Faculty and staff news
Linda Hobgood, director of the Speech Center, won the Jeanne Robertson Outstanding Professor Award from the National Speakers Association. Hobgood has been director of the Speech Center since its founding in 1996 and has served on the faculty since 1990.
Robert E. Shepherd Jr.,
professor emeritus of law, received the American Bar Association’s 2005 Livingston Hall Juvenile Justice Award.
The award recognizes “positive and significant contributions to juvenile justice and the children it serves.”
 A leading advocate for youth for more than 40 years, Shepherd has played a significant role in defining juvenile justice practices nationally and in Virginia.
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers has selected Richmond continuing studies professors Porcher L. Taylor III and Ellen M. Walk for the 2005 edition. Who’s Who chooses educators from nominations by college students who themselves were previously selected for Who’s Who Among American High School Students, Who’s Who Among American High School Students-Sports Edition and The National Dean’s List.
David Leary, University professor, presented his research on the influence of literature in the life and work of William James, focusing on the influence of Shakespeare and Goethe (invited symposium at University of Chicago), the influence of William Wordsworth (presentation at the annual meeting of Cheiron: The International Society for the History of the Social and Behavioral Sciences) and the influence of Robert Browning (annual meeting of the American Psychological Association). His research was supported by a summer fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Ben Spencer, assistant professor of law, will author a series of study aids called Acing Law School for West Publishers. Acing Civil Procedure was published this fall. Other titles will follow, covering a variety of law school courses.
Kathryn J. Monday, vice president for information services, is chair of the Richmond Public Library board.
Cheryl Pallant, adjunct instructor of English, had her nonfiction book, Currents
of Contact, accepted for publication by McFarland and Co. Her poems have recently been published in Sleeping Fish, Tarpaulin Sky and Cue: A Journal of Poetry and Prose.
Virginia Blood Services has inducted Keith Mitchell, an electrician in University Facilities, into The Society of 100, which recognizes donors who have given blood more than 100 times.
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