
Professor of Psychology Christy Buchanan (right) mentors psychology major Rebecca Abramson ('11) on a study of effective parenting techniques and how mothers perceive them...

Assistant Professor of Sociology Catherine Harnois (right) works with junior political science major Brooke Gilmore ('12) to analyze work by multi-racial feminist writers.

Eric Jones, Lecturer in Anthropology, assists anthropology major Madison Gattis ('12) in her work aimed at understand the environmental and cultural features that influenced settlement patterns of Native American...

Atlantic Coast Conference Inter-Institutional Academic Collaborative (ACCIAC) Fellow Anna Pitz ('12), a Wake Forest Biology and Studio art major, and Assistant Professor of Physics Oana Jurchescu (right) work at the Center for Nanotechnology and...

Professor of Biology Robert Browne meets with biology major Matthew Raible (’11) to measure tiny beetles, found in Peru, as part of a broader understanding of the forest ecosystem...

Bruce King, Professor of Chemistry, mentors chemistry and biochemistry major Allison Faig ('11) in understanding the precise chemical processes by which certain antibiotics work in humans...

Atlantic Coast Conference Inter-institutional Academic Collaborative (ACCIAC) Fellow Hannah Gaddis (’11) works with Professor of Russian William Hamilton on their summer research project...

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...
Fulbright Scholar
Alexandra Calistri - English Teaching Assistantship, ItalyMajor: English
Minors: Italian and Linguistics
Graduated May 17, 2010
Fulbright Scholar
Morgan Clark - English Teaching Assistantship, GermanyMajor: German
Minor: History
Graduated May 17, 2010
Fulbright Scholar
Kate Dydak - English Teaching Assistantship, RussiaMajor: Political Science
Minors: Environmental Science and Theatre
Graduated May 17, 2010
Fulbright Scholar
Monica Giannone - English Teaching Assistantship and/or Research Scholar, MoroccoMajors: Political Science and Religion
Graduated May 17, 2010
Fulbright Scholar
Drew Haverly - English Teaching Assistantship, PanamaMajor: Elementary Education
Minor: Spanish
Graduated May 17, 2010
Fulbright Scholar
Mark Hoover - English Teaching Assistantship, AndorraMajors: Political Science and French Studies
Graduated May 17, 2010
Fulbright Scholar
Megan Huber - English Teaching Assistantship, MalaysiaMajor: Political Science
Minors: International Studies and History
Graduated May 17, 2010
Fulbright Scholar
Matt Liberti - English Teaching Assistantship, TurkeyMajor: English
Minor: Italian
Graduated May 17, 2010
Fulbright Scholar
Caroline Mercer - English Teaching Assistantship, GeorgiaMajor: Russian
Minors: English and Studio Art
Graduated May 17, 2010
Fulbright Scholar
Emily Mihalik - Research Scholar, KazakhstanMajor: Studio Art
Minor: Art History
Graduated May 17, 2010
Fulbright Scholar
Zahir Rahman - Research Scholar, MoroccoMajor: Political Science
Minors: Religion and Middle East & South Asia Studies
Graduated May 17, 2010
Fulbright Scholar
Matt Secrest - English Teaching Assistantship, FranceMajor: Chemistry
Minor: French Studies
Graduated May 17, 2010
Fulbright Candidate
Sarah Clark - English Teaching Assistantship, AustriaMajors: German and Studio Art
Graduated May 17, 2010
Fulbright Candidate
Erin Merritt - English Teaching Assistantship, AustriaMajor: German
Minor: Psychology
Graduated May 17, 2010
French Government English Teaching Assistantships
Susannah Blood - Académie de Nice
Major: French Studies
Minors: Italian and International Studies
Graduated May 17, 2010
French Government English Teaching Assistantships
Virginia Browne - Académie de Montpellier
Major: French Studies
Minor: Music
Graduated May 17, 2010
French Government English Teaching Assistantships
Kelley Collier - Académie d'Orléans-Tours
Majors: Anthropology and Studio Art
Graduated May 17, 2010
French Government English Teaching Assistantships
Caroline Crosland - Académie de Réunion
Majors: Economics and French Studies
Graduated May 17, 2010
French Government English Teaching Assistantships
Julia Davis - Académie de Strasbourg
Major: French Studies
Minors: Political Science and International Studies
Graduated May 17, 2010
French Government English Teaching Assistantships
Ben Gladding - Académie de Besançon
Major: French
Minor: History
Graduated August 15, 2009
French Government English Teaching Assistantships
Jordan Lucas – Academie de Caen, Normandie [2010 MAEd graduate]
Major: Masters in Education
Current WFU Graduate School Student
French Government English Teaching Assistantships
Lucy Shepley - Académie de Bordeaux [2009 graduate; 2010 MAEd graduate]
Major: Masters in Education
Current WFU Graduate School Student
French Government English Teaching Assistantships
Courtney Vris - Académie de Paris
Major: French Studies
Minor: Education with Licensure
Graduated May 17, 2010
Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship
Tristan Salvanera - Graduate study in international relations, leading to work in the Foreign Service Major: Business
Minors: International Studies and Global Trade and Commerce Studies
Graduated May 19, 2008
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.
Dr. Nuhu Yaqub
Professor of Political Science
University of Abuja, Nigeria
