Angelou Residence Hall
Maya Angelou Residence Hall opened in 2016 and completes the South Forest neighborhood of first-year residence halls. The hall was named for poet, author, professor and civil rights activist Maya Angelou. Dr. Angelou taught poetry and literature to generations of Wake Forest students as the Reynolds Professor of American Studies from 1982 until her death in 2014. She described herself as a “teacher who writes,” but the impact of her legacy of courage, honesty and strength reaches well beyond the classroom. The pen and bird on the building crest signify the uplifting power of Dr. Angelou’s words in works like “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Still I Rise.” Learn more about the hall here.
Famous Alumni: Their stories are still being written. Perhaps by you.
FACULTY FELLOWS
Leann Pace
Senior Faculty Fellow
Associate Teaching Professor, Department of the Study of Religions
Leann (she/her) teaches religion, archaeology, and food. Ask her about her latest excavation season. She enjoys gardening, cooking, sending cat videos to friends and family, watching ridiculous reality TV shows, and hopes to travel with her family to Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina soon.
T. H. M. Gellar-Goad
Associate Faculty Fellow
Associate Professor, Department of Classics
T.H.M. (he/him) writes about Roman poetry, especially the funny — and troubling — stuff. He’s an avid hiker and boardgamer who also occasionally writes music and shoots (bows and guns).
Todd McFall
Associate Faculty Fellow
Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Economics
Teaching classes on price theory, economics in sports, and behavioral economics, Todd’s (he/him) research interests are risk sharing between ownership and players in sports leagues and competitors’ risk strategies. He has a wonderful wife and two young children, so home is a busy place. He worships Neil Young but never wants to meet him. He desperately wants to play golf in Ireland.
Elizabeth Clendinning
Associate Faculty Fellow
Associate Professor, Department of Music
Elizabeth (she/her/dia) teaches classes on global and popular music. She also directs WFU’s Gamelan Giri Murti, an ensemble course where students learn to play traditional music from Bali using 2,000 pounds of hand-carved percussion and two dozen bamboo flutes. (No prior experience necessary; an open mind is encouraged!). She loves gardening and general outdoorsing, whipping up yummies in the kitchen, traveling alone and with family, and is an avid reader, viewer, and hobbyist writer of science fiction and fantasy.