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Professors Emeriti

The UNC School of Education has long been home to many of our fields' most distinguished scholars. We are proud and honored to know that the following former faculty members conducted and produced groundbreaking research in Peabody Hall. If you have questions about the following list of professors emeriti, please contact Catherine Vorick, director of human resources, at cvorick@email.unc.edu.

Harriet Able

B.S., Presbyterian College
M.S., Furman University
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Retired 2024
hable@email.unc.edu

John Brantley

B.S., University of Miami
M.S., Florida State University
Ph.D., Florida State University
jcbrantl@email.unc.edu

Kathleen Brown

B.A., Immaculata College
M.A., Rowan University
Ed.D., Temple University
brownk@email.unc.edu

William Burke

B.A., University of Montana
Ed.D., University of Florida
(336) 264-6863
wburke152@gmail.com

Gregory J. Cizek

B.A., Michigan State University
M.A., Michigan State University
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Retired 2023
cizek@unc.edu

James W. Cunningham

B.A., University of Virginia
M.A., University of Georgia
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Retired 2003
jwcunnin@email.unc.edu

Barbara Day

B.S., East Carolina University
M.Div., Duke University
M.Ed., University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Ph.D., University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
bday1@email.unc.edu

Susan N. Friel

M.Ed., Lesley College
Ed.D., Boston University
Retired 2018
(919) 302-7594
sfriel@email.unc.edu

John Paul Galassi Jr.

A.B., Middlebury College
Ed.M., Harvard University
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Retired 2019
jgalassi@email.unc.edu

Catherine Marshall

M.A., University of Rhode Island
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Retired 2019
(919) 200-4186
marshall@email.unc.edu

Judith Meece

M.A., University of Michigan
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Retired 2018
(919) 740-8247
meece@email.unc.edu

Rebecca New

M.Ed., University of Florida
Ed.D., Harvard University
Retired 2019
rebecca.new@unc.edu

William S. Palmer

B.Ed., Plymouth College
M.A., University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
bpalmer38@gmail.com

Eileen R. Carlton Parsons

B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.S., Cornell University
Ph.D., Cornell University
rparsons@email.unc.edu

Ellen Peisner-Feinberg

Senior Research Scientist Emerita

B.A., Vanderbilt University
M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
epeisner.feinberg@unc.edu

Walter B. Pryzwansky

B.S., Pennsylvania State University
M.A., Columbia University
Ed.D., Columbia University
waltbp@live.unc.edu

Dwight Rogers

Ph.D., University of Florida
dlrogers@email.unc.edu

Xue Lan Rong

B.A., Beijing Capital Normal University, China, Chinese Language & Literature
M.A., University of Georgia at Athens, Global Education
Ed.D., University of Georgia at Athens, Social Science Education
xrong@email.unc.edu

Patricia M. Shane

A.B., Indiana University, Bloomington
M.S., Indiana University, Bloomington
Ed.S., Indiana University, Bloomington
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
pshane@email.unc.edu

Rune Simeonsson

Donald and Justeen Tarbet Distinguished Professor Emeritus

B.A., Tennessee Temple College
M.A.T., University of Chattanooga
M.A., George Peabody College
Ed.S., George Peabody College
Ph.D., George Peabody College
MSPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
rjsimeon@email.unc.edu

Dixie Lee Spiegel

A.B., Brown University
M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
dlspiege@live.unc.edu

Lynda Stone

Samuel M. Holton Distinguished Professor Emerita

A.B., University of California, Berkeley
M.A., Stanford University
M.A., Stanford University
Ph.D., Stanford University
lstone@email.unc.edu

Linda Tillman

B.S., The Ohio State University
M.S., University of Dayton (Ohio)
Ph.D., The Ohio State University
ltillman@email.unc.edu

Alan Tom

B.A., DePauw University
M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Retired 2005
alantom@mindspring.com

Lynne Vernon-Feagans

William C. Friday Distinguished Professor Emerita

Ph.D., University of Michigan
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
lynnevf@email.unc.edu

William B. Ware

A.B., Dartmouth College
M.A.T., Northwestern University
Ph.D., Northwestern University
wbware@unc.edu

Barbara Hanna Wasik

William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor Emerita

Ph.D., Florida State University
Retired 2015
(919) 942-3946
wasik@unc.edu

Kinnard White

B.S., Florida State University
M.S., Indiana University, Bloomington
Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington
kinwhite@aol.com

Ronald Wiegerink

A.B., Hope College
M.A.T., Oberlin College
Ph.D., University of Michigan
rwiegerink@aol.com

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