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.

School of Business

• Holly H. Brower, Associate Professor of Business
• Jayashree Gokhale, Professor of the Practice (2020)
• James “Jim” A. Narus, Professor of Business
• Ronald “Ron” L. Thompson, Professor of Business
• Page West III, Professor of Business (2020)

College

• Bernadine Barnes, Professor of Art
• Jule M. Connolly, Professor of the Practice of Mathematics and Director of the Math Center
• Mary L. Friedman, Professor of Spanish and Italian
• Carole L. Gibson, Professor of Biology
• Louis R. Goldstein, Professor of Music
• David Hagy, Teaching Professor of Music and Director of the University Orchestra
• David J. John, Professor of Computer Science
• Ralph C. Kennedy, Professor of Philosophy
• Kathleen “Kathy” Kron, Professor of Biology
• Page H. Laughlin, Professor of Art
• David B. Levy, Professor of Music
• Darlene R. May, Teaching Professor of Arabic
• Debbie W. Newsome, Associate Professor of Counseling and Associate Dean for Students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• Patricia “Pat” A. Nixon, Professor of Health and Exercise Science
• James “Jim” L. Norris, Professor of Mathematics & Statistics
• Teresa Radomski, Professor of Music
• Luis Roniger, Professor of Latin American Studies and Politics and International Affairs
• James “Jim” H. Ross, Associate Professor of the Practice of Health and Exercise Science
• Robin W. Simon, Professor of Sociology
• Clark Thompson, Associate Teaching Professor of Philosophy
• Ulrike Wiethaus, Professor of Religious Studies and American Ethnic Studies

College (2019-20)

• 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 Jr., Professor of Physics
• Tom Phillips, Director of the Wake Forest Scholars Program
• Catherine “Cathy” E. Seta, Professor of Psychology
• Kathy B. Smith, Professor of Politics and International Affairs
• Alan Williams, Professor of History

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

• Thomas Frank, University Professor and Associate Dean of Continuing Studies, Graduate School
  • *Debbie W. Newsome, Associate Professor of Counseling and Associate Dean for Students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

School of Law

• Luellen Curry, Associate Professor of Legal Writing
• Michael K. Curtis, Professor of Constitutional and Public Law
• Kate Mewhinney, Clinical Professor of Law, Managing Attorney, Elder Law Clinic (2020)
• Suzanne Reynolds, Dean Emerita, Professor of Law (2020)

Z. Smith Reynolds Library

• Robert “Bob” Hebert, Business Librarian of Z. Smith Reynolds Library