Faculty
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Brittany P. Battle
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
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Endia Beal
Visting Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Program in African American Studies
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Shanna Greene Benjamin
Professor, Program in African American Studies
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Rian Bowie
Teaching Professor, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation; Fellow, Department of English
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Christopher Brown
Associate Professor, Department of English
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Hana Brown
Professor and Gale Family Fellow, Department of Sociology
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Sherri Lawson Clark
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology; Director, American Ethnic Studies Program
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Tivia Collins
Assistant Professor, Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
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Regina Joice Cordy
Associate Professor, Department of Biology
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Claire Crawford
Assistant Professor, Program in African American Studies and Department of Politics and International Affairs
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Phillip Cunningham
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
126 Carswell Hall
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Crystal Dixon
Associate Professor of the Practice, Department of Health and Exercise Science
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Patrick “9th Wonder” Douthit
Professor of the Practice in Residence, Program in African American Studies
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Dean Franco
Winifred W. Palmer Professor in Literature, Department of English; Director, Wake Forest University Humanities Institute
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Nate French
Teaching Professor, Department of Communication; Director, Magnolia Scholars Program
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Melanie L. Harris
Professor and Director, Food, Health and Ecological Well-Being Program, School of Divinity
Divinity and Religious Studies Building
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Melissa Harris-Perry
Maya Angelou Presidential Endowed Professor, Department of Politics and International Affairs
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Daniel Henry
Assistant Teaching Professor, Program in African American Studies
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Simeon Ilesanmi
Wake Forest University Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies, Department for the Study of Religions
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Julia Jordan-Zachery
Professor and Chair, Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
A114 Tribble Hall
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Vivian Laughlin
Assistant Professor, Department of Classics
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Lauren E. L. Lowman
Associate Professor, Department of Engineering
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Nina Maria Lucas
Professor and Chair, Department of Theatre & Dance
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Judith Madera
Associate Professor, Department of English
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Dani Parker Moore
Assistant Professor, Department of Education; Director, Schools, Education, and Society Minor
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Guy Emerson Mount
Assistant Professor, Department of History
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Ron Neal
Associate Professor, Department for the Study of Religions
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Brenda Marie Osbey
Distinguished Professor of the Practice in Residence, Program in African American Studies
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Nate Plageman
Associate Professor, Department of History; Coordinator, African Studies Minor
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Alton B. Pollard III
James and Marilyn Dunn Chair in Baptist Studies, School of Divinity and University Professor, Program in African American Studies
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Eshe Sherley
Assistant Professor, Program in African American Studies
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Ariel Smith
Assistant Teaching Professor, Center for Entrepreneurship
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Erica Still
Associate Professor, Department of English; Associate Dean for Faculty Recruitment, Diversity, and Inclusion
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Ana-Maria González Wahl
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
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Corey D. B. Walker
Dean, School of Divinity, Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities, Director, Program in African American Studies
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Eric King Watts
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Communication
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Betina Cutaia Wilkinson
Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Politics and International Affairs; Director, Race, Inequality and Policy Initiative
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Kyana Young
Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering