Wake Forest Professor of Mathematics Stephen Robinson discusses students' progress with Summer Research Fellows Quinn Robinson and Scott Rabidoux. Read All
Senior psychology major Schell Hufstetler ('10) designs an experiment to measure play interaction among pre-schoolers in a Greene Hall laboratory. Read All
Senior health and exercise science major Nikki Garcia (in black), senior psychology major Genavee Brown (in green) and psychiatrist Gretchen Brenes collaborate with Professor of Psychology Terry Blumenthal to...Read More
Summer Research Fellow Annalaissa Johnson ('12) and mathematics professor Jason Parsley modeled voting patterns and power in weighted systems such as corporate elections. Read All
Wake Forest senior Rebecca Napoliello ('10) examines the behavior of fruit flies, with the fragile-X chromosome, during her Summer Research Fellowship with Professor of Biology William Conner. Read All
Junior Rachel Black ('11) works on modeling algorithms as a Summer Research Fellow with Professor of Computer Science David John. Read All
Chemistry major Joseph Keene ('10) assesses metal detection in water samples using an acetylene torch and a spectrometer in the laboratory of Professor of Chemistry Brad Jones. The goal...Read More
Lucas Boyd ('11), a Wake Forest biology major and Summer Research Fellow, prepares a gel for protein analysis during an experiment in the laboratory of Professor of Biology Raymond Kuhn. Read All
Junior Thomas Kelsey ('11) studies the feeding behavior and movements of tarantulas during his Summer Research Fellowship, partnering with Professor of Biology Miriam Ashley-Ross. Read All
Anna Walker ('10) collaborates with Professor of Music Stewart Carter during her Summer Research Fellowship. Her project involved transcribing 18th century Moravian music into digital format. Read All
Dan Applegate ('09) Asheboro, NC (Computer Science and Theatre double major) Presidential Scholar in Theatre, Dan is acting this summer in the North Carolina production, The Lost Colony. Dan plans to pursue...Read More
Antonia Whaples ('10) Winston-Salem, NC (Studio art and Philosophy double major) Presidential Scholar in Art, Antonia Whaples’ professional goal is to become a master printmaker and is strongly considering...Read More
John Clayton ('09) Raleigh, NC (Economics and Chinese double major) John's love of foreign languages, including Chinese, Italian, and French, combines with his passion for investments and property development... Read More
Sophomore physics and philosophy major Adam Edwards builds an electronic "wheel of fortune" device in a physics lab. Read All
Seniors Nitya Anand and Leigh McDonald, both double-majoring in chemistry and English, work with chemistry professor Rebecca Alexander. Read All
Senior classical studies major Tyler Humphries discusses her upcoming Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship with her adviser, Professor Robert Ulery. Tyler, who also has academic minors... Read More
Wake Forest senior Yan Zhao conducts research on neurotransmitters and their receptors in the lab of Assistant Professor of Biology Erik Johnson. Originally from China, Zhao, a Nancy Susan Reynolds Scholar and... Read More
Wake Forest senior, Patrick Nelli, works in the lab with Associate Professor of Physics Martin Guthold, and has developed a novel process aimed at discovering short segments of DNA to be used... Read More
Students in Associate Professor of Chemistry Rebecca Alexander’s First Year Seminar, Well-behaved Women Rarely Make (Scientific) History, work with students from Northwest Middle School in Winston-Salem. Read More
Senior Sam Smartt of Lookout Mountain, TN drew upon his liberal arts education, his history major, and a film studies minor to create a new promotional film for the Winston-Salem Rescue Mission. Read All
Wake Forest Chemistry Professor Dilip Kondepudi leads his First Year Seminar, Seeking Sustainable Energy Resources, in a discussion of forms of energy during class in Salem Hall. Dr. Kondepudi's...Read More
Wake Forest Psychology Professor Michael Furr talks with junior psychology major Emilia Brown outside his office in Greene Hall. Read All
Wake Forest Political Science Professor David Coates, the Worrell Professor of Anglo American Studies, teaches his seminar class in Tribble Hall. Read All
Wake Forest English Professor Barry Maine teaches his First Year Seminar, American Art in its Many Contexts, in Reynolda House Museum of American Art. Freshmen Joel Ang and Leigh Anne White talk...Read More
Dr. Edwin Wilson, Wake Forest Emeritus Professor of English and Provost Emeritus, talks about the poetry of World War I in Art Professor David Lubin's class in Scales Fine Arts Center. Read All
Wake Forest hosts its second Undergraduate Research Day where students can present their research to the campus community in the Benson Center. Biology Professor Gloria Muday talks with physics...Read More
Wake Forest Health and Exercise Science Professor Paul Ribisl teaches his First Year Seminar, Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Health and Society, in Reynolds Gym. Read All
Wake Forest Anthropology Professor Ellen Miller works with recent graduate Kathryn Nesbit ('08) and junior Crystal Williams ('10) in her campus laboratory. They are examining skulls from various non-human primates. Read All
Richter Scholar Katherine Morgan shares newly discovered works of composer Sir Arthur Sullivan with Professor of Music Teresa Radomski Read All
The Department of Religion is hosting Dr. Marc Hirshman this fall as The Hebrew University Exchange Scholar. Read More
