Current Faculty Fellows

Richmond Cemetery Collaboratory              

In 2017, faculty across disciplines from the University of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University, along with members of the Friends of East End volunteer group, formed a learning community called the East End Cemetery Collaboratory. Since that time, the renamed Collaboratory has expanded its partners to include the Descendants Council of Greater Richmond, the Woodland Restoration Foundation, Barton Heights Cemeteries, Woodland Cemetery, and, at various times, Oakwood Arts, the Star of Benevolence Society, and the City of Richmond’s Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Facilities. Learn more.

University of Richmond Members
Elizabeth Baughan, Classical Studies
James Broomall, History
Lauren Henley, Leadership Studies
Jeannine Keefer, Boatwright Memorial Library
Beth Zizzamia, Geography & the Environment
Stephanie Spera, Geography & the Environment

Virginia Commonwealth University Members
Cameron Peterson, Urban and Regional Studies and Planning
Ryan Smith, History
Meghan Gough, Urban and Regional Studies and Planning
Jaita Wrighten, Political Science
Mike Rackett, Interdisciplinary Studies
Bernard Means, Digital Curation Lab
Shelia E. Harrell-Roye, Office of Health Sciences

Community Members  
Marvin Hicks, Richmond Public Libraries
Loretta Tillman, Descendants Council of Greater Richmond
John Shuck, Woodland Foundation
Sara Wilson