What is Meet A Deac?
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.
Featured Community Members
- Professor of Chemistry, Director of Wake Downtown, and Associate Dean for Research and Community Engagement
- Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science
- Executive Director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching
- Professor, Department of Statistical Sciences
- Associate Director of Operations, Residence Life and Housing
- General Superintendent in the Construction Division of Facilities & Campus Services
- Associate Chaplain for Jewish Life
- Study Abroad Advisor, Global Programs and Services
- Director of Residence Life, Residence Life and Housing
- Executive Director of Family Communications
- Associate Professor in the Departments of Physics and Computer Science
- Associate Professor of Music and Director of Gamelan Giri
- Assistant Director for Sustainability Engagement
- Sports Psychologist, Athletics
- Tutor Coordinator, Center for Learning, Access, and Student Success (formerly Learning Assistance Center & Disability Services)
- Alternative Media Specialist, Center for Learning, Access, and Student Success (CLASS)
- Coordinator for Intramural Sports, Campus Recreation
- Executive Director of University Events
- Associate Dean of Admissions
- Assistant Dean of Academic Advising in the Office of Academic Advising, and Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Counseling
- Associate Professor of Statistics and Associate Chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
- Associate Chaplain for Muslim Life
- Preservation Librarian, Special Collections & Archives, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
- Acquavella Curator of Wake Forest’s Art Collections, Office of University Art Collections
- Program Coordinator, Office of Wellbeing
- Director of Global Abroad in the Center for Global Programs and Studies (GPS)
- Director of the Instructional Technology Group and Professor of Social Studies Education, Department of Education
- Associate Director of the Center for Learning, Access, and Student Success (formerly the Learning Assistance Center and Disability Services)
- Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Communication
- Director of the Intercultural Center
- Teaching Professor and Orchestra Director, Music Department
- Director of the Office of Wellbeing
- Assistant Director of Residence Life, Residential Academic Initiatives & Engagement
Ashley Hawkins Parham (MA ’12)
- Wellbeing Program Manager, Office of Wellbeing
- Disability and Learning Assistance Specialist, Center for Learning, Access, and Student Success (formerly Learning Assistance Center and Disability Services)
- Assistant Director for Leadership Initiatives, Office of Student Engagement
- Academic Coordinator, Office of Academic Advising
- Staff Psychologist, Center for Learning, Access, and Student Success (formerly Learning Assistance Center & Disability Services)
- Staff Physician, Student Health Service
- Director of the International Student & Scholar Services Office
- Senior Associate Director in Employer Relations, OPCD
- Professor, Politics and International Affairs
- Associate Dean, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
- Composer-in-Residence and Professor of Music
- Assistant Dean of Students and Executive Director of the Office of Civic & Community Engagement
- Assistant Vice President of Health and Wellbeing
- Director of Presidential Advancement, Office of University Advancement
- Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
- Director, News and Communications, Communications and External Relations
- First in the Forest Advisor for the Scholars Office
- Assistant Director Clinical Services, University Counseling Center
- Program Coordinator for Wake Washington
- Executive Director for Wake Washington
- Associate University Chaplain
- Associate Vice President for Inclusive Excellence, Office of Diversity and Inclusion
- Director of the Scholars Program and head of the Scholars Office
- Associate Teaching Professor of English (Writing Program) and Director of the Wake Forest University Writing Center
- Director of the Center for Learning, Access, and Student Success (formerly Learning Assistance Center and Disability Services)
Shelley Sizemore (’06, MA ’09)
- Director of the Women’s Center
- Associate Professor of English and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Associate Professor of Dance in the Department of Theatre and Dance, and Vice Provost for the Arts and Interdisciplinary Initiatives
- Assistant Dean for Global Study Away
Rosalind Tedford (’91, MA ’94)
- Director for Research and Instruction, ZSR Library
- X-Ray Tech/Clinical Specialist
- Assistant Director, Student Health Service, Business Office and Compliance
- Student Employment Program Administrator
- Assistant Director, Project Management, Facilities and Campus Services Department
- Associate Professor, Department of Engineering
- Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering
- Assistant Professor of Chinese at the Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures
- Associate Professor, Biology

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