The 2021 annual UNC-Chapel Hill faculty election was held April 1-13.
Congratulations to the winners!
Thank you to all of the candidates who ran for a seat this year. Thanks also to all of the faculty who took the time to vote and to the Faculty Nominating Committee for creating the slate of candidates.
Terms begin on July 1, 2021. Alternates are called upon to serve when a committee or council member is unable to fulfill a term or will be away for more than one semester.
Faculty-Wide Positions
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, Arts and Sciences Advisory Committee
- Division 2. Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences: Administrative Board of the Library, Faculty Council (Tenured)
- Division 3. Natural Sciences and Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences: Administrative Board of the Library, Faculty Council (Nontenured)
- Division 4. Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences: Administrative Board of the Library, Arts and Sciences Advisory Committee, Faculty Council (Nontenured), Faculty Council (Tenured)
- Division 5. University Libraries: Faculty Council (At-large)
- Division 7. School of Business: Faculty Council (Nontenured)
- Division 8. School of Education: Faculty Council (At-large)
- Division 13. School of Medicine: Faculty Council (Nontenured), Faculty Council (Tenured)
- Division 18. Retired Faculty: Faculty Council
The following electoral divisions did not have open seats on the Faculty Council this year: Fine Arts, Information and Library Science, Journalism and Media, Law, Social Work, Government, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health
Advisory Committee
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Wanda Nicholson |
2024 |
Winner
|
Sharon Holland |
2024 |
| Winner |
Eunice Sahle |
2024 |
Alternate 1
|
David Gerber |
NA |
Alternate 2
|
Valérie Pruvost |
NA |
Alternate 3
|
Thomas Kelley |
NA |
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Appointments, Promotions and Tenure Committee:
Arts and Sciences
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Karin Pfennig |
2024 |
Winner
|
Daniel Sherman |
2024 |
Alternate 1
|
Claudio Battaglini |
NA |
Alternate 2
|
Gary Biglaiser |
NA |
Appointments, Promotions and Tenure Committee:
Medicine
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Rebecca Walker |
2024 |
Alternate
|
Lee Berkowitz |
NA |
Appointments, Promotions and Tenure Committee:
Professional Schools Other Than Medicine
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Joan Krause |
2024 |
Alternate
|
Leisha DeHart-Davis |
NA |
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Educational Policy Committee
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Angela Bardeen |
2024 |
Winner
|
Lorraine Cramer |
2024 |
| Winner |
Beth Moracco |
2024 |
Alternate 1
|
Keith Sawyer |
NA |
Alternate 2
|
Melanie Studer |
NA |
Faculty Assembly Delegation
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Jan Hannig |
2024 |
Alternate 1
|
Dimitri Trembath |
2022 |
Alternate 2
|
Anthony Hackney |
2022 |
Faculty Athletics Committee
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Keia Sanderson |
2024 |
Winner
|
Lisa Rahangdale |
2024 |
| Winner |
Erianne Weight |
2024 |
| Winner |
Isaac Unah |
2024 |
Alternate 1
|
Tania String |
NA |
Alternate 2
|
David Hartzell |
NA |
Alternate 3
|
Ed Shields |
NA |
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Faculty Executive Committee
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Anthony Charles |
2024 |
Winner
|
Viji Sathy |
2024 |
| Winner |
Barbara Entwisle |
2024 |
| Winner |
Misha Becker |
2024 |
Alternate 1
|
Andrea Azcarate-Peril |
NA |
Alternate 2
|
Tonya Van Deinse |
NA |
Alternate 3
|
Patrick Conway |
NA |
| Alternate 4 |
Meredith Petschauer |
NA |
Faculty Grievance Committee:
Assistant Professor/Assistant Librarian
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Cynthia Fraga Rizo |
2024 |
Alternate
|
Alan Kinlaw |
NA |
Faculty Grievance Committee:
Associate Professor/Associate Librarian
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Barbara Friedman |
2024 |
Alternate
|
Kyle Burger |
NA |
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Faculty Grievance Committee:
Full Professor/Librarian
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Kim Boggess |
2024 |
Alternate
|
Jan Hannig |
NA |
Faculty Grievance Committee:
Fixed-Term
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Karon Johnson |
2024 |
Alternate
|
Jennifer Alderman |
NA |
Faculty Hearings Committee
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Carissa Hessick |
2024 |
Winner
|
Jessica Wolfe |
2024 |
| Winner |
Brendan Jamal Thornton |
2024 |
Alternate 1
|
Mike O’Shea |
NA |
Alternate 2
|
Evelyne Huber |
NA |
Alternate 3
|
Chris McLaughlin |
NA |
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Financial Exigency and Program Change Committee:
Academic Affairs
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Charlotte Boettiger |
2024 |
Winner
|
Lydia Boyd |
2024 |
Alternate 1
|
Mark Crescenzi |
NA |
Alternate 2
|
Mark Lang |
NA |
Financial Exigency and Program Change Committee:
Health Affairs
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Jane Brice |
2024 |
Winner
|
Barry Popkin |
2024 |
Alternate
|
Ron Swanstrom |
NA |
General Education Oversight Committee
Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Jason Metcalfe |
2024 |
Alternate
|
Patrick Harrison |
NA |
