2024 Faculty Election
Lynne Vernon-Feagans
Running for: Division 18. Retired Faculty: Faculty Council
- William C. Friday Distinguished Professor Emerita
- School of Education
- Appointed: 2001
- Ph.D., University of Michigan
- Candidate Website
UNC Service
Head of the doctoral program in Early Childhood, Family, and Literacy, 2001-2012.
Faculty Council member as a representative from the School of Education and currently as a retired faculty member.
Serves on the Retired Faculty and Professional Association Executive Committee.
Candidate Statement
Lynne Vernon-Feagans is the William C. Friday professor emerita of the School of Education. In her research, she has focused on the lives of low wealth rural children and their families. She led a multidisciplinary longitudinal study at UNC that followed 1,300 diverse rural children from birth to young adulthood to examine how families and schools impacted children’s development, especially literacy. She has co-led the RFPA retirement seminar through the Institute for Arts and Humanities and has been involved with campus and community organizations, including the Communities in Schools in Chatham County and Meals on Wheels in Orange County.
