Faculty & Staff

Chief Diversity Officer Matt Boaz honored by Greene County Prosecutor’s Office

Matt Boaz will receive the Greene County Prosecutor’s Office 2017 Community Service Award during an April 3 training session on combating human trafficking. Continue reading

Student Advisory Board members designs posters to use in peaceful protests

Wright State students created handmade posters with positive, affirming messages to use when controversial visitors come to campus. Continue reading

Country conscious

Azadeh Jahanbegloo, senior lecturer at Wright State, says her native Iran has become an unfamiliar land

Azadeh Jahanbegloo, a senior lecturer of sociology, is now a U.S. citizen who calls America home, but never got to say goodbye to her past. Continue reading

Wright State marketing professor Wakiuru Wamwara lands prestigious Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship

Wakiuru Wamwara will spend the summer in her native Kenya training faculty in mentoring graduate students at African Nazarene University and KCA University. Continue reading

Latino landmark

Julia Acosta is the new director of Wright State’s Office of Latino Affairs

The Office of Latino Affairs helps all departments in the recruitment and retention of students and helps connect them with faculty and staff. Continue reading

Workplace violations

Wright State psychology professor Nathan Bowling releases book on workplace aggression

“Research and Theory on Workplace Aggression,” co-edited by Nathan Bowling, examines research on aggression in the workplace. Continue reading

Fashion show

Wright State assistant professor Elizabeth Bourgeois wants to open costuming courses, shop to all students

Located in the Creative Arts Center, the costume shop supports performances produced by Wright State’s Theatre and Dance programs. Continue reading

President David R. Hopkins to step down ahead of scheduled retirement to help smooth transition

Under Hopkins’ leadership, Wright State reached record high enrollments and levels of research funding, and won national recognition for service to veterans, students with disabilities and community service. Continue reading

Symphony scribe

Wright State lecturer Dennis Loranger turns program prose for Dayton Philharmonic into art form

Wright State music historian Dennis Loranger likely knows more about the music and the composer than anyone else. Continue reading

Language lion

Wright State English professor John Haught helps Honduran university with English curriculum as part of Fulbright scholarship

John Haught returned to Honduras, where spent 10 years of his life, to develop a new curriculum and strategies that focus on communicative language teaching. Continue reading