College Leaders Program: Faculty
Professor Tom Shields
Dr. Shields is on the faculty at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies and is director of the Center for Leadership in Education at the University of Richmond. He is also an instructor at the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia. At the Jepson School he has taught classes on the Political Context of Leadership, Foundations of Leadership, Histories and Theories of Leadership, and Leadership and Analyzing Public Policy. His research areas include minority political involvement in the suburbs of the South, youth civic engagement in a democratic society, and leadership studies in K-12 education. He has published articles in Academic Exchange Quarterly, Journal of Black Studies and Politics and Policy and has presented at numerous academic conferences. He has also authored major governmental reports, for such entities as the City of Richmond and the Louisiana Department of Education, in the areas of governance and educational leadership.
He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History with minors in English and Political Science from the University of Scranton. He holds a Master of Arts in Teaching and doctorate in Public Policy and Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University. In addition to his teaching and scholarship, Tom is involved in Virginia politics and policy. His political experience includes work as a legislative assistant for Congressman Bobby Scott. He also was one of the original authors of the mayor at-large proposal for City of Richmond. He sits on several commissions and boards in the greater-Richmond area, and served as a member of the Transition Committee on Local Government for Governor-elect Tim Kaine.
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Professor Quentin Kidd
Quentin Kidd is an associate professor of political science at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. At CNU, Kidd teaches courses in American politics, Virginia politics, and research methods. The students at CNU have twice named him “Professor of the Year.” In 2003 he was nominated for the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia's Outstanding Faculty Award. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Texas Tech University and a BA and MA from the University of Arkansas.
He serves on the Virginia Commission for National and Community Service. Dr. Kidd also served for eleven years in the Army and Army Reserve as a psychological warfare specialist, including a combat tour in Kuwait and Iraq during the Persian Gulf War in 1991 where he was awarded an Army Commendation Medal with “v” device for actions in combat.
Kidd is the editor of two books, American Government: Readings From Across Society (Longman) and Government and Politics in Virginia: The Old Dominion at the 21st Century (Simon & Schuster), and is the author or co-author of research that has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, American Politics Research, Social Science Quarterly, Legislative Studies Quarterly, PS: Political Science & Politics, and the Texas Journal of Political Studies.
Click here to read Dr. Kidd's full CV (pdf).
