Staff & Faculty

Crystal Hoyt, professor of leadership studies and psychology, co-authored "Addiction stigma: Potential costs and benefits of beliefs about the nature of addiction" in Stigma and Health.

Sharon G. Feldman, William Judson Gaines Chair in Modern Foreign Languages and professor of Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Studies, gave the inaugural keynote lecture at a conference in El Vendrell, Spain, commemorating the centenary of the death of Catalan playwright Àngel Guimerà, and delivered two other invited talks on Guimerà at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Santa Cruz de Tenerife as part of the centenary celebrations.

Eugene Wu, associate professor of biology & biochemistry, along with Alex Robertson, '24, Henry Zhu, '24, Corina Stasiak, '24, Laura Murray-Nerger, '15, Emily Romanoff, '16, and Jesse Woon, '16, published "CD46 Is a Protein Receptor for Human Adenovirus Type 64" in Viruses.

Timothy Barney, professor of rhetoric and communication studies, published “The Ghosts of Development: Speech, Money, and Global Subject-Making at the Ford Foundation and the Kenya Women Finance Trust” in Foreign Policy Rhetorics in a Global Era: Concepts and Case Studies.

Michael C. Leopold, professor and Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Chair of chemistry, along with undergraduate students Charlie Sheppard, '26, Arielle Vinnikov, '27, Joyce Stern, '26, and Holly Wemple, '25, published “An Amperometric Sensor with Anti-Fouling Properties for Indicating Xylazine Adulterant in Beverages” in Micromachines. Their research is focused on developing a tool for detecting of a common “date rape” drug in beverages to protect potential victims and aid forensic investigations.

Terry Price, professor of leadership studies and PPEL, was selected as an Outstanding Faculty Award recipient by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. The SCHEV award is the highest honor for faculty in Virginia's public and private colleges and universities, recognizing superior accomplishments in teaching, research, and public service. 

Tom Shields, associate professor & chair of graduate education, published “Promotion of Soft Skills in the K-12 Education Curricula: The Case of Virginia State - USA, Portugal and Albania” in the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research and Development. Shields co-authored the article with colleagues from Albania and Portugal.

Daniel L. Hocutt, web manager and adjunct professor of liberal arts, presented “When Technical Communication meets Marketing Communication” for the Society of Technical Communication (STC) Community Coalition. The talk addressed intersections between technical writing and marketing communications.