Wake Forest psychology major Mariette Champagne ('11) talks with Assistant Professor of Psychology Lisa Kiang (right) about some of the results of her study on adolescents and cultural identity...
Associate Professor of Health and Exercise Science Shannon Mihalko (right) works with senior HES major Shayna Egan (middle). Egan, a summer research fellow, discusses predictors of knee pain...
Wake Forest mathematics major George Story ('12) works with Associate Professor of Mathematics Sarah Raynor on a research project, modeling traffic flow on highways and assessing the impacts of...
Wake Forest Professor of Biology Gloria Muday (right) celebrates with sophomore Xinxin (Stephanie) Zhang ('13) on her summer research fellowship. Zhang is studying the formation of auxin gradients...
Gloria Muday, Professor of Biology, works with senior biology major Ryan Hughes ('11) on his summer research project. Hughes is studying the effects of various chemicals on auxin-mediated root gravitropism.
Wake Forest biophysics major Hannah Reynolds ('12) and Harbert Distinguished Chair and Professor of Physics Daniel Kim-Shapiro work together in the electron paramagnetic resonance lab to explore...
Rhodes Scholarship
Brandon Turner, Fontana, CANational Science Foundation Scholarship
Claire McLellan, Winchester, VANational Science Foundation Scholarship
Elizabeth Moody (PhD '15), Winston-Salem, NCNational Science Foundation Scholarship
Jeremy Ward (PhD '15), Winston-Salem, NCGoldwater Scholarship
Claire McLellan (awarded 2011)Truman Scholarship
J'Taime Lyons ('13), Whitakers, NCKnowles Science Teaching Fellowship
Samantha Freiberg (MA '12), Winston-Salem, NCRotary Ambassadorial Scholarship
Grace Wandell, Mercer Island, WAUS Student Fulbright Scholar
Soham Banerjee (Germany), Winston-Salem, NCUS Student Fulbright Scholar
Kendall Hack ('11) (Malaysia), Winston-Salem, NCUS Student Fulbright Scholar
Victoria Hill (Austria), Provo, UTUS Student Fulbright Scholar
Amy Liang (Korea), Kingsport, TNFREEMAN - ASIA Scholarship
Jacob Blackwell ('13), Greensboro, NC
CIES NGA China Scholarship
Rebecca Moberly ('13), Plymouth, IN
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At the heart of Wake Forest University, is the College's rich liberal arts core. Surrounding the college are the graduate and professional schools, each with its own distinctive program. Wake Forest functions as a Collegiate University, a community where scholars, both faculty and students, habitually cross the boundaries of their particular disciplines, schools, and programs to engage in collaborative, interdisciplinary work. We teach one another—students, college faculty—because we are small enough to know one another, excited by our research and our teaching; we are members of a community that prizes collaboration and appreciates difference.
The College embraces the teacher-scholar ideal and values, above all else, student-faculty engagement. Personal interaction and intellectual exchange between students and faculty, makes Wake Forest a place where exceptional teaching, fundamental research and discovery, and the engagement of faculty and students in and outside the classroom and the laboratory are paramount.
Because we put the education of our students first and recognize that their education must be built on a firm foundation of outstanding scholarship and state-of-the-art research, Wake Forest College offers students and faculty alike a unique educational experience where the liberal arts flourish within a community that emphasizes teaching and scholarship, collaboration and community, hard work and public engagement.
Drew Droege (WFU'99)
Actor/Comedian/Teacher
Drew Droege ('99) has a BA in Theatre from Wake Forest University. He is an alumnus of The Groundlings Theatre in Los Angeles, where he currently teaches improvisation. He has also taught improv workshops across the country at University of Southern California, Indiana University, Just The Funny (Miami) and Binnions Casino (Las Vegas). ...
