Modern Literatures and Cultures (Incorporating the study of Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Russian with opportunities in Farsi, modern Hebrew, Swahili, and Turkish)

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An Introduction to Modern German Studies, Italian Studies, Japanese, and organizes cultural events and and Russian Studies. The department lectures each semester. Literatures and Cultures also offers a number of combined majors The study of languages, literatures, linking subject areas such as French and and cultures other than one’s own is English, German Studies and English, Selected Course Offerings more important today than ever before. and Chinese, French, German, or Italian ARAB 301 Arabic in the Media We are increasingly aware of the and international business. Self-directed CHIN 311 Insights into Chinese Culture practical necessity to “think globally” in language study options also are available FREN 326 Revolution in France today’s social, political, and economic for Farsi, modern Hebrew, Swahili, and GERM 314 German through Theater environments. Acknowledging and Turkish. In 2008–2009, the department ITAL 411 Italian Identities: Sicily, entering into the complex realities of launched an initiative to establish a Veneto, and Tuscany other cultures, as well as the multiple Middle Eastern Studies program that JAPN 497 Special Selected Topics: linguistic and cultural spheres within the includes an Arabic language component Japanese Manga United States, are crucial components as well as self-directed language study RUSN 311 Readings in Russian Cultural Studies of coming to terms with cultural opportunities in Farsi, modern Hebrew, MLC 256 Psychoanalysis, Literature, diversity. The Department of Modern and Turkish. Beginning in Fall 2010, the and Culture Literatures and Cultures promotes department will contribute to the new linguistic and cultural proficiency as a MLC 325 Representing the Chinese Empire interdisciplinary Middle East concentration MLC 333 Geometries of Being: vehicle for raising global awareness, in international studies that grew out providing aesthetic and ethical insight, Transitions to Modernity in of the Title VI (UISFL) grant the Russian Painting and for reflecting on collective memory. department was awarded in 2008. While linguistic and cultural MLC 335 Bolsheviks, Bombs, and Ballet: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Soviet Culture and Civilization proficiency are linked, the first step in and Russian language programs offer engaging with other literatures and MLC 350 Introductory Linguistics advanced students the opportunity to MLC 357 The Idea of the Renaissance: cultures is through language. work as practice assistants in elementary Elementary and intermediate language Self, History, and Knowledge and intermediate language classes. MLC 360 Representing the Holocaust courses stress immersion in the target Students benefit from the collaborative MLC 364 Banlieue Cinema language as the best means of atmosphere of these small-group MLC 365 German Film in Context achieving proficiency in listening, sessions and from working closely speaking, reading, and writing. After with the course instructor. the intermediate level, students focus Because of the training our programs Study Abroad Opportunities on improving specific skills, writing offer in cultural awareness, linguistic For students planning a minor or more extensively, and gaining a deeper proficiency, critical thinking, literary major, a semester or year of study appreciation of literature and culture. analysis, and writing, the MLC abroad is highly recommended. In Study abroad is strongly encouraged. curriculum prepares students for stressing the importance of study The most advanced seminars allow graduate school in a number of fields, abroad for all students, the students to experience the wealth of as well as for immediate entrance into department strongly encourages other cultures firsthand, to express the job market. participation in University-sponsored themselves with clarity and nuance, and The department encourages programs. Summer language programs to become acquainted with the world of students to explore the relationships currently are available in France, disciplinary scholarship. Literary, between the study of languages, literatures, Germany, Italy, Japan, Jordan, and linguistic, and cultural studies are relevant and cultures and other disciplines. Taiwan. Semester programs are to education in any field or pursuit Modern Literatures and Cultures available in France, Germany, Italy, that values the need to read, reflect, students have been involved in Russia, and many other locations. and write critically and effectively. community service projects in the local The University of Richmond has Russian communities, and they have established cooperative arrangements Programs benefited from other opportunities for with universities around the world and The department offers majors in Chinese cultural immersion, such as the annual is constantly increasing such educational Studies, French, German Studies, University of Richmond/Virginia opportunities. Both the department Italian Studies, and Russian Studies. In Commonwealth University French and the Office of International addition to major programs in MLC, Film Festival, the largest festival of Education will work with individuals students may elect minors in Arabic new French cinema in the United to plan and organize study abroad. Studies, Chinese Studies, French, States. The department also sponsors Financial aid for studying abroad for semester and year-long programs is Medicine Lorenza Marcin available. A number of merit- and NGOs Laurea, Universita di Urbino need-based scholarships for summer and Peace Corps Director, intensive language program in Italian semester/year programs are awarded Social services administration Sara Pappas through the department. Students should Teaching at both the university and Ph.D., Cornell University contact the Office of Financial Aid for secondary levels in U.S. and abroad Assistant professor of French additional support opportunities. Translation Areas of specialty: 19th-century French literature, art, and culture Kun Qian Global Studio Faculty Ph.D., Cornell University Located in the new Carole Weinstein Julie Baker Assistant professor of Chinese and Asian studies International Center, the Global Studio Ph.D., Indiana University Areas of specialty: modern Chinese literature, supports technology-enhanced learning, Director, intensive language program in French media studies, cultural studies Areas of specialty: language pedagogy, including exciting initiatives in the use medieval French literature Lidia Radi of podcasts, social networking, and Ph.D., Rutgers University Skype. Students use the Global Studio’s Thomas Bonfiglio Doctorat de lettres modernes, Université workstations for multilingual computing, Ph.D., Indiana University Stendhal-Grenoble 3, France digital audio recording, and multimedia Professor of comparative literature and linguistics Assistant professor of French and Italian Areas of specialty: comparative literature, Area of specialty: French and Italian literature production. They enjoy watching linguistics, psychoanalysis, feminist theory of the Renaissance international television and course-related Distinguished Educator Award, 1989 films at individual viewing stations or Gaines Chair, 2005, 2008 Francoise Ravaux-Kirkpatrick in the Global Studio’s screening room. Ph.D., Michigan State University Kathrin Bower Professor of French The “virtual Global Studio” distributes Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison Areas of specialty: 20th-century French course-related materials and international Associate professor of German studies literature, semiotics, French cinema television via the campus computer Areas of specialty: Holocaust representation, Distinguished Educator Award, 1988 network and cable system. contemporary German cultural studies, Gaines Chair, 1996 German film Distinguished Educator Award, 2001 Martin Sulzer-Reichel M.A., Albert-Ludwigs Universität, Freiburg, Graduate and Professional Schools Olivier Delers Germany Accepting Recent Graduates Ph.D., University of Michigan Director, German and Arabic language programs Cambridge University, England Assistant professor of French Areas of specialty: German language, culture Columbia University Areas of specialty: 18th-century French and literature, Arabic language literature and culture, history of the novel, Duke University Law School economic criticism Sharon Scinicariello Harvard University Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Monterey Institute of International Nuray Grove Director, Global Studio and self-directed Studies Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania language acquisition program Director, English as a second language services, Areas of specialty: technology-enhanced language Ohio State University and co-director of the self-directed language learning, autonomous learning, new media Pennsylvania State University acquisition program Stanford University Areas of specialty: ESL methodology, second Akira Suzuki University of California-Berkeley language acquisition, composition theory, M.A., University of Pittsburgh University of Graz, Austria teacher training Director, Japanese language program University of Massachusetts-Amherst Walid Hamarneh Su-Lin Tai University of North Carolina at Ph.D., University of Toronto Ph. D., Florida State University Chapel Hill Associate professor of Arabic and Middle Director, Chinese language program Eastern studies Areas of specialty: second language acquisition, University of Rochester language pedagogy University of Texas-Austin Areas of specialty: modern Arabic literature, University of Virginia history of ideas in the modern Middle East, Joseph Troncale literary theory (Arabic and Western), Ph.D., Cornell University post-colonial criticism Associate professor of Russian studies Examples of Employment Yvonne Howell Areas of specialty: Russian literature, art and Pursuits of Recent Graduates Ph.D., University of Michigan art history Department Chair Distinguished Educator Award, 1983 Accounting Associate professor of Russian studies Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award, 1989 Consulting Areas of specialty: Russian and Czech Development administration literature, history of science, Soviet Union Diplomacy Kasongo M. Kapanga Finance Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Law Associate professor of French Management Areas of specialty: Francophone literature, Marketing post-colonial criticism

