2020 Faculty Election Voter Guide
Voter Information Guide
The annual faculty election is being held April 7-14, 2020.
Faculty-Wide Positions
All faculty vote for these
- 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
- Honorary Degrees and Awards Committee
Apportioned Positions
Only voters with primary appointments in a division vote for candidates representing that division
- Division 1. Fine Arts, College of Arts and Sciences: Administrative Board of the Library, Faculty Council (Tenured), Faculty Council (Nontenured)
- 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 (Tenured), Faculty Council (Nontenured)
- Division 4. Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences: Administrative Board of the Library
- Division 5. University Libraries: Faculty Council
- 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 (Tenured), Faculty Council (Nontenured)
- Division 16. School of Pharmacy: Faculty Council (Tenured)
- Division 17. School of Public Health: Faculty Council (Tenured), Faculty Council (Nontenured)
- Division 18. Retired Faculty: Faculty Council
The following electoral divisions do not have open seats on the Faculty Council this year: Humanities, Social Sciences, Information and Library Science, Business, Education, Social Work, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy (Nontenured).
Chair of the Faculty
Vote for 1
Mimi Chapman
Distinguished Professor
School of Social Work
Appointed: 2001
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1997
Learn more about Mimi Chapman»»Joy Renner
Clinical Associate Professor
Radiologic Science, School of Medicine
Appointed: 1986
MA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Learn more about Joy Renner»»Advisory Committee
Vote for 3
Jay Aikat
Research Associate Professor
Computer Science, Arts and Sciences
Appointed: 2011
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010
Learn more about Jay Aikat»»David Gerber
Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs
Surgery, Medicine
Appointed: 1998
MD, University of Pittsburgh, 1989
Learn more about David Gerber»»Suzanne Gulledge
Clinical Professor
School of Education
Appointed: 1990
PhD, Duke University, 1989
Learn more about Suzanne Gulledge»»Tom Kelley
J. Dickson Phillips, Jr. Distinguished Professor
School of Law
Appointed: 1999
JD, Northeastern University, 1991
Learn more about Tom Kelley»»Kenya McNeal-Trice
Professor
Pediatrics, Medicine
Appointed: 2007
MD, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 2002
Learn more about Kenya McNeal-Trice»»Wanda Nicholson
Professor
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medicine
Appointed: 2010
MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1990
Learn more about Wanda Nicholson»»Appointments, Promotions and Tenure Committee:
Arts and Sciences
Vote for 1
Serenella Iovino
Professor of Italian Studies and Environmental Humanities
Romance Studies
Appointed: 2018
PhD, Università di Urbino, Italy, 1998
Learn more about Serenella Iovino»»Alan Nelson
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Philosophy
Appointed: 2006
PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1984
Learn more about Alan Nelson»»Appointments, Promotions and Tenure Committee:
Medicine
Vote for 2
Stephen Crews
Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics; Biology (Adjunct)
Appointed: 1993
PhD, Caltech, 1982
Learn more about Stephen Crews»»Stuart Gold
Professor
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Appointed: 1989
MD, Vanderbilt University, 1981
Learn more about Stuart Gold»»Stephen Hooper
Professor; Associate Dean of Medicine; Chair, Department of Allied Health Sciences
Allied Health Sciences
Appointed: 1987
PhD, University of Georgia, 1984
Learn more about Stephen Hooper»»Gretchen Stuart
Professor
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Family Planning
Appointed: 2006
MD, Tulane University, 1994
Learn more about Gretchen Stuart»»Appointments, Promotions and Tenure Committee:
Professional Schools Other Than Medicine
Vote for 1
Ashraf Fouad
Freedland Distinguished Professor and Vice-Chair
Comprehensive Oral Health, Adams School of Dentistry
Appointed: 2016
DDS, MS, University of Iowa, 1992
Learn more about Ashraf Fouad»»Seth Noar
Professor
Hussman School of Journalism and Media
