Faculty Recognition

Jennifer Bowie, associate professor of political science, along with UR alumni co-authors Adam Webster, '23 and Lauren Oligino, '24, published the peer-reviewed book chapter "A Bottom-up Approach to Lower Court Influence on the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom” in Research Handbook on Law and Courts.

David Wilkins, professor of leadership studies, presented "The Indian Citizenship Act at 100: A Century of Mixed Messages" as the invited speaker at a talk sponsored by the North Carolina American Indian Heritage Commission.

Sydney Watts, associate professor of history and women, gender and sexuality studies, discussed her research project, "The Channel Islands: Borderlands Migration in the Atlantic World, 1763-1815” on the Hagley History Hangout Podcast during her scholar-in-residence term at the Hagley Museum and Library, in Wilmington, Delaware.

Pippa Holloway, Cornerstones Chair in History, received $57,360 from the National Park Service for an exploration of the history of public school desegregation in Prince Edward County, Virginia. In partnership with colleagues at VCU, Holloway will synthesize scholarly literature on Davis v. Prince Edward County, consider the impacts of the county’s five-year school closure, and examine the commemoration of the case and its aftermath. Their report will help the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Park and the Robert Russa Moton Museum in Farmville, Virginia, plan new interpretation, manage cultural resources, and identify needs for further research on the fight for school desegregation in Prince Edward County.