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The Robins School of Business intellectual inquiry, and to provide program offers students the skills and appropriate graduate experiences to knowledge needed in today’s complex In today’s economy, where day-to-day enhance the goal of developing business environment. This program is changes may alter the complexion of liberally educated professionals. especially designed for students who business decisions, the study of want to start their careers in public business must be continually updated. accounting, industry, government, or Through research and interaction with finance. University of Richmond the business community, the University An Introduction to Accounting students may enter the one-year of Richmond’s Robins School of The accounting department at the Master of Accountancy program Business keeps abreast of such changes. University of Richmond is well known immediately after completing their The faculty recognizes the importance throughout the country for producing four-year undergraduate accounting not only of teaching business principles, especially high-quality graduates each degree. The Master of Accountancy but also of showing how this knowledge year. Immediately after graduation, program offers graduate-level classes in may be applied to everyday situations. many of our students go into positions accounting, business, and law, and it They design courses of study that with international public accounting prepares students to take the CPA exam explore current business theory and firms, major corporations, not-for- in any state. Master of Accountancy practices. Programs in business offer a profit entities, and the government. graduates are highly sought after by sound professional education with Some students attend graduate schools public accounting firms. sufficient versatility to include in business, law, or the liberal arts. technological and social change with At the University of Richmond, the fundamentals needed in the students are taught to understand Examples of Employers business world. As a result, students accounting and its many complexities, develop a working knowledge of the rather than being forced to memorize Recruiting Recent Graduates many facets of business. BusinessWeek purely mechanical procedures. The Accenture in 2010 recognized the Robins School of entire program stresses the theory Baker Tilley Business as the 15th best undergraduate behind accounting so that graduates Capital One business program in the nation, with a will have the basis of knowledge to CarMax grade of A+ in teaching. begin a lifelong career. Cherry, Bekaert & Holland Students enter the Robins School of The accounting department aims to City of New Orleans Business upon their formal declaration work with each student as a unique Clifton Gunderson of a major after completion of the first individual. Class sizes are small, and Deloitte year of study. An academic advisor is interactions between faculty and Ernst & Young assigned once a student has indicated an students are commonplace. Scores on Fact Set Research Systems interest in pursuing a business degree. the CPA exam have been consistently Federal Bureau of Investigation In any given year, approximately 450 excellent for many years, with many Firm Technologies Inc. students at the junior/senior level are former students passing the entire exam Goodman and Company enrolled in the Robins School. Thus, on their first attempt. Thedepartment Johnson Lambert and Co. classes are small, and the environment seeks to graduate individuals who can Keiter Stephens affords a close relationship between enter the business world with the critical KPMG faculty and students. analysis skills necessary for success. PricewaterhouseCoopers BusinessWeek in 2010 recognized our Reinsel Kuntz Lesher undergraduate accounting program as Snag A Job Mission Statement thirteenth in the nation. StoneTurn Group The mission of the accounting Swart, Lalande and Associates department within the University of U.S. Government Richmond is to achieve and maintain a Accounting Programs U.S. Navy reputation for excellence in accounting The University of Richmond offers Veris Consulting education by combining superior two degrees in accounting. The instruction with relevant supporting traditional four-year undergraduate Faculty Paul M. Clikeman Kip R. Krumwiede Joyce van der Laan Smith Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Ph.D., University of Tennessee Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth CIA CPA University Outstanding Teacher Award, 2002 Area of specialty: cost and managerial Areas of specialty: financial Area of specialty: auditing accounting accounting, international accounting Marbury A. Fagan II Gyung H. Paik M.B.A., University of Richmond Ph.D., University of Illinois Valaria P. Vendrzyk CPA Areas of specialty: financial Ph.D., Texas A&M University Who’s Who Among America’s accounting, managerial accounting James E. Peterson Jr. Research Fellow, Teachers nominee, 2005 2001–2003 Honorary Life Member, Alpha Kappa Daniel D. Selby Area of specialty: information systems Psi, 2001 Ph.D., Florida State University Outstanding Faculty Award, Delta CPA W. Darrell Walden Gamma, 2000 Areas of specialty: auditing, Department Chair Areas of specialty: business modeling information systems Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth utilizing Microsoft Excel, financial University accounting, managerial accounting, Raymond L. Slaughter VCU African American Alumni of the federal and state taxation, not-for- J.D., Howard University Year Award for Black History in the profit accounting L.L.M., College of William & Mary Making, 2007 M.B.A., University of Pennsylvania Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Marshall A. Geiger David Meade White Distinguished Technology Award, 2003 Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University Teaching Fellow, 2002–2003 Faculty Story Award, 2000 Joseph A. Jennings Chair in Business, Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award, Areas of specialty: cost and managerial 2004–2010 1994 accounting, financial accounting, Faculty Research Award, 1989, 1993, Distinguished Educator Award, 1979 information systems 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003 Areas of specialty: business law, tax Distinguished Research Award, Allied accounting Academies, 2001 Areas of specialty: accounting theory, financial accounting, auditing

Joe Ben Hoyle M.A., Appalachian State University University of Richmond Last Lecturer, 2009 Virginia Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2007 Outstanding Teacher Award, 2004 Distinguished Educator Award, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1998 Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award, 1989 Area of specialty: financial accounting

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An Introduction to the in both disciplines. Students have enhancement and an important interned at the Virginia Museum of academic resource for the University Department of Art and Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum community and the general public. Art History of Art, the Whitney Museum of Founded in 1968, the museum is both American Art, the Walters Art a forum for the visual arts and a The Department of Art and Art Museum, the Martin Agency, MTV, catalyst for widely varied issues of History at the University of Richmond and in other museums and artistic expression, research, and offers a rich variety of programs in art businesses. scholarship within the University and history, studio arts, and in conjunction throughout the greater Richmond with the University’s museums, community and region. museum studies and exhibitions. The In addition to presenting the visual art history major includes Western The Learning Environment arts through its exhibitions, the and non-Western art courses, museum The entire University is devoted to museum actively adds to its diverse studies courses, and internships. The offering students a challenging yet permanent collections (ranging from studio art major offers introductory personal academic experience. The the historical through contemporary through advanced training in painting, art and art history department affords art) that are an integral component of drawing, design, printmaking, ceramics, students a very supportive the teaching of studio art and art photography, digital artmaking, and environment in the arts. Art majors history at the University. The Joel and sculpture. generally have small classes that offer Lila Harnett Print Study Center has Students are offered a curriculum close interaction between faculty and been established to house the that allows them to work through students. Students are encouraged to University Museums’ print collections advanced levels in their chosen discipline. use the studios during the evenings and to serve as a research center. The Art history majors present thesis and weekends for their own personal Lora Robins Gallery of Design from research projects in their senior year, growth and development. Many Nature is the University’s natural and selected studio art majors organize majors have received generous sciences and decorative arts museum. senior thesis exhibitions of their work. internal grant support for To help visitors better understand and Senior studio art majors embark on independent art history and studio enjoy the museum experience as well yearlong, self-defined projects, which projects. as its collections and exhibitions, the may include technology-based media There is also ample opportunity for museums organize lectures, openings, rather than traditional modes of part-time student employment in the gallery talks, workshops, concerts, expression. This also applies to senior department. Available positions symposia, and other programs during art history majors in terms of presenting include museum, visual resource, and the academic year. their research through current studio assistants. Summer research technology. Our digital art lab positions are available in the encourages students to investigate University museums, including the technological possibilities. Harnett Fellow in the Harnett Print Facilities In addition to courses in the Study Center. These opportunities The George M. Modlin Center for department, students are encouraged increase the interaction between the Arts dedicates space to the to select courses in related fields that faculty and students, as well as offer Harnett Museum of Art, the Harnett are taught in other departments and students valuable experience in their Print Study Center, a visual resources will broaden their undergraduate areas of interest in the department. library, a computer graphics lab, a experience. Aesthetics (philosophy The department and University photography darkroom, state-of-the- department), Greek and Roman art Museums also sponsor lectures in art art lecture and seminar classrooms, and archaeology (classical studies and art history that bring to campus and studio space for drawing, department), film studies (English diverse scholars, critics, and artists painting, sculpture, ceramics, digital department), and study abroad (Office who address major issues confronting artmaking, photography, and of International Education) are just a the discipline of art today in both printmaking. few examples. Students also may Western and non-Western art. choose interdisciplinary concentrations The Joel and Lila Harnett in arts management or arts technology. Museum of Art, the University art Internship opportunities are available museum, is a rich cultural Examples of Faculty/Student Faculty Mark Rhodes Associate professor Stephen Addiss Collaborative Projects M.F.A., Southern Illinois University Tucker-Boatwright Professor of “Looking at Prints,” exhibition and Areas of specialty: sculpture, ceramics Humanities-Art Web site created by studio art and Ph.D., University of Michigan art history students, faculty, Erling Sjovold Distinguished Educator Award, 1999 University Museums staff, and the Associate professor Areas of specialty: humanities, Asian arts Center for Teaching, Learning, and M.F.A., School of the Art Institute Technology. of Chicago Elena Calvillo “Haiti Earthquake Benefit Art Areas of specialty: drawing, painting Assistant professor Auction,” an event organized by Art Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University Club students, staff, and faculty of Tanja Softic´ Areas of specialty: Renaissance and the Art and Art History Deparment. Associate professor Baroque art history Department chair M.F.A., Old Dominion University Margaret Fields Denton Areas of specialty: printmaking, A Sampling of Schools Associate professor drawing, book arts Ph.D., Institute of Fine Arts, Accepting Recent Graduates New York University Richard Waller American University Distinguished Educator Award, 1994 Executive Director of University Art Institute of Chicago Areas of specialty: 18th-, 19th-, and Museums Cranbrook Academy 20th-century art history George Washington University M.F.A., Yale University Outstanding Mentor Award, 2002 Hunter College Jeremy Drummond Areas of specialty: museum studies, Indiana University Assistant professor color and design, contemporary art New York University M.F.A., Syracuse University Northwestern University Areas of specialty: new media, video Parson’s School of Design Pennsylvania State University Olenka Pevny Pratt Institute Assistant professor Rhode Island School of Design Ph.D., Institute of Fine Arts, Syracuse University New York University Tufts University Areas of specialty: Medieval and University of California at Berkeley Byzantine art history University of California - Davis University of Chicago University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Virginia Washington University

