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
Z. Smith Reynolds new staff and promotions
The following is a guest post from Mary Beth Lock, associate dean and director of access services for Z. Smith Reynolds Library:
Veronica Brady
The Z. Smith Reynolds Library is delighted to announce that Veronica Brady will be joining the library staff as Library Business Manager, beginning on March 1, 2020. Veronica comes to us from Tyler, Texas where she worked most recently as the Innovation Manager for the Mayor’s Innovation Pipeline, and oversaw the administration of programs and the strategic plan of both the Innovation Pipeline and City University. She is well qualified to join the administrative team at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library, and will be assuming many of the leadership roles vacated by former associate dean Susan Smith who recently retired. Veronica’s portfolio will include managing policies and procedures for the library on financial and budget issues and serve as the liaison with Financial Services. She will also serve on the Senior Business Administrators group and the Academic Business Managers group. Veronica will aid in preparing the annual budget for the library, and utilize thorough assessment methods to ensure that our budget is allocated in ways that will best meet the library’s goals
Kathy Shields has been appointed as the Research Services Lead at ZSR. Kathy has been with ZSR since 2016 and currently serves, and will continue to serve, as the liaison to Psychology and History. In her new capacity, Kathy will work with our liaison group on professional development, help coordinate our communication and training around our upcoming switch to a new library catalog and search engine, and coordinate new faculty training and faculty outreach.
Amanda Foster Kaufman has been promoted to Learning and Instructional Services librarian. Amanda has been with ZSR since 2013 and has been serving as an Associate Teaching Librarian teaching 12 sections of our LIB100 classes each year. In her new job, Amanda will be coordinating ZSR’s instruction program including outcomes and assessment, and working with instructors on professional development. She will still be teaching LIB100 classes, although at a reduced course load.
Categories: Faculty News, Guest Post, Staff News
Faculty promotions announced
Congratulations to Wake Forest faculty who have received promotions, effective July 1.
Promotion to Full Professor
Erik Johnson, Biology
John Petrocelli, Psychology
Kendall Tarte, French Studies
Timo Thonhauser, Physics
Julie Wayne, School of Business
Promotion to Associate Professor
Christina Dalton, Economics
Francis Flanagan, Economics
T.H.M. Gellar-Goad, Classics
Sarah Hogan, English
Tiffany Judy, Spanish and Italian Studies
Dónal Mulcahy, Education
Andrew Rodekohr, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Joanna Ruocco, English
Katherine Shaner, School of Divinity
Penelope Sinanoglou, History
John Sumanth, School of Business
Mir Yarfitz, History
Promotion to Professor of Law
Harold Lloyd, School of Law
Andrew Verstein, School of Law
Promotion to Clinical Professor of Law
Mark Rabil, School of Law
Promotion to Senior Librarian
Lauren Corbett
Promotion to Librarian
Mary Beth Lock, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
Promotion to Full Teaching Professor
Leah Roy, Theatre & Dance
Promotion to Associate Teaching Professor
Rian Bowie, English
Jenny Pyke, English
Ali Sakkal, Education
Randi Saloman, English
Silvia Tiboni-Craft, Spanish and Italian
David Wren, Chemistry
Promotion to Associate Professor of the Practice
Brian Calhoun, Education
Chris Copeland, School of Divinity
James Ross, Health & Exercise Science
Categories: Inside WFU
Lock appointed assistant dean of Z. Smith Reynolds Library
This is a guest post from Tim Pyatt, Dean of Z. Smith Reynolds Library:
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Mary Beth Lock as Assistant Dean for the Z. Smith Reynolds Library. In this new role, she will coordinate promotions and contract renewals for library faculty, oversee library committees, and serve as part of the library renovations planning team. She will continue to manage access services for the library.
Ms. Lock earned her master’s degree in Library Science from North Carolina Central University and her Bachelor of Science in Environmental Biology at Wayne State University. Having taken a variety of interesting and thought provoking topics over the last two years while engaging deeply with Wake Forest faculty and other graduate students, she will be graduating with her Masters in Liberal Studies in Spring, 2019.
She has participated in the planning for the Conference for Entrepreneurial Librarians since its inception in 2009, serving as co-chair for the 2013 conference. Resulting from her participation in the conference, she was also co-editor for the book, The Entrepreneurial Librarian: Essays on the Infusion of Private-Business Dynamism into Professional Service, published in 2011. She recently participated in the Leading Change Institute, which brings together librarians, information technologists, and others who seek to further develop their skills for the benefit of higher education.
Ms. Lock is committed to excellence in library services and has been part of the planning committees for events such as the Dean’s List Gala, Undergraduate Research Day, and Wake the Library. In her new role, she will help us promote excellence in librarianship and library services – we are delighted to have her accept this new role at ZSR.
Tim Pyatt
Dean, ZSR Library
Categories: Guest Post, Inside WFU
Staff and faculty milestones November 2017
See a list of staff and faculty milestones for November 2017:
Categories: Faculty News, Inside WFU, Staff News