Division of Social Sciences
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Amanda Thompson |
2024 |
Alternate
|
Geetha Vaidyanathan |
NA |
Honorary Degrees and Special Awards Committee
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Kim Nichols |
2024 |
Winner
|
Genevieve Neal-Perry |
2024 |
Alternate 1
|
Lloyd Kramer |
NA |
Alternate 2
|
Nancy Kaiser |
NA |
Apportioned Positions
Division 1. Fine Arts, College of Arts and Sciences:
Administrative Board of the Library (Fine Arts and Humanities)
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Inger S. Brodey |
2024 |
Alternate
|
Nicholas DiEugenio |
NA |
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Division 1. Fine Arts, College of Arts and Sciences:
Arts and Sciences Advisory Committee
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Victoria Rovine |
2024 |
Alternate
|
Brent Wissick |
NA |
Division 2. Humanities, College of Arts of Sciences:
Administrative Board of the Library (Fine Arts and Humanities)
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Inger S. Brodey |
2024 |
Alternate
|
Nicholas DiEugenio |
NA |
Division 2. Humanities, College of Arts of Sciences:
Faculty Council, Tenured
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Donald Haggis |
2024 |
Alternate
|
Richard Langston |
NA |
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Division 3. Natural Sciences and Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences:
Administrative Board of the Library
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
David Stotts |
2024 |
Alternate
|
Viji Sathy |
NA |
Division 3. Natural Sciences and Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences:
Faculty Council, Nontenured
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Jay Aikat |
2024 |
Alternate
|
Rachel Penton |
NA |
Division 4. Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences:
Administrative Board of the Library
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Ronald Williams |
2024 |
Alternate
|
Anna Krome-Lukens |
NA |
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Division 4. Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences:
Arts and Sciences Advisory Committee
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Amanda Thompson |
2024 |
Alternate
|
Jason Roberts |
NA |
Division 4. Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences:
Faculty Council, Nontenured
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Erica Johnson |
2024 |
Alternate
|
Anna Krome-Lukens |
NA |
Division 4. Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences:
Faculty Council, Tenured
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Harry Watson |
2024 |
Alternate 1
|
Claudia Yaghoobi |
NA |
Alternate 2
|
Dave Pier |
NA |
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Division 5. University Libraries:
Faculty Council, At-large
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Suchi Mohanty |
2024 |
Alternate
|
Kurt Blythe |
NA |
Division 7. Kenan-Flagler School of Business:
Faculty Council, Nontenured
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Mark McNeilly |
2024 |
Division 8. School of Education:
Faculty Council, At-large
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Helyne Frederick |
2024 |
Alternate
|
Keith Sawyer |
NA |
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Division 13. School of Medicine:
Faculty Council, Nontenured
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Alice Ma |
2024 |
Winner
|
Jenny Boyd |
2024 |
| Winner |
Jennifer McEntee |
2024 |
| Winner |
Nikki Binz |
2024 |
| Winner |
Jennifer Goralski |
2024 |
| Winner |
Kelly Smith |
2024 |
| Winner |
Abhishek Mehrotra |
2024 |
Alternate 1
|
Brian Thorp |
NA |
Alternate 2
|
Evan Raff |
NA |
Alternate 3
|
Patricia Johnson |
NA |
| Alternate 4 |
Martina Gentzsch |
NA |
| Alternate 5 |
Lee Shuping |
NA |
Division 13. School of Medicine:
Faculty Council, Tenured
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Stuart Gold |
2024 |
Alternate
|
Carlton Zdanski |
NA |
Division 18. Retired Faculty:
Faculty Council
| Result |
Name |
Term Expiration |
| Winner |
Lynne Vernon-Feagans |
2024 |
Alternate
|
Catherine Marshall |
NA |
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Divisional Turnout
| Voting Division |
School/Division |
Total Eligible Voters |
Votes Recorded |
Turnout Rate |
| 1 |
Arts and Sciences: Fine Arts |
72 |
39 |
54.2% |
| 2 |
Arts and Sciences: Humanities |
252 |
122 |
48.4% |
| 3 |
Arts and Sciences: Natural Sciences and Mathematics |
405 |
158 |
39% |
| 4 |
Arts and Sciences: Social Sciences |
277 |
115 |
41.5% |
| 5 |
Libraries |
116 |
50 |
43.1% |
| 6 |
School of Information and Library Science |
29 |
8 |
27.6% |
| 7 |
School of Business |
126 |
37 |
29.4% |
| 8 |
School of Education |
57 |
27 |
47.4% |
| 9 |
School of Media and Journalism |
41 |
18 |
43.9% |
| 10 |
School of Law |
56 |
32 |
57.1% |
| 11 |
School of Social Work |
63 |
21 |
33.3% |
| 12 |
School of Government |
44 |
17 |
38.6% |
| 13 |
School of Medicine |
1735 |
536 |
30.9% |
| 14 |
School of Dentistry |
94 |
26 |
27.7% |
| 15 |
School of Nursing |
80 |
33 |
41.3% |
| 16 |
School of Pharmacy |
113 |
31 |
27.4% |
| 17 |
School of Public Health |
226 |
66 |
29.2% |
| Totals |
|
3786 |
1336 |
35.3% |
Historical Turnout
| Year |
Total Eligible Voters |
Votes Recorded |
Turnout Rate |
| 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% |
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