Our Team
Faculty and Staff
Yaoying Xu, Ph.D.
Co-Director
(804) 828-5298
yxu@vcu.edu
Luciana C. de Oliveira, Ph.D.
Co-Director
(804) 828-3382
deoliveiral@vcu.edu
Nichole Dorton, M.Ed.
Assistant Director
(804) 827-4309
nldorton@vcu.edu
Chi-Ning Chang, Ph.D.
Assistant professor / IESC Faculty Fellow
(804) 828-3738
changc10@vcu.edu
Student Ambassadors
Jessica Cummings-Ruggles, Student Ambassador
Alijah Powell, Student Ambassador
Charity Whitaker, Student Ambassador
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