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Faculty in National Academies and Learned Societies

Preeminent National Academies:

American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Institute of Medicine
National Academy of Engineering
National Academy of Sciences

Learned Societies and Other Academies:

Academy of Leisure Sciences
Academy of Management Fellows
American Academy of Microbiology
American Academy of Nurse Practioners
American Academy of Nursing
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, Fellows of
American College of Radiology
American Folklore Society
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
American Physical Society, Fellows of
American Physiological Society
College of Fellows of the American Theatre
Fellowship of Southern Writers
German Archaeological Institute
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
National Academy of Public Administration
National Theater Conference
Royal Academy of Engineering (U.K.)
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Royal Society of London (U.K.)
Royal Society of Medicine (U.K.)
Society of American Historians
Third World Academy of Sciences

Academy of Leisure Sciences

M. Deborah Bialeschki, PhD: Professor Emeritus, Exercise and Sports Science

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Academy of Management Fellows

Howard E. Aldrich, PhD: Kenan Professor of Sociology

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American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Maurice Brookhart, PhD: William Rand Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor, Chemistry

Frederick Brooks Jr., PhD: Kenan Professor, Computer Science

Christopher Browning, PhD: Frank Porter Graham Distinguished Professor, History

Joseph DeSimone, PhD: Chancellor's Eminent Professor , Chemistry

Glen H. Elder Jr., PhD: Howard W. Odum Distinguished Professor, Sociology

Carl William Ernst, PhD: William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor, Religious Studies

Henry Fuchs, PhD: Federico Gil Professor, Computer Science

Lawrence I. Gilbert, PhD: William R. Kenan Jr. Professor, Biology

Jack Griffith, PhD: Kenan Distinguished Professor, Microbiology and Immunology

James E. Haar, PhD: William R. Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus, Music

Thomas English Hill Jr., PhD: Kenan Professor, Philosophy

Lyle V. Jones, PhD: Alumni Research Professor Emeritus, Psychology

James W. Jorgenson, PhD: William R. Kenan Jr. Professor, Chemistry

William E. Leuchtenburg, PhD (retired): William R. Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus, History

Terry R. Magnuson, PhD: Sarah Graham Kenan Professor, Genetics

Thomas J. Meyer, PhD: Arey Distinguished Professor, Chemistry

James C. Moeser, DMA: Chancellor Emeritus

Royce Murray, PhD: Kenan Distinguished Professor, Chemistry

Robert G. Parr, PhD: Wassily Hoeffding Research Professor, Chemistry

James Peacock, PhD: Kenan Professor, Anthropology; Professor, Comparative Literature

Louis Pérez, Jr., PhD: J. Carlyle Sitterson Professor, History

Edward R. Perl, MD: Sarah Graham Kenan Professor, Cell and Molecular Physiology

Edward D. Salmon, PhD: James Larkin and Iona Mae Ballou Distinguished Professor, Biology

Aziz Sancar, PhD, MD: Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics

Alan Shapiro, PhD: William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor, English

C. D. Spangler, MBA (retired): President Emeritus

James A. Stimson, PhD: Raymond Dawson Professor, Political Science

Michael E. Taylor, PhD: William R. Kenan Jr. Professor, Mathematics

J. Richard Udry, PhD: Kenan Distinguished Professor, Sociology and Maternal and Child Health

Gerhard Weinberg, PhD (retired): William R. Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus, History

Susan Wolf, PhD: Edna J. Koury Professor, Philosophy

Richard V. Wolfenden, PhD: Alumni Distinguished Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics

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American Academy of Microbiology

Kenneth Bott, PhD: Professor Emeritus, Microbiology and Immunology

William Cromartie, PhD: Professor Emeritus, Microbiology and Immunology

Janne G. Cannon, PhD: Professor, Microbiology and Immunology

Beverly Errede, PhD: Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics

James Folds, PhD: Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Peter Gilligan, PhD: Professor, Microbiology and Immunology

Harry Gooder, PhD: Professor Emeritus, Microbiology and Immunology

G. P. Manire, PhD: Kenan Professor Emeritus, Microbiology and Immunology

Frederic Pfaender, PhD: Professor, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Aziz Sancar, PhD, MD: Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics

John R. Seed, PhD: Professor, Epidemiology

Oliver Smithies, PhD: Excellence Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