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Why Study Biology? Facilities and Equipment Departmental Global climatic changes, AIDS, genetic Biology shares the state-of-the-art Scholarships/Fellowships engineering, air and water pollution, Gottwald Center for the Sciences with exercise and nutrition, preservation of the chemistry and physics departments. The Denoon Scholarship and Cole existing species, emerging infectious It is an arrangement that encourages Memorial Scholarship are available to diseases … each of these issues—and discussion among faculty and students natural science students on a yearly many more—make the headlines in the three disciplines. The teaching basis. The John Neasmith Dickinson every day. To make informed decisions and research labs are extraordinarily well Memorial Research Award and the about the issues that so clearly have an equipped, and we have a centrally located Robert F. Smart Award in Biology are impact on our lives requires a reading room with electronic access to fellowships awarded to biology majors to background in the field of biology. reference materials, which enhances the support summer research projects. accessibility of the vast quantities of The Biology Curriculum information added to each field daily. Undergraduate Research The Department of Biology maintains The research interests of the biology Biology is a broad and rapidly changing a diverse assemblage of modern equipment department’s faculty are varied, providing field. In designing our curriculum, we to support teaching and research. An unique opportunities for students to have taken this simple fact into account. imaging center (TEM, SEM, and confocal become involved in independent research. Our focus, for both major and nonmajor microscope), animal facility, greenhouse Students are encouraged to join a faculty alike, is to teach biological principles as and herbarium, DNA sequencers, research program early in their studies at well as important skills that can be applied modern electrophysiological equipment, Richmond. Support for this work in the to a variety of situations. microscopes related to computer summer or during the academic year is These skills focus on the ability to think imaging technology, thermocyclers, and derived from faculty research grants, the critically and to synthesize information; digital gel documentation are all Richmond undergraduate research to find and extract information from available for student and faculty use. The committee, department awards, and continually expanding databases; to University owns a 20-foot Boston Whaler institutional grants. Collaborations with formulate hypotheses and design that serves as a research vessel for other departments are encouraged (for appropriately controlled experiments to oceanographic and marine research. The example, a biology and psychology test these hypotheses; to analyze and Department of Biology has a variety of concentration in neuroscience). Students evaluate data and draw scientifically vehicles to reach field sites and a diverse can present the results of their investi- valid conclusions from that data; and to array of collecting and sampling gear. gations at the Richmond Arts & Science communicate clearly and succinctly Undergraduate Research Symposium both orally and in writing. Internships and and at regional and national meetings, The Department of Biology at the and they often publish their findings University of Richmond believes that as Career Opportunities with faculty in scientific literature. students master these skills, they will There are more than 50 different begin to think and act like biologists, internships available to our majors, each deriving from their experiments the providing career experiences that are Recent excitement and joy of discovery. invaluable. Undergraduates leaving Student Research Projects The requirements for a degree in Richmond with a degree in biology may “Evolution of an eye development gene: Six biology include one unit of Introduction enter a variety of fields including the 1/2 in a marine sponge” to Biological Thinking; three units from medical professions, teaching, biological “Identification of vesicular monoamine three different conceptual area courses; research, forensics, museum restoration, transporters in macrophages” Introductory Chemistry; Organic natural history, science illustration, “Altered Transcription Coactivator (CBP) Chemistry I and II; and five additional science writing and publishing, levels in a transgenic polyglutamine disease model” units of upper-level elective biology photography, and agricultural courses. The bachelor of science degree “Cryptic lineages within the species professions such as forestry, wildlife designation L. leptodactyloides” requires one year of calculus and two management, and conservation biology. units chosen from approved quantitative “The effects of soil environments on Mojave Desert Nematodes” science courses. Partnerships exist with “Mechanisms of fatty acid interactions with several programs including Duke Kv4 Channels” University Marine Sciences Laboratory, “Observing the biological effects of suf and Marine Biological Lab in Woods Hole, isc deletion mutations on the growth of MassStudy abroad is also encouraged. Shigella flexneri” Roni J. Kingsley Recent Student Presentations Recent Success Stories Ph.D., University of South Carolina at National Meetings Lisa Warner, ’07, James B. Duke Scholar, Area of specialty: investigations of calcareous Duke University armor formation in the ciliate Coleps 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Nicole Buell, ’07, Doris Duke Fellow, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Nicholas School at Duke University Paula B. Lessem Society for Integrative and Comparative Aaron Daugherty, ’09, Fulbright Scholarship Ph.D., Rutgers University Biology Meeting, San Antonio, Texas Alexander Moore, ’09, Goldwater Scholar Director of Cell and Molecular Biology and Genetics Society of America 49th Drosophila Genetics Laboratories Research Conference, San Diego, Calif. Area of specialty: antibiotic resistance American Herpetology Meeting, Montreal, Integrated mechanisms in bacteria Quebec Quantitative Science Carolyn Marks Brazilian Congress of Herpetology, Belem, Brazil The Howard Hughes Medical Institute M.S., Pennsylvania State University American Society of Microbiologists, recently awarded the University of Richmond Director of Biological Imaging Philadelphia, Pa. a $1.4 million grant to create an Integrated Gary P. Radice Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C. Quantitative Science program, or IQ Ph.D., Yale University Science. This year-long course counts as two Area of specialty: development of three- units each semester and is open to first-year dimensional body patterns in vertebrates A Sampling of Schools students. Rather than taking introductory courses in biology, chemistry, computer Maren B. Reiner Accepting Recent Graduates science, math, and physics, students in this M.S., New York University Duke University discovery-based course will learn science the Director of Nonmajors Biology Laboratories Emory University way science is actually performed—by using Laura Runyen-Janecky Harvard University those five disciplines in an integrated Ph.D., University of Wisconsin The Ohio State University manner to solve scientific problems. A Area of specialty: bacterial molecular Tufts University professor of biology, chemistry, computer genetics University of Chicago science, math, and physics will be present in the classroom every time the class meets. Peter D. Smallwood University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Ph.D., University of Arizona University of Texas Area of specialty: behavioral ecology of University of Virginia Faculty foraging in small mammals and terrestrial Virginia Commonwealth University Linda M. Boland invertebrates Virginia Tech Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Aparna Telang Washington University Ph.D., University of Arizona Yale University Areas of specialty: ion channel function, synaptic memory formation Area of specialty: nutritional physiology of insects Emily J. Boone A Sampling of Medical Schools M.S., University of South Alabama Amy M. Treonis Director of Biology Labs Ph.D., Colorado State University Area of specialty: microbial ecology Accepting Recent Graduates R. Jory Brinkerhoff Albany Medical College Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder John Vaughan Case Western Reserve University School of Areas of specialty: epidemiology, vector- Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University Medicine bourne zoonotic disease dynamics Director of Pre-Health Education The Chicago Medical School Rafael O. de Sá John Warrick Weill Cornell Medical College Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin Ph.D., Temple University Drexel University School of Medicine Distinguished Educator Award, 1998 Area of specialty: analysis of Emory University School of Medicine Areas of specialty: systematics, evolution and neurodegenerative disease via transgenic Florida State University College of Medicine development of amphibians and reptiles Drosophilia Georgetown University School of Medicine Krista Fischer-Stenger Carrie Wu Indiana University School of Medicine Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University Ph.D., University of California at Irvine Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Area of specialty: synthesis, release and Areas of specialty: ecology, evolution and Mayo Medical School actions of catecholamines in macrophages genetics of local adaptation in natural Mount Sinai School of Medicine plant populations Tulane University School of Medicine W. John Hayden Ph.D., University of Maryland Eugene Wu University of Connecticut School of Medicine Ph.D., The Scripps Research Institute University of Iowa Carver School of Medicine Areas of specialty: anatomy, morphology and systematics of vascular plants Areas of specialty: structure-based drug University of Maryland School of Medicine design, nucleic acid polymerases, virology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine April L. Hill viral evolution University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Ph.D., University of Houston University of Rochester School of Medicine Area of specialty: genetics of sponge Kathy Zoghby and Dentistry development M.S., Virginia Commonwealth University University of Vermont College of Medicine Director of Molecular Biological Malcolm S. Hill Laboratories University of Virginia School of Medicine Department Chair Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Ph.D., University of Houston Wake Forest University School of Medicine Area of specialty: evolutionary ecology of sponges