Appointed: 2011
PhD, University of Rhode Island, 2001
Learn more about Seth Noar»»Educational Policy Committee
Vote for 3
Evan Feldman
Professor
Music, Arts and Sciences
Appointed: 2008
DMA, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester
Learn more about Evan Feldman»»Sarah Fuller
Research Assistant Professor
Public Policy, Arts and Sciences
Appointed: 2015
PhD, Duke University, 2013
Learn more about Sarah Fuller»»Carmen Hsu
Associate Professor
Romance Studies, Arts and Sciences
Appointed: 2005
PhD, Harvard University, 2000
Learn more about Carmen Hsu»»Jason Metcalfe
Professor
Mathematics, Arts and Sciences
Appointed: 2007
PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 2003
Learn more about Jason Metcalfe»»Christopher Willett
Research Associate Professor
Biology, Arts and Sciences
Appointed: 2002
PhD, Cornell University, 1999
Learn more about Christopher Willett»»Meg Zomorodi
Clinical Professor
School of Nursing
Appointed: 2008
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008
Learn more about Meg Zomorodi»»Faculty Assembly Delegation
Vote for 1
Misha Becker
Professor and Chair
Linguistics, Arts and Sciences
Appointed: 2002
PhD, University of California-Los Angeles, 2000
Learn more about Misha Becker»»Jan Hannig
Professor
Statistics and Operations Research, Arts and Sciences
Appointed: 2008
PhD, Michigan State University, 2000
Learn more about Jan Hannig»»Benjamin Waterhouse
Associate Professor
History, Arts and Sciences
Appointed: 2009
PhD, Harvard University, 2009
Learn more about Benjamin Waterhouse»»Jennifer (Jenny) Womack
Clinical Professor / Associate Director
Allied Health Sciences: Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy/UNC Partnerships in Aging Program
Appointed: 1999
PhD, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, 2018
Learn more about Jennifer (Jenny) Womack»»Faculty Athletics Committee
Vote for 4
Stacey Daughters
Professor
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts and Sciences
Appointed: 2013
PhD, University of Maryland, 2005
Learn more about Stacey Daughters»»Amanda Holliday
Assistant Professor
Nutrition, Public Health
Appointed: 2007
MS, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, 2002
Learn more about Amanda Holliday»»Bud Kauffman
Teaching Assistant Professor of Arabic
Asian Studies, Arts and Sciences
Appointed: 2014
MA, University of Texas at Austin, 2013
Learn more about Bud Kauffman»»Robert Martinez
Assistant Professor
School of Education
Appointed: 2016
PhD, North Carolina State University, 2015
Learn more about Robert Martinez»»David Navalinsky
Associate Professor
Dramatic Art, Arts and Sciences
Appointed: 2011
MFA, University of Arizona, 2000
Learn more about David Navalinsky»»Justin Sawon
Associate Professor
Mathematics, Arts and Sciences
Appointed: 2010
PhD, University of Cambridge, 2000
Learn more about Justin Sawon»»Richard Smith
Distinguished Professor
Statistics and Operations Research, Arts and Sciences
Appointed: 1991
PhD, Cornell University, 1979
Learn more about Richard Smith»»Jay Smith
Professor
History, Arts and Sciences
Appointed: 1990
PhD, University of Michigan, 1990
Learn more about Jay Smith»»Faculty Executive Committee
Vote for 4
Rumay Alexander
Clinical Professor
School of Nursing
Appointed: 2003
EdD, Tennessee State University, 1991
Learn more about Rumay Alexander»»Sue Estroff
Professor
Social Medicine, Medicine
Appointed: 1982
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1978
Learn more about Sue Estroff»»Raj Kasthuri
Clinical Associate Professor
Hematology and Oncology, Medicine
Appointed: 2007
MBBS, Kasturba Medical College, India
Learn more about Raj Kasthuri»»Cary Levine
Associate Professor of Art History
Art & Art History, Arts and Sciences
Appointed: 2007
PhD, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 2006
Learn more about Cary Levine»»Jeannie Loeb
Teaching Professor
Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts and Sciences
Appointed: 2005
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998
Learn more about Jeannie Loeb»»Elizabeth (Beth) Mayer-Davis
Cary C Boshamer Distinguished Professor and Chair
Nutrition, Public Health
Appointed: 2008
PhD, University of California-Berkeley, 1992
Learn more about Elizabeth (Beth) Mayer-Davis»»Mark McNeilly
