2025 Reynolda campus faculty book publications: September update

The following titles represent recently published works from current and retired Wake Forest faculty members. Spanning disciplines across the arts, humanities, sciences, and professional schools, these publications reflect a breadth and depth of scholarship.

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September

• Qiaona Yu (East Asian Languages). Defining and Assessing Chinese Syntactic Complexity via TC-units. Springer & Peking University Press, 2025.
• Derek Lee (English). Parascientific Revolutions: The Science and Culture of the Paranormal. University of Minnesota Press, 2025.
• Melanie L. Harris (School of Divinity). Preaching Black Earth: Sermons, Meditations, and Conversations on African American Environmental Justice and Ecowomanist Spirituality. Westminster John Knox, 2025.

August

• Jennifer Greiman (English). Oxford Handbook of Herman Melville. Oxford University Press, 2025.
• Gary R. Gunderson (School of Divinity). Taking Responsibility for the Life of Complex Human Ecosystems: Deep Accountability. Anthem Press, 2025.
• Margaret Bender (Anthropology). The New Voice of God: Language, Worldview, and the Cherokee Bible. University of Oklahoma Press, 2025.
• Anthony S. Parent (History, Retired). Flock of Birds: Virginia Colonialism into Native Country, 1670–1776. University of South Carolina Press, 2025.
• David M. Lubin (Art, Retired). Ready for My Close-Up: The Making of Sunset Boulevard and the Dark Side of the Hollywood Dream. Grand Central Publishing, 2025.
• Candelas Gala (Romance Languages, Retired). La emboscada postpoética de Agustín Fernández Mallo: física, cognición, contemporaneidad, entropía. Purdue University Press, 2025.

July

• Andrew Vogel Ettin (Religion). The Five Biblical Scrolls: A Modern Reader’s Guide to Ecclesiastes, Esther, Song of Songs, Ruth, and Lamentations. Cascade Books, 2025.
• Grey Ballard (Computer Science). Tensor Decompositions for Data Science. Cambridge University Press UK, 2025.

June

• Adam Lenton (Politics and International Affairs). Decolonizing Russia?: Disentangling Debates. Cambridge University Press UK, 2025.

May

• Timothy Gitzen (Anthropology). Unscripting the Present: The Security Panic of Queer Youth Sexuality. State University of New York Press, 2025.

April

• Jill Y. Crainshaw (School of Divinity). When the Sun Was a Poet: A Lyrical Almanac of Life’s Seasons and Seasonings. Kelsay Books, 2025.
• Christy Cobb and Katherine A. Shaner, eds. (School of Divinity). Ancient Slavery and Its New Testament Contexts. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2025.
• Sabrina E. Dent and Corey D. B. Walker, eds. (School of Divinity). African Americans and Religious Freedom: New Perspectives for Congregations and Communities, 2nd Edition. BJC Center for Faith, Justice and Reconciliation, 2025.
• Marianne Jay Erhardt (English). Lucky Bodies: Essays. Texas Tech University Press, 2025.
• Lynn S. Neal (Religious Studies). Wearing Their Faith: New Religious Movements, Dress, and Fashion in America. Cambridge University Press, 2025.

March

• Amy Catanzano (English). The Imaginary Present: Essays in Quantum Poetics (Poets on Poetry series). University of Michigan Press, 2025.
• Seth C. Hayden (Counseling). Integrating Career Development and Mental Health Counseling. American Counseling Association, 2025.

February

• No titles to report.

January

• José Luis Venegas (Interdisciplinary Humanities). Andalucía sublime: La imagen del Sur en la cultura española contemporánea / Sublime Andalucía: The Image of the South in Contemporary Spanish Culture. Marcial Pons, Ediciones de Historia, 2024.