Dr. Sarah Dewees is the Director of UMW’s Center for Community Engagement. She supports UMW students, faculty and staff to find ways to work in partnership with community organizations in the greater Fredericksburg region to support positive social change.
Dr. Andrew Dolby is UMW Professor of Biology and teaches courses in ecology, evolution, ornithology and animal behavior. His research interests lie in the ecology and conservation biology of birds and other wildlife. He is Chair of Friends of the Rappahannock’s Board of Directors.
Dr. Ben Kisila is an environmental geochemist at UMW: “My research interests focus on the environmental evolution of aquatic ecosystems (fluvial, lacustrine, and coastal ecosystems) in relation to land-use intensification. I am interested in water site-specific contaminant sources (sediments, trace metals, nutrients, and organics), as well as broader contaminant issues associated with long-range transport. My research also extends to understanding how climate change and associated sea level rise is affecting nutrient dynamics and carbon sequestration in coastal wetlands.”
Dr. Marion Sanford is the Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Director of Multicultural Affairs and the James Farmer Multicultural Center. The most treasured object in her office is Raymond Arsenault’s book Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice. It’s a riveting account of the quest to desegregate interstate transportation led by Dr. James L. Farmer Jr., the late civil rights pioneer and Mary Washington professor who died in 1999.
Dr. Ranjit Singh founded the Fellowship program. He teaches political science and international affairs at UMW, as well as a seminar on politics and the environment. He currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust.