Staff & Board

Staff

Gene Nichol
Professor of Law and Director of the Center on Poverty, Work & Opportunity
919.962.5928
gnichol@email.unc.edu

Gene Nichol is professor of law and Director of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina. He teaches courses in constitutional law, federal courts, civil rights and election law.

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Heather Hunt
Assistant Director of the Center on Poverty, Work & Opportunity
919.843.9032
hhunt@email.unc.edu

Heather Hunt holds a B.A. in history from Columbia University and earned her J.D. from the UNC School of Law in 2002. She served as a Fellow for the UNC Center for Civil Rights and has worked as a consultant and with numerous nonprofits.

Advisory Board

Professor Alice Ammerman, UNC School of Public Health and director, Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Professor Oscar Barbarin, UNC School of Social Work and senior investigator, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center
Dr. Lynn Blanchard, director, Carolina Center for Public Service
Dean Jack Boger, UNC School of Law
Professor Anita Brown-Graham, director, Institute for Emerging Issues and UNC School of Government
Professor Mimi Chapman, UNC School of Social Work
Professor Pat Conway, UNC Department of Economics
William C. "Bill" Friday, president emeritus, University of North Carolina
Professor Michal Grinstein-Weiss, UNC School of Social Work
Professor Kathie Mullan Harris, UNC Department of Sociology
Professor Jim Johnson, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School and director, Urban Investment Strategies Center
Professor Arne Kalleberg, UNC Department of Sociology and senior associate dean for Arts and Sciences
Professor Jim Leloudis, UNC Department of History and director, Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence
Professor Bill Rohe, UNC Department of City and Regional Planning and director, Center for Urban and Regional Studies
Dr. Pam Silberman, associate director for Policy Analysis, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research and president, North Carolina Institute of Medicine
Professor Lynne Vernon-Feagans, UNC School of Education
Professor Deborah Weissman, UNC School of Law
Dr. Jesse White, director, UNC Office of Economic and Business Development