Peter Gilbert, Award-winning filmmaker and director Peter Gilbert will be at Wake Forest for the public screening of At the Death House, Nov.4, 7 p.m., Annenberg Forum in Carswell Hall. Read More
Visting Artist Meredith Monk inspires dance, theatre, and music students in a master class presented during a recent Wake Forest University symposium, Creativity: Worlds in the Making. Read More
Andrew Jamison, Professor, Technology and Society, Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University. Read More
The Political Science Department is hosting Loch Johnson, the Regents Professor of Public and International Affairs at Georgia. Read More
The Economics Department is hosting Joseph Daniels as the Lelia and David Farr Visiting Distinguished Professor. Read More
The Theater and Dance Department is hosting the actor and writer, and alumnus of Wake Forest Michael Huie. Read More
The Theater and Dance Department is hosting the actor, director, playwright and teacher Dennis Krausnick. Read More
Professor Robert Audi, as the Philosophy Department's T. J. Lynch Distinguished Visiting Scholar, will be in residence at Wake Forest. Read More
At the heart of Wake Forest University, is the College's rich liberal arts core. Surrounding the college are the graduate and professional schools, each with its own distinctive program. Wake Forest functions as a Collegiate University, a community where scholars, both faculty and students, habitually cross the boundaries of their particular disciplines, schools, and programs to engage in collaborative, interdisciplinary work. We teach one another—students, college faculty—because we are small enough to know one another, excited by our research and our teaching; we are members of a community that prizes collaboration and appreciates difference.
The College embraces the teacher-scholar ideal and values, above all else, student-faculty engagement. Personal interaction and intellectual exchange between students and faculty, makes Wake Forest a place where exceptional teaching, fundamental research and discovery, and the engagement of faculty and students in and outside the classroom and the laboratory are paramount.
Because we put the education of our students first and recognize that their education must be built on a firm foundation of outstanding scholarship and state-of-the-art research, Wake Forest College offers students and faculty alike a unique educational experience where the liberal arts flourish within a community that emphasizes teaching and scholarship, collaboration and community, hard work and public engagement.
InnerPulse Inc., NC, Clinical Data Associate
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Coordinator of Event & Program Support
U.S. Peace Corps, Kigali, Rwanda, Peace Corps Trainee
Citizen Schools (AmeriCorps), Boston, Teaching Fellow
Yale Cancer Center Medical Oncology Department, New Haven, CT: New Patient Coordinator
U.S. Department of Education Teaching American History Grant Program, Washington, DC, Management & Program Analyst
CTLC, Shenzhen, China, Resident Foreign Language Teacher
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, Research Assistant in Ophthalmology
Jesuit Volunteer Corps/Immigrants Legal Assistance Project, Raleigh, Migrant Worker Paralegal
Teach for America, Forrest City, AR; 8th Grade English Teacher
Zeigler Training & Development, Charlotte, NC, Director of Sales/Marketing
U.S. Department of Defense, DC, Analyst
Public High School, NC, Public Discourse Communication and Advocacy Instructor
TBA Global, VA, Event Planning Account Coordinator
Diocese of Raleigh, NC, Peer Ministry Coordinator
SimpleSignal, CO, Account Executive
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, OH, Behavioral Research Assistant
Kirkland and Ellis, NY, Litigation Case Assistant
Position at: Wachovia Securities, Portfolio Analyst
Position at: French Ministry of Education, Teacher
Position at: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Junior Fellow
Position at: N.C. House of Representatives, Intern
Position at: Fulbright Commission, Teacher, Korea
Position at: The Sierra Club, Environmental Apprentice
Position at: Teach for America, Teacher
Position at: Japan Exchange Teachers, Teacher
Position at: General Services Administration, Contract Specialist
Position at: Fulbright Commission, teacher
Position at: National Institute of Mental Health, Research Assistant
Position at: INTERPOL, Intern
Position at: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Operations Specialist
Position at: US Department of the Navy, Nuclear Engineer
Position at: The Vanguard Group, Management Program
Position at: The Walt Disney Company, Education Intern
Mary Martin Niepold
Purpose Prize Fellow
Mary Martin Niepold has been named a 2009 Purpose Prize Fellow for Innovation - Extraordinary Contribution in Encore Career. Niepold, a visiting instructor in English, is founder of the Winston-Salem-based Nyanya Project that provides training skills to African grandmothers caring for their grandchildren orphaned by AIDS. The project, started in 2007, has programs in Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda, and has trained more than 140 grandmothers to learn skills that generate sustainable income. "For me, the honor of being named a Purpose Prize Fellow really goes to the African grandmothers. They provide love and sustenance to their families and AIDS orphaned grandchildren under incredibly harsh circumstances. They inspire me, and I am privileged to know them," said Niepold. She will join 46 other Fellows at a summit on Innovation in November at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business' Center on Social Innovation.