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The Study of Chemistry fellow students. The department student-faculty laboratories. graduates about 20 seniors each year, Chemistry students and faculty take Chemistry is the study of matter and many of whom pursue postgraduate advantage of the latest technology to the transformations that substances study. The majority also undertake pursue their research, including a undergo. It is one of the basic sciences research projects in the department powerful parallel-processor and is fundamental to the study of all during their four years as supercomputer computer system, a sciences. People who study chemistry undergraduates. state-of-the-art atomic force microscope, are interested in finding explanations Students receive significant laboratory a biophysics/computational science for how things in our universe work training in their coursework. They have laboratory, and an environmental and in harnessing this knowledge in a hands-on experience with important radiation detection laboratory. Recent way that provides for the creation of modern instrumental techniques acquisitions include ITC, DSC, high new materials that will improve our including high-field NMR, gas resolution MS, and high-field NMR lives and our environment. Chemists chromatograph-mass spectrometry, instruments. For a complete listing, are people who like to solve problems. atomic absorption spectroscopy, please see chemistry.richmond.edu/ The chemistry major at the fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, resources/equipment.html. University of Richmond provides a electrochemistry, spectrofluorometry, and The Science Information Center strong basic background in the principal ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry. subscribes to SciFinder Scholar so that subdisciplines of chemistry on which to In addition, majors are encouraged to faculty and students have ready access build—analytical, inorganic, organic, undertake individual research projects to the most current online literature physical, and biochemistry. Richmond under the direction of a member of searching and information retrieval. graduates are ready to enter the best the faculty. Funds are available to Integrated bibliographic instruction in chemistry graduate programs in the support summer research by students selected courses assures science majors country, to enter the workforce as on campus, and the Undergraduate a working capability in the literature chemists in industry and government, Research Committee funds student of the discipline. to proceed into careers as secondary proposals for equipment and supplies school teachers, or to develop careers in throughout the year. sales and marketing for the technical A Sampling of Schools More than 50 students conduct industry. This major also provides a undergraduate research each summer, Accepting Recent Graduates strong background for studies in the and more than 70 students work in health professions, allied health Columbia University research projects during the academic professions, and law. Cornell University year. Students regularly appear as Richmond’s chemistry department Emory University co-authors on published papers in offers two degree alternatives: the Harvard University chemistry and biochemistry and present bachelor of arts degree and the bachelor Johns Hopkins University posters on their research at regional of science degree. By adding appropriate Massachusetts Institute of Technology and national scientific meetings. courses, the American Chemical Northwestern University Society certification requirements for Oxford University professional training in chemistry or Special Equipment Pennsylvania State University Princeton University chemistry/biochemistry may be met. In and Facilities conjunction with the biology department, Stanford University the bachelor of science and bachelor of The Department of Chemistry is University of California at Berkeley arts degrees are offered in biochemistry/ housed in the Gottwald Center for the University of California at Los Angeles molecular biology. This program Sciences, which reopened in 2006 University of Chicago represents a significant opportunity for after a $37 million renovation. The University of Colorado interdisciplinary study and research. Gottwald Center houses the biology University of Florida and physics departments as well, University of Minnesota fostering collaboration between University of North Carolina at The Learning Environment students and faculty across the three Chapel Hill The learning environment includes fields. Gottwald has 22 state-of-the-art University of Pittsburgh much interaction with faculty and teaching laboratories as well as 50 University of Rochester University of Texas at Austin Faculty John Gupton University of Utah Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Samuel Abrash Professor of Chemistry University of Virginia Associate professor Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology University of Wisconsin-Madison Ph.D., University of California at Distinguished Educator Award, 2005 Yale University Berkeley Organic chemistry Physical chemistry Michelle Hamm A Sampling of Medical Schools Ellis Bell Associate professor Professor Accepting Recent Graduates Ph.D., University of Chicago D. Phil., Oxford University Georgetown University Distinguished Educator Award, 2007 Biochemistry Johns Hopkins University Biochemistry The Ohio State University William Case Thomas Jefferson Medical School René Kanters Laboratory Director University of Texas at San Antonio Director of Computer Assisted Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Science Education University of Virginia General and inorganic chemistry Vanderbilt University Ph.D., University of Nijmegen Virginia Commonwealth University Jonathan Dattelbaum Diane Kellogg Associate professor Director of Instrument Facilities Examples of Employers Ph.D., University of Maryland at Ph.D., University of Arizona Baltimore Hiring Recent Graduates Biochemistry Michael Leopold Arqule Incorporated Associate professor Raymond Dominey Federal Food and Drug Administration Ph.D., North Carolina State University Associate professor Great Lakes Chemical Corporation Distinguished Educator Award, 2008 Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Analytical chemistry Merck Technology Analytical chemistry National Institutes of Health Robert Miller U.S. Patent Office Laboratory Director Kelling Donald Waco Chemicals, USA Ph.D., University of Akron Assistant professor Organic chemistry Ph.D., University of West Indies Physical chemistry Integrated William Myers Professor Quantitative Science Wade Downey Ph.D., University of Florida The Howard Hughes Medical Assistant professor Distinguished Educator Award, 1987 Institute recently awarded the Ph.D., Harvard University Inorganic and organometallic chemistry University of Richmond a $1.4 million Organic chemistry grant to create an Integrated Quantitative Kristine Nolin Science program, or IQ Science. This Lisa Gentile Assistant professor year-long course counts as two units Associate professor and chair Ph.D., University of California at each semester and is open to first-year Ph.D., Brown University Berkeley Biochemistry students. Rather than taking Organic chemistry introductory courses in biology, Emma Goldman chemistry, computer science, math, Carol Parish Associate professor and physics, students in this discovery- Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of based course will learn science the way Professor of Chemistry Technology science is actually performed—by Ph.D., Purdue University Distinguished Educator Award, 1990 using those five disciplines in an Physical chemistry integrated manner to solve scientific Organometallic chemistry problems. A professor of biology, Christopher Stevenson chemistry, computer science, math, Associate professor and physics will be present in the Ph.D., University of Florida classroom every time the class meets. Analytical chemistry

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Introduction Chemical engineering 3-2 Program Building on the strengths of majors in Civil engineering In the “3-2 program,” a student will physics, mathematics, computer science, Computer engineering receive two bachelor’s degrees from chemistry, and biology, the School of Earth and environmental engineering two institutions within a five-year Arts and Sciences at the University of Electrical engineering period. Courses in the fourth and fifth Richmond offers students with special Engineering and management systems years at a partner institution are used career goals the ability to pursue dual Industrial engineering to complete the major at Richmond degrees in a five-year period. Some Materials science and engineering and provide sufficient hours of elective opportunities allow a student to earn a Mechanical engineering work to complete remaining degree bachelor of science degree from Richmond Operations research work. The work at Richmond is and also a bachelor of science degree Systems engineering accepted toward the degree at the from a cooperating engineering school, Environmental engineering (an option partner institution, and successful while others enable a student to complete in civil engineering) work in the fourth and fifth years an undergraduate degree from Richmond Medical preparation (an option in enables the student to gain the second and an accelerated master’s degree in civil, computer, mechanical, or degree. This is a common program engineering from a partner institution— systems engineering) between liberal arts institutions like all within a five-year period. Aerospace and ocean engineering Richmond and engineering schools, Biological systems engineering but it also is available in some Civil and environmental engineering specialized science programs that Programs Available Electrical and computer engineering enhance the offerings at Richmond. Applied mathematics Industrial and systems engineering The engineering schools in the table Applied physics Materials science and engineering below have agreements with the Biomedical engineering Mining and minerals engineering University of Richmond whereby 3-2 Program Institutions Requirements for Transfer Programs Available

Columbia University Completion of 28 units of designated Applied mathematics School of Engineering and Applied Science coursework during three years at Richmond Applied physics with a GPA of 3.0/4.0. In addition, the Biomedical engineering columbia.edu/cu/academics.html student must have a letter of recommendation Chemical engineering from the Engineering Dual Degree advisor Civil engineering at Richmond. Computer engineering Earth and environmental engineering Electrical engineering Engineering and management systems Industrial engineering Materials science and engineering Mechanical engineering Operations research

George Washington University Completion of 26 units of designated Civil engineering School of Engineering and Applied Science coursework during three years at Richmond Computer engineering with a GPA of 2.7/4.0. In addition, the Electrical engineering seas.gwu.edu/splash/php student must have a letter of recommendation Mechanical engineering from the Engineering Dual Degree advisor Systems engineering at Richmond. (A GPA of 3.5 is required for Environmental engineering (an option in special scholarship support at GW.) civil engineering) Medical preparation (an option in civil, computer, mechanical or systems engineering)

Virginia Polytechnic Institute Completion of 26 units of designated Aerospace and ocean engineering College of Engineering coursework during three years at Richmond Biological systems engineering with a GPA of 3.0/4.0. In addition, the Chemical engineering eng.vt.edu student must have a letter of recommendation Civil and environmental engineering from the Engineering Dual Degree advisor Electrical and computer engineering at Richmond. Students will be expected to Industrial and systems engineering complete two special introductory engineering Materials science and engineering courses during the summer prior to transfer. Mechanical engineering Mining and minerals engineering students will spend their first three years master’s degree program. Currently, this As detailed above, a major at at Richmond completing a number of option is possible through Virginia Richmond will need to be completed pre-engineering courses, all general Commonwealth University’s School of or nearly completed in the first three education requirements, and most Engineering for chemistry students. The years. The natural majors for those requirements for their major. They proximity of VCU to Richmond and a interested in engineering are physics will then transfer to the engineering cross-registration agreement allow and either mathematics or computer school for two additional years. At the talented chemistry majors to take science, although any science major end of the five-year period of courses at VCU in chemical engineering can work provided all but one or two successful coursework, the students during their junior and senior years. If courses are completed in the first three will receive bachelor of science degrees they do well, they will be admitted to a years of study. The final coursework from Richmond and the engineering one-year master of engineering program. should be transferable from the school. This combines the best of the Students should discuss this option with partner institution. It is important liberal arts and sciences with the chair of the chemistry department. that students interested in these dual professional engineering coursework. degree programs consult with the dual 4-2 Programs degree advisor as early as possible. 3-1-1 Program A “4-2 program” would be of interest A “3-1-1 program” provides a bachelor’s to students who wish to complete four Program Applications degree from Richmond and a master’s years at Richmond before moving on to and Financial Aid degree from a partner institution. The complete an engineering degree. fourth year is taken at the partner Columbia University provides two such Students will automatically be accepted to institution and the work is transferred programs. One leads to a bachelor of the dual degree program if they complete to Richmond to complete the Richmond science degree in engineering after the the specified courses at Richmond and degree. If the fourth year work is of good two additional years, while the other earn the required GPA. The special application goes directly to quality, the Richmond student is leads to a master’s degree in engineering. our liaison admitted to an accelerated one-year The important distinction is that person at the engineering school. This master’s degree program at the partner admission to the bachelor of science is done in early January of the third year. institution. Therefore, at the end of the degree program is guaranteed upon The student is asked to complete a form fifth year a master’s degree may be earned. successful completion of preparatory showing how certain courses will transfer Currently, the University of Virginia’s work at Richmond and the to complete graduation at Richmond. School of Engineering partners with recommendation of the dual degree Financial aid does not transfer, although student loans can likely Richmond to provide this opportunity. advisor, while admission to the graduate continue. For the University of The fourth year of undergraduate work engineering program is competitive. is spent at the University of Virginia. The Virginia and Virginia Tech, costs are key is that there is no guarantee of significantly lower, even for out-of- admission to the master’s program; Planning for a Dual Degree state students. George Washington admission depends on performance in It is important to start your planning University has special $10,000 merit engineering coursework during the fourth in the first year at Richmond. All the transfer scholarships, although a year of undergraduate study. The programs programs have a common set of basic minimum 3.5 GPA is required to be at U.Va. are biomedical engineering, requirements that must be met within eligible. All schools except the computer science, mechanical and the first three years. University of Virginia allow transfer aerospace engineering, chemical students to apply for financial aid. engineering, electrical and computer • All the Richmond general education requirements must be met engineering, systems and information Consider the Options engineering, civil engineering, and • English 103 must be completed for materials science and engineering. all engineering programs even if The dual degree programs are important Richmond would waive the options for students who are not sure requirement about their career goals. The advantage 4-1 Program • Mathematics 211–212 (or 231), 235, of coming to Richmond is that students A “4-1 program” allows University of 240, and 245 must be completed do not have to commit to engineering Richmond students to move into an • Physics 131 (or 127 or 191), 132 from day one. They have time to test their accelerated one-year master’s degree (or 133 or 134), and chemistry 141 interests in science and mathematics program at a partner institution. Students are required courses. Students may discover other complete their coursework at Richmond, • At least 26 units of coursework at things that interest them; however, if but based on performance in selected Richmond must be completed before they remain excited about an engineering courses, are admitted into a one-year transfer to a partner institution career, the option is here at Richmond.

