Faculty News

Faculty Q & A: Anthropology's Ellen Miller

Associate Professor of Anthropology Ellen Miller discusses her research on the origin of the Old World monkeys, how anthropology addresses contemporary issues of concern to her students, and the importance of the service-learning requirement in her first-year seminar.

Book explores life without television

Shielding children from sex and violence, avoiding commercials and finding extra time for other activities are among the key reasons Americans live without television, according to a new book by Associate Professor of Communication Marina Krcmar.

Professor's new book revisits industrialization

A new book of essays co-edited by Kahle Associate Professor of History Michele Gillespie challenges the commonly held belief that the South has always lagged behind the rest of the country in industrialization.

Sociologist wins distinguished professorship

Earl Smith, professor of sociology and the Rubin Distinguished Professor of American Ethnic Studies, has been awarded the Arthur A. Sio Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Diversity and Community by Colgate University. He will spend the next year teaching at Colgate and finishing three books.

Charles L. Iacovou, Gordon E. McCray, and Matthew T. Phillips

Randy Rogan: Communication
Dwayne Godwin: Neurobiology and Anatomy (Medical School)

Donna Henderson, Samuel T. Gladding, Laura Veach and
Debbie Newsome: Counseling

David J. Anderson: Biology

Galapagos study yields results 06/23/2008 [The News & Observer] A study published this week by a team of biologists led by professor David J. Anderson has shown that elevated levels of male hormones are responsible for a violent tendency among Nazca boobies to kill their siblings.

Mary Martin Niepold: Journalism

Helps African grandmothers raise their grandchildren orphaned by AIDS 06/20/2008 The Nyanya Project, a non-profit agency, trains the grandmothers to organize cooperatives and earn income through the sale of handmade crafts and agricultural products. Where necessary, the project also helps secure clean water and shelter for the women.

Law School

Law School faculty undertake various projects 06/19/2008 The School of Law's faculty has been busy conducting research, writing books and papers, speaking at law conferences and undertaking other scholarly activities this spring.

Allison Evans: Calloway School

Appointed first Reznick Group Faculty Fellow 05/29/2008 Allison Evans ('99, MSA '00), an assistant professor of accounting at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, has been named the first Reznick Group Accounting Faculty Fellow in the Calloway School.

Allen Mandelbaum
Robert H. 'Bob' Knott
John 'Andy' Andronica
W.C. 'Bill' Kerr
Bowman Gray retirees
05/19/2008
Wake Forest bids farewell to a quartet of faculty giants: the world's foremost scholar of Dante's Divine Comedy, an artist who helped sculpt the art department, the longtime chair of classical languages, and a stalwart of the physics department.

Jon Duchac: Business 05/12/2008
Calloway School Professor Jon Duchac has been selected as a Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Economics and Business, the first Wake Forest faculty member to be awarded such an honor. He will teach at the famed Vienna School of Economics next fall.

Sylvain Boko: Economics 05/5/2008
Fulbright grant recipient Sylvain Boko will conduct research in Uganda on the topic "Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development: The Role of Decentralized Governance" and will teach at the Makerere University Institute of Social Research in Kampala.

David Weinstein: Political Science 05/5/2008
Fulbright grant recipient David Weinstein will conduct research and teach at the Simon Dubnow Institute at Leipzig University located in Saxony, Germany. His research will focus on Jewish political philosophers, including Karl Popper and Leo Strauss, who were forced to flee from Germany and Austria in the 1930s.

Sarah Watts: History 04/24/2008
Watts has been awarded a 2008 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in the category of fine arts research. Her research promises to reorient scholarship on German Expressionist Lyonel Feininger and established views about the development of satirical humor, literature and art in Germany.

Eric Wilson: English 03/12/2008
Professor of English Eric Wilson was on NBC's Today show on March 12 to talk about his new book, Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy. Wilson also was featured in an article in Newsweek in February. Listen to "Arguing the Upside of Being Down," an NPR interview with Wilson.

Linda McKinnish Bridges: Divinity School 03/06/2008
Bridges teaches about the unique blend of Christianity with indigenous religions such as druidism found in Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Celtic Christianity has much to offer 21st century life: a sense of egalitarianism, recognition of the Earth as sacred soil and the notion of creating intentional space for solitude and retreat.

