
Program Chair, Graduate Education
Associate Professor, Leadership Studies
Member, SPCS Speakers Bureau
Adjunct Instructor, Executive Education
Specialties:
- Educational Leadership
- School & Housing Segregation
- Changing Demographics in RVA
- Ethics & Leadership
(804) 289-8524
![headshot of Bob Spires](https://spcs.richmond.edu/_common_KP3/images/faculty-staff-bio/scs/stamp/spires-bob-small.jpg)
Bob Spires
He/Him
Associate Professor, Education
Adjunct Professor, Nonprofit Studies
Member, SPCS Speakers Bureau
Specialties:
- Human Trafficking & NGO Efforts to Address Trafficking
- Disadvantaged Youth in Asia & Africa
- Socio-psychological Processes Impacting Educators
(804) 289-8431
![headshot of Jamelle S. Wilson](https://spcs.richmond.edu/_common_KP3/images/faculty-staff-bio/scs/stamp/wilson-jamelle.jpg)
Dean, School of Professional & Continuing Studies
Professor, Education
Member, SPCS Speakers Bureau
Specialties:
- Organizational Leadership
- School Leadership
- Assessment in Public Education
- Contemporary Issues in Public Education
(804) 289-8135