Staff Directory: Program Directors

Renée Alexander Craft

Steering Committee Chair, Faculty of Color and Indigenous Faculty Group
renee.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 Program
rdooley@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 Program
anversen@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 Program
919-843-8149 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 Program
viji.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 Advisor
rob_kramer@unc.edu

Since 1998, Rob Kramer has provided executive coaching with a specialized focus in public and academic leadership and team development.