Wake Forest welcomes 51 new faculty this year

September 5, 2008

Fifty-one new faculty members will teach at Wake Forest University’s Reynolda Campus during the 2008-2009 academic year.

Forty-two new faculty members will teach in the College of Arts and Sciences.  The Babcock Graduate School of Management welcomes three new faculty members; the Calloway School of Business and Accountancy welcomes two, and the School of Law four.  One of the new faculty members is returning to Wake Forest in a new position.  Following is a list of new faculty in each area:

College

Julie Baker, lecturer in psychology

Bruce Barnhart, teaching fellow in English

Jacob Brimlow, visiting instructor in economics

James Bryant, visiting assistant professor of American ethnic studies

Andrew Burkett, teaching fellow in English

Lindsay Comstock, assistant professor of chemistry

John Curley, assistant professor of art

Joseph Daniels, Farr Distinguished Visiting Professor of Economics

Shawn Deeley, instructor in classical languages

Patricia Dos Santos, assistant professor of chemistry

Timothy Galow, teaching fellow in English

Steven Gunkel, visiting associate professor of sociology

John Hayes, visiting assistant professor of history

Sandya Hewamanne, assistant professor of anthropology

Larissa Horn, teacher-scholar postdoctoral fellow in mathematics

John Howle, visiting instructor in Romance languages

Feng Yan Hu, lecturer in Chinese

Ryan Hurley, visiting instructor in communication

Judith Irwin-Mulcahy, assistant professor of English

Melissa Jenkins, assistant professor of English

Mary Alice Kirkpatrick, teaching fellow in English

Michael Klotz, teaching fellow in English

David Landy, visiting assistant professor of philosophy

Janet Littleton, lecturer in education

Kosmas Marinakis, visiting assistant professor of economics

Rebecca Matteo, visiting instructor in sociology

Anita McCauley, senior lecturer in microscopy

Erik Noftle, teacher-scholar postdoctoral fellow in psychology

John Pecore, visiting instructor in education

Nathan Plageman, assistant professor of history

M. Raisur Rahman, assistant professor of history

Michael Raley, visiting assistant professor of history

Hannah Robbins, teacher-scholar postdoctoral fellow in mathematics

Jamin Rowan, teaching fellow in English

John Schaefer, visiting instructor in anthropology

Ryan Shirey, teaching fellow in English

Timo Thonhauser, assistant professor of physics

Brandon Turner, visiting assistant professor of political science

Hilda Velásquez, lecturer in Romance languages

Catherine Welder, visiting senior lecturer in chemistry

Anabella Zagura, visiting assistant professor of philosophy

Qiong Zhang, assistant professor of history

Babcock Graduate School of Management

Roger Beahm, visiting professor of practice

Anne Nelson, visiting professor of practice

Eve Rapp, visiting assistant professor of marketing

Calloway School of Business and Accountancy

Allison Evans, assistant professor of accountancy

Deon Strickland, assistant professor of finance

School of Law

Jonathan Cardi, visiting associate professor of law

Andrew Jurs, visiting assistant professor of law

Scott Shepard, visiting assistant professor of law

Steven Virgil, director, Community Development Clinic and associate clinical professor of law

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