"Judy Kem" Archive

College faculty retirees, 2020

June 4, 2021

A guest post from the College

This is the final post in a five-part series honoring College faculty who have retired in 2021 and 2020.

The College honors those who retired at the end of the 2020 academic year. Due to the abbreviated virtual conferring of degrees in 2020, these tremendous teacher-scholars and directors were recognized during this year’s Commencement ceremonies. Enjoy the linked profiles capturing their lasting legacies.

• John E.R. Friedenberg, Professor of Theatre and Dance
• Brian Gorelick, Associate Professor and Director of Choral Ensembles
• Judy Kem, Professor of French Studies
• G.E. “Rick” Matthews, Professor of Physics
• Tom Phillips, Director of the Wake Forest Scholars Program
• Catherine E. Seta, Professor of Psychology
• Kathy B. Smith, Professor of Politics and International Affairs
• Alan Williams, Professor of History

Faculty retirements 2020-21

June 1, 2021

The following Wake Forest University Reynolda Campus faculty members retired in 2020-21 (unless otherwise specified). This year’s retirees were honored during the 2021 Commencement ceremony.

College faculty profiles and citations will be shared in a five-part series in the coming days. Read more

Office of the Provost announces faculty retirements

May 13, 2020

The Office of the Provost has announced the following Reynolda Campus faculty retirements with full retirement dates in July or August of 2020:

School of Business

George Page West, professor

College

John Friedenberg, associate teaching professor

Brian Gorelick, associate professor

Judy Kem, professor

Rick Matthews, professor

Cathy Seta, professor

Alan Williams, history

School of Law

Kate Mewhinney, professor

Suzanne Reynolds, professor

Faculty books: November 2019

December 4, 2019

Graham, Laura P., & Miriam E. Felsenburg. (Law & Law Emeritus). The Pre-Writing Handbook for Law Students, 2^nd ed. Carolina Academic Press. 2019. 

Kem, Judy. (French). Pathologies of Love: Medicine and the Woman Question in Early Modern France. University of Nebraska Press. 2019.

Lamb, Michael, & Brian A. Williams, Eds. (Interdisiplinary Humanities and Program for Leadership & Character). Everyday Ethics: Moral Theology and the Practices of Ordinary Life. Georgetown University Press. 2019.

Oksanish, John. (Classical Languages). Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction. Oxford University Press. 2019.

Sinanoglou, Penny. (History). Partitioning Palestine: British Policymaking at the End of Empire. University of Chicago Press. 2019.

Taplin, Ian M. (Sociology). Evolution of Luxury. Routledge. 2019.

Update: Faculty promotions

August 4, 2016

This is an update to a previous announcement regarding faculty promotions:

Congratulations to Wake Forest University faculty who have received promotions, recently.

Promoted to full professor:

Miriam Ashley-Ross (Biology)
Michaelle Browers (Politics and International Affairs)
Judy Kem (Romance Languages)
Stephen Murphy (Romance Languages)

Promoted to associate professor:

Michael Anderson (Biology)
R. Jarrod Atchison (Communication)
Tina Boyer (German and Russian)
Hana Brown (Sociology)
Samuel Cho (Physics and Computer Science)
John Dalton (Economics)
Susan Harlan (English)
Sarah Mason (Mathematics and Statistics)
Gregory Parks (Law)
John Ruddiman (History)
Michael Sloan (Classical Languages)
Joel Tauber (Art)
Andrew Verstein (Law)
Christian Waugh (Psychology)
Heiko Wiggers (German and Russian)

Promoted to associate librarian:

Kyle Denlinger
Jeffrey M. Eller

Promoted to teaching professor:

Lynn Book (Theatre/Dance)
Angela King (Chemistry)
Kathryn Levy (Music)
Pat Lord (Biology)
Darlene May (Romance Languages)
Al Rives (Chemistry)

Promoted to associate teaching professor:

Jack Dostal (Physics)
David Hagy (Music)
Adam Kadlac (Philosophy)

Promoted to professor of the practice:

Justin Catanoso (English)
Yasuko Rallings (East Asian Languages)

Promoted to associate professor of the practice:

Brantly Shapiro (Theatre/Dance)