Meet A Deac is a series of interviews with campus community members; these appear in the Daily Deac blog. We hope you enjoy getting to know some of the people that make Wake Forest such an extraordinary place.
Darren Aaron, Director of Finance and Operations, Health & Wellbeing; Associate Director, Student Health Service; and Advisor, Wake Forest Emergency Medical Services
Rebecca Alexander, Professor of Chemistry, Director of Wake Downtown, and Associate Dean for Research and Community Engagement
Sarra Alqahtani, Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science
Betsy Barre, Executive Director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching
Zach Blackmon, Associate Director of Operations, Residence Life and Housing
JL Bolt, General Superintendent in the Construction Division of Facilities & Campus Services
Gail Bretan, Associate Chaplain for Jewish Life
Ashlee Canty, Inclusive Practice Manager, Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Stephanie Carter, Director of Residence Life, Residence Life and Housing
Samuel Cho, Associate Professor in the Departments of Physics and Computer Science
Elizabeth Clendinning, Associate Professor of Music and Director of Gamelan Giri
Brian Cohen, Assistant Director for Sustainability Engagement
Rachel Conway, Sports Psychologist, Athletics
Laura Denlinger, Tutor Coordinator, Center for Learning, Access, and Student Success (formerly Learning Assistance Center & Disability Services)
Gregory Deverson, Coordinator for Intramural Sports, Campus Recreation
Shannon Dubuisson, Executive Director of University Events
Jennifer Finkel, Acquavella Curator of Wake Forest’s Art Collections, Office of University Art Collections
Jackie Friedman, Associate Director of the Center for Learning, Access, and Student Success (formerly the Learning Assistance Center and Disability Services)
David Hagy, Teaching Professor and Orchestra Director, Music Department
Ashley Hawkins Parham, Wellbeing Program Manager, Office of Wellbeing
Suzanne Hawks, Disability and Learning Assistance Specialist, Center for Learning, Access, and Student Success (formerly Learning Assistance Center and Disability Services)
Ashley Heffner, Staff Psychologist, Center for Learning, Access, and Student Success (formerly Learning Assistance Center & Disability Services)
Steven Heffner, Staff Physician, Student Health Service
Kelia Hubbard, Director of the International Student & Scholar Services Office
Dana Hutchens, Senior Associate Director in Employer Relations, OPCD
Wei-chin Lee, Professor, Politics and International Affairs
Mary Beth Lock, Associate Dean, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
Dan Locklair, Composer-in-Residence and Professor of Music
Warrenetta Mann, Director, University Counseling Center
AJ Mazaris, Assistant Vice President for Equitable Policy, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and Director, LGBTQ+ Center
Kim McGrath, Director, News and Communications, Communications and External Relations
Courtney Morris, First in the Forest Advisor for the Scholars Office
Dan Paredes, Interim Director, University Counseling Center
Jenna Radford, Program Coordinator for Wake Washington
James Raper (MAEd ’02), Assistant Vice President for Health & Wellbeing
K Monet Rice-Jalloh, Associate University Chaplain
Michael Shuman, Director of the Center for Learning, Access, and Student Success (formerly Learning Assistance Center and Disability Services)
Christina Soriano, Associate Professor of Dance in the Department of Theatre and Dance, and Vice Provost for the Arts and Interdisciplinary Initiatives
David Taylor, Assistant Dean for Global Study Away
Rosalind Tedford (’91, MA ’94), Director for Research and Instruction, ZSR Library
Marion Tuttle, X-Ray Tech/Clinical Specialist
Harriet Williams, Student Employment Program Administrator
Laurie D. Willis, Associate Director, News and Communications, Communications and External Relations
Wendy Wooten, Assistant Director, Project Management, Facilities and Campus Services Department
Qiaona Yu, Assistant Professor of Chinese at the Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures
Ke Zhang-Reid, Associate Professor, Biology
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