Kumarini “Kumi” Silva named incoming Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Distinguished Professor for Graduate Education.
Applications are open for the Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Distinguished Professorship for Graduate Education.
UNC Research has recently featured Royster Distinguished Professor for Graduate Education Tori Ekstrand.
The Graduate School’s Royster Society of Fellows and other co-sponsors welcomed Johns Hopkins University President Ronald Daniels for a conversation on the interplay and the future of colleges, universities, and democracy.
Five panelists offered their view on solutions to a complex system of shared governance and academic freedom at UNC-Chapel Hill and beyond.
At the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, Ekstrand is an associate professor and teaches courses in media law to graduate and undergraduate students.
Banu Gökariksel, associate professor in UNC-Chapel Hill’s geography department, has been appointed the Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Distinguished Professor for Graduate Education.
“I’ve always been interested in reaching across disciplinary boundaries,” says new Royster Distinguished Professor Marsha Collins. She shares her enthusiasm for the interdisciplinary Royster Society, as well as her belief in the uplifting power of education.
