Faculty Accomplishments

Faculty Accomplishments

Brenning promoted to senior teaching faculty

Allison Brenning was promoted to senior teaching faculty of education. Here specialties include expeditionary learning, collaborative partnerships in inclusive classrooms, and elementary math methods and intervention. 

Leeper promoted to senior teaching faculty

Angela Leeper was promoted to senior teaching faculty of education. She is the director of the Education Studio, and her specialties include children’s literature and picture book illustration. 

Brenning receives Henrico PAL Significant Contributor Award

Allison Brenning, teaching faculty of education, received the 2024 Henrico Police Athletic League (PAL) Significant Contributor Award. The award honors her partnership with the Henrico PAL after-school program at Dumbarton Elementary, where she coaches and supports University of Richmond students providing literacy and math instruction to elementary students.

Milby receives Henrico PAL Significant Contributor Award

Tammy Milby, senior teaching faculty of education, received the 2024 Henrico Police Athletic League (PAL) Significant Contributor Award. The award honors her partnership with the Henrico PAL after-school program at Dumbarton Elementary, where she coaches and supports University of Richmond students providing literacy and math instruction to elementary students.

Leeper selected for international literature prize committee

Angela Leeper, teaching faculty of education, was selected by the United States Board on Books for Young People to serve on its 2026 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Committee, which oversees nominations for the world’s largest prize for children’s and young people’s literature.