As the N.C. General Assembly considers compensation for victims of a state-run forced-sterilization program, Wake Forest will host “Scarred for Life: The Legacy of Forced Sterilization at Home and Abroad,” April 4-5 in Annenberg Forum in Carswell Hall on the Reynolda Campus.

The interdisciplinary event is sponsored by Women’s and Gender Studies, the Journalism Program, the Office of the Provost, the Center for Bioethics, Health and Society, the Department of History, the School of Law, the Department of Politics and International Affairs, the Department of Communication, the Film Studies Program, the Center for International Studies, the Documentary Film Program, the Humanities Institute, and the Writing Program.

The conference will examine the history of the eugenics movement and its expression in North Carolina and Central Europe, and examine what lessons can be learned from the past as the world heads into the genomic revolution.

Genes for breast cancer, kidney disease and mental illness are being identified. How will this information be used? How might knowledge of an individual’s DNA profile affect reproductive decisions, medical insurance and employment? Continue reading »

There’s a new face at Reynolda House. Elizabeth Chew has been named the Betsy Main Babcock Director of the Curatorial and Education Division.

Chew comes to Reynolda House from Monticello, the historic Virginia estate of Thomas Jefferson, where she served as curator. She holds a Ph.D. in the history of art from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

“The story of Reynolda is much more than a local or regional story; Reynolda is an American story,” Chew says. “I don’t see Reynolda as an art museum in a historic house – or as a historic house with an art museum. It is one seamless and unique experience, and I want to help push those identities closer together.”

Chew will provide direction and leadership for the development of interpretation, programming, education and research of the museum’s collections and exhibitions. The collections of Reynolda House are comprised of the nationally acclaimed American art collection; the historic house collection, which includes decorative arts and costumes; and the archives.

“Elizabeth brings to Reynolda House and Wake Forest a wealth of experience. She is an established scholar widely respected by American historians and art historians alike, with the rare ability to translate deep academic analysis into significant knowledge and new understandings for all,” says history professor Michele Gillespie. Continue reading »

The following faculty had writings published in December 2012:

Bueno, Lourdes, John Gabriele, & Candyce Leonard, Eds. (Humanities). Acto seguido: el personaje del teatro español contemporáneo a escena. Estreno. May 2012.

Carrasco, Jacqueline. (Music). Developing Virtuosity: A Supplemental Method for Teaching Strings, Violin – Books 2 & 3 [Commercial Recording; Performance]. Latham Music Enterprises. 2012.

Cunningham, Patricia, & James Cunningham. (Education). What Principals Need to Know About Teaching and Learning Reading, 2^nd ed. Solution Tree. September 2012.

Johnston, Lucas. (Religion). Religion and Sustainability: Social Movements and the Politics of the Environment. Equinox. December 2012.

Kuberski, Philip. (English). Kubrick’s Total Cinema: Philosophical Themes and Formal Qualities. Continuum. August 2012.

Leonard, Bill, & Jill Crainshaw, Eds. (Divinity). Encyclopedia of Religious Controversies in the United States, Vol. 1 & 2, 2^nd ed. ABC-CLIO. December 2012.

Plageman, Nathan. (History). Highlight Saturday Night: Popular Music and Social Change in Urban Ghana (African Expressive Cultures). Indiana University Press. December 2012.

Siebert, Glenn, & Peter Kairoff. (Music). George Whitefield Chadwick: Songs. [Commercial Recording; Performance]. Albany Records. December 2012.

Sloan, Michael. (Classical Languages). The Harmonius Organ of Sedulius Scottus. De Gruyter. September 2012.

Stacy, Helen, & Win-Chiat Lee, Eds. (Philosophy). Economic Justice: Philosophical and Legal Perspectives (AMINTAPHIL: The Philosophical Foundations of Law and Justice). Springer. September 2012.

Warren, Carl, James Reeve, & Jonathan Duchac. (Schools of Business). Accounting, 25^th ed. South-Western. November 2012.

Warren, Carl, James Reeve, & Jonathan Duchac. (Schools of Business). Corporate Financial Accounting, 12^th ed. South-Western. November 2012.

Warren, Carl, James Reeve, & Jonathan Duchac. (Schools of Business). Financial Accounting, 13^th ed. South-Western. November 2012.

