Carroll Hall

Faculty & Staff

The school's faculty are leading experts in their fields and serve as resources for students, professionals, government agencies and the general public. The school's staff help serve the needs of students, faculty and others. Find faculty and staff in the listing below, or search by areas of expertise or administrative responsibility using the links to the left.

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Faculty
Staff

Penny Muse Abernathy
Knight Chair in Journalism
and Digital Media Economics

Debashis Aikat
Associate professor

Spencer Barnes
Assistant professor

Andy Bechtel
Associate professor

Lois Boynton
Associate professor

Daren C. Brabham
Assistant professor

Napoleon Byars
Associate professor
Associate dean for undergraduate studies

Queenie Byars
Assistant professor

Francesca Dillman Carpentier
Associate professor
Director, Ph.D. program

Winston Cavin
Lecturer

John Clark
Executive producer,
Reese Felts Digital News project

Bill Cloud
Associate professor

Richard Cole
Professor
Director, Visiting International Scholars Program

Nori Comello
Assistant professor

Paul Cuadros
Associate professor

David Cupp
Assistant professor

Pat Davison
Associate professor

Tori Ekstrand
Assistant professor

Jean Folkerts
Professor

Barbara Friedman
Associate professor

Rhonda Gibson
Associate professor
Associate dean for graduate studies
Director, MATC program

Ferrel Guillory
Professor of the practice of journalism
Director, Program on Public Life

Jim Hefner
Professor of the practice of journalism

Heidi Hennink-Kaminski
Associate professor
Director, Master's program

Joe Bob Hester
Associate professor

R. Michael Hoefges
Associate professor

Anne Johnston
James H. Shumaker Term Professor

Paul Jones
Clinical associate professor

Sri Kalyanaraman
Associate professor

Steven King
Instructor

Susan King
Dean
John Thomas Kerr Distinguished Professor

Daniel Kreiss
Assistant professor

Jock Lauterer
Senior lecturer
Director, Carolina Community Media Project

Thomas Linden
Glaxo Wellcome Distinguished
Professor of Medical Journalism

Trevy McDonald
Assistant professor

Dana McMahan
Assistant professor

Seth M. Noar
Associate professor
Member,
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Paul O’Connor
Lecturer

Terence Oliver
Assistant professor

Cathy Packer
W. Horace Carter Distinguished Professor

Daniel Riffe
Richard Cole Eminent Professor

Chris Roush
Senior Associate Dean
Walter E. Hussman Sr.
Distinguished Scholar in Business Journalism
Director, Carolina Business News Initiative

Laura Ruel
Hugh Morton Distinguished Professor

JoAnn Sciarrino
Knight Chair in Digital Advertising
and Marketing

Janas Sinclair
Associate professor

Brian Southwell
Research professor

Chad A. Stevens
Assistant professor

Dulcie Straughan
James Howard and Hallie McLean Parker
Distinguished Professor

John Sweeney
Distinguished Professor
in Sports Communication

Ryan Thornburg
Associate professor

C.A. Tuggle
Reese Felts Distinguished Professor

Lucila Vargas
Julian W. Scheer Term Professor

Jan J. Yopp
Walter Spearman Professor
Dean, Summer School

David Alexander
Director
Information technology and services

Cindy Anderson
Graduate program manager

Matt Bachman
Equipment room manager

Marla Barnes
Student records assistant

David Blakemore
Associate dean of business and finance

Stephanie Willen Brown
Director, Park Library

Christy Dunston
UCS liaison to the J-school

Morgan Ellis
Special projects editor

Jay Eubank
Director, career services
and special programs

Dylan Field
TV producer/director

Jennifer Gallina
Director, research development
and foundation relations

Megan Garrett
Events director

Monica Hill
Director, N.C. Scholastic Media Association

Lester Holley
Assistant to accounting manager

Meghan Horton
Web applications programmer

Meghan Hunt
Development and alumni office coordinator

Maggie Hutaff
Program coordinator for e-learning

Robin Jackson
Assistant director of development
and alumni affairs

Sharon Jones
Director, student services and assessment

Angelena King
Accountant

Gary Kirk
Broadcast and new media manager

Rachel Lillis
Assistant director, executive education
and distance education

Nancy Pawlow
Editorial assistant
Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Michael Penny
Assistant director of professional
and international programs

Linda Peterson
School secretary

Rachel Pittman
Executive assistant to the dean

Tricia Robinson
Student records assistant

Michael Sharpe
Systems analyst

Christine Shia
Research associate

Donald Sizemore
Systems administrator

Louise Spieler
Associate dean for professional education
and strategic initiatives

Larry Stephenson
Accountant

Kyle York
Assistant to the dean for communications