A Commonwealth of Knowledge: Graduate Student Research Across Virginia

Virginia’s colleges and universities provide world-class graduate educational opportunities to citizens of the Commonwealth, the country, and the global community. Our graduate programs produce the next generation of leaders in academia, industry and government. They contribute directly to Virginia’s economic growth and reputation through new discoveries, technologies, patents and inventions, and to the attraction and retention of high-tech research and development, health care, transportation, defense and new-growth markets and companies.

These videos showcase the outstanding work of our graduate students and demonstrate clearly how an investment in graduate education is indeed an investment in Virginia. These and the thousands of other graduate students in Virginia are truly producing a Commonwealth of knowledge.

Dr. F. Douglas Boudinot

Chair, Virginia Council of Graduate Schools

Dean of the Graduate School. Virginia Commonwealth University

Christopher Newport University

Kyle Oakes

Master's Candidate, Environmental Science

The College of William & Mary

Megan Ivory

Doctoral Candidate, Physics

George Mason University

Rebekah C. Evans

Doctoral Candidate, Molecular Neuroscience

James Madison University

Javarro Russell

Doctoral Candidate, Assessment & Measurement

Longwood University

Kim Tate

Master's Candidate, School Library Media

Norfolk State University

Regina Walker

Master's Candidiate, Pre-Elementary Education

Old Dominion University

Antonia Silva

Doctoral Candidate, Physical Therapy

Radford University

Emily Goria

Master's Candidate, Communications Sciences & Disorders

University of Virginia

Justin Henriques

Doctoral Candidate, Systems & Information Engineering
Master's Candidate, Urban & Environmental Planning

Virginia Commonwealth University

Vaughan Whitney Garland

Doctoral Candidate, Media / Art / Text

Virginia State University

Dhymsy Z. Vixamar-Owens

Doctoral Candidate, Health Psychology

Virginia Tech

Sunny Crawley

Doctoral Candidate, Biological Sciences