Professor of the Practice
Kenan-Flagler Business School
Appointed: 2013
MBA, University of Minnesota, 1993
Learn more about Mark McNeilly»»Eric Muller
Dan K. Moore Distinguished Professor
School of Law
Appointed: 1998
JD, Yale Law School, 1987
Learn more about Eric Muller»»Faculty Grievance Committee:
Assistant Professor/Assistant Librarian
Vote for 1
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Faculty Grievance Committee:
Associate Professor/Associate Librarian
Vote for 1
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Faculty Grievance Committee:
Professor/Librarian
Vote for 1
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Faculty Grievance Committee:
Fixed-Term
Vote for 1
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Faculty Hearings Committee
Vote for 3
Gary Cuddeback
Professor
School of Social Work
Appointed: 2003
PhD, University of Tennessee, 2004
Learn more about Gary Cuddeback»»Eduardo Douglas
Associate Professor
Art and Art History, Arts and Sciences
Appointed: 2008
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2000
Learn more about Eduardo Douglas»»Bruno Estigarribia
Associate Professor
Romance Studies, Arts and Sciences
Appointed: 2009
PhD, Stanford University, 2007
Learn more about Bruno Estigarribia»»Andy Hessick
Associate Dean and Professor
School of Law
Appointed: 2016
JD, Yale University, 2002
Learn more about Andy Hessick»»Elizabeth (Beth) Mayer-Davis
Cary C Boshamer Distinguished Professor and Chair
Nutrition, Public Health
Appointed: 2008
PhD, University of California-Berkeley, 1992
Learn more about Elizabeth (Beth) Mayer-Davis»»Erika Wilson
Associate Professor of Law, Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Chair in Public Policy
School of Law
Appointed: 2012
JD, UCLA
Learn more about Erika Wilson»»Financial Exigency and Program Change Committee:
Academic Affairs
Vote for 2
Mark Crescenzi
Professor
Political Science, Arts and Sciences
Appointed: 1999
PhD, University of Illinois, 2000
Learn more about Mark Crescenzi»»Bland Simpson
Kenan Distinguished Professor of English & Creative Writing
English & Comparative Literature, Arts and Sciences
Appointed: 1982
BA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1973
Learn more about Bland Simpson»»Joe Templeton
Venable Professor of Chemistry
Chemistry, Arts and Sciences
Appointed: 1976
PhD, Iowa State University, 1975
Learn more about Joe Templeton»»Adam Versényi
Professor and Chair
Dramatic Art, Arts and Sciences
Appointed: 1988
DFA, Yale School of Drama, 1990
Learn more about Adam Versényi»»Financial Exigency and Program Change Committee:
Health Affairs
Vote for 2
Kathleen Caron
Professor and Department Chair
Cell Biology and Physiology, Medicine
Appointed: 2003
PhD, Duke University, 1997
Learn more about Kathleen Caron»»Betsy Sleath
George Cocolas Distinguished Professor and Chair
Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, Pharmacy
Appointed: 1995
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1993
Learn more about Betsy Sleath»»Brian Strahl
Professor and Vice-Chair
Biochemistry and Biophysics, Medicine
Appointed: 2001
PhD, North Carolina State University, 1998
Learn more about Brian Strahl»»Ronald Swanstrom
Professor
Biochemistry and Biophysics, Medicine
Appointed: 1982
PhD, University of California-Irvine, 1975
Learn more about Ronald Swanstrom»»General Education Oversight Committee
Vote for 1
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Honorary Degrees and Special Awards Committee
Vote for 2
Deb Aikat
Associate Professor
Hussman School of Journalism and Media
Appointed: 1995
PhD, Journalism and Media, Ohio University, 1995
Learn more about Deb Aikat»»Dirk Dittmer
Professor
Microbiology and Immunology, Medicine
Appointed: 2004
PhD, Princeton University, 1994
Learn more about Dirk Dittmer»»Amelia Drake
Executive Associate Dean, Professor
Otolaryngology, Medicine
Appointed: 1990
MD, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 1981
Learn more about Amelia Drake»»Lori Evarts
Assistant Professor
Public Health Leadership, Public Health
Appointed: 2005
MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1989
Learn more about Lori Evarts»»Apportioned Positions
Only voters with primary appointments in a division vote for candidates representing that division.
