Faculty books: June and July 2021
Congratulations to Wake Forest University faculty from the Reynolda Campus who reported publishing books in June and July 2021:
- DeVotta, Neil, & Sumit Ganguly, Eds. (Politics & International Affairs). Understanding Contemporary India, 3rd ed. Lynne Rienner Publishers. 2021.
- Gladding, Samuel T. (Counseling). The Creative Arts in Counseling, 6th ed. American Counseling Association. 2021.
- Keith, Jennifer, & Claudia Thomas Kairoff, Eds. (English). The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea, Two Volume Set, Illustrated ed. Cambridge University Press. 2021.
- Miller, Christian B. (Philosophy). Honesty: The Philosophy and Psychology of a Neglected Virtue. Oxford University Press. 2021.
- Meredith, Jack, & Scott Shafer. (Business). Project Management in Practice, International Adaptation, 7th ed. Wiley. 2021.
- Taplin, Ian Malcolm. (Sociology). The Napa Valley Wine Industry: The Organization of Excellence. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2021.
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Gunkel elected President of the NC Sociological Association
Steve Gunkel, associate teaching professor in the sociology department, was elected President of the North Carolina Sociological Association (NCSA) in June. He will assume the duties of President-Elect for 2015-2016 and organize the Annual Meeting of the NCSA to be hosted by Wake Forest University.
Other sociology faculty who have served the NCSA include Ana-Maria Wahl, who is currently serving as a council member, and Ian Taplin, who served as the NCSA president (2012-2013). Catherine Harris has served twice as NCSA president (1984-1985; 1994-1995).
The NCSA promotes the discipline of sociology throughout the state and also publishes Sociation Today.
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Wahl elected NCSA council member
Wahl
Ana-Maria Wahl, associate professor of sociology, was elected a council member of the North Carolina Sociological Association (NCSA) at the joint annual meeting of the NCSA and Southern Sociological Society held in Charlotte on April 2-5. Wahl will serve a three-year term.
As a council member, she will provide policy guidance for the organization as well as serve on the planning committee for the annual meeting.
Other sociology faculty who have served the NCSA include Steven Gunkel, who served as a council member, and Ian Taplin, who served as the NCSA president. Catherine Harris has served twice as NCSA president.
The NCSA promotes the discipline of sociology throughout the state and also publishes Sociation Today.
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Sociology department winter highlights
Breckenridge
Brown
Soares
Taplin
Yamane
Saylor Breckenridge is completing his two-year rotation as the director of the National Science Foundation’s sociology program, where he manages the program’s approximately $10 million annual budget. He recently presented on “big data” research at the “The Big (Data) Bang: Prospects and Challenges for the Future” session as part of The Dupont Summit, in Washington D.C.
In March, Hana Brown and her co-researcher from the University of Notre Dame, Jennifer Jones, were awarded $22,954 by the Russell Sage Foundation to research the determinants of state immigration policy in new immigration destinations.
Throughout March, Joseph Soares participated in the discussions of both the first national study of test-optional colleges and the upcoming reforms to the SAT in outlets such as Inside Higher Ed, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News and The New York Times Magazine.
In January, Ian Taplin gave the annual Global Futures Lecture at The Winchester Centre for Global Futures in Art, Design & Media, University of Southampton, England. In February, he was one of the keynote speakers at the N.C. Wine Growers annual meeting in Winston-Salem.
In February David Yamane published, “Becoming Catholic: Finding Rome in the American Religious Landscape” (Oxford University Press) — the first book-length study of Roman Catholic converts in contemporary America.
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