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
Lauren Henley, Leadership Studies
Jeannine Keefer, Boatwright Memorial Library
Beth Zizzamia, Geography & the Environment

Virginia Commonwealth University Members
Pamela Turner, Kinetic Imaging
Mike Rackett, Interdisciplinary Studies
Bernard Means, World Studies
Ryan Smith, History 
Ywone Edwards-Ingram, Focused Inquiry
Meghan Gough, Urban and Regional Studies and Planning

Community Members  
Marvin Hicks, Richmond Public Libraries
Loretta Tillman, Descendants Council of Greater Richmond
John Shuck, Woodland Foundation
Jessi Bennet, Library of Virgnia

 

Helping Students Engage Well: Creative and Contemplative Practices to Support Community Engagement

Alicia Diaz, Theatre & Dance
Mary Finley-Brook, Geography, Environment, & Sustainability
Patricia Herrera, Theatre & Dance   
Julie McConnell, Law   
Cassie Powell, Law   
Emmy Weldon, Theatre & Dance