Division 1. Fine Arts, College of Arts and Sciences:
Administrative Board of the Library (Fine Arts and Humanities)
Vote for 1
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Division 1. Fine Arts, College of Arts and Sciences:
Faculty Council, Tenured
Vote for 1
Eduardo Douglas
Associate Professor
Art and Art History, Arts and Sciences
Appointed: 2008
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2000
Learn more about Eduardo Douglas»»Jocelyn Neal
Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Term Professor of Music
Music
Appointed: 1999
PhD, University of Rochester (Eastman School of Music), 2002
Learn more about Jocelyn Neal»»Division 1. Fine Arts, College of Arts and Sciences:
Faculty Council, Nontenured
Vote for 1
LaToya Lain
Assistant Professor of Voice
Music
Appointed: 2018
DMA, University of Nevada, 2012
Learn more about LaToya Lain»»Mark Perry
Teaching Assistant Professor
Dramatic Art
Appointed: 2005
MFA, Theatre Arts (Playwriting), University of Iowa, 2001
Learn more about Mark Perry»»Division 2. Humanities, College of Arts of Sciences:
Administrative Board of the Library (Fine Arts and Humanities)
Vote for 1
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Division 3. Natural Sciences and Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences:
Administrative Board of the Library
Vote for 1
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Division 3. Natural Sciences and Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences:
Faculty Council, Tenured
Vote for 3
Amarjit Budhiraja
Professor
Statistics and Operations Research
Appointed: 2000
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994
Learn more about Amarjit Budhiraja»»Christina Burch
Professor
Biology
Appointed: 2002
PhD, University of California at San Diego, 2000
Learn more about Christina Burch»»René Lopez
Professor
Physics and Astronomy
Appointed: 2006
PhD, Vanderbilt University 2002
Learn more about René Lopez»»Jianping Lu
Professor
Physics and Astronomy
Appointed: 1992
PhD in Physics, City University of New York
Learn more about Jianping Lu»»Jason Metcalfe
Professor
Mathematics, Arts and Sciences
Appointed: 2007
PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 2003
Learn more about Jason Metcalfe»»Kevin Stewart
Associate Professor
Geological Sciences
Appointed: 1987
PhD, University of California at Berkeley, 1987
Learn more about Kevin Stewart»»Division 3. Natural Sciences and Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences:
Faculty Council, Nontenured
Vote for 3
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Division 4. Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences:
Administrative Board of the Library
Vote for 1
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Division 5. University Libraries:
Faculty Council
Vote for 1
Nicholas Graham
University Archivist
University Libraries
Appointed: 2003
MLS, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1998
Learn more about Nicholas Graham»»Therese Triumph
Interim Head of the Kenan Science Library
University Libraries
Appointed: 2014
MLIS, Rutgers University, 2012
Learn more about Therese Triumph»»Division 9. Hussman School of Journalism and Media:
Faculty Council
Vote for 1
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Division 10. School of Law:
Faculty Council
Vote for 1
Andy Hessick
Associate Dean and Professor
School of Law
Appointed: 2016
JD, Yale University, 2002
Learn more about Andy Hessick»»Joan Krause
Dan K. Moore Distinguished Professor
School of Law
Appointed: 2009
JD, Stanford Law School, 1992
Learn more about Joan Krause»»Division 12. School of Government:
Faculty Council
Vote for 1
Leisha DeHart-Davis
Professor
School of Government
Appointed: 2012
PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2000
Learn more about Leisha DeHart-Davis»»Jill Moore
Associate Professor
School of Government
Appointed: 1997
