Wake Forest names Corey D.B. Walker Dean of the Divinity School
This message is sent on behalf of President Susan R. Wente and Provost Michele Gillespie.
Dear students, faculty and staff,
Following the completion of a national search, we are pleased to announce that Dr. Corey D.B. Walker has been named Dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity, effective immediately.
Dr. Walker is a distinguished scholar of religion and Wake Forest Professor of Humanities and has served as interim dean for the school since January. He is an ordained American Baptist clergyperson who preaches and teaches in congregations and universities across the nation and has published broadly on African American religion and philosophy, African American history and culture, and religion and American public life. He was appointed a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar for the 2023-2024 academic year. He has also been instrumental in the University’s Strategic Framework process, serving as Vice-Chair for the Core Planning Team.
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Faculty and staff proposals funded
Congratulations to the following Wake Forest faculty and staff members who have had proposals funded.
Natalie Aho, program manager School of Divinity, whose proposal “Reflective Practices for Project Sustainability Grant, has been funded by the Lilly Endowment and Duke University.
Miriam Ashley-Ross, professor of biology, whose proposal “Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Assignment” has been funded by the National Science Foundation.
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Faculty proposals funded
Congratulations to the following Wake Forest faculty and staff members who have had proposals funded.
Patricia Clayton, associate professor of engineering, whose proposal “Empowering Engineering Scholar-Activists through Community-driven Research Experience” has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the University of Texas at Austin.
Sarah Esstman, associate professor of biology, whose proposal “Rotavirus Genome Replication and Virion Assembly” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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Faculty proposals funded
Congratulations to the following Wake Forest faculty members who have had proposals funded.
David Carroll, professor of physics, whose proposal entitled “WFU Postdoc” has been funded by Streamline Automation, LLC.
Regina Cordy, assistant professor of biology, whose proposal entitled “A systems biology investigation of the interplay between gut microbes and blood metabolites in the development of malarial anemia” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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Faculty proposals funded
Congratulations to the following Wake Forest faculty members who have had proposals funded.
Kristen Beavers, assistant professor of health and exercise science, whose proposals entitled “Bisphosphonate Use to Mitigate Bone Loss Secondary to Bariatric Surgery” and “Incorporating Nutrition, Vests, Education, and Strength Training in Bone Health (INVEST in Bone Health)” have been funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Mollie Canzona, associate professor of communication, whose proposal entitled “Optimizing health-related quality of life measurement in adolescent and young adult oncology: A PROMISing solution” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and WFU Health Sciences.
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