During his visit to Wake Forest, Drew Droege will be conducting a masterclass on improvisation and sketch comedy, as well as participating in an NEH funded panel, "Why Do People Laugh?" This public conversation, which will also include Dr. Sam Gladding (counseling), and John Friedenberg (University Theatre). It will take place 5-6:00 p.m. in the Ring Theatre and is free. Mr. Droege has also been invited as a master teacher in several theatre classes, and will be meeting with students informally to talk about life and work in Los Angeles.
Dr. John Straub,
Professor & Chair, Department of Chemistry,
Boston University
Phi Beta Kappa Scholar
Dr. Straub’s visit to Wake Forest is co-sponsored by the Wake Forest Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa and the Department of Chemistry. Dr. John Straub is a distinguished and award winning researcher and teacher, and is author or co-author of over 100 journal articles and book chapters. He has also received significant, external research support from NIH, NSF, ACS, and Alfred P. Sloan Research Foundation.
Dr. Straub will be giving a public lecture on October 5, from 4 - 5 P.M. in the new ZSR Library Auditorium (Rm. 404). His lecture is entitled Molecules in Motion: How the dynamics of molecules dictate the form and function of our world. The seminar will be followed by a reception for Dr. Straub in the library.In addition to his public lecture, Dr. Straub will also lead discussions in several undergraduate classes and will meet with faculty, undergraduate and graduate students during his visit to our campus.
Dr. Kary B. Mullis
Nobel Laureate and Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Altermune, LLC
2011 Oakley R. Vail Lecturer
Kary Banks Mullis, Nobel Prize winning chemist, is a native of Lenoir, North Carolina. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1966. He earned a Ph.D. degree in biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1972.
Dr. Mullis will be giving a public lecture from 5 - 6 P.M. on October, 12 (location TBA). Dr. Mullis’ lecture is tentatively entitled The Story of PCR: How the Polymerase Chain Reaction was Invented.
Dr. Kurt Kotrschal
Associate Professor, University of Vienna
Director of the Konrad Lorenz Research Center
Co-Director of The Wolf Science Center
Dr. Kurt Kotrschal, a behavioral biologist, will be visiting Wake Forest from September 17 to 22. Dr. Kotrschal is an Associate Professor at the University of Vienna, the director of the Konrad Lorenz Research Center in Grünau, Austria and co-director of The Wolf Science Center in Ernstbrunn, Austria. Dr. Kotrschal was elected Austrian Scientist of the Year 2010 for his ability to communicate science to the public. While at Wake Forest, Dr. Kotrschal will present two lectures. A public lecture entitled Living with wolves and dogs. Human companionship with animals will be presented Tuesday at 7:00PM in room 126 Winston Hall. A Biology/Psychology joint seminar entitled Are birds just mammals? Social and cognitive complexity in geese and ravens will be given Wednesday at 4:00PM in room 125 Winston Hall.
Caitriona O’Reilly
Tutor, Creative Writing
Irish Writers’ Center, Dublin, Ireland
The Department of English is pleased to host Poet-in-Residence Caitriona O’Reilly for the spring 2012 semester. Ms. O’Reilly was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where she received her B.A. with Honors in English Literature and Ancient History and her Ph. D. degree in American Literature. From 2002-03 she served a Harper-Wood Studentship in English Literature at St. Johns College, Cambridge. Among her publications are three books (The Nowhere Birds, Three-Legged Dog, and The Sea Cabinet) and numerous anthology publications, essays, poems, and critiques. She has been invited to read her work throughout Ireland and in Slovenia, Slovakia, Russia, England, and the United States.
