Faculty and Staff

Jose Maria Andres Porras

Assistant Professor

School of Civic Life and Leadership

jandresp@unc.edu

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Jed Atkins

Director and Dean; Taylor Grandy Professor on the Philosophy of Living

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Bernard Bell

Adjunct Professor of the Practice; Executive Director, Professor of the Practice and Entrepreneur in Residence

UNC Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship

bernard_bell@unc.edu

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Zachary Bennett

Professor of the Practice

School of Civic Life and Leadership

zachary_bennett@unc.edu

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Erica Charters

Professor

School of Civic Life and Leadership

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Guy Chet

Professor

School of Civic Life and Leadership

guychet@unc.edu

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Flynn Cratty

Assistant Professor; Civ-Comm Faculty Director

School of Civic Life and Leadership

fcratty@unc.edu

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Simon Cullen

Visiting Scholar, 2025-2026

Department of History

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David Decosimo

Associate Professor

School of Civic Life and Leadership

david.decosimo@unc.edu

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Kirk deViere

2026 SCiLL Senior Fellow in Public Leadership

School of Civic Life and Leadership

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Daniel DiSalvo

Professor; Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Curriculum

School of Civic Life and Leadership

disalvo1@unc.edu

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Florence Dore

Adjunct Professor; Professor of English & Comparative Literature

UNC College of Arts and Sciences

fdore@unc.edu

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Adam Goldstein

Adjunct Professor; Elizabeth and Oscar Goodwin Distinguished Professor

UNC School of Medicine

adam_goldstein@med.unc.edu

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Courtney Gartman

Director of Communications

cgartman@unc.edu

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Karissa Grasty

Chief Development Officer

kgrasty@unc.edu

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Connor Grubaugh

Assistant Professor

School of Civic Life and Leadership

ckg@unc.edu

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Melody Grubaugh

Lecturer

School of Civic Life and Leadership

mgrubaug@unc.edu

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Nora Hanagan

Teaching Associate Professor; Program Director for the Program for Public Discourse

School of Civic Life and Leadership

hanagan@email.unc.edu

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Kavita Hall

Associate Dean for Finance and Operations

kavita.kapur@unc.edu

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Michael Hawley

Assistant Professor

School of Civic Life and Leadership

mchawley@unc.edu

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Li-Ling Hsiao

Adjunct Associate Professor; Associate Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

UNC College of Arts and Sciences

hsiaoll@unc.edu

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Danielle Charette James

Assistant Professor

School of Civic Life and Leadership

dcjames1@unc.edu

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Ejuerleigh Jones

Teaching Assistant Professor; Civ-Comm Residential Faculty Fellow

School of Civic Life and Leadership

ejuerleigh_jones@unc.edu

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Rita Koganzon

Director of Undergraduate Studies; Associate Professor

School of Civic Life and Leadership

koganzon@unc.edu

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Michael Lee

2026 SCiLL Senior Fellow in Public Leadership

School of Civic Life and Leadership

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Christian Lundberg

Adjunct Associate Professor; Associate Professor of Communication Studies

UNC College of Arts and Sciences

clundber@email.unc.edu

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Kevin Marinelli

Teaching Associate Professor, School of Civic Life and Leadership; Senior Fellow of Rhetoric, Program for Public Discourse

School of Civic Life and Leadership

kmarinelli@unc.edu

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Kyle Martin

Professor of the Practice; Director of the Summer Civics Institutes

School of Civic Life and Leadership

kyle_martin@unc.edu

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Tynesha Mayo

Administrative Support Associate

ronnaet@unc.edu

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Michael Morgan

Adjunct Associate Professor; Associate Professor of History

UNC College of Arts and Sciences

morgan@unc.edu

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Benjamin Musachio

Assistant Professor

School of Civic Life and Leadership

musachio@unc.edu

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Derek Neverosky

Student Services Coordinator

dnevero@unc.edu

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Melvin Rogers

Visiting Scholar, 2025-2026

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John Rose

Professor of the Practice; Morehead-Cain Faculty Director of Dialogue and Discourse

School of Civic Life and Leadership

john.rose2@unc.edu

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Tom Scott

Professor of the Practice in Entrepreneurial Leadership and Civil Discourse; CEO, The Nantucket Project

School of Civic Life and Leadership

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Dustin Sebell

Professor

School of Civic Life and Leadership

Dustin.Sebell@unc.edu

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Lauren Brown Sebell

Research Assistant Professor

School of Civic Life and Leadership

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John Thorp

Adjunct Professor, School of Civic Life and Leadership

McAllister Distinguished Professor, General Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Midwifery, UNC School of Medicine

Medical Founder, UNC Horizons

UNC School of Medicine

john_thorp@med.unc.edu

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Kathryn Wagner

Assistant Professor

School of Civic Life and Leadership

kmwagn@unc.edu

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Keonnie Walters

Executive Assistant

keonniew@unc.edu

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Jeffrey Warren

Adjunct Professor of the Practice; Executive Director, The North Carolina Collaboratory

School of Civic Life and Leadership

jeff.warren@unc.edu

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