2023 Election Results
The annual faculty election was held March 29-April 12, 2023.
All terms are for three years, effective July 1, 2023 (except as noted).
Beth Moracco, associate professor of health behavior in the Gillings School of Global Public Health, was elected to serve as the next Chair of the Faculty.
On the ballot in 2023
Faculty-Wide Positions
- Chair of the Faculty
- Advisory Committee
- Appointments, Promotions and Tenure Committee: Arts and Sciences, Medicine, Professional Schools (other than Medicine)
- Educational Policy Committee
- Faculty Assembly Delegation
- Faculty Athletics Committee
- Faculty Executive Committee
- Faculty Grievance Committee: Assistant Professor/Assistant Librarian, Associate Professor/Associate Librarian, Professor/Librarian, Fixed-Term
- Faculty Hearings Committee
- Financial Exigency and Program Change Committee: Academic Affairs, Health Affairs
- General Education Oversight Committee: At-large
- Honorary Degrees and Awards Committee
Apportioned Positions
- Division 1, Fine Arts, College of Arts and Sciences: Administrative Board of the Library, Faculty Council (Nontenured), Faculty Council (Tenured)
- Division 2. Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences: Administrative Board of the Library
- Division 3. Natural Sciences and Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences: Administrative Board of the Library, Faculty Council (Nontenured), Faculty Council (Tenured)
- Division 4. Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences: Administrative Board of the Library, Faculty Council (Nontenured)
- Division 9. School of Journalism and Media: Faculty Council (At-large)
- Division 10. School of Law: Faculty Council (At-large)
- Division 12. School of Government: Faculty Council (At-large)
- Division 13. School of Medicine: Faculty Council (Nontenured), Faculty Council (Tenured)
- Division 17. Gillings School of Global Public Health: Faculty Council (Nontenured), Faculty Council (Tenured)
- Division 18. Retired Faculty: Faculty Council (At-large)
Faculty-Wide Position Winners
Chair of the Faculty
Beth Moracco (Public Health)
Advisory Committee
Jay Aikat (Arts and Sciences; Data Science and Society)
Kenya McNeal-Trice (Medicine)
Audrey Pettifor (Public Health)
Alternate 1: Anna Krome-Lukens (Arts and Sciences)
Alternate 2: Ana Felix (Medicine)
Alternate 3: Theresa Raphael-Grimm (Nursing and Medicine)
Appointments, Promotions and Tenure Committee:
Arts and Sciences
Serenella Iovino (Romance Studies)
Alternate: Harvey Seim (Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences)
Appointments, Promotions and Tenure Committee:
Medicine
Lynn Fordham (Radiology)
Hong Jin (HJ) Kim (Surgical Oncology)
Alternate: Cam Enarson (Anesthesiology)
Appointments, Promotions and Tenure Committee:
Professional Schools Other Than Medicine
Betsy Sleath (Pharmacy)
Alternate: Peggy Wilmoth (Nursing)
Educational Policy Committee
Oluremi Abayomi (Arts and Sciences)
Carmen Hsu (Arts and Sciences)
Laura Ott (Arts and Sciences)
Alternate 1: Domenic Tiani (Chemistry)
Alternate 2: Aliza Nedimyer (Exercise and Sport Science)
Alternate 3:Susana Barroso (Nursing)
Faculty Assembly Delegation
Hongtu Zhu (Public Health)
Delegation substitutes (1-year terms)
George Blakey (Dentistry)
Sorin Mitran (Arts and Sciences)
Faculty Athletics Committee
Stacey Daughters (Arts and Sciences)
Cassandra Davis (Arts and Sciences)
Shawn Kane (Medicine; Arts and Sciences)
Carmina Valle (Public Health)
Alternate 1: Dana Rice (Public Health)