Assistant Professor Wayne Pratt
Department of Psychology
Dunn-Riley Fellow
Dr. Wayne Pratt received his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Utah in 2002 and joined the Wake Forest University faculty in 2006. His research examines the role of brain reward pathways in regulating motivation directed at food, and has generated several student-coauthored papers. [...] READ ALL
Associate Professor Sara Lischer
Department of Political Science
Robert and Debra Lee Fellow
Sarah Kenyon Lischer is an associate professor in the department of political science. She is the author of Dangerous Sanctuaries: Refugee Camps, Civil War, and the Dilemmas of Humanitarian Aid (Cornell University Press). [...] READ ALL
Associate Professor Brook Davis
Department of Theatre and Dance
Denton Family Fellow
Dr. Davis earned her undergraduate degrees in theatre and psychology at Wake Forest University, an MFA in Acting at Virginia Commonwealth University, and a Ph.D. in theatre history/theory and criticism at the University of Maryland, College Park. [...] READ ALL
Assistant Professor Timo Thonhauser
Department of Physics
Ranlet and Frank Bell Jr. Fellow
Dr. Thonhauser received his Ph.D. in solid state physics from the Institute for Theoretical Physics, Karl–Franzens–Universität Graz, Austria in 2001. He subsequently held postdoctoral position at The Pennsylvania State University and Rutgers. [...] READ ALL
Professor S. Bruce King
Department of Chemistry
MacDonough Family Fellow
S. Bruce King earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in forestry and medicinal chemistry from West Virginia University and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Cornell University. Following a post-doctoral position at the Scripps Research Institute with K. Barry Sharpless, Dr. King joined [...] READ ALL
Associate Professor Marina Krcmar
Department of Communication
MacDonough Family Fellow
Dr. Krcmar (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison) was recently awarded the MacDonough Family Fellowship for her excellence in teaching and scholarship. Her research focuses on children, adolescents and the media as well as selective exposure to violent media. [...] READ ALL
Associate Professor Kendall Tarte
Department of Romance Languages
Young Family Fellow
Kendall Tarte received her Ph.D. in French Renaissance literature from the University of Virginia. She is the author of numerous articles and a book, Writing Places: Sixteenth-Century City Culture and the Des Roches Salon. [...] READ ALL
Associate Professor Miaohua Jiang
Department of Mathematics
Gale Family Fellow
Dr. Jiang joined the Department of Mathematics in 1998, after obtaining his Ph.D. in mathematics at Pennsylvania State University in 1995. He continued with post-doctoral studies at Georgia Institute of Technology as well as the Institute for Mathematics [...] READ ALL
Professor John Dinan
Department of Political Science
Promoted to Professor
John Dinan’s research focuses on federalism, state constitutionalism, and American political development. He is the author of several books, including The American State Constitutional Tradition and Keeping the People’s Liberties: Legislators, Citizens, and Judges as Guardians of Rights. [...] READ ALL
Professor Peter Siavelis
Department of Political Science
Promoted to Professor
Dr. Siavelis is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Latin American and Latino Studies Program at Wake Forest. He came to Wake Forest in 1996 after completing his Ph.D. in Government at Georgetown University. [...] READ ALL
Senior Lecturer Tom Brister
Department of Political Science
Promoted to Senior Lecturer
Dr. Brister earned his B.A. at Georgetown University, his Ph.D. at the University of Virginia, and joined the faculty of Wake Forest University in 2005. His courses focus on comparative and international politics, with special interests in terrorism and counterterrorism, intelligence and globalization. [...] READ ALL
Senior Lecturer Pat C. Lord
Department of Biology
Kenyon Family Fellow
Dr. Lord joined the Department of Biology in the fall of 2009. She has taught BIO 101: Biology and the Human Experience, a course for non-majors. In this course, students have worked on a variety of public engagement projects including working in the campus garden, [...] READ ALL
Professor Joseph A. Soares
Department of Sociology
Promoted to Professor
Dr. Soares' book The Power of Privilege (Stanford University Press 2007) was instrumental in Wake Forest’s decision to adopt the test-optional policy in undergraduate admissions. In April 2009, he organized a national conference on “rethinking admissions” at Wake Forest. [...] READ ALL
Associate Professor Robert Hellyer
Department of History
Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
Robert Hellyer grew up outside of Seattle, Washington. He served on the faculty of the University of Tokyo, taught at Allegheny College, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University before coming to Wake Forest. [...] READ ALL