Congratulations to Oana Jurchescu, assistant professor of physics, whose proposal entitled “High-Conductivity in Binary Organic Single Crystals for Electronic Applications” has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the UNC-Chapel Hill (WFU funding agency).

Congratulations to William W. Fleeson, professor of psychology, whose proposal entitled “Integrating Process and Structure in Borderline Personality Disorder” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under award number 5R01MH070571-07 REVISED.

Congratulations to Ellen Miller, associate professor of anthropology, whose proposal entitled “Paleontological exploration and excavation at Buluk, northern Kenya” has been funded by the Leakey Foundation.

Congratulations to Walter J. Rejeski, professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “LIFE DMAQC (Data Management, Analysis, and Quality Control Center)” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under award number RG 1054) and the WFU Health Sciences (WFU funding agency).

Congratulations to Janine Jennings, associate professor of psychology, whose proposal entitled “LIFE DMAQC” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under award number RG1057 and the WFU Health Sciences (WFU funding agency).

The following faculty had writings published in February 2013:

Furr, R. Michael, & Verne R. Bacharach. (Psychology). Psychometrics: An Introduction, 2^nd edition. SAGE. February 2013

Morone, James, & Rogan Kersh. (Provost and Politics & International Affairs). By the People: Debating American Government. Oxford University Press. December 2012.

Congratulations to William W. Fleeson, professor of psychology, whose proposal entitled “Integrating Process and Structure in Borderline Personality Disorder” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health under award number 5R01MH070571-07.

Congratulations to Stephen B. Robinson, professor of mathematics, whose proposal entitled “SEARCDE 2012 Conference” has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

The following faculty had writings published in November 2012:

Albrecht, Jane W. (Romance Languages). Stoicism, Seneca and Seventeenth-Century Spanish Tragedy. Scripta Humanistica. November 2012.

Hicks, Derek S. (Divinity). Reclaiming Spirit in the Black Faith Tradition. Palgrave Macmillan. November 2012.

Sanhueza, María-Teresa. (Romance Languages). Ecos y estelas de un maestro: Homenaje a Mauricio Ostria González. Editorial de la Universidad de Concepción. November 2012.

Smiler, Andrew P. (Psychology). Challenging Casanova: Beyond the Stereotype of the Promiscuous Young Male. Jossey-Bass. November 2012.

Sznajder, Mario, Luis Roniger, & Carlos Forment, Eds. (Politics & International Affairs). Shifting Frontiers of Citizenship: The Latin American Experience. Brill. November 2012.

Congratulations to Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro, professor of physics, whose proposal entitled “Role of nitrite reduction to NO by hemoglobin in control of fetal vascular tone” has been funded by the National Institues of Health (NIH) and the Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center (WFU funding agency).

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Congratulations to Daniel Griffith, graduate school student of biology, and Todd Michael Anderson, assistant professor of biology, whose proposal entitled “Graduate Research Fellowship Program” has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Congratulations to Eric Stone, associate professor of psychology, whose proposal entitled “Aggregative Contingent Estimation System (ACES)” has been funded by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) and the Applied Research Associates (WFU funding agency).

Congratulations to Shonda Jones, associate dean of admission and student services in the School of Divinity, whose proposal entitled “Community Engagement Fellows Program” has been funded by the CF Foundation, Inc.

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 September 2012:

30 years
Maya Angelou; Reynolds Prof/American Studies

William Selden Hamilton; Professor, German & Russian

35 years
Andrew V. Ettin; Professor, English

Allan Louden; Chair/Assoc Professor, Communication

Teresa Radomski; Professor, Music

Cecilia H. Solano; Assoc Chair/Assoc Professor, Psychology

40 years
James J. Kuzmanovich; Professor, Mathematics

45 years
Ronald E. Noftle; Professor, Chemistry

Dear Wake Forest Community,

Early this month, I shared plans for three advisory committees to lead Wake Forest in discussions of important topics: Commencement Speaker Advisory, Chick-fil-A Campus Dialogue and Vice President for Campus Life Advisory.  Today, I am pleased to announce the faculty, staff and students who will serve on them this year.

The committees and members include: Continue reading »

Professor Laura Graham (‘94) is the new Wake Forest pre-law adviser as well as assistant director of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research I & II.

“In addition to her energy and passion, Laura brings valuable experience with law school admissions, and connections to events and resources at the WFU Law School,” said Christy M. Buchanan, professor of psychology and  associate dean for academic advising.  “Her research addresses obstacles to student success in legal analysis and how to help them be successful.”

Read more on the School of Law website »