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
Macroeconomics conference to be held here in August
Sandeep Mazumder
The 14th Annual Conference of Macroeconomists from Liberal Arts Colleges will be held at Wake Forest on Aug. 7 and 8.
At the conference, macroeconomists from liberal arts schools nationwide will gather to present their research to one another in an effort to promote high-quality research and collaboration, according to Sandeep Mazumder, associate professor of economics and chair of the Department of Economics. Mazumder is the conference’s lead organizer.
He added that the conference is also aimed at helping junior faculty members and faculty members from under-represented groups.
Some of the colleges and universities represented will include Pomona College, Sewanee: The University of the South, Davidson College, Vassar College and the University of Richmond.
Last year’s conference was held at Davidson College.
For more information, visit the conference’s website.
Categories: Faculty News, Inside WFU
Provost Office awards grants
The Provost’s Office awarded the following grants for fall 2015:
Provost’s Fund for a Vibrant Campus
Tom Phillips, Words Awake2! A Literary Festival and Celebration of Wake Forest Writers and Writing, $5,000
Kevin Bowen, Wind Ensemble Commission and Guest Artist Residency for WFU Emerging Wind Band Composer Series, $ 4,000.
Melissa Harris-Perry and Marianne Magjuka, Ari Berman Address to Campus Student Leaders on Voting -Rights Issues, $3,868
Jeff Holdridge and Ryan Shirey, Campus Visit and Public Reading by Ciaran Carson, $2,992
Elizabeth Clendinning and Brandon Robinson, Perspectives on Integration: Music at Little Rock Central High and Beyond, $2,000
Provost’s Fund for Academic Excellence
Christina Soriano, Dani Kim-Shapiro, Stephen Krichevsky, Kate Mewhinney, Aging Re-imagined: Art Science and Policy, $10,000
Mary Dalton, Teachers, Teaching, and the Movies Conference, $10,000
Sandeep Mazunder, Liberal Arts Macroeconomic Workshop, $5,574.34
Jessie Laurita-Spanglet, Cross-Disciplinary Collaborative Project with Performance Outcomes, $4,750
Provost’s Fund for Academic Innovation
Sunggu Yang and Veronice Miles, Festival Week of Prophetic Ministry, $5,000
Hu Womack, Writers Camp @ZSR, $1,496
Categories: University Announcement
Faculty Fellowships and promotions
Congratulations to Wake Forest University faculty who have been awarded fellowships and recieved promotions.
Wake Forest Faculty Fellowships______________________________
The Wake Forest Faculty Fellowship is a program of financial support designed to honor our best teacher-scholars. Recipients are:
Rebecca Alexander (CHM), The F.M. Kirby Family Faculty Fellowship<
Laura Aull (ENG), The Dunn-Riley Faculty Fund Fellowship
Christa Colyer (CHM), The Robert & Debra Lee Faculty Fellowship
Mary Dalton (COM), The Reinsch/Pierce Family Fellowship
Katy Harriger (POL), The Tatum Family Fund Faculty Fellowship
Omaar Hena (ENG), The Young Family Faculty Fellowship
Peter Kairoff (MUS), The Denton Family Faculty Fellowship
John Pickel (ART), The Hoak Family Faculty Fellowship
Albert Rives (CHM), The Gale Family Faculty Fellowship
Michael Sloan (CLA), The Kenyon Family Faculty Fellowship
Eric Stottlemyer (ENG), The Bitove Family Fund Faculty Fellowship
Robert Whaples (ECN), The Hough Family Faculty Fellowship
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Categories: University Announcement
July 2014 faculty milestones
See a list of faculty milestones in July 2014:
Categories: Faculty News
