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.
Rebecca Alexander, Professor of Chemistry, Director of Wake Downtown, and Associate Dean for Research and Community Engagement
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, 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 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, Learning Assistance Center and Disability Services
Ashley Heffner, Staff Psychologist, Learning Assistance Center & Disability Services
Steven Heffner, Staff Physician, Student Health Service
Kelia Hubbard, Director of the International Student & Scholar Services Office
Mary Beth Lock, Associate Dean, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
Warrenetta Mann, Director, University Counseling Center
AJ Mazaris, Assistant Vice President for Equitable Policy, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and Director, LGBTQ+ Center
Courtney Morris, First in the Forest Advisor for the Scholars Office
Dan Paredes, Interim Director, University Counseling Center
D’Najah Pendergrass Thomas, Associate Director of Residence Life
Jenna Radford, Program Coordinator for Wake Washington
James Raper (MAEd ’02), Assistant Vice President for Health & Wellbeing
Michael Shuman, Director of the 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
Ke Zhang-Reid, Associate Professor, Biology
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