In a message to the campus community this week, President Susan R. Wente announced a national search for Wake Forest’s next Dean of the College. The search begins as current Dean Michele Gillespie transitions to the role of Provost on July 1. Gillespie and […]
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The Humanities Institute is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year by gathering stories from faculty about their collaborations with the Institute over the past decade. Building on its liberal arts tradition, Wake Forest established the Humanities Institute to support innovative scholarship and collaboration in October 2010. The Humanities Institute publicly celebrated its launch in March 2011.
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In November 2020, the Wake Forest University Humanities Institute released “How We Know, What We Know: Humanities Responds to Pandemic.” This collection of essays by Wake Forest faculty was commissioned by the Humanities Institute at the end of spring 2020; it includes historical, critical, interpretive and reflective essays from across the humanities, shedding light on the past, present and future of our emergency.
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Dean Franco, Professor of English and Director of the Humanities Institute at Wake Forest University, has been awarded the new Winifred W. Palmer Professorship in Literature. Arnold Palmer’s Trust funded the professorship in memory of Palmer’s late wife. Her passion for literature will be remembered […]
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Professor of English Dean J. Franco has been named director of the Wake Forest University Humanities Institute beginning January 2017.
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See a list of faculty milestones for August 2016:
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Please find below a list of academic department chairs and their administrative assistants for 2015-2016, as of July 1, 2015:
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Congratulations to the College’s newest endowed professors, this year’s Wake Forest Faculty Fellows and those faculty receiving promotions. The Wake Forest Professorship award is an endowed chair position and is among the University’s highest honors. The selection criteria include exceptional skill and sustained dedication […]
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The Provost and the Office of Undergraduate Admissions invite faculty and staff to Thursdays at the Porter B. Byrum Welcome and Admissions Center on Oct. 11. A wine and cheese reception will run from 4-4:30 p.m., followed by a program from 4:30-5:15 p.m. that […]
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The following faculty had writings published in June 2012: Franco, Dean. (English). Race, Rights, and Recognition: Jewish American Literature Since 1969. Cornell University Press. June 2012. Palmiter, Alan. (Law). Examples and Explanations, Corporations, 7th ed. Aspen Publishers. June 2012. Price, Brian. (Romance Languages). Cult of […]
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