Staff & Faculty

Mary Finley-Brook, associate professor of geography, environment, & sustainability, published Climate Crisis, Energy Violence: Mapping Fossil Energy’s Enduring Grasp on Our Precarious Future with Elsevier Press.

Mary Finley-Brook, associate professor of geography, environment, & sustainability, along with Charles S. Mullis, ’23, published “Circular economy, methane capture, and climate education in US HEIs” in the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education.

Todd Lookingbill, professor of geography, environment, & sustainability, along with Beth Zizzamia, Special Analysis Lab GIS operations manager, published “Virginia Heat Watch: Collaboration to assess climate vulnerability at local to regional scales” in Urban Climate.

Beth Zizzamia, Special Analysis Lab GIS operations manager, along with Todd Lookingbill, professor of geography, environment, & sustainability published “Virginia Heat Watch: Collaboration to assess climate vulnerability at local to regional scales” in Urban Climate.

Dan Chen, associate professor of political science, published "Legitimacy on Air: How Chinese Local Television News Performs Governance" in Made in China.

Crystal Hoyt, professor of leadership studies and psychology, co-published "How mindsets can mitigate or sustain prejudice" in Current Directions in Psychological Science.

Christopher Shugrue, assistant professor of chemistry, along with undergraduate students Andrew Watts, ‘25, Caitlyn Hughes, ‘26, Gavin Clausen, ‘25, Pamira Yanar, ‘24, Evan Wolff, ‘24, Phoebe Rubio, ‘25, and Natalie Stuart, ‘25, published “Electron-rich Anilines as cleavable linkers for peptides” in Bioorganic Chemistry.

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