JD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Learn more about Jill Moore»»Division 13. School of Medicine:
Faculty Council, Tenured
Vote for 1
M. Kathryn ("Kate") Menard
Distinguished Professor
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine
Appointed: 2006
MD, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 1985
Learn more about M. Kathryn ("Kate") Menard»»Jason Whitmire
Associate Professor
Genetics
Appointed: 2010
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 1998
Learn more about Jason Whitmire»»Division 13. School of Medicine:
Faculty Council, Nontenured
Vote for 5
Adriana Beltran
Assistant Professor
Pharmacology
Appointed: 2009
PhD, CICESE Research Institute at Ensenada, Mexico, 2007
Learn more about Adriana Beltran»»David Berkoff
Professor
Orthopaedics
Appointed: 2011
MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1997
Learn more about David Berkoff»»Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein
Assistant Professor
Social Medicine and Center for Health Equity Research
Appointed: 2016
PhD, Vanderbilt University, 2015
Learn more about Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein»»Kim Brownley
Research Professor
Psychiatry
Appointed: 1999
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1996
Learn more about Kim Brownley»»Muge Calikoglu
Clinical Associate Professor
Pediatrics, Division of Genetics and Metabolism
Appointed: 2000
MD, University of Ankara, Faculty of Medicine,1983; MPH, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, 2004
Learn more about Muge Calikoglu»»Katherine Clement
Clinical Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Appointed: 2010
MD, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 2004
Learn more about Katherine Clement»»Scott Commins
Associate Professor
Allergy & Immunology
Appointed: 2016
MD/PhD, Medical University of South Carolina, 2004
Learn more about Scott Commins»»Patricia Johnson
Assistant Clinical Professor
Allied Health Science, Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences
Appointed: 2013
AuD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2013
Learn more about Patricia Johnson»»Kimberley (Kim) Nichols
Clinical Associate Professor
Anesthesiology
Appointed: 2011
MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000
Learn more about Kimberley (Kim) Nichols»»Austin Rose
Professor
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Appointed: 2003
MD, UNC, 1997; MBA, UNC, 2019
Learn more about Austin Rose»»Division 16. Eshelman School of Pharmacy:
Faculty Council, Tenured
Vote for 1
Tim Wiltshire
Associate Professor
Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics
Appointed: 2007
PhD, University of Tennessee, 1996
Learn more about Tim Wiltshire»»Division 17. Gillings School of Global Public Health:
Faculty Council, Tenured
Vote for 1
Kyle Burger
Associate Professor
Nutrition
Appointed: 2013
PhD, Colorado State University, 2009
Learn more about Kyle Burger»»Audrey Pettifor
Professor
Epidemiology
Appointed: 2005
PhD, University of California at Berkeley, 2004
Learn more about Audrey Pettifor»»Division 17. Gillings School of Global Public Health:
Faculty Council, Nontenured
Vote for 1
Beth Moracco
Associate Professor
Health Behavior
Appointed: 2008
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Learn more about Beth Moracco»»Vaughn Upshaw
Professor of the Practice
Public Health Leadership
Appointed: 1997
DrPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999; EdD, North Carolina State University, 1997
Learn more about Vaughn Upshaw»»Division 18. Retired Faculty:
Faculty Council
Vote for 1
George Lensing
Mann Family Distinguished Professor of English, Emeritus
English and Comparative Literature
Appointed: 1969
PhD, Louisiana State University, 1966
Learn more about George Lensing»»Stephen Leonard
Retired Professor
Political Science
Appointed: 1985
PhD, University of Minnesota, 1987
Learn more about Stephen Leonard»»