During the fall 2010 and spring 2011 semesters, Dr. Nuhu Yaqub will be Scholar-in-Residence, hosted by Wake Forest’s Department of Political Science. Dr. Yaqub served as Vice Chancellor (President) of the University of Abuja from 2004 to 2009. He has studied at the University of Toronto and received his Ph. D. degree from the University of Sussex (England). He has published widely on African political economy, international politics, democratic transition and consolidation, and public policy. In the fall semester, Dr. Yaqub will teach a course entitled Africa and World Politics.
Professor Avihu Zakai
Professor of History
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Tim Miller
Performing Artist and Writer
Internationally acclaimed performance artist and writer Tim Miller will be hosted by the faculties of the Department of Theatre and Dance and the program in Women’s and Gender Studies from October 18-23, 2010. His creative work as both performer and writer explores the artistic, spiritual, and political topography of his identity as a gay man. Hailed for his humor and passion, Miller’s performances have been presented throughout North America, Australia, and Europe. He is the author of several books, the most recent of which is 1001 BEDS, published by the University of Wisconsin Press. Since 1999, Miller has focused his creative and political work on marriage equality and addressing the injustices facing lesbian and gay couples in America. During his visit, Miller will be participating in classes and workshops with students.
Stevenson McIlvaine
Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow
Senior Lecturer Patricia Dixon
Department of Music
Robinson Fellow
Patricia Dixon has led the guitar program at Wake Forest since 1980. She directed the Second American Guitar Congress on our campus in 1989, and has featured guitarists from across the world. She has recorded under the Centaur label and teaches and lectures across the country and abroad. As a recipient of two consecutive fellowships, she taught and lectured in Northern Patagonia last summer, and will be attending the Sixth Summer Session for Contemplative Curriculum Development, led by the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society this summer.
Professor Peter Kairoff
Department of Music
Robinson Fellow
Peter Kairoff, Professor of Music, is a noted pianist and harpsichordist who has performed widely in the United States, South America and Europe to great critical acclaim. His recordings, on the Albany Records label, are frequently heard on classical music radio stations throughout the world, and in recent years he has also served as a judge in international piano competitions, including the Sala Gallo in Milan and the Scriabin Competition in Tuscany. He will be researching historical keyboards in London this fall, and has performances slated in London, Poland and Italy later in the year.
Senior Lecturer A. Daniel Johnson
Department of Biology
Kirby Fellow
Besides managing a team of two dozen graduate teaching assistants in six laboratory courses, over the last 12 years at WFU, Dr. Johnson has built an inquiry-oriented laboratory program that focuses on active learning rather than demonstrations that have known outcomes. Students in introductory labs regularly conduct experiments that they have designed, and that test their own hypotheses. Through these experiences students learn firsthand how science works. In 2009 he published 40 Inquiry Exercises for Undergraduate Biology, a laboratory resource guide for faculty with lab development strategies, based on WFU's program. His current efforts include leading professional development courses for graduate students on college teaching, and the responsible conduct of research.
Assistant Professor Lisa Kiang
Department of Psychology
Dunn-Riley Fellow
Dr. Kiang is committed to high quality teaching and research with both undergraduate and graduate students. Her work focuses on identity development and sociocultural adjustment among adolescents from immigrant families. Since arriving at Wake Forest University in 2006, she has published over 20 peer-reviewed papers. Students have been involved as lead or co-authors in several of these publications, as well as in numerous professional conference presentations.
Associate Professor Lynn S. Neal
Department of Religion
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation Fellow
Dr. Neal earned her Ph.D. in religious studies from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and came to Wake Forest in 2003. Her research and teaching focus on the history of religion in America. In addition to a number of articles and book chapters, she is the author of Romancing God: Evangelical Women and Inspirational Fiction and the co-editor of Religious Intolerance in America: A Documentary History.
Senior Lecturer Leigh Ann Hallberg
Department of Art
Hoack Fellow
Professor Leigh Ann Hallberg, a Senior Lecturer in the Art Department, earned her MFA from the University of Colorado at Boulder and began teaching at Wake Forest in 1999. Her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally, most recently in Germany and Italy. Hallberg is currently casting iron sculptural pieces for an installation and continues a series of drawings inspired by lace.
Assistant Professor Christina Tsoules Soriano
Department of Theatre and Dance