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An Introduction to English another field such as foreign language, their own choosing. In addition, there history, or journalism. Some students are opportunities for students to work Recognizing that the aim of a liberal majoring in the sciences have chosen on individual summer research arts education is to bring students to a an English minor to give themselves projects in a tutorial relationship with critical understanding of themselves, an undergraduate education that a faculty supervisor and to receive the world, and the intricate relationship balances the sciences and humanities. monetary support for this work. One between the two, the Department of recent summer project involved a English seeks to assist majors in student studying the influence of coming to this understanding through The Learning Environment Shakespeare’s plays on a number of a comprehensive study of literature All classes in the English department important 20th-century novels. and language. The coursework are kept small. Enrollments in all Another involved research in London required for the major focuses centrally, writing classes are limited to 15-18 on material objects and the fiction of though not exclusively, on English students. Most literature classes enroll Virginia Woolf. Students interested in literature written in Britain and the 20 students. All majors take two interdisciplinary study can enrich their United States and on rigorous training versions of English 400: Junior/Senior work in the English major by choosing in writing. The major seeks to give Seminar, which focuses on special the allied fields option; by participating students a knowledge of the way topics and in which enrollment is in interdisciplinary studies literature and language have evolved; restricted to 12 students. Faculty keep concentrations, such as Medieval and exposure to a broad range of texts regular office hours and frequently Renaissance studies; or in from both the past and present; and meet with students. The University’s interdisciplinary programs like theoretical understanding of the ways recently expanded library and academic American studies or film studies; or by in which literary texts are produced computing center facilitate student choosing from among eight combined and can be read. research and the writing of papers. majors: English/classics, English/ Greek, English/Latin, English/French, English as a Major Special Learning Opportunities English/German, English/Russian, English/theatre, and English/women, The requirements for the English major The English major and minor both gender, and sexuality studies. achieve these aims while allowing emphasize the study of literature, but students to choose from many varied the department offers varied courses offered in the department. In opportunities for involvement in Career Opportunities addition to courses in the expanding creative writing, including seven Students majoring in English at the canon of British and American regular courses, independent study University of Richmond go on to literature (including African American courses, an editing and publishing careers in such fields as business, public and Native American), students may course taught in conjunction with relations, advertising, teaching, Web take courses in film, creative writing, Verse magazine, interaction with development, television, and movie advanced expository writing, and the distinguished writers who regularly production, or graduate work in other important and growing body of visit campus, and a student literary fields and law. Some students pursue literature produced in English on parts magazine titled The Messenger. In graduate work in English with the aim of the globe other than North America addition, there are opportunities for of college-level teaching. The reading, and the United Kingdom, including students to serve as paid writing writing, analytical, and critical thinking the Caribbean, India, and Anglophone consultants in the University’s Writing skills acquired by students in an English Africa. Across the Curriculum Program or in major make them attractive to employers the Writing Center. Membership in in business, industry, government, and the English Honor Society, Sigma Tau English as a Minor nonprofit organizations. Students who Delta, offers such benefits as a are still considering several different Students also may minor in English. national conference and opportunities career paths can major in English with The English minor consists of several for publication. The department’s the knowledge that their skills and of the core English courses and some honors program allows highly training will apply, regardless of their additional courses chosen by the motivated students, through the final decision. student. Many students find that an writing of an honors thesis, to do English minor enriches their study of extensive, guided research on topics of A Sampling of Schools Terryl Givens Joyce MacAllister Ph.D., University of North Carolina Ph.D., University of Texas Accepting Recent Graduates James A. Bostwick Professor of English Area of specialty: rhetoric and American University Distinguished Educator Award, 1997 composition, modern grammar, life Boston College Areas of specialty: Romanticism, writing religion and literature Brown University Elizabeth Outka College of William & Mary Elisabeth Gruner Ph.D., University of Virginia Duke University Ph.D., University of California at Areas of specialty: modernism, 20th- Georgetown University Los Angeles century British literature, history of Harvard University Areas of specialty: 19th-century British the novel Indiana University literature, children’s literature, creative Notre Dame University nonfiction writing, 19th-century Kevin Pelletier The Ohio State University British women writers Ph.D., State University of New York at State University of New York at Buffalo Buffalo University of California at Irvine Brian Henry Areas of specialty: 19th-century U.S. University of Chicago M.F.A., University of Massachusetts literature, U.S. apocalyptic literature, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Areas of specialty: creative writing, race and slavery University of North Carolina at contemporary poetry Chapel Hill Anthony Russell Dona Hickey University of Texas at Austin Ph.D., Yale University Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at University of Virginia South Atlantic Association of Milwaukee University of Wisconsin Departments of English, Outstanding Distinguished Educator Award, 1990, Yale University Teacher, 2004 1993 Distinguished Educator Award, 2002 Areas of specialty: rhetoric and Areas of specialty: Renaissance studies, Faculty composition, 20th-century American comparative literature (English, Bertram Ashe and British poetry French, Italian), Shakespeare Ph.D., College of William & Mary Raymond Hilliard Louis Schwartz Areas of specialty: 20th-century American Ph.D., University of Rochester Ph.D., Brandeis University literature, 20th-century African- Distinguished Educator Award, 1981, Areas of specialty: 16th- and American literature and culture 2008 17th-century British nondramatic Laura Browder Areas of specialty: the novel, 18th- literature, John Milton, 16th-century Ph.D., Brandeis University century British novel, 18th-century lyric, English prosody English literature, the modern novel Tyler and Alice Haynes Professor of Monika Siebert American Studies Suzanne Jones Ph.D., Harvard University Areas of specialty: 20th-century American Ph.D., University of Virginia Area of specialty: Native American literature, documentary studies, Department Chair studies, North American ethnic modern drama, American studies South Atlantic Association of literatures, film studies Abigail Cheever Departments of English, Outstanding Teacher, 1994 Julietta Singh Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University Ph.D., University of Minnesota Areas of specialty: film studies, Distinguished Educator Award, 1989, 1992 Areas of specialty: postcolonial American film, American literature literatures and theory, diasporic after World War II Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award, 1992 literatures, transnational feminist Daryl Dance Areas of specialty: 20th-century women studies, critical theory Ph.D., University of Virginia writers, literature of the American David Stevens Areas of specialty: American literature, South, 20th-century American fiction M.F.A., Pennsylvania State University African-American literature, Caribbean Peter Lurie Ph.D., Emory University literature, African- American and Areas of specialty: creative writing, Caribbean folklore Ph.D., Boston University Areas of specialty: modern American 19th-century American literature, Joseph Essid literature, film studies, Faulkner Western literature, science fiction and Ph.D., Indiana University studies, late 19th-century American fantasy Director of the Writing Center literature, literary and visual Distinguished Educator Award, 2004 modernism, critical theory Areas of specialty: computers and composition, history of technology, virtual worlds