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American Academy of Nurse Practioners

Debra J. Barksdale, PhD, RN: Assistant Professor, Nursing

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American Academy of Nursing

Linda Beeber, PhD, RN, CS: Professor

Linda Cronenwett, PhD, RN: Professor, Nursing

Molly C. Dougherty, PhD, RN: Professor, Nursing

Catherine Fogel, PhD, RN, FAAN: Professor and MSN Coordinator, Nursing

Barbara J. Foley, PhD, RN: Professor, Nursing

Sandy Funk, PhD: Professor, Nursing

Barbara Germino, PhD, RN: Carol Ann Beerstecher-Blackwell Chair of Thanatology and Professor, Nursing

Jean Goeppinger, PhD, RN: Professor, Nursing

Ed Halloran, PhD, RN: Associate Professor, Nursing

Joanne Harrell, PhD, RN: Professor, Nursing

Donna S. Havens, PhD, RN: Professor, Nursing

Mary Pauline Johnson, RN, MSN: Adjunct Associate Professor, Nursing

Cheryl Bland Jones, PhD, RN: Associate Professor, Nursing

Diane Kjervik, J.D., RN, FAAN: Director, Carolina Women's Center; Professor, Nursing

Dee Lowdermilk, PhD, RN: Clinical Professor, Nursing

Barbara Mark, RN, PhD: Sarah Frances Russell Professor, Nursing

Margaret S. Miles, PhD, RN: Professor, Nursing

Merle Mishel, PhD, RN, FAAN: Kenan Distinguished Professor, Nursing

Merry-K. Moos, BSN, FNP, MPH: Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Bonnie Rogers DrPH, COHN-S, LNCC: Director, Public Health Leadership Program

Margarete Sandelowski, PhD: Cary C. Boshamer Professor, Nursing

Gwen Sherwood, RN, PhD: Professor, Nursing

Mary C. Tonges, RN, PhD: Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, UNC Hospitals

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Richard N. L. (Pete) Andrews, PhD: Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Professor, Public Policy

Kenneth A. Bollen, PhD: H.R. Immerwahr Distinguished Professor, Sociology

Maurice Brookhart, PhD: William Rand Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor, Chemistry

Michael Caplow, PhD: Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics

Jeff Dangl, PhD: John N. Couch Professor, Biology

Joseph M. DeSimone, PhD: Chancellor's Eminent Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Barbara Entwisle, PhD: Director, Carolina Population Center; William R. Kenan Jr. Professor, Sociology

Alan Feduccia, PhD: S.K. Heninger Professor, Biology

P. H. Frampton, PhD: Louis D. Rubin Jr. Professor, Physics and Astronomy

Lawrence I. Gilbert, PhD: William R. Kenan Jr. Professor, Biology

Anthony J. Hickey, PhD, D.Sc.: Professor, Molecular Pharmaceutics

Kenneth A. Jacobson, PhD: Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology

Charles Sidney Johnson, Jr., PhD: Mary Ann Smith Professor, Chemistry

Lyle V. Jones, PhD: Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Research Professor, Psychology

James W. Jorgenson, PhD: William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor, Chemistry

Arne L. Kalleberg, PhD: Kenan Professor, Sociology

John D. Kasarda, PhD, MBA: Director, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise; Kenan Distinguished Professor, Business

Joel Kingsolver, PhD: William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor, Biology

Kuo-Hsiung Lee, PhD: Director, Natural Products Laboratory; Kenan Professor, Medicinal Chemistry

Barry R. Lentz, PhD: Director, Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Program; Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics

Terry R. Magnuson, PhD: Sarah Graham Kenan Professor, Genetics

Roger Narayan, PhD, MD: Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Joseph S. Pagano, MD: Professor, Medicine

Leslie Parise, PhD: Department Chair and Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics

Robert K. Peet, PhD: Chair, Curriculum in Ecology; Professor, Biology

Edward R. Perl, MD: Sarah Graham Kenan Professor, Cell and Molecular Physiology

David A. Plaisted, PhD: Professor, Computer Science

Gary Pollack, PhD: Chair and Professor, Pharmacy

Patricia J. Pukkila, PhD: Associate Professor, Biology

Jose Rial, PhD: Professor, Geological Sciences

R. R. Rindfuss, PhD: Robert Paul Ziff Distinguished Professor, Sociology

John E. Rowe, PhD: Deputy Director, UNC Institute for Advanced Materials, Nanoscience and Technology

