Faculty Highlights Archive

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

Todd Lookingbill, professor of geography, environment, & sustainability, published “A Heat Emergency: Urban Heat Exposure and Access to Refuge in Richmond, VA” in GeoHealth.

Todd Lookingbill, professor of geography, environment, & sustainability, along with undergraduates Jack DuPuy, ’25, Ellery Jacobs, ’25, Matteo Gonzalez, ’24, and Tihomir S. Kostadinov, ’02 published "A 20-Year Ecotone Study of Pacific Northwest Mountain Forest Vulnerability to Changing Snow Conditions" in Land.

Carrie Wu, associate professor of biology, was recognized as one of “25 Inspiring Women in Plant Biology” by the American Society of Plant Biologist’s (ASPB’s) Women in Plant Biology Committee.

Carrie Wu, associate professor of biology, published "Effects of Experimental Warming on Floral Scent, Display, and Rewards in Two Subalpine Herbs" in the journal Annals of Botany.    

Carrie Wu, associate professor of biology, has received a $258,715 grant from the USDA Department of Forestry to support collaborative research into the early detection and rapid response of invasive species in forest ecosystems.

Elizabeth Outka, professor of English and Tucker-Boatwright Professor of Humanities, has been named an Outstanding Faculty Award recipient by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. Learn more.

Elizabeth Outka, professor of English and Tucker-Boatwright Professor of Humanities, has been named an Outstanding Faculty Award recipient by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. Learn more.

David Salisbury, associate professor of geography, environment, & sustainability, and Stephanie Spera, assistant professor of geography, environment, & sustainability, and undergraduate students in the Amazon Borderlands Spatial Analysis Team (ABSAT) lab published their work mapping official and informal road networks of the Brazil in the Monitoring of Forest Roads (MOCAF) Bulletin, Second Edition.

Stephanie Spera, assistant professor of geography, environment, & sustainability, and David Salisbury, associate professor of geography, environment, & sustainability, and undergraduate students in the Amazon Borderlands Spatial Analysis Team (ABSAT) lab published their work mapping official and informal road networks of the Brazil in the Monitoring of Forest Roads (MOCAF) Bulletin, Second Edition.

Carrie Wu, associate professor of biology, and Dominique Pham, '22, published "Seed Longevity and Germination of the Emerging Invasive Species Wavyleaf Basketgrass (Oplismenus undulatifolius) Under Varied Light Regimes" in Invasive Plant Science and Management.   

Elizabeth Outka, professor of English, was appointed the Tucker-Boatwright Professorship of Humanities.