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Preparing for the social interaction among students and University of Kentucky faculty who share similar interests, University of Louisville Health Professions thereby making the opportunities in University of Maryland* The University of Richmond has an the many health professions known to University of Mississippi excellent track record of preparing all who are interested. University of North Carolina* students for continuing study in the University of Oklahoma health professions. Students planning University of Pittsburgh to enter professional programs in the Medical Schools Where University of South Alabama health professions such as medicine, Graduates Matriculated University of South Carolina dentistry, veterinary medicine, (2004–2009) University of Tennessee physical therapy, optometry, pharmacy, University of Texas-Galveston Albany Medical School etc., are encouraged to major in the University of Texas-Houston Case Western Reserve University* departments of their choice. The University of Texas-San Antonio Commonwealth Medical College undergraduate years are devoted to University of Vermont* Cornell University* exploring, and the exploration need University of Virginia* Drexel University not only be in the sciences. Vanderbilt University* East Carolina University Virginia Commonwealth University Eastern Virginia Medical School Wake Forest University Advising and Program Emory University* * Top-25 medical school as ranked The pre-health program provides Florida State University * by U.S. News & World Report students with opportunities and George Washington University Georgetown University experiences needed for the successful Recent graduates also have entered pursuit of health profession careers. In Indiana University* Jefferson Medical College programs in dentistry, veterinary addition to advising students, the medicine, osteopathy, pharmacy, director of pre-health education Johns Hopkins University* Louisiana State University-New Orleans nursing, optometry, and physical oversees the program’s resources: clinical therapy. They represent majors internships with area physicians and Louisiana State University-Shreveport Marshall University ranging from biology, chemistry, and fourth-year medical students; physics to business and English. scholarship support; pre-health study Mayo Medical School* abroad programs; personal statement Medical College of Georgia and interview preparation; a medical Medical University of South Carolina The Health Professions humanities minor; and a full-year, Meharry Medical College faculty-led MCAT preparation course. Michigan State University* Advisory Committee (HPAC) Morehouse Medical School The HPAC is composed of 14 faculty Mount Sinai* members in the School of Arts and Student Organizations New Jersey Medical School Sciences. It interviews pre-health The UR Pre-Medical Society, a chapter New York Medical College students in their application year to of the American Medical Student The Ohio State University health professions schools and writes Association, is composed of students Pennsylvania State University letters of recommendation. The who plan careers in the health Robert Wood Johnson University HPAC interview simulates the professions. It brings to the campus Rush Medical School interview format used by most health practicing professionals who discuss Temple University professions schools, giving students their work and admission officers who Tulane University valuable experience that assists in describe the medical programs and the Universidad Central del Caribe refining their interviewing skills. admissions processes at their schools. University of Arkansas It also provides opportunities for University of Connecticut

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An Introduction to relations, public relations, foreign core courses, majors choose a concentration languages and literatures, and anthro- in which they gain coherence in their International Studies pology, as well as public administration study and expertise by taking an additional The international studies major at the and public health, intercultural commu- eight courses in no fewer than three University of Richmond promotes the nication, peace studies, and the growing departments. The major consists of seven teaching and learning of issues of global number of interdisciplinary programs. concentrations: Africa, Asia, international importance. To achieve informed and economics, Latin America, Middle East, coherent perspectives on international modern Europe, and world politics and affairs, the program builds its strengths Structure diplomacy. on advanced language competency, Since culture and international behavior Each concentration is supervised by a overseas cultural immersion, and expertise are influenced by many complex factors faculty advisor who is a specialist in the in a geographic or functional area. which cannot be understood from a area. A student with a strong interest in Because we live in an interdependent single disciplinary perspective, the an area not defined as a concentration may, world, no nation or individual can live international studies major integrates with permission, create an individual and prosper in isolation or ignorance of various academic disciplines. This is course of study. The structure of the others. For this reason, the University of accomplished through two interdisciplinary international studies major lends itself to Richmond, which places great emphasis core courses—Perspectives in International combining it with other disciplinary on internationalizing the education of Studies and the Senior Seminar—and majors, especially in such fields as modern all students, established the international through the requirement of courses in languages and literatures, political studies major in the spring of 1986. no fewer than three disciplines within science, economics, history, sociology, Drawing faculty from 25 academic the student’s concentration. the natural sciences, and others. Students disciplines that offer more than 150 Perspectives in International Studies also have combined this major with courses, this versatile and flexible addresses issues that arise in cross-cultural degrees in business and leadership studies. program has consistently been one of representation and interpretation, as Internationally oriented internships may the most popular majors on campus. well as the origins and implications of be pursued locally, elsewhere in the U.S., An understanding of the global system diversity and interdependence among and abroad. In 2008-09 two international in which we live is the primary objective nations, cultures, regions, and peoples. studies majors had internships at the U.S. of the major. It aims to educate students In Senior Seminar, sets of Department of State in Washington, D.C., about cultures, nations, and societies and international issues and relationships are while others did summer internships in enable them to deal with the economic, studied using tools and approaches of London and Cape Town, South Africa. political, cultural, and security issues several disciplines and core concepts of confronting the world today. the field. Students in the Senior Seminar International studies majors are write, under close faculty supervision, a Language Requirement generalists and, as such, are prepared to major research paper on a topic relating International studies majors must achieve enter careers in any field in which the to both the seminar’s theme and their proficiency in a second language through ability to work across cultural boundaries, international studies concentration. In completion of at least two units of 300- the knowledge of a foreign language, and recent years, IS majors have won or 400-level foreign language courses the experience of living, studying, and University prizes for research projects on taught in the target language. Language working abroad are assets. Today these such topics as contemporary French instruction is available in French, fields include international trade, banking, policy toward Francophone Africa, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish law, all levels of government, U.S. and mapping as a form of power in New at the major level, and in Arabic, international nongovernmental Spain, Muslims in China, international Chinese, and Japanese at the minor level. organizations, education, human services, refugee issues, imperial implications of health and environmental organizations, the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London, and many others. With increasing regularity, the Kuril Islands controversy in current Experience Abroad employers are recruiting employees who Russo-Japanese relations, and Rafael International understanding and have the knowledge and experience of Trujillo’s anti-Haitian policies in the communication depend on mutual respect global issues. It seems clear that in the Dominican Republic. and the appreciation of linguistic, cultural, near future practically all occupations In addition, Political Science 250: economic, and political differences. To will be international in various ways. Introduction to International Relations, develop these qualities, all international The international studies major also which studies the “society” of states and studies majors complete an “experience lays a good foundation for graduate nonstate actors, or Geography/IS 210: abroad” of at least one semester in duration. study in areas such as law, business, Geographical Dimensions of Human This may be accomplished through history, political science, international Development is required. Beyond these participation in a study abroad program or, with approval by the academic Campus Life Dr. Mary Finley-Brook advisor, through a less traditional program Advisor, Latin America of work or community service abroad. and the City of Richmond Department of Geography and the Environment The University of Richmond offers International education at Richmond is an Dr. Sheila Carapico Advisor, world politics/diplomacy study abroad programs during the academic integral part of campus life. International Department of Political Science year and in the summer in the following studies majors, like all students, have the Dr. Yvonne Howell locations: Argentina, Australia, Austria, opportunity to participate in organizations Advisor, modern Europe Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, such as the International Club, Amnesty Department of Modern Literatures and Cultures the Czech Republic, Denmark, England, International, the Japanese Society, and Dr. Stephen Long the European Union, France, Germany, Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for inter­ Advisor, world politics/diplomacy Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, national scholars. They can attend the Department of Political Science Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, international film series, concerts, exhibits, Dr. Tze Loo Peru, Poland, Russia, Scotland, South symposia, and lectures on international Advisor, Asia Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, issues. Students also have the benefit of Department of History Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, and contacts with visiting scholars, writers, Dr. Joseph Obi Jr. Turkey. Additional programs are being and students from all over the world. Advisor, Africa developed in other areas, including India More than 70 countries are represented Department of Sociology and Anthropology and Africa. With advising and approval among the students, faculty, and staff at Dr. Jennifer Pribble Advisor, world politics/diplomacy by relevant departments and the Office Richmond. Department of Political Science The annual International Week includes of International Education, Richmond Dr. David Salisbury students are able to study in nearly every such events as the Study Abroad Fair, the Advisor, Latin America part of the world while earning credits International Career Forum, and many Department of Geography and the Environment toward the major and without delaying events that bring together U.S. and Dr. John Treadway their graduation. Financial aid is transferable international students from the campus Advisor, world politics/diplomacy to University programs abroad. and the whole metropolitan area, as well Department of History as faculty, alumni, and members of the Dr. Hugh West greater-Richmond community. Advisor, modern Europe Examples of The City of Richmond and the Department of History Companies/Organizations surrounding counties are now home to a Dr. Jonathan Wight number of immigrant communities: Advisor, international economics Hiring Recent Graduates Vietnamese, Cambodian, Russian, Indian, Robins School of Business Americorps Ethiopian, and Chinese, to mention a Dr. Yucel Yanikdag Bonner Foundation few. International studies majors have Advisor, Middle East Child Fund International the opportunity to work as interns and Department of History CNN-Washington Bureau volunteers in various organizations that Because the International Studies major is Fulbright Program offer services to new immigrants. International Justice Mission interdisciplinary in nature, students also Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme have the benefit of daily contact with Peace Corps The Office of faculty from a number of departments and Teach for America International Education fields. Members of the faculty involved U.S. Agency for International Development in the major represent a wide range of The Office of International Education is scholarly specializations, including the focal point of international activities A Sampling of Schools on campus. The staff assists international • politics of Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin studies majors, as well as all other students, America, and the Middle East Accepting Recent Graduates • Amazonia in choosing opportunities for study, • war and society American University (international affairs) work, and volunteering abroad. It also • Russian cinema University of Denver (law, international advises international students and works • British imperialism studies) with student government and student • globalization and development Fordham University (law) organizations to develop a wide range of • modern Balkans Georgetown University (European studies) international events and activities. • human rights George Washington University (Asian • world hunger studies, public health) • international marketing and advertising Johns Hopkins University (international Faculty • Czech literature relations) IS Concentration Advisors: • East Asian religions London School of Economics Dr. John Gordon, Program Coordinator • Holocaust representation New York University (Spanish) Advisor, world politics/diplomacy • Soviet Stalin era Department of History • Ottoman and Turkish nationalism University of Virginia (law) • human environment interface Washington University (social work) Dr. David Brandenberger • cultural heritage preservation Yale University (international relations, Advisor, modern Europe • colonial Buganda and Uganda East Asian Studies) Department of History