Alternate 2: Gabriel Bump (Arts and Sciences)
Alternate 3: Robert Martinez (Education)
Alternate 4: Sekou Bermiss (Business)
Faculty Executive Committee
Sue Estroff (Medicine)
Andy Hessick (Law)
Suchi Mohanty (Libraries)
Claudia Yaghoobi (Arts and Sciences)
Alternate 1: Rumay Alexander (Nursing)
Alternate 2: Mehdi Shadmehr (Arts and Sciences)
Alternate 3: Richard McLaughlin (Arts and Sciences)
Alternate 4: Roger Mills-Koonce (Education)
Faculty Grievance Committee: Assistant Professor/Assistant Librarian
Akaa Daniel Ayangeakaa (Arts and Sciences)
Alternate: Mehul Patel (Medicine)
Faculty Grievance Committee: Associate Professor/Associate Librarian
Laura Ruel (Journalism and Media)
Alternate: Kevin Stewart (Arts and Sciences)
Faculty Grievance Committee: Full Professor/Librarian
Leslie Dodd (Medicine)
Alternate: Ann Matthysse (Arts and Sciences)
Faculty Grievance Committee: Fixed-Term Faculty (any rank)
Beth Posner (Law)
Alternate: Yuliana Rodriguez (Education)
Faculty Hearings Committee
Ashley Leak Bryant (Nursing)
Deborah Givens (Medicine)
Lisa Zerden (Social Work)
Alternate 1: Chris McLaughlin (Government)
Alternate 2: Michael O’Shea (Medicine)
Alternate 3: Donald Rosenstein (Medicine)
Financial Exigency and Program Change Committee: Academic Affairs
Shea Denning (Government)
Milada Anna Vachudova (Arts and Sciences)
Alternate 1: Jeff Greene (Education)
Alternate 2: Ryan Thornburg (Journalism and Media)
Financial Exigency and Program Change Committee: Health Affairs
Matt Nielsen (Medicine)
Betsy Sleath (Pharmacy)
Alternate 1: Eric Hodges (Nursing)
Alternate 2: George Blakey (Dentistry)
General Education Oversight Committee: At-large seat
Jen Weinberg-Wolf (Arts and Sciences)
Alternate: Jemilia Davis (Education)
Honorary Degrees and Special Awards Committee
Deb Aikat (Journalism and Media)
Eric Muller (Law)
Alternate 1: Hassan Melehy (Romance Studies)
Alternate 2: Christopher (Cal) Lee (Information and Library Science)
Apportioned Position Winners
Administrative Board of the Library
Fine Arts and Humanities, College of Arts of Sciences
Martin Johnson (English and Comparative Literature)
Alternate: Chloe Hill (Romance Studies)
Natural Sciences and Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences
Janet Nye (Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences)
Alternate: Johna Register-Mihalik (Exercise and Sport Science)
Division 4. Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Christian Lentz (Geography)
Alternate: Neal Caren (Sociology)
Faculty Council
Division 1. Fine Arts, College of Arts of Sciences, Nontenured
LaToya Lain (Music)
Alternate: Mark Perry (Dramatic Art)
Division 1. Fine Arts, College of Arts of Sciences, Tenured
Evan Feldman (Music)
Alternate: Roxana Perez-Mendez (Art and Art History)
Division 3. Natural Sciences and Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences, Nontenured
Ronit Freeman (Applied Physical Sciences)
Rachel Penton (Psychology and Neuroscience)
Alternate 1: Wubin Bai (Applied Physical Sciences)
Alternate 2: Daniel Christoffel (Psychology and Neuroscience)
Division 3. Natural Sciences and Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences, Tenured
Amarjit Budhiraja (Statistics and Operations Research)
Kristen Kucera (Exercise and Sport Science)
Laura Mersini-Houghton (Physics and Astronomy)
Jason Metcalfe (Mathematics)
Alternate 1: Gabor Pataki (Statistics and Operations Research)
Alternate 2: Montek Singh (Computer Science)
Alternate 3: Joaquin Drut (Physics and Astronomy)
