A conversation with Professor Nomi Dave about her CGII G-Pod funded Sound Justice Lab which explores everyday understandings of the law, through audio, text, and film. She is also co-writing and co-producing a short film on women’s voices and gender activism in Guinea. The film emerges from a collaborative research project with a feminist collective in Guinea.
This past summer while most of us took a break, UVA English professor Steve Parks persevered day and night to bring noted Burmese political prisoner and democracy activist Myo Yan Naung Thein to Grounds as a visiting researcher for the fall semester.
In an effort to highlight global research and the vibrant global scholar community at UVA, Center for Global Inquiry + Innovation in the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs has announced a new brown bag lunch series starting this fall.
Avni Garg is the co-director for the international student affairs agency on student council. A third-year UVA student, she is double majoring in Computer Science and Economics and also volunteering as a VISAS language consultant.
Helena Zeweri joined University of Virginia as a Global Studies assistant professor in 2020. She currently offers courses on global migration, immigrant-led political activism, and humanitarianism.
In spring 2021, Center for Global Inquiry + Innovation in the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs announced a new round of grants to support global research for faculty.
One of most serious impacts of COVID-19 on UVA’s mission last year was the sudden cancellation of every one of our study abroad programs. Between January and March of 2020, we scrambled to support the return of over 400 of our students, researchers, and faculty back to the United
Meltem Yucel graduated from the University of Virginia in 2021 with a PhD. in Developmental Psychology and a concentration in Quantitative Psychology. She is also one of the recipients of the Graduate Academic Excellence Award from International Students and Scholars office.
While cases of the coronavirus are showing a promising downward trend in the United States, other parts of the world are grappling with crippling surges, most heartbreakingly in India, where each hour brings even more alarming news about the pandemic’s devastating effects