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An Introduction to the School together, and how we influence the course enjoy alumni, educational, and social of history. It exemplifies the spirit of the functions. Many students say that their The Jepson School of Leadership Studies liberal arts: to educate people to take an peer relationships within the School are was founded to meet the aspirations of a active role in the world. The Jepson School their most meaningful on campus. liberal arts education. All too often, helps students realize their distinctive educators talk about preparing future capacities and apply their learning for the leaders without developing in students a good of society. Alumni and Careers rich understanding of leadership—the With fewer than 1,000 graduates worldwide, knowledge, ability, and conviction to Admission Procedures the Jepson alumni network is intimate and address social problems and live lives of accessible. Many alumni go straight to top consequence. In bridging this critical gap, To be considered for admission, students graduate schools after Jepson. Many seek Jepson stands at the forefront of apply by October 1 of their second year. more education later. They successfully scholarship and education. pursue careers ranging from business to To educate students for and about Jepson School Students nonprofits, from medicine to politics and leadership, the School uses multiple Jepson School students bring diverse government service, and law. disciplinary lenses. The study of economics, interests to the learning community. Jepson graduates are cognizant of their history, literature, philosophy, politics, Active in student government, fraternities, place in, and their responsibility to, their psychology, and religion allows students to sororities, the arts, athletics, and clubs, professions, their organizations, and their look at leadership as it was, as it is, and as they share their leadership abilities to make communities—a trait that follows them far it should be, and provides them with contributions across the University. beyond the borders of campus and conceptual tools that support the exercise throughout their lives. of leadership in a variety of settings. The Jepson School Community Recruiters and graduate schools alike A thoughtfully designed and sequenced consistently cite Jepson graduates for curriculum integrates the disciplinary Jepson’s environment is one of open doors, strength in the areas they value most, perspectives on leadership. The introductory personal attention, trust, and respect. With including: communication, critical thinking, courses, Leadership and the Humanities an average class size of 15, there’s no back ethical understanding, social responsibility, and Leadership and the Social Sciences, row. Classes are interactive and rich in interpersonal ability, leadership give students the historical and empirical discussion. Students frequently work in understanding, self-managed learning, foundations to ground their study of groups and learn through interaction and presentation skills, and teamwork. leadership. Leadership Ethics serves as the one-on-one mentoring. capstone course in the academic program. The result is an academic community in Required courses in Critical Thinking, the best sense of the term: students, faculty, Required Courses Research Methods, and Theories and and staff who form close-knit intellectual Leadership and the Humanities Models reflect Jepson’s commitment to and social bonds. They work together and Leadership and the Social Sciences intellectual rigor and theoretical depth. draw upon shared experiences to understand Justice and Civil Society Advanced courses allow students to look at leadership, to conduct research, and— Research Methods leadership as a historical, social/organizational, ultimately—to make a better world. As a Critical Thinking and ethical phenomenon. Students are result of these relationships, alumni stay Theories and Models of Leadership encouraged to pursue concentrations in close to the School and to one another. Leadership Ethics areas of interest such as international The Jepson School sponsors events on Internship leadership, religious leadership, or the and off campus, and is a respected center psychology of leadership. for debate and discussion of issues related to Courses with experiential components— leadership. The annual Jepson Leadership Advanced Courses especially Justice and Civil Society and the Forum brings renowned speakers to Historical Internship—help students understand how to campus. Local and national leaders share Civil War Leadership use knowledge gained through coursework their expertise through a leader-in- Creation of the American Republic in the world outside the classroom. Majors residence program and through informal Dead Leaders Society are awarded a bachelor of arts degree in discussions at regular dean’s luncheons and Early Modern Crises in Leadership leadership studies. dinners. The Jepson School of Leadership Leadership in Cultural and Historical A Jepson education investigates Studies Student Government Association Contexts leadership as a process and a relationship represents the student body and plays an Leadership in Political Contexts among people. It is based in a rigorous integral role in academic and student Presidential Leadership academic curriculum with plentiful hands-on affairs. New students are welcomed into Reason, Rhetoric, and Leadership opportunities. It explores fundamental the Jepson School community at a Social Movements questions about who we are, how we live ceremony called Prelude, and students Statesmanship Social/Organizational Duke University Crystal L. Hoyt Conflict Resolution Emory University Ph.D., social psychology, University of Gender and Leadership Georgetown University California, Santa Barbara Good and Evil Harvard University Curricular interests: social behavior, group Group Dynamics Johns Hopkins University dynamics, research methodology in the Leading Change The London School of Economics social sciences Leadership in a Diverse Society New York University Peter I. Kaufman Leadership in Organizations Princeton University Ph.D., religion, University of Chicago Leadership in Socially Active Businesses University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Curricular interests: historical studies (late Ethical University of Notre Dame antiquity to early modern Europe), Competition, Cooperation, and Choice University of Pennsylvania contemporary social justice Contemporary Debates in Democratic University of Virginia (immigration issues, access to higher Theory Wake Forest University education) Yale University Ethical Decision Making in Health Care Gary L. McDowell Leadership and Governance in the Ph.D., government and public affairs, Contemporary American Metropolis Jepson School Faculty University of Virginia Leadership and Religious Values The Jepson School’s distinguished faculty, Curricular interests: the Constitution, the Leadership in International Contexts many of the nation’s top scholars in their judiciary, politics, statesmanship, and Moral Limits of the Criminal Law fields, builds upon the strong foundation civil liberties Sex, Power, and Politics of the University’s liberal arts curriculum Sandra J. Peart Research Opportunities with small classes and innovative teaching Dean Jepson students have the opportunity to approaches. Ph.D., economics, University of Toronto work together with faculty members to Joanne B. Ciulla Curricular interests: competition and conduct research on a variety of topics and Ph.D., philosophy, Temple University cooperation, experimental economics, gain insight into leadership as a basic part Curricular interests: international history of economic thought of the human condition. They often find leadership, ethics, critical thinking and practical applications for their work. Terry L. Price conflict resolution, business ethics, and Opportunities include: independent Associate Dean for Academic Affairs philosophy of work study, collaborative study, directed study, Ph.D., philosophy, University of Arizona senior thesis, and senior honors thesis. John Donelson R. Forsyth Curricular interests: leadership ethics; Grants are available for students to Ph.D., psychology, University of Florida moral psychology of leadership; and conduct full-time or part-time research. Curricular interests: group process, group social, political, and legal theory dynamics, morality and ethics Thaddeus M. Williamson A Sampling of George R. Goethals Ph.D., political science, Harvard University Ph.D., psychology, Duke University Curricular interests: political theory, Recent Internships Curricular interests: psychology of social justice, American politics and public policy The White House leadership, social comparison, Capital One presidential debates, leader-follower J. Thomas Wren Caring for Cambodia relations Ph.D., history, College of William and Mary Ethical Investment Research Gill Robinson Hickman J.D., University of Virginia Goldman Sachs Ph.D., public administration, University Curricular interests: foundations of Governor of Virginia Fellows Program of Southern California leadership studies, history and theories Mercer Human Resources Consulting Curricular interests: leadership in of leadership, conflict resolution American Cancer Society organizations, leading change, Karen D. Zivi Medical Teams International transforming leadership Ph.D., political science, Rutgers University U.S. News and World Report Douglas A. Hicks Curricular interests: political theory, Ph.D., religion, Harvard University feminist theory, gender politics, law and A Sampling of Schools Curricular interests: religious values, society religion in public life, inequality, Accepting Recent Graduates international leadership American University California Institute of the Arts Case Western Reserve University College of William and Mary

