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

The Departments of History and Political Science will welcome Professor Zakai to Wake Forest for the spring 2011 semester.  During the semester, Professor Zakai will teach a humanities course entitled After Auschwitz: Holocaust Literature, Art, and Theology, and a history course entitled Science and Religion in Early Modern History. He will continue his collaboration with Wake Forest’s Professor David Weinstein (Political Science) on a book entitled Exile and Interpretation.

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

The Department of Political Science will host Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow Stevenson McIlvaine from October 31 until November 6, 2010. Fellow McIlvaine is a former U.S. Foreign Service Officer with more than 30 years of experience in Vietnam, the Sinai, Zaire (Congo), Guinea-Bissau, Tanzania, Somalia, and Zambia. Since retiring, McIlvaine worked part-time for the Political-Military Bureau of State, the office with primary responsibility for liaison with the Department of Defense, as coordinator of the 24/7 watch established following September 11, 2001.  He is a seasoned political analyst with extensive credentials in foreign policy making, particularly military and humanitarian intervention and the related issues of “nation-building” and failed states.

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.