Staff Directory: Program Directors

Renée Alexander Craft
Steering Committee Chair, Faculty of Color and Indigenous Faculty Grouprenee.alexander.craft@unc.edu
Renée Alexander Craft is a professor and director of outreach and community engagement in the communication department.

Ray Dooley
Co-facilitator, Retired Faculty Programrdooley@email.unc.edu
Ray Dooley is professor emeritus of acting in the dramatic art department and was member of the PlayMakers Repertory Company for over 30 years.

Jan Bardsley
Co-facilitator, Retired Faculty Program(919) 962-4294 bardsley@email.unc.edu
Jan Bardsley is Professor Emerita of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Adam Versényi
Director, Chairs Leadership Programanversen@email.unc.edu
Adam Versényi is Professor of Dramaturgy in Dramatic Art and Dramaturg for PlayMakers Repertory Company. He was chair of the department from 2014-2022.

Todd Ramón Ochoa
Interim Director, New Faculty Program(919) 962-3934 tochoa@email.unc.edu
Todd Ramón Ochoa is a cultural anthropologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies.

Nadia Yaqub
Interim Director, Associate Professor Program919-843-8149 yaqub@email.unc.edu
Nadia Yaqub is professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and coordinator of the department’s Arabic program, while also serving as an adjunct associate professor in the Departmen … Read more

Viji Sathy
Director, Academic Leadership Programviji.sathy@unc.edu
Viji Sathy (UNC ’96, ’03) is the Associate Dean for Evaluation and Assessment and Director of the Townsend Program for Education Research, and a Professor of the Practice in the Department of Psycholo … Read more

Oswaldo Estrada
Director, Faculty Fellowship Program(919) 962-2062 oestrada@email.unc.edu
Oswaldo Estrada is a Peruvian-American writer, literary critic, and professor of Latin American Literature and Culture in the Department of Romance Studies.

Rob Kramer
Senior Leadership Advisorrob_kramer@unc.edu
Since 1998, Rob Kramer has provided executive coaching with a specialized focus in public and academic leadership and team development.