Jeffrey Hass, professor of sociology, published “Discursive Power, Civilian Agency, Wartime Duress, and Resilience: Letters to the Authorities in the Blockade of Leningrad” in the Russian Review and “Soviet Power and Civilian Agency in the First Months of World War II: the View from Leningrad” in The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review.
Community-Based Learning
Community-based learning can include a variety of modes, including volunteering, collaborative projects, clinical education, and study trips. Many community-based learning courses at the University of Richmond center around larger initiatives, including the Eco-Corridor on campus and the restoration of African American cemeteries across Richmond.
New Knowledge for the Public Good
Community-engaged research engages faculty and community stakeholders in meaningful research together and is published both in disciplinary journals and in journals dedicated to community engagement.
Resources for Community-Based Learning Students
Community-based learning succeeds when students further their own learning through experience and reflection and give valuable information or service to the community partner.
Ignatius G. D Suglo, assistant professor of rhetoric & communication studies, published “Performative belonging and embodied meaning-making in Africa-China encounters” in Text and Performance Quarterly.
Kathryn H. Jacobsen, William E. Cooper Distinguished University Chair and professor of health studies, served as a Higher Education Ambassador for the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) during the 2025-2026 academic year and will serve as a Distinguished Ambassador for CFR Education in 2026-2027.
Sandra Peart, dean of the Jepson School, co-published the essay "Adam Smith's Moral Philosophy Complicates Interpretations by the Chicago School and Its Critics" in ProMarket.