Faculty Archive

Recognizing excellence

February 16, 2009  |   Faculty, Research

Professor of Physics Daniel Kim-Shapiro has been named the first Harbert Family Distinguished Chair of Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship. The chair was established by Kathryn and Raymond Harbert of Birmingham, Ala., to recognize an especially accomplished faculty member whose work is of international renown […]

The real Abraham Lincoln

February 12, 2009  |   Faculty, Research

On the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, a new book by Reynolds Professor Paul Escott offers some provocative arguments that challenge what we thought we knew about the 16th president. In “’What Shall We Do with the Negro?’: Lincoln, White Racism, and Civil War America” (University of Virginia Press), Escott argues that Lincoln was a complex politician of his time, with often conflicting attitudes and policies toward black Americans, rather than the enlightened Great Emancipator.

Faculty Q&A: Roger Beahm

February 5, 2009  |   Faculty, School of Business

Roger Beahm, Babcock Graduate School of Management Visiting Professor of Practice, is the faculty advisor to the Wake Forest Marketing Summit, which will be held Feb. 6-8. He is chairman of CoyneBeahmShouse, a Greensboro-based marketing and advertising agency he helped found in 1988. He […]

February 2009 Faculty Focus

February 1, 2009  |   Faculty

To submit a news item, click here. Anthropology Ken Robinson has received funding from HDR Engineering Inc. of the Carolinas for his proposal, “Historical Research Part of Archaeology Survey — Testing Phase, Piedmont Triad Research Park, Winston-Salem.” Steve Whittington received funding from the National […]

January 2009 Faculty Focus

January 1, 2009  |   Faculty

Biology Miles Silman received funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for his proposal, “Conservation Implication of Climate Change and Fire in the Eastern Andes.” Bill Smith received funding from the National Science Foundation for his proposal, “BINET: A Research Network for Sustaining Barrier […]

A new look at domestic abuse

November 25, 2008  |   Faculty

Obama’s game-changing strategy

November 11, 2008  |   Faculty

The new governor’s ‘to-do’ list

November 6, 2008  |   Faculty

Obama’s challenge on health-care reform

November 6, 2008  |   Faculty

Economic policy: What to watch for in the new administration

November 6, 2008  |   Faculty