Welcome from Provost Lewis
Dear Colleagues:Welcome to a new academic year. I hope that at some point over the summer you had the opportunity to refresh and renew; that you were able to spend time with those close to you, to pause and reflect on what you have accomplished and to peek ahead at the opportunities still waiting. The 2008-09 academic year presented unprecedented challenges for all of us. Yet against the backdrop of the global decline in financial markets much was achieved that speaks to the vitality and viability of this excellent university. We remain, for example, a school of choice for scores of students, an excellent place to work, and a center of transformative research and teaching.
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Great Scholars, Great Work
Robert Agnew, Criminology
"Describe an event in the last few weeks that angered you. Now explain how you dealt with that anger." This is how Robert Agnew, Professor and Chair of Sociology, introduces his students to his general strain theory of crime and delinquency... >>read more
Gregory Berns, Neuroeconomics
Most of us have heard the adage: if you want to change your life, change how you think about it. Gregory Berns, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, is turning that advice on its head. If you want to change how you think, he says, change your life... >>read more
Valérie Biousse, Neuro-ophthalmology
Some view the eyes as windows to the soul. For Valérie Biousse, Cyrus H. Stoner Professor of Ophthalmology and Professor of Neurology, the eyes are more like windows... >>read more
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Nicholas Boulis, Neurosurgery
As a Yale undergraduate double majoring in philosophy and biology, Nicholas Boulis contemplated what it means to be human. As a member of the National Guard during the first Gulf war, he spent time at Walter Reed Hospital doing neurosurgery rotations... >>read more 
Dubois Bowman, Biostatistics and Neuroimaging
Can you imagine mapping the mind in action? DuBois Bowman, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, is doing just that. He develops statistical methods for analyzing brain functioning from an expanded spatial-temporal vantage point... >>read more
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Victor Corces, Epigenetics
Victor Corces, Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor and Chair of Biology, is thinking about accordions and flowers.
Corces specializes in epigenetics. While geneticists study the ... >>read more 
Linda Craighead, Eating Disorders and Weight Concerns
Looking good is important. But Linda Craighead also believes in the old adage: what matters most is on the inside. A clinical research scientist and psychologist, Craighead wants to better understand and treat eating disorders and weight concerns. She promotes a healthy body image, encourages... >>read more
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W. Edward Craighead, Psych and Behavioral Sciences
If a parent suffers from a mood disorder, his or her child has up to a 50% chance of developing the same illness. W. Edward Craighead, Emory's first Rex Fuqua Chair in Child Psychiatry,...>>read more
Marie Csete, Stem Cell Biology
When Marie Csete says something's in the air, she means it. After two decades as an anesthesiologist, Csete wrote a Ph.D. thesis that overturned conventional wisdoms about oxygen's effect on stem cells. For decades, scientists have placed their tissue samples in the "room air" of a laboratory...>>read more
Frans De Waal, Primate Studies
In the last twenty years, Frans de Waal has helped change the way we think of animals, particularly the way we understand apes and monkeys. Previously, researchers focused entirely on aggression and competition in animals. The animal world was supposed to be a Darwinian jungle—a harsh...>>read more
Mahlon DeLong, Neurology
Neurologist Mahlon DeLong's efforts to understand the causes of Parkinson's disease have taken him from the research lab to the bedside of patients. Along the way, he has made unique, award-winning contributions to knowing the origins of the disease, as well as alleviating the suffering of...>>read more
Mikhail Epstein, Cultural Studies
When Mikhail Epstein was still living in Moscow, he imagined what it would be like to work at an American university. He dreamed of an academic community in which people came from all over campus—theology, physics, history, statistics, biology—to share knowledge and... >>read more
Steve Evertt, Music
Everett's curiosity about the deeper meaning of music began while studying in England under Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, an esteemed composer and conductor. Curious to press beyond musical performance and explore music as a means to learn about the world, Everett set out on a ...>>read more
Martha A. Fineman, Law
Woodruff Professor of Law, Martha Albertson Fineman, believes it is her scholarly responsibility "to challenge deeply held, relatively unexamined assumptions that underlie the way American society is organized and operates."...>>read more
Frances Smith Foster, English and Women's Studies
It's one of the last places you'd expect to find a literary theorist trained in New Criticism. Frances Smith Foster, Charles Howard Candler Professor of English and Women's Studies, has been spending time in the history archives... >>read more
Sander L. Gilman, Cultural Historian
Sander Gilman, Distinguished Professor of the Arts and Sciences, is reading Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind and Dr. Phil's The Ultimate Weight Solution. A cultural, medical, and literary historian, Gilman studies a multitude of subjects: visual stereotypes of the mentally ill, the racial and...>>read more
Elizabeth Goodstein, Rhetoric and Cultural Theory
