Wheaton College Alumni Magazine Winter 2013 | Page 11

Fa c u lt y N e w s Professor Writes Award-Winning Book rigor evident in this published work. “This book brings together crosscultural research, ethnography, and rhetorical theory to explore and explain the phenomenon of evangelical chastity movements,” writes Dr. Brian Howell, associate professor of anthropology, in his review of Making Chastity Sexy. “Anyone interested in contemporary U.S. Christianity, youth movements, evangelicals and sexuality, or comparisons of East African and U.S. Euro-American Dr. Christine Gardner, associate discourses of sexuality will find this an professor of communication, is the excellent read.” recipient of the 2012 Stephen E. Lucas On Wheaton’s faculty since 2004, Debut Publication Award from the Dr. Gardner brings her scholarly National Communication Association achievement to the study of gender and (NCA), for her book Making Chastity sexuality, public sphere theory, social Sexy: The Rhetoric of Evangelical Abstinence movements, the rhetoric of religion, and Campaigns (University of California Press, HIV/AIDs. She received her Ph.D. from 2011). This NCA honor recognizes not Northwestern University, and has worked only her contributions to her discipline, professionally in radio broadcasting, but also the high standard of academic public relations, and print journalism. Welcome, New Faculty Row 1: Sandra Tomuletiu, communication; William Medcalf, physics/engineering; Christa Tooley, urban studies and sociology/anthropology; Pamela Davis M.A. ’02, psychology; Amy Peeler, biblical and theological studies; Paul Sanchez, piano. Row 2: Greg Vanden Heuvel, biology; Ward Davis, psychology; David McNutt, biblical and theological studies; Susan Dunn-Hensley, English; Christine Folch, sociology and anthropology; Laura Rizzo, library; Danilo Diedrichs, mathematics; Dana Townsend, applied health science; Sueen Noh, communication. Row 3: Min-Dong Paul Lee, business and economics; David J. Van Dyke ’91, psychology; Jeremy Cook, business and economics; Chris Keil ’87, environmental studies; Greg Caruso, military science; Adam Wood ’04, philosophy. Wheaton Dean Recognized as a Key Christian Leader The cover story of a recent issue of Christianity Today, titled “50 Women You Should Know,” includes Wheaton’s Dean of Natural and Social Sciences Dr. Dorothy Chappell as one of the key Christian women leaders who are most profoundly shaping the evangelical church and North American society. “This is a worthy recognition of a colleague who has, for many years, served as a respected leader in Christian higher education,” says Wheaton’s Provost Stan Jones. A teacher for 25 years—17 of those years at Wheaton—she was recognized a