Dr. Julian Hayter
Dr. Julian Hayter
Professor of Leadership Studies | Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond
Dr. Julian Hayter is a historian whose research focuses on modern U.S. history, American political development, African-American history, and the American civil rights movement.
More specifically, his writing and research draws attention to mid-20th-century voting rights in Richmond, Virginia, and in the border South; the implementation of the Voting Rights Act; and the unintended consequences of African-American political empowerment and governance post-1965.
He is the co-author of “The Making of Twenty-First-Century Richmond: Politics, Policy, and Governance, 1988-2016” and the author of “The Dream Is Lost: Voting Rights and the Politics of Race in Richmond, Virginia.” His work has been published in the Journal of Policy History and Richmond Journal of Law and Public Interest. He also contributes to national and local media outlets and is the editor-in-chief of “The Interdisciplinary Journal of Leadership Studies.”
In the Jepson School, he teaches courses such as Leadership and the Humanities, Justice and Civil Society, and Reimagining Richmond (an urban history of Richmond and the city’s contribution to the freedom struggle).
A popular and creative teacher, he was named Faculty Member of the Year in 2013-14 by the Richmond College Student Government Association and received the University’s Distinguished Teacher Award in 2018.