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The Field of Political Science Study Abroad University of Rochester University of Texas Political science involves the description, An increasing number of students in University of Virginia analysis, and critical study of governments political science are taking advantage of Villanova University and their social and cultural environments, the growing opportunities to study abroad, Washington University decision-making processes, laws and not only in Great Britain and on the Yale University policies, and the relationships of these European continent, but also in Australia, elements to one another. As such, political Asia, Latin America, and Africa. In most science has many subfields and shares cases, students enroll in institutions A Sampling of Law Schools many points of interest with other associated with the University of disciplines, such as economics, philosophy, Richmond. Accepting Recent Graduates history, sociology, and law. The major Boston College subfields in political science at the College of William and Mary University of Richmond are American Career Opportunities Cornell University government, public policy, comparative For those students interested in law, Dayton University politics, political theory, international political science is the most popular Duke University relations, and research methods. department at the University of Richmond. Emory University The political science major at the The department offers courses that help Georgetown University University of Richmond has an unusually to prepare students for law school. Harvard University distinctive array of choices. In addition to Students have taken advantage of both New York University the usual advantages of a small university— the newly created law and liberal arts Rutgers University close working relationships with faculty minor and the pre-law advising program. Syracuse University and an excellent liberal arts education— However, any one of several majors in the University of California, Berkeley students can enroll in a two-unit internship liberal arts will help prepare a student University of Chicago program at the General Assembly during for admission to law school. University of Michigan spring semesters; participate in an Majors in political science also may University of North Carolina internship in Washington, D.C., organized pursue a variety of careers in government, University of Pennsylvania by departmental faculty; minor in private organizations concerned with University of Richmond leadership studies, international studies, public or social policy, teaching, and University of Virginia or law and liberal arts; and even take business. Students may go directly into Vanderbilt University courses taught by law school faculty. government or private sector work, or Wake Forest University they may choose to enter specialized Washington and Lee University graduate programs in such fields as urban Yale University Class Size planning, public policy, or international More than 200 students major in political affairs. science at the University of Richmond. It Recent Student-Faculty is the largest major in the School of Arts and Sciences. Classes vary in size from A Sampling of Schools Research Projects eight to 25, with an average of 20–23. Accepting Recent Graduates “Voter Verification in Congress and the States,” Meredith Patrick and Cornell University Doug Rubin with Daniel Palazzolo Internships George Washington University Georgetown University “Independent Candidates in Virginia,” Approximately 50 students participate in Chris Jones with John Whelan government internships each year. Some Johns Hopkins University work with legislators, lobbyists, and Northwestern University “Early Childhood Education,” Katy government agencies involved in the Ohio State University Groover with Jennifer Erkulwater legislative process at the Virginia General Rutgers University “Were the Religion Clauses Originally Assembly. Legislative internships carry Stanford University Meant to Protect State two units of credit. Internship positions University of Chicago Establishments of Religion?” Brian also are available in other agencies of University of Connecticut Culver with Ellis West state and local government in the University of Florida “John Locke on Religious Freedom,” Richmond area, and many students take University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Karl Holsten with Ellis West advantage of the summer months to University of North Carolina “Third World Women,” Kimya gain internship credits by working and University of Notre Dame Dennis with Sheila Carapico studying in Washington, D.C. University of Pittsburgh “Asymmetrical Warfare? Implications of H. Benson Dendy, president, Vectre Stephen Long China’s Information Warfare Strategies,” Corporation; served as a member of the Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gwendolyn Stamper with Vincent Wang cabinet in the administrations of Virginia’s Areas of specialty: international relations, “Intergovernmental Lobbying and the Help Gov. Gerald Baliles and Gov. Charles Robb international conflict and security America Vote Act: Deliberation and James Derderian, former chief of staff, Rick Mayes Compromise,” Fiona McCarthy with Dan House Commerce Committee, Washington, Ph.D., University of Virginia Palazzolo D.C.; now a Washington lobbyist NIH Post-doctoral grant at the University of “Women’s Health: Balancing Life and Work,” Scott Erwin, Rhodes Scholar, Oxford, California, Berkeley, 2000–2002 Jamie Settle and Nicole Conner with Rick Mayes England, 2006 Richmond College Student Government Virgil Goode, former Virginia congressman Association Faculty Member of the Year, 2000 “The Consequence of Community Control: Omicron Delta Kappa Professor of the Year, 2003 Socioeconomic Inequities in American Thomas Jardim, former mayor of Westfield, N.J. Author of a book and articles on healthcare policy Public Education,” Amanda Biddle with Jennifer McClellan, attorney, Virginia House Areas of specialty: healthcare policy, comparative Jennifer Erkulwater; paper was presented at of Delegates, local civic leader public policy, American politics the undergraduate symposium B. Guy Peters, Maurice Falk Professor of “The Economics of Asymmetric Conflict: Daniel J. Palazzolo American Government at the University of Ph.D., University of Virginia 1989–Present,” Steve Rancourt with Sheila Pittsburgh Carapico Author of articles and books on congressional Andy Rich, Ph.D., Yale University; President leadership, budget politics, and election reform “Asthma in Low-Income and Minority Urban and CEO, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Congressional Fellow Children,” Lauren Skiles with Rick Mayes Institute Distinguished Educator Award, 1994, 1998 “Executive Clemency in Virginia: The Largely Mary Sue Terry, former attorney general of Omicron Delta Kappa Professor of the Year, 1999 Overlooked Warner Restoration of Rights Virginia and candidate for governor in 1993 Areas of specialty: public policy, American Record,” Rachael Garcia with John Whelan Sean Theriault, Ph.D., Stanford University; government, research methods “The Free Exercise Clause: Guarantee of assistant professor at the University of Texas Jennifer Pribble Equality not Exemption,” Jacqueline Kroll Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with Ellis West Area of specialty: social policy and reform in Latin “Ain’t nothing but a race thing: Race and the Faculty America Environmental Justice Movement,” Andrew Tracy M. Roof Ryan with Andrea Simpson Sheila Carapico Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University “Use of the Media in the Most Recent Distinguished Educator Award, 1991 Areas of specialty: American political institutions, Elections in Canada, Great Britain and the Fulbright Scholar, 1993 public policy, interest groups, and social United States,” Kate Metcalf with Tracy Roof Author of numerous articles on Middle East movements “Agenda Change in the Virginia General politics and a book on civil society in Yemen Stephen Simon Assembly,” Nate Goodman with Dan Palazzolo Areas of specialty: international relations, Ph.D., University of Maryland “Pre-K Education: Across the United States, comparative politics, research methods Author of articles on natural law and individual Who is Leading the Movement?” Katy Kevin M. Cherry liberties Groover with Jennifer Erkulwater Ph.D., University of Notre Dame Areas of specialty: public law, theory, American “No Excuse Early Voting in Virginia: Is it Areas of specialty: political theory government Worth It?” Timothy Quinn with Dan Palazzolo Richard Dagger Andrea Y. Simpson Ph.D., University of Minnesota Ph.D., Emory University Scholarship Award Areas of specialty: political theory, political Author of a book on identity and political philosophy attitudes, and articles on environmental justice The W. Ney and May Thompson Evans Areas of specialty: American government, racial Scholarship is given to one or more Monti N. Datta politics, social movements outstanding Westhampton political science Ph.D., University of California at Davis Areas of specialty: world public opinion, global Aleksandra Sznajder majors in their senior year. Ph.D., Yale University governance, U.S. foreign policy Author of papers and articles on political Jennifer Erkulwater economy of post-communist Europe Notable Alumni Ph.D., Boston College Areas of specialty: comparative politics, European Frank Atkinson, chairman, McGuire Woods Research fellow at the Brookings Institution politics, political economy Consulting; served in the cabinet of Virginia Author of articles, book chapters, and a book on Gov. George Allen social welfare policy Vincent Wei-cheng Wang Department Chair Phil Cramer, Vanderbilt Law School graduate Areas of specialty: social welfare politics, public policy and American politics, parties, elections Ph.D., University of Chicago and author of a book on radical Author of numerous articles on Asian politics, environmentalism, which is based on a Jimmy D. Kandeh foreign policy, and political economy senior Richmond research project Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison Directed 14 Richmond Quest-funded independent F. Amanda DeBusk, attorney with Miller and Author of numerous articles and a major book on study projects with a research trip to China, Chavalier; former assistant secretary for West Africa Hong Kong, and Taiwan in spring 2005 export enforcement for the U.S. Recipient of U.S. Institute of Peace Grant Areas of specialty: Asian governments and politics, Department of Commerce Areas of specialty: comparative politics, African politics international relations, comparative politics

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Pre-law at Richmond • how to draft application essays added so as not to repeat programming for pre-law students Unlike medical schools, which expect • what type of references to provide who spend four years on campus. incoming students to have a solid and how to ask for them understanding of chemistry and • how to decide which law schools to biology, law schools require no consider particular course load of incoming • how to increase the likelihood of Law Schools Attended students. Accordingly, there is no financial aid for legal education such thing as a “pre-law” curriculum. by Richmond Graduates Undergraduates at Richmond who • how to prepare for the LSAT Richmond sends graduates to Ivy aspire to a career in law are advised to • what courses to take at Richmond League and other top-tier law schools, develop three key skills: writing, • how to integrate foreign study with including: deductive reasoning, and public future career goals Columbia University speaking. Our experience has shown Duke University that today’s university students—even Students also may have questions Georgetown University those at selective schools—are about the profession of law and the Harvard University deficient in each of these three areas. various subfields and specialties Rutgers University Our pre-law advisor works with available to trained professionals. Other Stanford University students to provide them with students may just enjoy a discussion University of Chicago exposure to courses and professors of the role of law in American history University of Florida that will help students improve their or in our society today. Our pre-law University of Michigan skills so as to do well on the LSAT, in advisor has an open door to all University of Richmond law school, and ultimately, in the Richmond undergraduates to discuss University of Virginia practice of law. these or any other concerns. Wake Forest University Yale University Nearly everyone who wants to go Advising Programming to law school from Richmond does Our pre-law advisor, Professor The Office of Pre-law Advising so, though not everyone gains McGarvie of the Department of sponsors two or three evening lectures admission to his or her first choice. History, practiced law for 14 years or seminars each semester to provide Our pre-law advisor can work with and has been on the law school undergraduates with a greater insight students to consider a range of law faculties at State University of New into and appreciation of the nature of school options and to secure York-Buffalo, New York University, law school, legal practice, and the role interviews at law schools with which and The College of William and of law in America. Programs have we have a strong working relationship. Mary. He is available to advise included talks by law school Richmond undergraduates to address admissions directors, discussion a wide range of common concerns. panels consisting of current law The process of applying to law students, addresses by current schools is quite different from that of practitioners in various fields, and a applying to undergraduate institutions. lecture by the author of a humorous At Richmond, students are advised: but insightful book on dealing with • how to use the Law School the first year of law school, to name a Admission Council system few. Each year new programs are

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