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Meet FOCIF Steering Chair Suzanne Lye

Suzanne Lye, Faculty of Color and Indigenous Faculty Group Steering Committee Chair

“My aim is to create a place where people can feel accepted for who they are in their whole beings, not just in relation to what they’re teaching or what they research,” said Suzanne Lye on her term as the Steering Committee Chair for the Faculty of Color and Indigenous Faculty Group. The FOCIF Group provides support, community, and professional development for faculty of color and Indigenous faculty at UNC-Chapel … Read more

Meet Michelle Robinson, Interim Director for the Faculty Fellowship Program

This year, American Studies professor Michelle Robinson serves as the interim director for the Faculty Fellowship Program. An alumna of the Faculty Fellowship Program (’18) and the Academic Leadership Program (’21), Robinson appreciates the scholarly community built by IAH fellowships. “I was meeting people from across campus whose offices and disciplines are distant from my own. I may have never encountered them … Read more

Meet Emily Baragwanath, Associate Professor Program Director

Shortly after her promotion in 2013, Emily Baragwanath joined the Institute for the Arts and Humanities’ Associate Professor Program, finding community with fellow faculty. Hailing from the classics department, Baragwanath was glad to meet other faculty at the same rank from across the College of Arts and Sciences. “When you’re in a smaller department, you might be the only person recently promoted,” she noted. “I fo … Read more

Leadership Library Opens in Hyde Hall

Books on a shelf in the Leadership Library, with a small blue owl figurine.

Beginning in fall 2024, the Leadership Library will be available for reservation by IAH Fellows and faculty in the arts, humanities and qualitative social sciences.

Milada Vachudova (FFP ’05, ’15) Named IAH Faculty Director for Strategic Initiatives

Milada Vachudova, Faculty Director for Strategic Initiatives

Milada Vachudova has been named the inaugural Faculty Director for Strategic Initiatives at the Institute for the Arts and Humanities. In consultation with the Director and staff support, Vachudova will coordinate all aspects of the IAH strategic priorities implementation plan.