Staff & Faculty

Kristin Bezio, professor of leadership studies, has been named to the Winter 2025 Serve Virginia Honor Roll in recognition of her community-engaged teaching. 

Crystal Hoyt, professor of leadership studies and psychology, co-authored "Mindsets of Parenting Ability: Coping with Challenges and Engaging in Parenting," in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 

Laura Fernandez, Assistant Professor of Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Studies, presented "Las Raras: The New Gothic Latina Trope in US Popular Media," at Colby College's Center for the Arts & Humanities Play! Seminar.

Rick Mayes, professor of health policy, presented “Medicare Advantage’s Role in Accelerating the Expansion of ‘Big Med’” at the Interdisciplinary Association of Population Health Sciences (IAPHS) 2024 Annual Meeting.

Rick Mayes, professor of health policy, presented “Social and Environmental Drivers of Health” for Shenandoah University’s Physician Assistant Program.

Rick Mayes, professor of health policy, presented “5 Key Facts about U.S. Healthcare and Their Ethical Implications” for the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.

Kathryn Jacobsen, William E. Cooper Distinguished University Chair and professor of health studies published “The burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors by state in the USA, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021,” as part of the Global Burden of Disease Collaborators in The Lancet.

Kathryn Jacobsen, William E. Cooper Distinguished University Chair and professor of health studies published “Global, regional, and national burden of HIV/AIDS, 1990–2021, and forecasts to 2050, for 204 countries and territories: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021” as part of the Global Burden of Disease Collaborators in The Lancet HIV.