June 2009 Faculty Focus

Anthropology

  • Ellen Miller
    is one of the scientists examining a trove of small mammal fossils discovered in a quarry in Egypt. She is an expert on the evolution of African mammals.
  • Paul Thacker
    has been promoted to associate professor.

Biology

  • Gloria Muday
    received funding from the National Science Foundation for her proposal, “Arabidopsis 2010 Project Collaborative Research: Modeling Biological Networks in Arabidopsis Through Integration of Genomic, Proteomic, and Metabolomic Data.”
  • Peter Weigl
    has retired.

Chemistry

  • Bruce King
    received funding from the National Institutes of Health and Wake Forest University Health Sciences for his proposal, “Proteomic Profiling of Cancer-Related Redox Signaling Pathways.”
  • Akbar Salam
    has been promoted to associate professor.

Communication

  • Allan Louden
    has been promoted to professor.

Computer Science

  • Jennifer Burg
    has been promoted to professor.
  • David John
    has been promoted to professor.
  • Paul Pauca
    received funding from the Defense Microelectronics Activity and the Catholic University of America for his proposal, “A Practical Enhanced-Resolution Integrated Optical-Digital Imaging Camera.”

Health and Exercise Science

  • Jack Rejeski
    received funding from the National Institutes of Health for his proposal, “Cooperative Lifestyle Intervention Program.”

History

  • Ed Hendricks
    has retired.

Mathematics

  • Fred Howard
    has retired.

Music

  • Susan Borwick
    had her choral composition, “The Child,” published by MorningStar Music Publishers.

Philosophy

  • Christian Miller
    has been promoted to associate professor.

Physics

  • David Carroll
    received funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and Kent State University for his proposal, “MURI: Self-Assembled Soft Optical Negative Index Materials,” and from the National Institutes of Health and Wake Forest University Health Sciences for his proposal, “Nanotubes in Tumor Imaging and Therapy.”
  • Daniel Kim-Shapiro
    received funding from the National Institutes of Health for his proposal, “Effects of Nitric Oxide in Sickle Cell Blood.”
  • Fred Salsbury
    received funding from the National Institutes of Health for his proposal, “Targeting the MSH2-dependent Apopototic Pathway.”

Political Science

  • Helga Welsh
    has been promoted to professor.

Psychology

  • Robert Beck
    has retired.
  • William Fleeson
    has been promoted to professor.
  • John Petrocelli
    was interviewed by WXII News for a “Project Economy” segment.
  • James Schirillo
    has been promoted to professor.

Religion

  • Simeon Ilesanmi
    has been promoted to professor.

Romance Languages

  • Linda Howe
    saw more than two decades of research and work with more than 200 Wake Forest students, faculty and staff come to fruition when “Cuban Artists’ Books and Prints: 1985-2009” made its debut at the Grolier Club of New York. The exhibit will open at Wake Forest in August.

School of Law

  • Jennifer Collins
    has been promoted to professor.
  • Suzanne Reynolds
    received a Woman of Achievement Award from the General Federation of Women’s Clubs of North Carolina for her work in domestic violence and improving the law of the family.
  • David Shores
    has retired.
  • Kami Simmons
    has been promoted to associate professor.
  • Omari Simmons
    has been promoted to associate professor.

School of Medicine

  • Thomas Clarkson,
    comparative medicine, received the 2009 American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine Mentor Award.
  • Richard Dean
    has retired as professor of surgical sciences – general surgery.
  • John Hammon
    has retired as professor of surgical sciences – cardiothoracic surgery.
  • Susan Hutson
    has retired as professor of biochemistry.
  • Fred Kremkau
    has retired as professor of medical ultrasound.
  • Ronald Prineas
    has retired as professor of public health sciences – epidemiology.
  • Walter Roufail
    has retired as professor of internal medicine – gastroenterology.
  • Richard St. Clair
    has retired as professor of pathology.
  • Jack Strandhoy
    has retired as professor of physiology and pharmacology.
  • Reidar Wallin
    has retired as professor of internal medicine – rheumatology and clinical immunology.

Schools of Business

  • Stephen Ewing
    has retired.
  • Chet Miller
    has been promoted to professor.
  • Don Robin
    has retired.
  • Michelle Roehm
    has been promoted to professor.

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