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Faculty books 2020: A year in review

The following is the 2020 annual Wake Forest University faculty book publication report.

January 2020

Anover, Véronique, & Rémi Fournier Lanzoni. (Spanish & Italian). On tourne! French Language and Culture through Film. Georgetown University Press. 2020.

Gengler, Amanda. (Sociology). Save My Kid: How Families of Critically Ill Children Cope, Hope, and Negotiate an Unequal Healthcare System. New York University Press. 2020.

February 2020

Gellar-Goad, T. H. M. (Classics). Laughing Atoms, Laughing Matter: Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura and Satire. University of Michigan Press. 2020.

Virgil, Steven M. (Law). A Handbook for Transactional and Small Business Clinics. Carolina Academic Press. 2019.

Wood, John H. (Economics). Who Governs?: Legislatures, Bureaucracies, or Markets?. Palgrave Macmillan. 2020.

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Faculty promotions announced

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

Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure

Kristen Beavers, Health and Exercise Science

Erin Binkley, Counseling

Elizabeth Clendinning, Music

Mark Curtis, Economics

Lisa Dragoni, School of Business

Amanda Gengler, Sociology

Kristina Gupta, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Seth Hayden, Counseling

Stephanie Koscak, History

Tin Cheuk Leung, Economics

Sarah McDonald, Biology

Jennifer Rogers, Counseling

Promotion to Full Professor

J.K. Curry, Theatre and Dance

Brook Davis, Theatre and Dance

Patricia Dos Santos, Chemistry

Jennifer Erway, Mathematics and Statistics

Kevin Jung, School of Divinity

Oana Jurchescu, Physics

Sandeep Mazumder, Economics

Soledad Miguel-Prendes, Spanish and Italian

Shannon Mihalko, Health and Exercise Science

Jarrod Whitaker, Study of Religions

Promotion to Full Professor of Law

Chris Coughlin, School of Law

Promotion to Associate Dean

Mary Beth Lock, Z. Smith Reynolds Library

Promotion to Associate Librarian

Stephanie Bennett, Z. Smith Reynolds Library

Promotion to Librarian

Craig Fansler, Z. Smith Reynolds Library

Promotion to Assistant Librarian

Ashelee Gerald Hill, Z. Smith Reynolds Library

Promotion to Associate Teaching Professor

Diana Arnett, Biology

Tammy Cashwell, Counseling

Allison Forti, Counseling

Laura Giovanelli, English

Molly Knight, German and Russian

Promotion to Teaching Professor

Tom Brister, Politics and International Affairs

Steve Gunkel, Sociology

Faculty books: January 2020

Anover, Véronique, & Rémi Fournier Lanzoni. (Spanish & Italian). On tourne! French Language and Culture through Film. Georgetown University Press. 2020.

Gengler, Amanda. (Sociology). Save My Kid: How Families of Critically Ill Children Cope, Hope, and Negotiate an Unequal Healthcare System. New York University Press. 2020.

Morosini, Roberta, & Marcello Ciccuto, Eds. (French & Italian). Paolino Veneto. Narratore, Storico e Geografo. L’Erma di Bretschneider. 2019.

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Proposals funded: Anderson, Gengler, Kiang, Rejeski

T. Michael Anderson

Anderson

Congratulations to Michael Anderson, associate professor of biology, whose proposal entitled “Environmental Monitoring of the Serengti Ecosystem” has been funded by The Grumeti Fund and by [subaward/subcontract from] The University of Glasgow (WFU funding agency).

 

Amanda Gengler

Gengler

Congratulations to Amanda Gengler, assistant professor of sociology, whose proposal entitled “Turning Science Fiction into “Science Fact:” Selling the Promise of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine” has been funded by the American Sociological Association (ASA).

 

Lisa Kiang

Kiang

Congratulations to Lisa Kiang, associate professor of psychology, whose proposal entitled “Gratitude, Well-being, and the Decline of Materialism; A Cross-cultural Study of Character Formation in Children and Adolescents” has been funded by the Templeton Foundation and by [subaward/subcontract from] UNC-Greensboro (WFU funding agency).

 

Jack Rejeski

Rejeski

Congratulations to Jack 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) and by [subaward/subcontract from] Wake Forest University Health Sciences (WFU funding agency).

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Provost Office grants announced

This is a guest post from the Office of the Provost:

The Provost’s Office is pleased to announce the following grants for Spring 2016

Nathan and Julie Hatch Research Grant for Academic Excellence

Stephanie Koscak, Royal Subjects: Mass Media and the Reinvention of Reverence in England, 1649-1760, Week at the Summer Research Institute , Harris Manchester College, Oxford University

Provost’s Fund for Academic Innovation

Melissa Harris-Perry, Marianne Magjuka, Dani Parker, Fahim Gulamali, Pro Humanitate Institute, Wake the Vote, Part II

Amanda Gengler, Sociology, Food & Inequality in Global Context

Steve Virgil, Law; John Senior, Divinity, Public Leadership and Professional Identity

Provost’s Fund for Academic Excellence

Mike Green, Law, World Tort Law Society: Comparative Study of Liability Law for Road Traffic Accidents

Tanya Zanish-Belcher, Z. Smith Reynolds Library, University Archives Research Internship

Morna O’Neill, Art, Lost Art: Photography and Display

Provost’s Fund for a Vibrant Campus

Katie Wolf, Hanes Art Gallery, Alexander T. Oleksyn: The Confined Line

Provost’s Grant for Academic Excellence

Jeff Eller, Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Saving Born Digital ebooks in Libraries

Olga Valbuena, English, Southeastern Renaissance Conference – Shakespeare Quadricentennial 

Lucas Johnston, Religion, Placing Pedagogy: Teaching Religion and Nature in the South

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