Miles Silman: Biology 03/04/2008
Mountaintop forests are some of the most biologically diverse — and most endangered — places on the earth, and Silman's research is among the most ambitious and best funded in the world.

Allan Louden and Ross Smith: Communication 02/28/2008
Allan Louden, associate professor of communication and head of the National Debate Tournament, evaluates presidential candidate performances in an interview with Newsweek. Louden and debate coach Ross Smith also contribute to "Debate Scoop" blog.

David Lubin: Art 02/25/2008
A new book explores the impact of the World War I on American art and popular culture. In his first-year seminar, "War and Memory in Art and Popular Culture," students investigate how artists, illustrators and filmmakers represented war.

William Fleeson: Psychology 02/15/2008
Fleeson is quoted in an msnbc.com article by Jenny Bailly on controlling our emotions and moods. "We have a lot of control over our moods," says William Fleeson, associate professor of psychology at Wake Forest University...."We're not slaves to our genes, and we don't have to wait for someone else to do something good to make us feel better."

Founders' Day Convocation 02/08/2008
Professor of Biology Herman Eure delivered the address at Convocation, and several faculty members received awards for excellence in teaching, research or service.

Donald Frey: Economics 2/04/2008
Frey is quoted in a New York Times article by Karen Arenson that addresses how soaring endowments may be exacerbating the divide between a small group of spectacularly wealthy universities and all others.

Lynn Neal: Religion 12/01/2007
Neal's first-year seminar considered what the Simpsons, evangelical Christian romance novels and professional wrestling have in common as students addressed religion and popular culture.

Randall Rogan: Communication 12/01/2007
During two trips to Israel, Rogan explored how terrorism has changed world relations and the role of communication and negotiation in controlling its spread.

Angela Hattery: Sociology 11/16/2007
Overview of findings in the recently published book "African American Families"--coauthored with Professor of Sociology and American Ethnic Studies Earl Smith.

Stewart Carter: Music and Ellen Kirkman: Mathematics 10/15/2007
Stewart Carter, professor of music and department chairman, received the Jon Reinhardt Award for Distinguished Teaching. Ellen Kirkman, professor of mathematics, received the 2007 Donald O. Schoonmaker Faculty Prize for Community Service.

David Yamane: Sociology 10/15/2007
Specializing in the interface between organized religion and secular institutions and culture

Jacquelyn S. Fetrow: Computer Science and Physics 10/15/2007
National Institutes of Health appointment

Donald Helme and Steven M. Giles: Communication 10/08/2007
Media's influence on at-risk behaviors

David Coates and Peter Siavelis: Political Science 10/02/2007
Q and A — "Immigration: Recasting the Debate"

Shannon Bozoian Mihalko: Health and Exercise Science 10/01/2007
Exercise programs for cancer survivors

Ralph Tower: Accountancy 9/16/2007 [W-S Journal]
Participates in the Professor-in Residence program at KPMG LLP.

Brad Jones: Chemistry 9/11/2007
Helps Homeland Security

Lorna Moore and Blake Morant welcomed 09/11/2007
A reception for newly appointed deans Lorna G. Moore (Graudate School of Arts and Sciences) and Blake D. Morant (School of Law)...

Bill Marcum: Calloway School 9/05/2007 [BusinessWeek]
BusinessWeek salutes Calloway professor

David Coates: Political Science
Life After Blair 07/02/2007
The Rise and Fall of Tony Blair 05/10/2007

Rick Matthews: Physics, Michele Gillespie: History, and Kline Harrison: Business 06/08/2007
Reynolda Campus faculty members named associate provosts...

Mary Lynn Redmond: Education 06/01/2007
Some might say that the Wake Forest teacher-education program produces great teachers despite its modest size. Those who look closely realize it is because of it...

Retiring Faculty Profiles 05/14/07
John Collins: Religion
John Moorhouse: Economics
Michael Sinclair: History
Howell Smith: History

Saylor Breckendridge: Sociology 04/12/07
Studies the relationship between comic books and popular culture...

Janine Jennings: Psychology 04/04/07
Studies aging's effect on memory...