Elizabeth Goodstein’s interdisciplinary teaching and research have made the ILA a perfect academic home for her. Given her background in rhetoric and cultural theory and her wide-ranging interests, she’s pleased to be part of an institute that allows her to explore their full interdisciplinary... >>read more
David Gowler, Biblical Studies
Located in the town of Oxford, Georgia, only a forty-five-minute drive from Emory's Atlanta campus, Oxford College is an integral part of a world-renowned research university. As the birthplace of Emory University, it consists of a community of learners dedicated to an outstanding liberal...>>read more
Kate Heilpern, Emergency Medicine
Katherine L. Heilpern, M.D., refers to the emergency room as a mirror for society's problems. Individuals who are uninsured or underinsured. Overuse of guns. Underuse of seatbelts. Drinking and driving. Drug-resistant staph infections. The problems of chronic illness. A large emergency...>>read more
E. Brooks Holifield, American Church History
How does 'authority' function in a clerical context? E. Brooks Holifield, Charles Howard Candler Professor of American Church History, challenges traditional assumptions about the rise and fall of influence among the Christian clergy across American religious culture... >>read more
Debra Houry, Emergency Medicine and Partner Violence
Most victims of partner violence are not aware that their situation isn't "normal." According to Debra Houry, Assistant Professor and Director for the Center of Injury Control, "People don't recognize that they're victims of violence, they don't know to develop a safety plan, they don't know to...>>read more
Harvey Klehr, Politics and History
With the support of a senior fellowship from the Center for Humanistic Inquiry (2007-2008), Klehr has completed Spies: The Rise and Fall of Soviet Espionage in the United States (forthcoming, Yale University Press). Working with co-author Haynes and a former KGB officer who...>>read more
Howard Kushner, Applied History of Medicine
Everyone loves a good mystery, and Howard Kushner is no exception. The Nat C. Robertson Distinguished Professor of Science and Society in the Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts at Emory College, with a joint appointment in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health ...>>read more
Allan Levey, Brain Disorders
What do the populations of Iceland (approx. 290,000) and metro Atlanta (3.5 million) have in common? Very little. Which is one of the reasons why Emory neurologist Allan Levey, who is internationally recognized for his pioneering work in Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's...>>read more
Steven Levy, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Steven Levy, MD, Bernard C. Holland Professor of Psychiatry, landed his very first job by accident. Fortunately, it worked out well; he's been at his first job for more than 30 years, and he's still happy with it. "I love it here," he says. Two of his children went to Emory. His wife, who has...>>read more
Dennis Liotta, Organic Chemistry
Louis Pasteur said that chance favors the prepared mind. For Dennis Liotta, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Chemistry, that's a fitting description of drug discovery in the basic sciences. Emtriva is one of the most advanced HIV fighters on today's market. In Liotta's words, hard work...>>read more
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Peter Little, Anthropology
Many anthropologists devote their professional careers to the study of one village or town, immersing themselves in one locality for 30 or more years. Peter Little has traveled a different path.... >>read more 
David Lynn, Chemistry and Biology
How do we define life? David Lynn, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Chemistry and Biology, studies the molecular structures of living systems. When molecules make mistakes during self-assembly, or 'mis-fold' and replicate incorrectly, these misfires can inform our understanding of the...>>read more
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Joseph Manns, Psychology and Neuroscience
Having trouble remembering where you put the keys? Try your hippocampus, a structure in the brain that plays a key role in memory. The hippocampus is the research focus of Joseph...>>read more
Michele Marcus, Reproductive and Environmental Epidemiology
There once was a farming community in northern Michigan where a local chemical company prided itself on the production of two products: one, a nutritional supplement for cattle feed, the...>>read more
John McGowan, Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Some people are intimidated by antibiotic resistant bacteria, but not John McGowan. An infectious disease epidemiologist, physician, and medical microbiologist, McGowan has dedicated his career to understanding the epidemiology of antibacterial resistance as he identifies, tracks, and...>>read more
Christine Moe, Water, Sanitation, Hygiene
When Christine Moe graduated from college, she spent two years as a VISTA volunteer in a coal mining town deep within the Appalachian Mountains. With only one small sewage treatment plant serving 5,000 residents, Moe remembers seeing toilet paper draping the bushes beside...>>read more
Nancy Newman, Neuro-Opthalmology
Newman is a neuro-ophthalmologist, a diagnostician who identifies brain disease by using eye exams. She is one of only about 250 such specialists in the country. Newman helps patients gain control over disorders of the eye and brain by identifying the problem; making sure patients know...>>read more
Shuming Nie, Nanotechology
The poet William Blake saw the world in a grain of sand. Shuming Nie sees it in a quantum dot. Exploring the human body at the molecular level, Nie designs and engineers technologies on the scale of the nanometer, or one-billionth of a meter, a measurement approximately 50,000...>>read moreLaura Otis, English, History of Science