Division 4. Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Nontenured
Allie Thomas (City and Regional Planning)
Ran unopposed
Division 9. Hussman School of Journalism and Media, At-large
Suman Lee
Alternate: Shannon McGregor
Division 10. School of Law, At-large
Joan Krause
Ran unopposed
Division 12. School of Government, At-large
Diane Juffras
Alternate: Leisha DeHart-Davis
Division 13. School of Medicine, Nontenured
David Berkoff (Orthopaedics)
Raj Kasthuri (Hematology)
Kimberley Nichols (Anesthesiology)
Evan Raff (Medicine)
Angela Wahl (Medicine)
Alternate 1: Andrea Azcarate-Peril (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Alternate 2: Tara Moon (Health Sciences)
Alternate 3: Kathryn Sorensen (Health Sciences)
Alternate 4: Prem Lakshmanane (Microbiology and Immunology)
Alternate 5: Stephanie Sjoblad (Health Sciences)
Division 13. School of Medicine, Tenured
Charles (Carlos) Ebert (Otolaryngology)
Alternate: Jason Whitmire (Genetics; Microbiology and Immunology)
Division 17. Gillings School of Global Public Health, Nontenured
Dorothy Cilenti (Maternal and Child Health)
Alternate: Ximena Bustamente-Marin (Nutrition)
Division 17. Gillings School of Global Public Health, Tenured
Suzanne Maman (Health Behavior)
Lindsey Smith Taillie (Nutrition)
Alternate: Stephen Marshall (Epidemiology)
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Division 18. Retired Faculty, At-large
Ray Dooley (Dramatic Art)
Alternate: Jim Porto (Health Policy and Management)
The retired faculty election was held separately from May 8-18.
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2023 Divisional Turnout
| Voting Division | Division Name |
Total Eligible Voters | Votes Recorded | Turnout Rate by Division |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arts and Sciences: Fine Arts | 67 | 35 | 52% |
| 2 | Arts and Sciences: Humanities | 242 | 100 | 41% |
| 3 | Arts and Sciences: Natural Sciences and Mathematics | 402 | 185 | 46% |
| 4 | Arts and Sciences: Social Sciences | 287 | 117 | 41% |
| 5 | Libraries | 108 | 45 | 42% |
| 6 | School of Information and Library Science | 21 | 6 | 29% |
| 7 | School of Business | 134 | 42 | 31% |
| 8 | School of Education | 49 | 27 | 55% |
| 9 | School of Journalism and Media | 47 | 25 | 53% |
| 10 | School of Law | 56 | 38 | 68% |
| 11 | School of Social Work | 63 | 27 | 43% |
| 12 | School of Government | 56 | 26 | 46% |
| 13 | School of Medicine | 1783 | 534 | 30% |
| 14 | School of Dentistry | 95 | 29 | 31% |
| 15 | School of Nursing | 70 | 39 | 56% |
| 16 | School of Pharmacy | 104 | 41 | 39% |
| 17 | School of Public Health | 238 | 101 | 42% |
| Total voting faculty | 1417 | 3822 | 37% |
Historical Turnout
| Year | Total Eligible Voters | Votes Recorded | Turnout Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 |
3822 | 1417 | 37% |
| 2022 | 3782 | 1563 | 41.3% |
| 2021 | 3786 | 1336 | 35.3% |
| 2020 | 3728 | 1778 | 47.7% |
| 2019 | 3659 | 1252 | 34.2% |
| 2018 | 3708 | 1376 | 37% |
| 2017 | 3643 | 1852 | 50.8% |
| 2016 | 3727 | 1524 | 40.9% |
| 2015 | 3443 | 1553 | 45.1% |
| 2014 | 3799 | 2094 | 55.1% |
| 2013 | 3665 | 1605 | 43.8% |
| 2012 | 3635 | 1508 | 41.5% |
| 2011 | 3539 | 1320 | 37% |
| 2010 | 3468 | 833 | 24% |
| 2009 | 3545 | 925 | 26% |
| 2008 | 3428 | 800 | 23% |
| 2007 | 2814 | 395 | 14% |
| 2006 | 3062 | 676 | 22% |
| 2005 | 2997 | 683 | 23% |
| 2004 | 2895 | 683 | 24% |
| 2003 | 727 | 25% | |
| 2000 | 2658 | 957 | 36% |
| 1999 | 36% | ||
| 1997 | 874 | 37% |
