2022 faculty promotions announced

May 26, 2022

Congratulations to Wake Forest faculty who have received promotions, effective July 1.

Promotion to Full Professor

Michael Anderson, Biology
Emily Austin, Philosophy
Michael Gross, Engineering
Robert Hellyer, History
Eranda Jayawickreme, Psychology
Jeff Katula, Health and Exercise Science
Morna O’Neill, Art
Jeremy Rouse, Mathematics and Statistics
Christian Waugh, Psychology

Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure

Grey Ballard, Computer Science
Kevin Frazier, Theatre and Dance
Karin Friederic, Anthropology
Michael Lamb, Interdisciplinary Humanities
Amy Lather, Classics
Samanta Ordóñez-Robles, Spanish
James Pease, Biology
Jeff Solomon, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies & English
Nicholas Wolters, Spanish
Qiaona Yu, East Asian Languages & Cultures

Promotion to Full Professor of Law

Abigail Perdue, School of Law

Promotion to Associate Librarian

Melde Rutledge, Z. Smith Reynolds Library

Promotion to Librarian

Kyle Denlinger, Z. Smith Reynolds Library

Promotion to Associate Teaching Professor

Andrew Gurstelle, Anthropology
Todd McFall, Economics
Meredith Farmer, English
Jonathan Smart, English – Writing Program
Leann Pace, The Study of Religions

Promotion to Teaching Professor

Ryan Shirey, English
Matthew Phillips, School of Business

Promotion to Professor of the Practice

Phoebe Zerwick, English – Journalism

Promotion to Associate Professor of the Practice

Ingrid Liliana Mendoza-Batistra, Spanish