Faculty News

Jon Duchac: Business

Named to Fulbright Distinguished Chair 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
David Weinstein: Political Science

Receive Fulbright grants 05/5/2008 Boko won a fellowship to Uganda for the 2008-2009 academic year. He will conduct research 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. Weinstein's fellowship begins in April 2009. He will conduct research and teach at the Simon Dubnow Institute at Leipzig University located in Saxony, Germany. Weinstein's 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

Guggenheim Fellowship 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

Melancholy, happiness and real joy 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

Celtic Christianity 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

Research reaches new heights 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

Political Debates 02/28/2008 Get past the political theater, and how are presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama actually performing as debaters? Allan Louden, associate professor of communication and head of the National Debate Tournament, evaluates their performances in an interview with Newsweek. Louden and debate coach Ross Smith also contribute to "Debate Scoop" blog.

David Lubin: Art

Tragedy through imagery 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...