Faculty

Humanities Faculty

Maya Angelou

Holder of over thirty honorary degrees, an Inaugural Poet, and Reynolds Professor of American Studies. Her most famous work is the memoir I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.  Dr. Angelou has achieved acclaim in fields as wide-ranging as acting, musical recording, and film direction.

Linda Nielsen

Professor of Education/Interdisciplinary Humanities and an international authority on father-daughter relationships and shared parenting after divorce.  She is the author of numerous articles and several books including Adolescence: A Contemporary View and  Fathers & Daughters: Contemporary Research and Issues.  She works with legislators and advocacy groups around the world on revising custody laws and regularly provides advice on father-daughter relationships through the national media.  Visit her website for more information:  www.wfu.edu/~nielsen.

David P. Phillips

Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Humanities and a core faculty member in the Women’s and Gender Studies program. Please visit Dr. Phillips’ personal page for more information.

Robert Utley

Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Humanities.  Dr. Utley offers courses which examine the history of political philosophy, the turn from ancient to modern rationalism, and the relation between politics and the arts.  He also investigates the premises and principles which unite the various contemporary liberal arts. He is the editor of The Promise of American Politics and Principles of the Constitutional Order.

Ron Von Burg

Assistant Professor of Communication and a core faculty member in Interdisciplinary Humanities.  His research includes the rhetoric of classical thought, religion, science, and science fiction.  Dr. Von Burg contributes notably to scholarship on the rhetoric of contemporary argument intersecting religious and scientific views.  He is also a scholar of science fiction film.

Brian Warren

Dr. Warren is lecturer in Classical Languages and a core faculty member in Interdisciplinary Humanities.  He teaches courses in Latin as well as in translated study of classical and medieval philosophical works.

Thomas O. Phillips

Dr. Phillips is director of Interdisciplinary Humanities and director of the Wake Forest Scholars Program.  He teaches courses in Literature and Ethics, Literature in Translation, Novel to Film, and Novels and Family.