The Search Committee for the Director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities has selected two finalists for the position. Each will give a public presentation via Zoom. Recordings of the presentations will be made available on this page.
Please note: Recordings are available through Zoom. You will need to login in with you Zoom account to access the recording. Be sure to enter the passcode correctly.
Karla Slocum, Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Chair of Public Policy, Professor of Anthropology, Director of the Institute of African American Research
- View Dr. Slocum’s presentation from Wednesday, March 10. Passcode: .1C4E3RY
- (If you are having trouble accessing the recording, make sure that an extra space is not inadvertently being included when you cut and paste the passcode into the passcode field.)
- View Slocum’s CV.
Patricia Parker, Chair and Professor, Department of Communication
Members of the IAH Director Search Committee
- Bernadette Gray-Little (committee chair), chancellor emerita, University of Kansas; former executive vice chancellor and provost, UNC-Chapel Hill; former dean, College of Arts & Sciences
- Wendy Brewster, professor of oncology, director of the Center for Women’s Health Research
- Tom Chapman, Institute for the Arts and Humanities Advisory Board member
- Michael Figueroa, assistant professor of music
- Lloyd Kramer, professor of history, director of Carolina Public Humanities
- Lane McDonald, Institute for the Arts and Humanities Advisory Board member
- Roger Perry, Institute for the Arts and Humanities Advisory Board chair
- Ariana Vigil, professor and department chair of women’s and gender studies
- Tommie Watson, executive director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities
- John Wickham, Institute for the Arts and Humanities Advisory Board member
- Elizabeth Engelhardt, ex officio, Senior Associate Dean for Fine Arts and Humanities