The Board of Governors of the UNC Press is a body of 18 members, 15 of whom are elected by the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina and 4 of whom serve ex officio, charged with the responsibility of directing the affairs of the Press. This includes establishing and monitoring all policies and programs for the maintenance, operation, and improvement of the Press, including its publishing policies and projects and its budget and financial policies.
An elected member of the Board of Governors serves for a term of five years and may be reelected for up to two additional five-year terms. A member’s responsibilities include attending bimonthly board meetings at the Press’s offices in Chapel Hill; reviewing and voting on approval of monographs, series, and other publishing projects of the Press; consulting with and advising the Director of the Press on matters of financial and publishing policy and strategy; and serving as needed on ad hoc or standing committees.
See the Board’s meeting schedule.
Chair
Eric Muller
Dan K. Moore Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence and Ethics
UNC School of Law
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Vice-Chair
Lisa Levenstein
Associate Professor of History
Director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Board Members
Camille N. Barkley (ex officio)
Associate Vice President for Strategic Communication
University of North Carolina
Matthew Morse Booker
Associate Professor
Department of History
North Carolina State University
Claude A. Clegg III
Lyle V. Jones Distinguished Professor
Department of African, African American & Diaspora Studies
Department of History
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Anita Brown-Graham
ncIMPACT Program Director and
Professor of Public Law and Government
School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Elizabeth Engelhardt
John Shelton Reed Distinguished Professor of Southern Studies
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Maria R. Estorino (ex officio)
Associate University Librarian for Special Collections and
Director of Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Linda Kay Hanley-Bowdoin
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
North Carolina State University
Blair L.M. Kelley
Assistant Dean
Interdisciplinary Studies and International Programs
College of Humanities and Social Sciences, North Carolina State University
Nathan Knuffman (ex officio)
Interim Vice-Chancellor for Finance and Operations
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Malinda Maynor Lowery
Associate Professor, Department of History
Director, Center for the Study of the American South
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John O’Hara
Edgartown, Massachusetts
John Sherer (ex officio and non-voting)
Spangler Family Director
University of North Carolina Press
Kim Smith
Associate Professor, Department of Journalism & Mass Communication
N.C. A&T State University
Timothy J. Smith
Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology
Appalachian State University
Vincas Steponaitis
Secretary of the Faculty
William E. Leuchtenburg Distinguished Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Randall Styers
Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Carlton E. Wilson
Professor of History
and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
North Carolina Central University