Chair of the Faculty
Since its establishment, the NC State Faculty Senate has been guided by dedicated faculty leaders elected to serve as Chair of the Faculty. This position represents the voice of the faculty in shared governance, working closely with the Chancellor, Provost, Faculty Senate, and the broader university community to advance the mission and well-being of NC State.
Chair of the NC State Faculty
Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
Past Chairs of the Faculty
Herle McGowan 2022 – 2025, Department of Statistics
RaJade M. Berry-James 2021-2022, School of Public and International Affairs
Hans D. Kellner 2019-2021, Department of English
Carolyn Bird, 2017-2019, Department of Agriculture and Human Sciences
Jeannette A. Moore, 2015-2017, Department of Animal Science
David A. Zonderman 2013-2015, Department of History
Hans D. Kellner 2011-2013, Department of English
Margery F. Overton 2000-2011, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
James D. Martin 2007-2009, Department of Chemistry
Nina Stromgren Allen 2005-2007, Department of Botany
Dennis M. Daley 2003-2005, Department of Political Science and Public Administration
Philip B. Carter 2001-2003, Department of Microbiology, Pathology and Parasitology
Frederick T. Corbin 1999-2001, Department of Crop Science
George H. Wahl, Jr. 1997-1999, Department of Chemistry
Gilbert G. Smith 1996-1997, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Angela Lumpkin 1995-1996, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
Eric Young 1994-1995, Department of Horticultural Science
Charles Carlton 1993-1994, Department of History
Myron W. Kelly 1992-1993, Department of Wood and Paper Science
Robert H. Dorff 1991-1992, Department of Political Science
C. Frank Abrams, Jr. 1990-1991, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Raymond C. Long 1989-1990, Department of Crop Science
Elizabeth M. Suval (Crawford) 1988-1989, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
Thomas L. Honeycutt 1987-1988, Department of Computer Science
James E. Smallwood 1986-1987, Department of Anatomy, Physiological Sciences and Radiology
Sondra L. Kirsch 1985-1986, Department of Recreation Resources Administration
Robert M. Fearn 1984-1985, Department of Economics and Business
Mohan M. Sawhney 1983-1984, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
Khosrow L. Moazed 1982-1983, Department of Materials Engineering
Richard D. Mochrie 1981-1982, Department of Animal Science
John A. Bailey 1980-1981, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Ernest E. Burniston 1979-1980, Department of Mathematics
Charles Smallwood, Jr. 1978-1979, Department of Civil Engineering
Roger C. Fites 1977-1978, Department of Botany
Richard M. Myers 1976-1977, Department of Animal Science
Samuel B. Tove 1975-1976, Department of Biochemistry
James B. Wilson 1974-1975, Department of Mathematics
John M. Riddle 1973-1974, Department of Universal Studies and History
John F. Ely 1972-1973, Department of Civil Engineering
Keith S. Peterson 1971-1972, Department of Political Science
Murray S. Downs 1970-1971, Department of History
LeRoy B. Martin, Jr. 1969-1970, Department of Mathematics
Francis E. McVay 1968-1969, Department of Statistics
John w. Duffield 1967-1968, Department of Forestry
A. Sidney Knowles 1966-1967, Department of English
Henry W. Garren 1965-1966, Department of Poultry Science
William J. Block 1964-1965, Department of Political Science
J. Fulton Lutz 1963-1964, Department of Soil Science
Carey H. Bostian 1963, Department of Genetics
Abraham Holtzman 1962, Department of Political Science
David Mason 1961-1962, Department of Statistics
James S. Doolittle 1960 -1961, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
L. Walter Seegers 1959 -1960, Department of History
Robert J. Monroe 1958 -1959, Department of Statistics
William W. Austin 1957 -1958, Department of Materials Engineering