By Sandra J. Peart, Dean and E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professor in Leadership Studies and President of the Jepson Scholars Foundation
This week, I choose to be hopeful. I was inspired in this direction by messages from two very different leaders: Nobel laureate in economics Vernon Smith, whose upbeat opinion piece appeared in The Wall Street Journal, and Queen Elizabeth, who delivered
Read moreThis week, my class Zoom sessions were devoted to James Buchanan’s “Public Choice: Politics without Romance” article and Michael Munger’s “Crony Capitalism” podcast. I developed that content late last fall when I mapped out the Economic Policy and Leadership course syllabus,
Read moreNever in my wildest dreams did I anticipate being dean of a school offering only online courses. As I have said to my students (via Zoom, Monday), faculty, and staff, this is not what we signed up for. Nonetheless, it’s
Read moreIn this week’s blog post, I am sharing an email I sent to our leadership studies students earlier this week. Dear Jepson School students, I hope you and your friends and loved ones are well. I write this message with
Read moreIn some of my favorite moments at home or the office, I snatch the opportunity to read. Most recently, I returned to the economic and leadership insights of Frank Knight. An economist who spent most of his career at the
Read moreWilliam Stanley Jevons was, no doubt, a self-conscious revolutionary. As the co-discoverer of the marginal principle in economics, he rightly claimed his position as one of the founders of the modern era of economics. One might understandably be surprised, then,
Read moreReaders know that the generosity of our benefactors, Robert S. Jepson Jr. and Alice Andrews Jepson, has allowed us to create the Jepson Scholars Program to support up to three Jepson School of Leadership Studies graduates as they pursue
Read moreOne of the joys of working at the Jepson School is that we offer some of the most intriguing lectures to our students and the wider community. This year, the John Marshall International Center for the Study of Statesmanship has
Read moreAt the Jepson School, we define good leadership as a process of influencing via the give-and-take of discussion, as opposed to the notion of leading by dictating. We introduce students to many influence-building exemplars. Our Leader-in-Residence Program offers students the
Read moreWhile it has in some respects been a disheartening week at the University of Richmond, I choose to be hopeful. I take hope from President Crutcher’s message in response to incidents of racist and xenophobic scribblings targeting minority and international
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