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.
Categories: Faculty News, Inside WFU
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
Categories: Faculty News, Inside WFU, University Announcement
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.
Categories: Faculty News, Inside WFU
Proposals funded: Anderson, Gengler, Kiang, Rejeski
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).
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).
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).
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).
Categories: Faculty News
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
Categories: University Announcement