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Faculty Fellows
2022-2023






The Institute's leadership, staff, faculty, and advisory boards are dedicated to the IAH mission to support and develop Carolina faculty. Below is a listing of these teams as well as our current Faculty Fellows and Academic Leadership Program Fellows.


Karen Auerbach

Karen Auerbach

Associate Professor, History

Johnson Fellow


Florence Dore

Florence Dore

Professor, English and Comparative Literature

Turner Fellow


Samuel Gates

Samuel Gates

Assistant Professor, Dramatic Art

Legacy Fellow — Race, Memory, and Reckoning Initiative


Alicia Monroe

Alicia Monroe

Assistant Teaching Professor, African, African American and Diaspora Studies

Cramer Fellow


Old Well

Antonia Randolph

Assistant Professor, American Studies

McGowan Fellow


Vin Steponaitis

Vincas Steponaitis

Distinguished Professor, Anthropology

Whitton Fellow


Brendan Jamal Thornton

Brendan Jamal Thornton

Associate Professor, Religious Studies

Blackwell Fellow


Benjamin Waterhouse

Benjamin Waterhouse

Associate Professor, History

Wickham Fellow


Waleed Ziad

Waleed Ziad

Assistant Professor, Religious Studies

Hyde Fellow


Janet Downie

Janet Downie

Associate Professor, Classics

Burress Fellow


Shakirah Hudani

Shakirah Hudani

Assistant Professor, African, African American, and Diaspora Studies

Pardue Fellow


Heidi Kim

Heidi Kim

Professor, English and Comparative Literature

Arts & Humanities Fellow — Race, Memory, and Reckoning Initiative


Old Well

Michelle King

Associate Professor, History

Ellison Fellow


David Lambert

David Lambert

Associate Professor, Religious Studies

Schwab Fellow


Chérie Ndaliko

Chérie Rivers Ndaliko

Associate Professor, Geography

Hyde Fellow


Eliza Rose

Eliza Rose

Assistant Professor

Townsend Fellow


Ana Maria Vinea

Ana Maria Vinea

Assistant Professor, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Bernstein Fellow


Brett Whalen

Brett Whalen

Professor, History

Borden Fellow