Laura Otis is fascinated with science and passionate about literature. But it is the intertwining of the two that commands her greatest interest and attention. Relationships—between science and literature, biological elements and people, people and animals, academic departments and disciplines—are at the core of...>>read more
Sally Radell, Dance
As founder of the Dance Program, Sally Radell is committed to empowering her students by giving them tools to succeed in the dance profession—or whatever they choose to do. Dance is a skill capable of helping students succeed in many different arenas. Radell strives to ensure...>>read more
Raymond Schinazi, HIV/AIDS drug research
Dr. Raymond Schinazi is an explorer. His passion lies in discovering new lands, conquering new-found territories, and vanquishing foes. But for Dr. Schinazi, the lands aren't geographical; and the enemies aren't human. He explores viruses that attack the human body, and has ...>>read more
Stephanie Sherman, Professor in Genetics
What is the genetic etiology of mental retardation and other linked disorders? Stephanie Sherman, Professor of Genetics, is moving toward an answer. Sherman seeks to determine why certain errors during the formation of egg and sperm cause miscarriages or, for those women whose...>>read more
Jagdish Sheth, Marketing & Global Business
"Why do good companies fail?" Imagine Duane Ackerman, CEO of BellSouth Corporation, posing that question a few years ago to his advisor Jagdish Sheth, Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing at Emory. To answer could require writing a book – which is exactly what... >>read more
Niall W. Slater, Classics
Once upon a time there was a young man named Lucius who journeyed far and wide seeking adventure and magic. Then, one day, he met a witch. Impressed by her powers, he decided to try to imitate her. He cast a spell and accidentally turned himself into a donkey. In that form...>>read more
Arlene Stecenko, Pulmonology and Cystic Fibrosis
Arlene Stecenko wants to halt the progression of two diseases that devastate patients and perplex scientists: Cystic Fibrosis Diabetes and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Since arriving at Emory in 2002, Stecenko has held numerous titles and responsibilities. She is the Marcus...>>read more
Donald Stein, Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment
Although most people don't know the difference between a sweet potato and a yam, Donald Stein won't confuse them. Yams, unlike sweet potatoes, naturally produce a hormone called progesterone. Also present in humans and animals, progesterone is a plieotropic hormone—meaning...>>read more
Sharon Strocchia, Social and Cultural History of the Renaissance
Sharon Strocchia is a Renaissance woman who casts her eye over history, religion, gender, sexuality, health, medicine, and art. But no matter where her gaze falls, she views her subjects...>>read more
W. Gerald Teague, Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
Testing environmental exposure levels is just one part of Teague's work as a pediatrician specializing in severe and difficult-to-treat asthma. The Director of the Emory Pediatrics Asthma Clinical Research Center, Teague also serves as Section Chief of Pulmonary Medicine at Children's...>>read more
Elaine F. Walker, Psychology and Neuroscience
Is it possible to predict the risk of developing a major mental illness? Elaine Walker, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, answers this question by investigating early signs of schizophrenia and major depressive disorders from childhood to young adulthood....>>read more
Patricia Whitten, Menopause
Professor of Anthropology Pat Whitten has tapped into an area of research quite relevant to baby boomers as they move into and through middle age. Her research topic is menopause, and she is exploring the possibility that phytoestrogens, a plant chemical found in foods such as...>>read more
Isabel Wilkerson, Journalism
Isabel Wilkerson is a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, a professor of ethics, and a historian. Above all, she's a teller of stories. She is known for her narrative reporting, referred by some writers as 'the journalism of empathy.' "Storytelling is as old as fire," she says. "People will always want...>>read more
Gina Wingood, Behavioral Science and Health Education
Gina Wingood, Professor in the Behavioral Sciences & Health Education Department at the Rollins School of Public Health, and Agne Moore Faculty in HIV/AIDS Research, has dedicated her life to encouraging empowerment and reducing risk of HIV transmission among African American women.>>read more
John Witte, Law and Religion
When John Witte was chosen in early 2001 to deliver the sixth Distinguished Faculty Lecture at Emory, he could have talked about family law, legal history, or the First Amendment and comparative religious liberty. Then again, as the first professor from the law school to be selected to...>>read more
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Jacob Wright, Hebrew Bible
What role does war play in shaping the identity of a people and the memories of a nation's history? Jacob L. Wright, Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible, is exploring this question for...>>read more
Kathryn Yount, Social Demography and Global Health
How does gender inequality affect health disparities between men and women across the life course and in different cultural contexts? Kathryn Yount, Associate Professor in the Hubert Department of Global Health and in the Department of Sociology, has designed an innovative mixed...>>read moreNews & Announcements
