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Professor waits to hear from Chile

February 28, 2010

Professor Peter Siavelis, who used to live in Chile, is waiting to hear if former colleagues there are safe after a massive earthquake hit the country on Saturday. The University is not aware of any faculty or students who were in the country at the time of the earthquake.

Categories: Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery

Being human: Professor’s new book explores perfection

February 22, 2010

Michael Hyde, University Distinguished Professor of Communication Ethics, will sign copies of his new book, "Perfection: Coming to Terms with Being Human," Feb. 25 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Wake Forest Bookstore.

Categories: Research & Discovery

What romance novels tell us about society and the changing role of women

February 10, 2010

Lynn Neal, an assistant professor of religion who researches Christian romance novels.

Nearly 75 million people read a romance novel in 2008, 90 percent of them women. Harlequin, the largest publisher of romance novels, publishes 120 titles a month in 25 languages. Scholars have recently started to examine this popular, but much maligned genre, and how it reflects the changing roles of women in society.

Categories: Research & Discovery

History professor Stephen Vella dies

February 3, 2010

Assistant Professor of History Stephen Vella died in New York on January 30 after an illness. He was 34.

Categories: Research & Discovery

February 2010 Faculty Focus

February 1, 2010

Categories: Research & Discovery

Faculty weigh in on President’s State of the Union address

January 28, 2010

Communication professor Al Louden: "As 'Definer-in-Chief,' Obama moved to evoke a world in which Democrats and Republicans are in Washington to 'lead', not just campaign."

The nation was watching as President Obama delivered his first State of the Union address on Wednesday night. So were members of the Wake Forest faculty who later provided this analysis of the president's speech.

Categories: Research & Discovery

Demystifying the Writing Process

January 26, 2010

Author Gustave Flaubert became known for flinging open the shutters and reading his prose aloud to busy streets, desperate to hear his words to get a glimpse of what they sound like on the page. Boisterously reading sections of his latest book, Flaubert anxiously sought clarity and precision in his writing, welcoming criticism and the search for "le mot juste," or the perfect word. He wanted his thoughts and words to share one meaning.

Categories: Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery

Researching first ladies

January 20, 2010

Michelle Obama may be the first African-American first lady, but in other respects she's not that different from her predecessors, says Professor of Political Science Kathy Smith, who studies first ladies. "Michelle Obama offers continuity to the past with her traditional interpretation of the first lady role," says Smith, the author of a chapter on Rosalynn Carter in the book "American First Ladies" and co-author of two books on the American presidency.

Categories: Arts & Culture, Research & Discovery

Retired professor Eddie Easley dies

January 14, 2010

Professor Emeritus of Business Eddie Easley died on Jan. 13 in Winston-Salem. He was 82. He is survived by his wife, Ruth, three children and four grandchildren.