Wake Forest announces School of Divinity dean search committee
A search committee has been formed to identify the next dean of the divinity school, succeeding Jonathan L. Walton, who was named president of Princeton Theological Seminary in October 2022. Corey D.B. Walker, Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities and Director of the Program in African American Studies, has served as interim dean since January 2023.
The search committee will be chaired by Provost Michele Gillespie and its membership includes faculty, staff, student and faculty senate representation, as well as a representative of the Divinity Board of Visitors and the Board of Trustees and a member of the Deans’ Council.
Members of the committee include:
Shelmer D. Blackburn, Jr. (‘82), Wake Forest University Trustee and member, Divinity Board of Visitors
Christian J. Burris (’93), Serials Acquisitions Coordinator, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
Mary F. Foskett, Wake Forest Kahle Professor of Religious Studies; Albritton Fellow; Chair of the Department for the Study of Religions, College of Arts and Sciences
Elizabeth O. Gandolfo, Earley Associate Professor of Catholic and Latin American Studies, School of Divinity
Michele K. Gillespie, Wake Forest University Provost and Presidential Endowed Professor of Southern History
Derek S. Hicks, Associate Professor of Religion and Culture, School of Divinity
Charles L. Iacovou, Vice Provost for Charlotte Programs; Dean of the School of Professional Studies; F.M. Kirby Chair in Business Excellence
Kevin Jung, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Theological Ethics & Moral Philosophy, School of Divinity
Georgia McKee (MDiv ‘24), School of Divinity Senior; Co-Founder of Christian Athlete Circles
Sarah J. Morath, Professor, School of Law
Matthew Phillips, senior advisor to the provost, will staff the committee. Global executive search firm WittKieffer has been retained as search consultant.