Edward T. Samulski, PhD: Cary C. Boshamer Professor and Distinguished Professor, Chemistry

John R. Seed, PhD: Professor, Epidemiology

John W. Stamm, DDS, DDPH: Alumni Distinguished Professor, Dentistry

Ronald Swanstrom, PhD: Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics

Stephen J. Walsh, PhD: Director, Landscape Characterization and Spatial Analysis Lab; Professor, Geography

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American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, Fellows of

Richard Kowalsky, PharmD: Associate Professor, Molecular Pharmaceutics

Dhiren R. Thakker, PhD: Ferguson Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Molecular Pharmaceutics

Leaf Huang, PhD: Fred N. Eshelman Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Molecular Pharmaceutics

Philip C. Smith, PhD: Associate Professor, Molecular Pharmaceutics

Moo J. Choo, PhD: Associate Professor, Molecular Pharmaceutics

Anthony J. Hickey, PhD, D.Sc.: Professor, Molecular Pharmaceutics

Boka W. Hadzija, PhD: Professor, Molecular Pharmaceutics

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American College of Radiology

Mauricio Castillo, MD: Professor, Radiology; Chief and Program Director, Neuroradiology

Edward L. Chaney, PhD: Professor, Clinical Research, Radiation Oncology

Matthew A. Mauro, MD: Professor of Radiology, Professor of Surgery

Paul L. Molina, MD: Professor and Executive Vice Chairman of Radiology

James H. Scatliff, MD: Kenan Professor and Chairman of Radiology Emeritus

Joel E. Tepper, MD: Professor, Clinical Research, Radiation Oncology

Mahesh A. Varia, MD: Professor, Clinical Research, Radiation Oncology

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American Folklore Society

William Ferris, PhD: Joel Williamson Distinguished Professor, History; Adjunct Professor, Curriculum in Folklore

Daniel Patterson, PhD: Professor Emeritus, Curriculum in Folklore

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American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

Joseph M. DeSimone, PhD: Chancellor's Eminent Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Leaf Huang, PhD: Fred N. Eshelman Distinguished Professor, Molecular Pharmaceutics

Stephen B. Knisley, PhD: Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Medicine, and Applied and Material Sciences

Carol Lucas, PhD: Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Surgery, and Applied and Material Sciences

H. Troy Nagle, PhD, MD: Professor and Founding Chair, Biomedical Engineering

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American Physical Society, Fellows of

Arthur E. Champagne, PhD: Class of 1989/William C. Friday Distinguished Professor, Physics and Astronomy

Thomas B. Clegg, PhD: V. Lee Bounds Professor, Physics and Astronomy

Louise A. Dolan, PhD: Professor, Physics and Astronomy

Paul H. Frampton, PhD., D.Sc.: Louis D. Rubin Jr. Professor, Physics and Astronomy

Laurie E. McNeil, PhD: Professor, Physics and Astronomy

Sean Washburn, PhD: Cary Boshamer Professor of Physics, Chair of Applied and Materials Sciences

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American Physiological Society

Anthony Hackney, PhD: Professor, Exercise and Sport Science

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College of Fellows of the American Theatre

Milly S. Barranger, PhD: Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Dramatic Art

Scott Parker, MFA, MA: Director, Institute of Outdoor Drama

Mark Sumner: Director Emeritus, Institute of Outdoor Drama

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Fellowship of Southern Writers

Doris W. Betts: Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus, English

John Shelton Reed, PhD: Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Sociology

Louis D. Rubin, Jr., PhD: Professor Emeritus, English

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German Archaeological Institute

Gerhard Koeppel, PhD: Professor Emeritus, Classics

Henry R. Immerwahr, PhD: University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Classics

Richard J.A. Talbert, PhD, D.Litt.: William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor, History

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

H. Troy Nagle, PhD, MD: Professor and Founding Chair, Biomedical Engineering

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Institute of Medicine

Ben D. Barker, M.Ed., DDS (retired): Dean Emeritus and Professor, Dental Ecology

James W. Bawden, PhD, DDS (retired): Alumni Distinguished Professor, Pediatric Dentistry