Kirby Fellow
Assistant Professor Soriano joined the Department of Theatre and Dance in 2006 where she teaches a variety of courses such as Improvisation, Dance Composition, Modern Dance Technique, Movement for Men and 20th C Modern Dance History. Her research interests include dance composition pedagogy and gender and performance. Christina recently worked with a group of older adults who have Parkinson's Disease, measuring the ways that their balance can be improved through modern dance exercises. Christina recently published work in Theatre Journal, the Journal of Dance Education, and the Journal of Mathematics and the Arts, for which she collaborated with WFU mathematics colleague, Jason Parsley. Her choreography has been seen throughout New England and the southeast.
Senior Lecturer Angela King
Department of Chemistry
Wright Family Fellow
Angela King earned a B.A. in Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Cornell University. At Wake Forest, she teaches classes including college chemistry, organic chemistry, liberal arts chemistry and a first year seminar called True Value Meals. She is known for her enthusiasm for chemistry and dedication to her students. Much of her current academic work is aimed at improving science education and science literacy at both the college and K-12 levels. She is currently funded by the National Science Foundation and writes a monthly column for the Journal of Chemical Education.
Professor Ulrike Wiethaus
Department of Religion and Program in American Ethnic Studies
Shively Fellow
Professor of Religion and American Ethnic Studies Ulrike Wiethaus is currently Director of the innovative Religion and Public Engagement initiative in the Department of Religion. A native of Germany, Dr. Wiethaus earned her Ph.D. in Religious Studies at Temple University. She came to Wake Forest University in 1991. Her public engagement interests are focused on building partnerships with American Indian communities in NC and beyond. The recipient of nearly thirty grants and fellowships, as well as several teaching and community awards, she has written, edited, and co-edited five books, and published over thirty articles and book chapters on the history of Christian spirituality and contemporary American Indian issues.
Professor Gloria Muday
Department of Biology
Scott Family Fellow
Professor of Biology Gloria Muday has been named a Scott Family Fellow. Dr. Muday is a biochemist whose teaching and research focus on the hormone signaling pathways that control plant growth and development and regulate mammalian metabolism. Her research is currently funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, the United States Department of Agriculture, and NASA. Since 1991, she has mentored 30 undergraduates, 12 graduate students, and 7 post-doctoral researchers in independent research projects.
Professor Fred Chen
Department of Economics
Hough Foundation Fellow
Dr. Chen joined the faculty of Wake Forest in 2000 after attending graduate school at the University of Chicago. His research is focused on the economics of infectious diseases, and his papers have appeared in journals in economics, mathematics, and biology. Dr. Chen teaches microeconomics and game theory, and he is one of the program advisors for the Mathematical Economics major.
Associate Professor Kathryn Mayers
Department of Romance Languages
Junior Faculty Fellow
Associate Professor Kathryn Mayers has been recognized for excellence in the teaching of Spanish and Colonial Latin American Literature and Culture, with a particular focus on visual culture. She came to Wake Forest in 2004, where her research interests are focused on Baroque poetry and literary historiography. She is the author of numerous articles and is currently finishing a book entitled Visions of Empire in Colonial Spanish American Ekphrastic Writing that studies the intersections of verbal and visual representation during the period between the Conquest and the independence of Spanish America.
Assistant Professor Robert Hellyer
Department of History
Stroupe Fellow
Dr. Robert Hellyer joined the Department of History in 2005. His teaching and research explore topics in Japanese and East Asian history as well as global economic history in recent centuries. His publications include Defining Engagement: Japan and Global Contexts, 1640-1868 (Harvard University Asia Center, 2009) and chapters in two edited volumes published in the last year. He is currently working on a book about Japan's export of green tea to the US in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Associate Professor Ana Iltis
Department of Philosophy
Shively Family Fellow
Ana graduated magna cum laude from Villanova University with a B.A. and a B.A.H. and completed her M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy at Rice University. Ana has worked at the St. Louis University Center for Care and Ethics as an Associate Professor with Tenure and also at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine as an Adjunct Professor of Medicine. She has edited five books, including Institutional Integrity in Health Care and has presented at bioethics conferences across the world. Ana is the recipient of Wake Forest's Shively Family Fellowship, a three-year fellowship for professional development and travel.