Teaching and Scholarship Hub

Please sign up here if you would like lunch during the September Mini-Symposium. More information about the symposia is below.

The Mini-Symposia Series builds on the extraordinary enthusiasm for the Faculty and Staff Research Symposium, offering a new rhythm of exchange across the academic year. Instead of one full day, we gather four times– in the fall and spring—for half-day symposia that revisit and reimagine presentations from the full Symposium. This new format allows more opportunities to engage with colleagues’ research, creative projects, and collaborations in a focused and accessible way. Next fall, the full one-day Symposium returns, as the formats will alternate in two-year cycles. 

Each Symposium features one or two morning panels and one or two afternoon panels, with time for community connection:

• 10:00 a.m. – Coffee and light snacks at the Faculty Hub
• 10:30–11:45 a.m. – Morning Session (1-2 concurrent panels)
• 11:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m. – Lunch at the Faculty Hub
• 1:30–2:45 p.m. – Afternoon Session (1-2 concurrent panels)
• 3:00 p.m. – Conclusion

Please feel free to come for all or part of the day–no need to register; if you would like to join in the lunch, sign up above. The 2025-2026 academic year will feature the Mini-Symposia on Friday, September 26, 2025; Friday, November 7, 2025; Friday, January 30, 2026; and Friday, February 20, 2026. 

The schedule for Friday, November 7, 2025, is as follows:

Session One: 10:30 - 11:45 a.m.

Panel 1: Drug Histories: Narrating Addiction in Policy and Practice

Chair: Kitty Maynard, Teaching and Scholarship Hub        

Paul Rosenstein, Boatwright Memorial Library - Ozempic as Addiction Treatment: A Humanist Response          

Laura Browder, Arts & Sciences, English, American Studies - Harry Anslinger, Heroin-addicted Racehorses, and the Rise of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics

Courtney Blondino, Arts & Sciences, Health Studies - Planning and Implementation of an Opioid Overdose Prevention Program at the University of Richmond 

Panel 2: Bodies, Voices, and Authority: Gendered Perspectives from Stage to Scripture

Chair: Jamelle Wilson, School of Professional & Continuing Studies, Dean’s Office

Jennifer Cavenaugh, Arts & Sciences, Dean’s Office - "Say, Boss! You Seem Rare Frightened”: Sharon Pollock’s Assault on the Ripper Myth in Saucy Jack

Rhiannon Graybill, Arts & Sciences, Religious Studies - This Is Not My Beautiful Body

Jennifer Cable, Arts & Sciences, Music - The Whole Point Is Music: The Life and Work of Beverley Peck Johnson (1904-2001)

Crystal Hoyt, Jepson School of Leadership Studies - Strong Gender Egalitarian Beliefs Predict Biased Leadership Judgments

Lunch: 11:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m.

Session Two: 1:30 - 2:45 p.m.

Panel 1: Sound, Data, and Place: Archiving American Music Scenes in the Digital Age

Chair: Kevin Pelletier, Arts & Sciences, English

Joanna Love, Arts & Sciences, Music

Rob Nelson, Digital Scholarship Lab            

Andy McGraw, Arts & Sciences, Music  

Panel 2: Performing Possibility: Ethics, Identity, and Innovation in the Digital Age

Chair: Mickey Quiñones, Robins School of Business, Dean’s Office

Patrick Martin, Arts & Sciences, Computer Science - The Art and Engineering of Human-Robot Dancing

Abbie Sadler, Robins School of Business, Accounting - A Greenwashing SPAC-tacle: Examining ESG Performance and Disclosures Through the Lens of Newly Public Firms

Abdullah Kumas, Robins School of Business; Accounting - Enhanced Information Access: How Investor Conferences Influence Institutional Trading Ahead of Takeover Announcements

Kathrin Bower, Arts & Sciences, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures - Mediated Postmigrant Comedy: Flipping the Script on Germanness and Belonging