Warren, Carl, James Reeve, & Jonathan Duchac. (Schools of Business). Financial & Managerial Accounting, 12^th ed. South-Western. November 2012.

Warren, Carl, James Reeve, & Jonathan Duchac. (Schools of Business). Managerial Accounting, 12^th ed. South-Western. November 2012.

From left: Doris Surratt, library assistant; Pat Gwyn, branch librarian; Dr. Michele Gillespie; Cristi Stevens, president of the Friends of the Mount Airy Public Library; and Dawn Walker, member of the Friends of the Library.

After her “Book Talk” event at the Mount Airy (N.C.) Public Library on Oct. 18,  Michele Gillespie, the Kahle Family Professor of History at Wake Forest, was presented the “Key to the City” of Mount Airy.

The “Key” was presented to Gillespie on behalf of Mayor Deborah Cochran of Mount Airy and of everyone in Surry County, N.C., who appreciates serious, academic, historical research. Gratitude was expressed to Gillespie for the respect and the courtesy that she extended to the Mount Airy Public Library, to the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History, and the to Raven Knob Boy Scout Museum while she researched their archives for her new book entitled “Katharine and R. J. Reynolds:  Partners of Fortune in the Making of the New South.”

Read more about Gillespie and her new book in the News Center »

The following faculty had writings published in October 2012:

Daugman, Ellen, Leslie McCall, and Kaeley McMahan. (ZSR Library). “Designing and Implementing an Information Literacy Course in the Humanities.” Communications in Information Literacy 5.2 (2012): 127-43

Gillespie, Michele. (History). Katharine and R. J. Reynolds: Partners of Fortune in the Making of the New South. University of Georgia Press. October 2012.

Locklair, Dan. (Music). From the Rising of the Sun. Subito Music. World premiere in Atlanta, Georgia. September 2012.

The Provost and the Office of Undergraduate Admissions invite faculty and staff to Thursdays at the Porter B. Byrum Welcome and Admissions Center on Oct. 11.

A wine and cheese reception will run from 4-4:30 p.m., followed by a program from 4:30-5:15 p.m. that will feature Thomas Frank, Dean Franco and Michele Gillespie.

Frank, professor of history and the winner of the 2012 Nathan and Julie Hatch Prize for Academic Excellence, will discuss will discuss how early Americans learned how to “do” democracy and how his experience at Oxford helped his research. This presentation explores the role of religious voluntarism in building the institutions of a free society.

Franco, associate professor of English, will discuss his book, Race, Rights, and Recognition: Jewish American Literature Since 1969, and how Jewish American literature represents the recent history of domestic civil rights and opportunity and offers surprising responses to current dilemmas of international human rights and responsibility.

Gilespie, the Kahle Family Professor of History, will discuss her latest book, Katharine and R.J. Reynolds: Partners of Fortune in the Making of the New South, and what she learned about early 20th century society and politics in Winston-Salem and the North Carolina Piedmont.

Dear Wake Forest Community,

I hope your semester is off to a productive start. At the end of August, I was pleased to welcome the class of 2016 to campus, 79 percent of which graduated in the top 10 percent of their high school class. Wake Forest continues to attract top-caliber students because we continue to provide an exceptional education. Our ability to meet and exceed our students’ expectations depends on our stewardship of University resources and our ability to pursue new and innovative ways to fulfill the University’s mission.

Last May, I sent you an email sharing my intent to implement a University-wide Strategic Resource Initiative. Provost Rogan Kersh and Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance Hof Milam will lead a steering committee charged with assessing opportunities to capture funds through greater efficiency, collaboration and practical solutions. The ultimate goal of the committee is to identify funds that will allow us to continue progress on our most important strategic priorities, including student financial aid and competitive compensation for faculty and staff.

I am grateful to the faculty members, deans and administrators on the Strategic Resource Initiative Steering Committee for volunteering the time and considerable energy it will take to meet our goals. To be successful it will be important that we all respect the confidential nature of the deliberations to take place. The following people have agreed to serve on the steering committee: Continue reading »

See a list of employees joining and leaving the University in August 2012: Continue reading »

See a list of employment milestones reached by faculty in July 2012:

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