Stuart Bondurant, MD: Dean Emeritus and Professor, Medicine

Gordon H. DeFriese, PhD: Professor, Social Medicine

Luis A. Diaz, MD: C.E. Wheeler Jr. Distinguished Professor and Chair, Dermatology

Barbara S. Hulka, MD, MPH: William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology

Lyle V. Jones, PhD: Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Psychology

Sheila T. Leatherman, MSW: Research Professor, Health Policy and Administration

C. Arden Miller, MD: Professor Emeritus, Maternal and Child Health

Joseph S. Pagano, MD: Professor, Medicine

Herbert B. Peterson, MD: Chair and Professor, Maternal and Child Health

Etta Pisano, MD: Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Medicine; Kenan Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering

Barbara K. Rimer, PhD: Dean, Gillings School of Global Public Health; Alumni Distinguished Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education

William L. Roper, MD: Dean, Medicine; Vice Chancellor, Medical Affairs; Stuart Bondurant Distinguished Professor, Pediatrics and Health Policy and Administration

George F. Sheldon, MD: Professor, Surgery

Oliver Smithies, PhD: Excellence Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Kunihiko Suzuki, MD: Professor Emeritus, Psychiatry

Judith E. Tintinalli, MD, MS: Professor and Chair, Emergency Medicine

Raymond P. White, PhD, DDS: Dalton L. McMichael Professor, Oral Surgery

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National Academy of Engineering

Frederick Brooks, Jr., PhD: Kenan Professor, Computer Science

Joseph M. DeSimone, PhD: Chancellor's Eminent Professor , Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Henry Fuchs, PhD: Federico Gil Professor, Computer Science

J. Ross MacDonald, PhD (retired): William R. Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus, Physics and Astronomy

Philip C. Singer, PhD: Professor, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

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National Academy of Public Administration

David N. Ammons, PhD: Albert Coates Distinguished Professor, Public Administration and Government

Richard N. L. (Pete) Andrews, PhD: Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Professor, Public Policy

Jonathan B. Howes, MRP, MPA: Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Community Affairs

Carl W. Stenberg, III, PhD: Professor, Public Administration

Jesse White, PhD: Director, Office of Economic and Business Development

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National Academy of Sciences

Maurice Brookhart, PhD: William Rand Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor, Chemistry

Frederick Brooks Jr., PhD: Kenan Professor, Computer Science

Jeffrey L. Dangl, PhD: John N. Couch Distinguished Professor, Biology

J. Ross MacDonald, PhD (retired): William R. Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus, Physics and Astronomy

Thomas J. Meyer, PhD: Arey Distinguished Professor, Chemistry

Royce Murray, PhD: Kenan Distinguished Professor, Chemistry

Robert G. Parr, PhD: Wassily Hoeffding Research Professor, Chemistry

Aziz Sancar, PhD, MD: Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics

Oliver Smithies, PhD: Excellence Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Richard V. Wolfenden, PhD: Alumni Distinguished Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics

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National Theater Conference

Milly S. Barranger, PhD: Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Dramatic Art

David A. Hammond, MFA: Professor, Dramatic Art

Scott Parker, MFA, MA: Director, Institute of Outdoor Drama

Mark Sumner: Director Emeritus, Institute of Outdoor Drama

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Royal Academy of Engineering (U.K.)

Frederick Brooks Jr., PhD: Kenan Professor, Computer Science

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Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Frederick Brooks Jr., PhD: Kenan Professor, Computer Science

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Royal Society of London (U.K.)

Oliver Smithies, PhD: Excellence Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

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Royal Society of Medicine (U.K.)

Edward L. Baker, MD: Research Professor, Health Policy and Administration; Director, North Carolina Institute for Public Health

Nortin M. Hadler, MD: Professor, Medicine

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Society of American Historians

Peter A. Coclanis, PhD: Distinguished Professor, History; Associate Provost for International Affairs

Philip Gura, PhD: William S. Newman Distinguised Professor of American Literature and Culture, History

Jacquelyn Hall, PhD: Julia Cherry Spruill Professor, History; Director, Southern Oral History Project

John F. Kasson, PhD: Professor, History

Joy Kasson, PhD: Professor and Chair, American Studies

William E. Leuchtenburg, PhD (retired): William R. Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus, History

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Third World Academy of Sciences

Aziz Sancar, PhD, MD: Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics

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United States Institute for Theatre Technology

Bobbi Owen, PhD: Professor, Dramatic Arts