Simeon Ilesanmi
Wake Forest Professorship
Professor of Religion Simeon Ilesanmi has been appointed to a Wake Forest Professorship as the Washington M. Wingate Professor of Religion. A native of Nigeria, Dr. Ilesanmi earned his Ph. D. in religious ethics from Southern Methodist University. He came to Wake Forest in 1993 where his research interests are focused on international human rights and the ethics of war. He is the author of Religious Pluralism and the Nigerian State and numerous articles and book chapters on religion, ethics, politics and war in Africa.
Monique O'Connell
Henry S. Stroupe History Faculty Award
In addition to her overall commitment to excellence in teaching and scholarship, Dr. O'Connell has had three scholarly articles published in 2009:
- Men of Empire: Power and Negotiation in the Venice Maritime State
- Oligarchy, Faction and Compromise in Fifteenth Century Venice
- The Italian Renaissance in the Mediterranean or Between East and West?
R. Michael Furr
McCulloch Faculty Fellowship
Dr. Furr has demonstrated outstanding teaching and research with both undergraduate and graduate students. His mentorship of students has recently been recognized at recent national professional meetings. An active collaborator and co-investigator with other researchers, Dr. Furr has co-authored (2008) a new text, Psychometrics.
Jonathan Christman
Rubin Faculty Fellowship
Professor Christman has been recognized for excellence in lighting and set design, teaching, and professional collaboration. His work is often enjoyed by faculty, staff, and students of the University and the greater Triad community. Recent collaborations include King Lear and All My Sons.
Kenneth Berenhaut
Z. Smith Reynolds Faculty Fellowship
In addition to his commitment to teaching, Dr. Berenhaut is recognized for his work as a research mentor, working with both undergraduate and graduate students. He has a productive research program, including a recently funded grant from the Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics. He serves as managing editor of a new journal that publishes student-faculty research articles, and he was recently elected to be a Councilor for the Council on Undergraduate Research.
Sarah Raynor
Dunn-Riley Faculty Fellowship
Dr. Raynor has made significant contributions to teaching, having created several innovations in her instruction of mathematics. Her scholarship is receiving numerous citations, and in 2008-09 she has had several articles appear in and submissions to the top journals in her field. Dr. Raynor edits the regional section of the Mathematical Association of America and has served on the steering committee for the South Eastern Atlantic Regional Differential Equation Conference.
Akbar Salam
Ollen R. Nalley Faculty Fellowship
Dr. Salam continues to conduct research and publish extensively in the broad areas of theoretical and computational chemistry, specifically in the area of molecular quantum electrodynamics. Since arriving at Wake Forest in 2003, his work has led to 20 peer-reviewed publications. He is a committed teacher and research mentor to undergraduate and undergraduates, leading to numerous presentations by Dr. Salam and his students at research seminars and symposia. He is an active conference participant and manuscript reviewer for his professional society.
Christian Miller
Zachary T. Smith Faculty Fellowship
Dr. Miller was recently recognized for his teaching by receiving the Reid-Doyle Prize for teaching and was a co-recipient of the WFU Research Award for outstanding contributions to his field. His recent professional and scholarly productivity include two edited collections, 10 peer-reviewed articles and numerous review papers (since coming to Wake Forest in 2004). Dr. Miller continues to serve as a manuscript referee for several major presses, publications, and professional journals. He is an active professional society participant.
Jennifer Erway
Sterge Faculty Fellowship
Besides her commitment to excellence in teaching, Dr. Erway is an active researcher and scholar in the areas of:
Trust-region and trust-search methods for large-scale optimization,
Interactive methods for compressed sensing,
Lanczos methods for principal component analysis,
Optimization-based approaches to solve the Einstein constraint equations in general relativity.
Her current research is funded through grants including those from the National Science Foundation and The Wake Forest Science Research Fund. Dr. Erway is a frequent presenter at international symposia and professional society meetings and a referee for journals in her field.
David Finn
Rubin Faculty Fellowship
Professor Finn maintains his record of distinguished artistry and teaching. In the classroom and studio, he is committed to articulating issues, theory, and techniques of contemporary art practice, empowering his students' creativity and understanding of the creation and place of sculpture, especially in public spaces. He continues to be recognized throughout the region and beyond as an advocate and effective spokesperson for public art projects. His 2009 commissions include public art works in Chapel Hill and Greensboro.
Teresa Radomski
Rubin Faculty Fellowship
Professor Radomski's reputation includes her commitment to demanding and supportive teaching in the classroom and studio as well as broad interest ranging from musical theatre to classical repertoire and opera. She has, since 1989, served as a consultant to the Center for Voice and Swallowing Disorders and has conducted interdisciplinary research with the faculty at the Medical School. In addition to an active solo appearance schedule, Professor Radomski has recorded several discs and will be presenting at the 2009 International Congress of Voice Teacher in Paris.