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Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE):Contacts

DOVE Contacts

DOVE State Co-chair

Ann Jimerson
dove.virginia@gmail.com
(202) 425-5702

DOVE State Co-chair

Brian Daugherity
Department of History
Virginia Commonwealth University
bjdaugherity@vcu.edu
(804) 828-4498



Contact dove.virginia@gmail.com if you want to be added to the DOVE mailing list to be notified of upcoming meetings.



DOVE Senior Advisor

Sonia Yaco
University of Illinois at Chicago
syaco@uic.edu

Senior Advisor for Education Outreach and Product Development

Dr. Joyce Armstrong
Assistant Director of the Center for Learning and Teaching
Old Dominion University
jcarmstr@odu.edu
(757) 683-6756

Regional Chairs

Region 1: Southwest (Appalachian) Regional Chair

Aaron Purcell
Virginia Tech
adp@vt.edu
(540) 231-9672

Region 2: Southside Regional Chair

Emma Edmunds
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
339b@virginia.edu
(434) 924-3296

Region 3: Hampton Roads Regional Chair

Charles Ford
Norfolk State University
chford@nsu.edu
(757) 823-8344

Region 4: Greater Tidewater (Peninsula, Middle Peninsula, Northern Neck) Regional Chair

Jay Gaidmore
College of William & Mary
gpgaidmore@wm.edu
(757) 221-1775

Region 5: Central Piedmont Regional Chair

Brian Daugherity
Virginia Commonwealth University
bjdaugherity@vcu.edu
(804) 828-4498

Region 6: Northern Virginia Regional Chair

Bob Vay
George Mason University
rvay@gmu.edu
(703) 993-9513

Region 7: Western (Valley and Blue Ridge) Regional Chair

To Be Named

Region 8: Eastern Shore Regional Chair

Carla Savage-Wells
cysw@verizon.net
(757) 710-3211



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